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Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index

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NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: HR) will replace Wabash National Corp. (NYSE: WNC) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday, July 16. As of today's close of trading Wabash had a market capitalization below $19 million, ranking it 600th in the index.

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

Healthcare Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT). Headquartered in Nashville, TN, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Specialized REIT's Sub-Industry index.

Following is a summary of the change:

S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - July 16, 2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Healthcare Realty Financials Specialized REIT's Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy DELETED Wabash National Industrials Trucks

About Standard & Poor's Index Services

Standard & Poor's Index Services, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, and the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.

About Standard & Poor's

Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for nearly 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit http://www.standardandpoors.com.

SOURCE Standard & Poor's

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