NEW YORK, July 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market(r) (NASDAQ(r)) attracted more new listings in the second quarter of 2008 than any other U.S. exchange.
NASDAQ captured six IPOs in the quarter and were led by Maiden Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:MHLD) and American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq:AGNC), which raised $476.4 million and $304.9 million, respectively.
During the second quarter, NASDAQ captured a total of 42 new listings, comprised of the following categories:
2nd Qtr 2008
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Total New Listings 42
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) 6
Amex & NYSE Switches/Dual Listings 16
Upgrades from OTCBB & Pink Sheets 10
ETFs, Structured Products & Other Listings 10
Notable listings in the second quarter included the switch from the New York Stock Exchange of CA Inc. (Nasdaq:CA), a leading independent IT management software company with a market capitalization of $11.3 billion. CA Inc. became the first NYSE-listed company to transfer to NASDAQ and keep its two letter ticker symbol. Associated Estates Realty Corporation (Nasdaq:AEC) listed its shares on NASDAQ, in addition to its listing on the NYSE.
NASDAQ also saw fourteen switches from the American Stock Exchange (Amex) in the quarter, five of which elected to retain their three-character ticker symbols and one that retained its two-character symbol. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a NASDAQ proposal to allow NASDAQ to accept three-character ticker symbols -- in addition to the four-character symbols NASDAQ has historically used -- and has allowed companies to retain their two-character ticker symbols after switching to NASDAQ. Transfers from the Amex were led by China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAEI), Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (Nasdaq:HA), Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOR) and Otelco, Inc. (Nasdaq:OTT).
Of the 42 new listings, NASDAQ saw six non-U.S. new listings in the second quarter, including the IPOs of Bermuda-based reinsurer Maiden Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:MHLD) and Chinese shipping company Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq:SINO), the Amex switch of Chinese commercial construction provider China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAEI), the OTCBB upgrades of Chinese information security provider China Information Security Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:CIFS) and the Chinese real estate company China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHLN), and the reverse merger of German small molecule drug developer Evotec Aktiengesellschaft (Nasdaq:EVTC).
Below is a partial list of notable listings on NASDAQ in the second quarter:
Company Ticker Type of Listing
CA Inc. CA Switch From NYSE
to NASDAQ
Associated Estates Realty Corporation AEC Dual NASDAQ-NYSE
Listing
RHI Entertainment, Inc. RHIE IPO
American Capital Agency Corp. AGNC IPO
Real Goods Solar, Inc. RSOL IPO
China Direct, Inc. CDS Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc. SMCG Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
BSD Medical Corporation BSDM Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
SmartPros Ltd. SPRO Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company PWX Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. QSC Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Rewards Network, Inc. IRN Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Manitex International, Inc. MNTX Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
J. Alexander's Corporation JAX Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. HA Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Communications Systems, Inc. JCS Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
China Architectural Engineering, Inc RCH Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Otelco, Inc. OTT Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Northern Technologies International
Corporation NTIC Switch From Amex
to NASDAQ
Federal-Mogul Corporation FDML Seasoned Pink
Sheets
Bridge Bancorp, Inc. BDGE Seasoned OTCBB
To view all new NASDAQ listings in 2008, visit http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/documents/NASDAQ_New_Listings_2008.pdf.
Statistics are sourced from internal NASDAQ information. IPOs include offerings done on a "best efforts" basis. For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqfacts.com/newlistings.
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