JAS Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.

NEW YORK, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P will make the following changes to S&P 100 & S&P SmallCap 600 Indices after the close of trading on Friday, March 18:

• S&P 500 constituents Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP), Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), and Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) will replace S&P 500 constituents Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB), Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE), Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) and NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) in the S&P 100 index. All companies being removed from the S&P 100 index will remain in the S&P 500 index. All companies being added to the S&P 100 index are more representative of the U.S. mega-cap equity space.

• Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. (NYSE: MIG) will replace Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (NYSE: JAS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. is acquiring Jo-Ann Stores in a deal expected to be completed on or about March 18.

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

Visa is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Union Pacific is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Emerson Electric is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Apache is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Meadowbrook Insurance Group operates as a specialty insurance underwriter and insurance administration services company. Headquartered in Southfield, MI, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty Insurance Sub-Industry index.  

Following is a summary of the changes:

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