Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices

NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following
changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices after the close of
trading on Tuesday, June 23:

-- Employers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EIG) will replace Catapult
Communications
(Nasdaq: CATT) in the S&P SmallCap 600. Catapult is being acquired
by Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) in a cash tender offer expected to expire soon.

-- S&P SmallCap 600 constituent WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE: WMS) will
replace The Colonial BancGroup Inc. (NYSE: CNB) in the S&P MidCap
400, and Badger Meter Inc. (NYSE: BMI) will replace WMS Industries in
the S&P SmallCap 600. As of today's close of trading, Colonial
BancGroup had a market capitalization of approximately $206 million
whereas the minimum market cap needed to be admitted to the index is
currently $750 million.

Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions, and post any relevant
updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.

Employers Holdings is a provider of workers' compensation insurance.
Headquartered in Reno, NV, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600
GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty Insurance
Sub-Industry index.

WMS Industries is a provider of gaming products to the legalized gaming
industry. Headquartered in Waukegan, IL, the company will be added to the S&P
MidCap 400 GICS Casinos & Gaming Sub-Industry index.

Badger Meter is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating liquid
flow measurement and control technologies. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, the
company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Industrial Machinery
Services Sub-Industry index.

S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - June 23, 2009
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

ADDED Employers Holdings Financials Property & Casualty
Insurance

Badger Meter Industrials Industrial Machinery

DELETED Catapult Information Application Software
Communications Technology

WMS Industries Consumer Casinos & Gaming
Discretionary

Following is a summary of the changes:

S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - June 23, 2009
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

ADDED WMS Industries Consumer Discretionary Casinos & Gaming

DELETED Colonial BancGroup Financials Regional Banks

Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect
an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.

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SOURCE Standard & Poor's

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