Anthem Inc. to Join Fortune 500 Index.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001 FORTUNE announced today that Anthem Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ATH) will be added to the FORTUNE 500(R) Index (Symbol: FFX FFX Final Fantasy 10 (aka Final Fantasy X; game) FFX Mozilla Firefox (Mozilla browser) FFX Fairfax Connector (Fairfax County, Virginia transit provider) FFX Fairfax, Virginia, USA ) after the close of trading on Friday, December 7, 2001. Anthem, based in Indianapolis, IN, is a health benefits company that provides managed care products and services in nine states using the Blue Cross Blue Shield. The company reported revenue of $2.5 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. Anthem became eligible for inclusion in the FORTUNE 500 Index upon completion of the company's initial public offering on October 29, 2001 and subsequent satisfaction of the share price, volume, and market capitalization criteria for the FORTUNE 500 Index in the 25-trading days following the IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. . For more information about the FORTUNE 500 Index, including Index policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , as well as the entire list of companies in the FORTUNE 500 Index, visit indexes.fortune.com. Index updates and changes can be viewed at www.amextrader.com. The FORTUNE 500 Index is licensed for use as the basis of a number of investment products including the FORTUNE 500 Index Tracking Stock (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : FFF (FreeForm Fabrication) See rapid manufacturing and 3D printing. ). These products are not sponsored, sold, promoted, or endorsed by FORTUNE, a division of Time Inc., and FORTUNE makes no representation and has no liability with regard to investing in them. FORTUNE and FORTUNE 500 are trademarks of Time Inc. FORTUNE makes no warranty as to the accuracy and or completeness of the FORTUNE 500 Index or the data included therein or the results to be obtained from the use of the FORTUNE 500 Index or the data included therein. |
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