NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 100 and S&P 500 indices:


    --  Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) will replace Whole Foods Market
        Inc. (NASD: WFM) in the S&P 500 effective prior to the open on Tuesday,
        August 29. S&P 100 & 500 constituent Amazon.com Inc. (NASD: AMZN) is
        acquiring Whole Foods Market in a deal expected to be completed on
        Monday, August 28.
    --  S&P 500 constituent Charter Communications Inc. (NASD: CHTR) will
        replace E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) in the S&P 100, and
        SBA Communications Corp. (NASD: SBAC) will replace E. I. du Pont de
        Nemours in the S&P 500 effective prior to the open on Friday, September
        1. S&P 100 & 500 constituent The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) is
        acquiring du Pont in a deal expected to be completed after the close on
        Thursday, August 31. Post-merger, the combined company, which will
        change its name to DowDuPont Inc. and trade under the ticker "DWDP",
        will remain in the S&P 100 & S&P 500.

Charter Communications, headquartered in Stamford, CT, provides cable services to residential and commercial customers.

Quintiles IMS Holdings provides integrated information and technology-enabled healthcare services. Headquartered in Durham, NC, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Life Sciences Tools & Services Sub-Industry index.

SBA Communications, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns and operates wireless communications infrastructure. Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS Specialized REITs Sub-Industry index.

Following is a summary of the changes:



                        S&P 500 INDEX - August 29, 2017
                        -------------------------------

                   COMPANY                    GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR   GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
                   -------                    --------------------   -----------------

         ADDED  Quintiles IMS                     Health Care      Life Sciences Tools &
                  Holdings                                               Services
    ---           --------                                               --------

        DELETED  Whole Foods                    Consumer Staples        Food Retail
                   Market
    ---            ------



                         S&P 100 INDEX - September 1, 2017
                         ---------------------------------

                    COMPANY                          GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR    GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
                    -------                          --------------------    -----------------

         ADDED      Charter                         Consumer Discretionary   Cable & Satellite
                Communications
    ---         --------------

        DELETED     du Pont                               Materials        Diversified Chemicals
        -------     -------                               ---------        ---------------------



                        S&P 500 INDEX - September 1, 2017
                        ---------------------------------

                    COMPANY                         GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR   GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
                    -------                         --------------------   -----------------

         ADDED        SBA                                Real Estate       Specialized REITs
                Communications
    ---         --------------

        DELETED     du Pont                               Materials      Diversified Chemicals
        -------     -------                               ---------      ---------------------

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

S&P Dow Jones Indices
index_services@spglobal.com

David Blitzer
 Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee
New York, USA
(+1) 212 438 39077
david.blitzer@spglobal.com

Soogyung Jordan
 Global Head of Communications
New York, USA
(+1) 212 438 2297
soogyung.jordan@spglobal.com

Luke Shane
 North America Communications
New York, USA
(+1) 212 438 8184
luke.shane@spglobal.com

Haw-Yan Man
 EMEA Communications
London, UK
(+44) 207 176 3023
haw-yan.man@spglobal.com

Cecilia Ho
 Asia Pacific Communications
Hong Kong, HK
(+852) 2532 8061
cecilia.ho@spglobal.com

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