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01/23/03 6:40 PM

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INVN to be added to S&P Small Cap 600 Index
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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to S&P U.S. Indices
January 23, 2003 6:01:00 PM ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600 and S&P REIT Composite Indices:

* United Dominion Realty Trust UDR and AMB Property Corp.
AMB will replace Metris Companies Inc. MXT and
Sykes Enterprises SYKE, respectively, in the S&P MidCap
400 Index after the close of trading on Monday, January 27, 2003. Both
companies are being removed on account of low market capitalization. * InVision Technologies Inc. INVN will replace
Information Resources Inc. IRIC in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index
after the close of trading on Monday, January 27, 2003. Information
Resources is being removed on account of having traded below $2.00 for
more than five consecutive days. * Keystone Property Trust KTR will replace JDN Realty JDN
in the S&P REIT Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday,
January 31, 2003. S&P REIT Composite component Developers Diversified
Realty DDR is acquiring JDN Realty in a transaction anticipated
to close on or about that date. The transaction is still subject to
shareholder approval.United Dominion Realty Trust is a self-administered equity REIT that owns, acquires, renovates, develops and manages middle-market apartment communities nationwide. The company, headquartered in Highland Ranch, CO, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Real Estate Investment Trusts sub-industry.

AMB Property Corp. is a REIT engaged in the acquisition, ownership, operation, management, renovation, expansion and development of primarily industrial properties in target markets nationwide. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Real Estate Investment Trusts sub-industry.

InVision Technologies Inc. is a provider of Federal Aviation Administration-certified explosives detection systems to airports for screening passenger baggage. The company, headquartered in Newark, CA, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Aerospace & Defense sub-industry.

Keystone Property Trust is a self-administered, self-managed REIT engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development and management of industrial properties, principally in the eastern U.S. The company, headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA, will be added to the S&P REIT Composite Industrial/Office property category.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - January 27, 2003
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
SECTOR

ADDED United Dominion Financials Real Estate
Realty Trust Investment Trusts
AMB Property Financials Real Estate
Investment Trusts
DELETED Metris Companies Financials Consumer Finance
Sykes Enterprises Information IT Consulting &
Technology Services


S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - January 27, 2003
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
SECTOR

ADDED InVision Industrials Aerospace &
Technologies Defense
DELETED Information Resources Industrials Diversified
Commercial Services


S&P REIT COMPOSITE INDEX - January 31, 2003
COMPANY REIT TYPE PROPERTY CATEGORY ADDED Keystone Property Equity Industrial/Office
DELETED JDN Realty Equity RetailCompany additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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