Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
27 Diciembre 2006 - 5:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- First Cash Financial
Services Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) will replace Republic Bancorp Inc.
(NASDAQ:RBNC) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of
trading on Friday, December 29. Republic is being acquired by
Citizens Banking Corp. (NASDAQ:CBCF) in a deal expected to close on
or about that date, pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's
will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/ . First Cash Financial
provides specialty consumer finance products. Headquartered in
Arlington, TX, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap
600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Consumer Finance
Sub-Industry index. Following is a summary of the change: S&P
SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - December 29, 2006 GICS ECONOMIC GICS SUB-
COMPANY SECTOR INDUSTRY First Cash Consumer ADDED Financial
Financials Finance Republic Regional DELETED Bancorp Financials
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. About Standard & Poor's Standard &
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