Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Indexes.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1998--Standard & Poor's Financial Information Services will make the following changes in the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes:

-- Provident Companies, Inc. (PVT), an S&P MidCap 400 component,

will replace Bay Networks (BAY) in the S&P 500 Index. Bay

Networks is being acquired by S&P 500 component Northern Telecom

(NT). Shareholders of Bay Networks are scheduled to vote on the

transaction Friday, August 28 and the New York Stock Exchange is

expected to delist Bay Networks prior to the opening of trading

on August 31, 1998. Microchip Technology (MCHP), an S&P SmallCap

600 component, will replace Provident Cos. in the S&P MidCap 400

Index. MAF Bancorp (MAFB) will replace Microchip Technology in

the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

-- Lincare Holdings (LNCR), an S&P SmallCap 600 component, will

replace Camco International (CAM) in the S&P MidCap 400 Index.

Camco is being acquired by S&P 500 component, Schlumberger Ltd.

(SLB). Camco shareholders are scheduled to vote on the

transaction on Monday, August 31, and the merger is anticipated

to close on that date. Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin (ABCW) will

replace Lincare Holdings in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

-- Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS) will replace Broderbund Software

(BROD) in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Broderbund Software is

being acquired by The Learning Company, Inc. (TLC--not in an S&P

Index) for stock. Shareholders for both companies are scheduled

to vote on the transaction Monday, August 31, and the merger is

anticipated to close on that date. The Learning Company will not

be added to an S&P Index at this time.

Provident Cos. provides disability insurance and related products for individual and corporate customers. The company, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will be added to the S&P 500 Insurance (Life/Health) industry group.

Microchip Technology develops, manufactures and markets field-programmable 8-bit RISC microcontrollers and related specialty memory products for high-volume embedded control applications. The company, headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 Electronics (Semiconductors) industry group.

MAF Bancorp is the parent company of Mid America Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Bank operates a network of 23 retail-banking offices primarily in Chicago and its western suburbs. The company, headquartered in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Savings & Loan Companies industry group.

Lincare Holdings is a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home. The company, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 Health Care (Specialized Services) industry group.

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin is a holding company engaged in the savings and loan business through its wholly-owned subsidiary AnchorBank. AnchorBank has 35 full service offices and two loan origination only offices, which are located primarily in southern and western Wisconsin. The company, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Savings & Loan Companies industry group.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum is one of the largest metals-service- center companies in the United States. The company, headquartered in Los Angeles, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Manufacturing (Specialized) industry group.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

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                     S&P 500 INDEX -- August 28, 1998

                              ECONOMIC
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY GROUP
 ADDED     Provident Cos.    Financials   Insurance (Life/Health)

DROPPED     Bay Networks     Technology   Computers (Networking)

              S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX -- August 28, 1998

                              ECONOMIC
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY GROUP
 ADDED        Microchip      Technology         Electronics
             Technology                      (Semiconductors)

DROPPED    Provident Cos.    Financials          Insurance
                                               (Life/Health)

             S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX-- August 28, 1998
                              ECONOMIC
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY GROUP
 ADDED       MAF Bancorp     Financials   Savings & Loan Companies

DROPPED       Microchip      Technology         Electronics
             Technology                      (Semiconductors)

              S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX -- August 31, 1998
                              ECONOMIC
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY GROUP
 ADDED    Lincare Holdings   Health Care    Health Care(Specialized
                                                 Services)

DROPPED     Camco Int'l.       Energy       Oil & Gas(Drilling
                                                Equipment)


             S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX -- August 31, 1998
                              ECONOMIC
               COMPANY         SECTOR         INDUSTRY GROUP
 ADDED     Anchor Bancorp    Financials       Savings & Loan
              Wisconsin                          Companies

          Reliance Steel &     Capital         Manufacturing
              Aluminum          Goods          (Specialized)

DROPPED   Lincare Holdings   Health Care          Health
                                             Care(Specialized
                                                 Services)
         Broderbund Software Technology    Computers (Software &
                                                 Services)

Standard & Poor's Financial Information Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, provides financial, economic, and investment information, as well as analytical services, to the global financial community and commodity trading markets.

Standard & Poor's calculates and maintains the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600, S&P Super Composite 1500 and S&P REIT Composite Stock Price Indexes, which are widely considered key barometers of stock market activity and performance benchmarks for professional money managers. Approximately $653 billion is currently indexed to the S&P Equity Indexes, including $626 billion indexed to the S&P 500, $20 billion indexed to the S&P MidCap 400, and $7 billion linked to the S&P SmallCap 600. Company additions to and deletions from the S&P equity indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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