NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Oplink Communications
Inc. (NASD: OPLK) will replace Landry's Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:
LNY) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading
on Wednesday, October 6.
Fertitta Group Inc. is acquiring Landry's Restaurants 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: www.standardandpoors.com.
Oplink Communications designs, manufactures, and sells optical
networking components and subsystems worldwide. Headquartered
in Fremont, CA, the company will
be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry
Classification Standard) Communications Equipment Sub-Industry
index.
Following is a summary of the change:
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S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX
– October 6, 2010
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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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Oplink Communications
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Information
Technology
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Communications
Equipment
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DELETED
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Landry's Restaurants
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Consumer
Discretionary
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Restaurants
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