NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Valassis
Communications Inc. (NYSE: VCI) will replace Immucor Inc. (NASD:
BLUD) in the S&P MidCap 400 index after the close of trading on
Thursday, August 18, 2011.
Immucor is being acquired by TPG Partners in a deal expected
to be completed soon pending final approvals.
Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post
any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.
Valassis Communications, together with its subsidiaries,
operates as a media and marketing services company.
Headquartered in Livonia,
MI, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS
(Global Industry Classification Standard) Publishing Sub-Industry
index.
Following is a summary of the change:
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S&P
MIDCAP 400 INDEX – August 18, 2011
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COMPANY
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GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR
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GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
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ADDED
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Valassis
Communications
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Consumer
Discretionary
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Publishing
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DELETED
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Immucor
Inc.
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Health
Care
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Health Care
Supplies
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