Big 5 to join S&P SmallCap 600

NEW YORK Standard & Poor's announced last week that Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. will replace Kronos Inc. in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on a date to be announced. Kronos is being acquired by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI, L.P. in a deal that is still pending final approvals.

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