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Standard & Poor's said Monday that Metavante Technologies Inc., which is to be spun off by Marshall & Illsley Corp. (MI), will replace UTStarcom Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:UTSI) (UTSI) in the S&P MidCap 400 on Thursday.

Service Corp International (NYSE:SCI) (SCI) will replace Kyphon Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:KYPH) (KYPH) in the MidCap 400 index at a date to be announced, Standard & Poor's said. Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) ( MDT) plans to acquire Kyphon (NASDAQ-NMS:KYPH) .

Standard & Poor's also said Spartan Motors Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:SPAR) (SPAR) will replace Authorize.Net Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:ANET) (ANET), which is to be acquired by CyberSource Corp. (NASDAQ-NMS:CYBS) (CYBS), in the S&P SmallCap 600 Thursday.

-James DeWeese; 201-938-5400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com

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