NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600 Indices:

    --  Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL) will replace Baldor Electric
        Co. (NYSE: BEZ) in the S&P MidCap 400 index after the close of trading
        on Tuesday, January 25.  Baldor Electric is being acquired by ABB Ltd.
        (NYSE: ABB) in a transaction expected to be completed soon.
    --  Vitamin Shoppe Inc. will replace Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE:
        VOL) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on
        Wednesday, January 26.  Volt Information Sciences is being delisted from
        the New York Stock Exchange and will begin to trade on the
        Over-the-Counter market, making it ineligible for continued inclusion in
        the S&P SmallCap 600 index.

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

Aspen Insurance Holdings provides insurance and reinsurance products. Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty Insurance Sub-Industry index.

Vitamin Shoppe is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of nutritional products. Headquartered in North Bergen, NJ, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Specialty Stores Sub-Industry index.

Following is a summary of the changes:



    S&P  MIDCAP 400 INDEX  - January 25, 2011



                           GICS ECONOMIC      GICS SUB-
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY
                                             Property &
                Aspen                         Casualty
     ADDED    Insurance     Financials        Insurance
     -----    ---------     ----------        ----------
                                             Electrical
                Baldor                      Components &
    DELETED   Electric      Industrials       Equipment
    -------   ---------     -----------    -------------



    S&P  SMALLCAP 600 INDEX  - January 26, 2011



                            GICS ECONOMIC     GICS SUB-
               COMPANY          SECTOR         INDUSTRY
                Vitamin        Consumer       Specialty
     ADDED      Shoppe      Discretionary       Stores
     -----       -------     -------------     ---------
                                                Human
                  Volt                       Resource &
              Information                    Employment
    DELETED     Sciences     Industrials       Services
    -------   -----------    -----------      ----------

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    For more information contact:

    David M. Blitzer, Ph.D.
    Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee
    (212) 438-3907

SOURCE Standard & Poor's