NEW YORK, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 index:

    * California Pizza Kitchen Inc. CPKI will replace Harbor Florida
      Bancshares Inc. HARB in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the
      close of trading on Thursday, November 30.  Harbor Florida is being
      acquired by S&P 500 constituent National City Corp. NCC in a
      deal expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals.

    * Digene Corp. DIGE will replace NS Group Inc. NSS in the
      S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Friday, December 1.
      NS Group is being acquired by S&P Global 1200 constituent IPSCO Inc. in
      a deal expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals.

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

California Pizza Kitchen owns, licenses, and franchises a chain of premium pizza restaurants. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Restaurants Sub-Industry index.

Digene engages in the development, marketing, and manufacturing of gene- based tests used primarily for the screening, monitoring, and diagnosis of women's cancers and infectious diseases. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Biotechnology Sub- Industry index.

    Following is a summary of the changes:

                 S&P SMALLCAP 600  INDEX - November 30, 2006
             COMPANY            GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    ADDED    California Pizza   Consumer Discretionary   Restaurants
    DELETED  Harbor Florida     Financials               Thrifts & Mortgage
                                                          Finance


                 S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - December 1, 2006
             COMPANY            GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR   GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    ADDED    Digene             Health Care            Biotechnology
    DELETED  NS Group           Energy                 Oil & Gas Equipment &
                                                        Services

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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