NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard and 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 Wednesday, February 11:

• NewAlliance Bancshares Inc. (NYSE: NAL) will replace Modine Manufacturing Co. (NYSE: MOD) in the S&P MidCap 400. As of today's close of trading, Modine had a market value of approximately $80 million, ranking 400th in the index.

• eResearch Technology Inc. (NASD: ERES) will replace Corus Bankshares Inc. (NASD: CORS), and Ebix Inc. (NASD: EBIX) will replace 4 Kids Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: KDE) in the S&P SmallCap 600. As of today's close of trading, Corus Bankshares and 4 Kids Entertainment had market capitalizations of approximately $19 million and $20 million respectively, ranking them 600th and 599th in the index.

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

NewAlliance Bancshares provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking products and services, trust services and investment and insurance products and services. Headquartered in New Haven, CT, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry index.

eResearch Technology is a provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Life Sciences Tools & Services Sub-Industry index.

Ebix supplies software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Application Software Sub-Industry index.

Following is a summary of the changes:

                 S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX  -  February 11, 2009

              COMPANY     GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR      GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
      ADDED  NewAlliance        Financials          Thrifts & Mortgage
                                                         Finance

     DELETED   Modine    Consumer Discretionary  Auto Parts & Equipment

                      S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX  -  February 11, 2009

                   COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR      GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
      ADDED      eResearch          Health Care            Life Sciences
                                                        Tools & Services
                   Ebix       Information Technology   Application Software

     DELETED Corus Bankshares       Financials          Thrifts & Mortgage
                                                             Finance
                  4 Kids      Consumer Discretionary  Movies & Entertainment

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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