The following issues will be added to the Nasdaq-100 Index: BEA Systems, Inc. (BEAS); Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP); Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MLNM); Exodus Communications, Inc. (EXDS); Flextronics International Ltd. (FLEX); Rational Software Corporation (RATL); Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI); Mercury Interactive Corporation (MERQ); IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (IDPH), Inktomi Corporation (INKT); Abgenix, Inc. (ABGX); and TMP Worldwide Inc. (TMPW).
As a result of the addition of the companies above to the Nasdaq-100 Index, the following companies will be removed: Adaptec, Inc. (ADPT); American Power Conversion Corporation (APCC); Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL); Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (DLTR); Herman Miller, Inc. (MLHR); Legato Systems, Inc. (LGTO); Network Associates, Inc. (NETA); Northwest Airlines Corporation (NWAC); PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. (PHSY); Quintiles Transnational Corp. (QTRN); Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL); and Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS). |
