Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index

• Press Release
• Source: Standard & Poor's
• On 5:54 pm EST, Monday November 9, 2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- UCBH Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UCBH - News) will be deleted from the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 10. The company's main subsidiary has been placed into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation receivership.

UCBH's place in the S&P SmallCap 600 will be taken by Lumber Liquidators Inc. (NYSE: LL - News) effective after the close of trading on Monday, November 16. The S&P SmallCap 600 will trade with 599 stocks until that time.

Standard & Poor's will monitor this action, and post any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.

Lumber Liquidators is a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring. Headquartered in Toano, VA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Home Improvement Retail Sub-Industry index.

Following is a summary of the change:

                  S&P  SMALLCAP 600 INDEX  -  NOVEMBER  10, 2009
             -------------------------------------------------------
              COMPANY    GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
             ---------  -----------------------   -----------------
    DELETED     UCBH          Financials            Regional Banks
              Holdings
    -------- ---------  -----------------------   -----------------



                   S&P  SMALLCAP 600 INDEX  -  NOVEMBER  16, 2009
            --------------------------------------------------------
              COMPANY    GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
            ----------  -----------------------   -----------------
    ADDED      Lumber     Consumer Discretionary   Home Improvement
            Liquidators                                 Retail
    ------  -----------  -----------------------   ----------------

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