Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P U.S. Indices.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor's

Dec. 10, 2001-- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices:

-- S&P MidCap 400 component Jones Apparel Group (NYSE:JNY) will

replace Homestake Mining (NYSE:HM) in the S&P 500 Index after

the close of trading on Friday, December 14, 2001. S&P 500

component Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE:ABX) is acquiring Homestake

Mining in a transaction anticipated to close on that date. The

transaction is still subject to shareholder approval. S&P

SmallCap 600 component Timberland Co. Cl 'A' (NYSE:TBL) will

replace Jones Apparel Group in the S&P MidCap 400 Index.

Netegrity, Inc. (NASD:NETE) will replace Timberland Co. Cl 'A'

in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

Jones Apparel Group is a designer and marketer of a broad range of women's collection sportswear, suits and dresses, casual sportswear and jeanswear for men, women and children, women's shoes and accessories, and costume jewelry. The company, headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania, will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Apparel & Accessories sub-industry group and the Textiles (Apparel) industry group.

Timberland Co. Cl 'A' designs, engineers, and markets premium-quality footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company, headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Footwear sub-industry group and the Footwear industry group.

Netegrity, Inc. is a provider of software and services that manage and control user access to web-base e-commerce applications. The company, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Internet Software & Services sub-industry group and the Computers (Software & Services) industry group.

        Following is a summary of the announced changes:  ----------------------------------------------------------------------                    S&P 500 INDEX - December 14, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------                COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR         GICS SUB-                                                        INDUSTRY GROUP ----------------------------------------------------------------------             Jones Apparel        Consumer                Apparel & ADDED           Group          Discretionary            Accessories ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DELETED   Homestake Mining       Materials                 Gold ----------------------------------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------------------------------                S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - December 14, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------                COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR         GICS SUB-                                                        INDUSTRY GROUP ----------------------------------------------------------------------             Timberland Co.        Consumer ADDED          Cl 'A'           Discretionary             Footwear ----------------------------------------------------------------------             Jones Apparel         Consumer                Apparel & DELETED        Group            Discretionary            Accessories ----------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------               S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - December 14, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------                COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR         GICS SUB-                                                        INDUSTRY GROUP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDED       Netegrity, Inc.      Information         Internet Software                                  Technology              & Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------             Timberland Co.        Consumer DELETED       Cl 'A'            Discretionary             Footwear ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 

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