Dec 11 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's issued a press statement on Thursday:
* says Equitable Resources Inc to replace Transocean Inc in S&P 500
* S&P says Transocean is redomesticating to Switzerland, making it ineligible for S&P 500; change to be made after close of trading on December 18
* S&P says makes several changes to S&P 100 'in order to bolster its representativeness of the U.S. mega-cap equity space'
* S&P says Gilead Sciences Inc to replace International Paper Co in S&P 100
* S&P says Lowe's Companies Inc to replace CBS Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Devon Energy Corp to replace El Paso Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Lockheed Martin Corp to replace AES Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Walgreen Co to replace Hartford Financial Services Group Inc in S&P 100
* S&P says Schering Plough Corp to replace American International Group Inc in S&P 100
* S&P says Nike Inc to replace Cigna Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says all S&P 100 changes to be made after close of trading on December 19; says all companies being added and removed will remain in S&P 500
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* says Equitable Resources Inc to replace Transocean Inc in S&P 500
* S&P says Transocean is redomesticating to Switzerland, making it ineligible for S&P 500; change to be made after close of trading on December 18
* S&P says makes several changes to S&P 100 'in order to bolster its representativeness of the U.S. mega-cap equity space'
* S&P says Gilead Sciences Inc to replace International Paper Co in S&P 100
* S&P says Lowe's Companies Inc to replace CBS Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Devon Energy Corp to replace El Paso Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Lockheed Martin Corp to replace AES Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says Walgreen Co to replace Hartford Financial Services Group Inc in S&P 100
* S&P says Schering Plough Corp to replace American International Group Inc in S&P 100
* S&P says Nike Inc to replace Cigna Corp in S&P 100
* S&P says all S&P 100 changes to be made after close of trading on December 19; says all companies being added and removed will remain in S&P 500
(New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.