NEW YORK, June 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly reranking of the
NASDAQ Q-50 Index(sm) (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective with the
market open on Monday, June 22, 2009.
The following fourteen securities will be added to the Index: Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRCD), Ctrip.com International, Ltd.
(Nasdaq:CTRP), Discovery Communications, Inc.'s Series A stock (Nasdaq:DISCA),
Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq:DNDN), Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq:GNTX),
Macrovision Solutions Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN), NetEase.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NTES), Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq:PENN), Patterson-UTI Energy,
Inc. (Nasdaq:PTEN), Sohu.com Inc. (Nasdaq:SOHU), Virgin Media Inc.
(Nasdaq:VMED), Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSEA),
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:WFMI) and VCA Antech, Inc. (Nasdaq:WOOF).
The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are
next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100
Index(r). The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is reranked on a quarterly basis. For more
information about the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, including detailed eligibility
criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
As a result of the evaluation, the following twelve securities will be removed
from the Index: Immucor, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLUD), BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
(Nasdaq:BMRN), Discovery Communications, Inc.'s Series C stock (Nasdaq:DISCK),
Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRI), Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:LNCR), Landstar
System, Inc. (Nasdaq:LSTR), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT),
National Instruments Corporation (Nasdaq:NATI), Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ONXX), Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX), Sepracor Inc.
(Nasdaq:SEPR), Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), Thoratec Corporation
(Nasdaq:THOR) and United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq:UTHR).
The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is the basis for the PowerShares NXQ Portfolio (Fund)
(Nasdaq:PNXQ), which seeks investment results that correspond generally to the
price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the NASDAQ Q-50
Index.
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information, please visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/indexwatch.aspx.
About NASDAQ OMX
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising
solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market,
NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including
equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
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Media Contact:
Wayne Lee
+1.301.978.4875
Wayne.D.Lee@NASDAQOMX.com
Issuer and Investor Contact:
Lisa Chaney
+1.301.978.8281
Lisa.Chaney@NASDAQOMX.com
Quarterly Changes to the NASDAQ Q-50 Index
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