Quarterly Changes to the NASDAQ Q-50 Index

Mar 16, 2009

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NEW YORK, Mar 16, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- 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, March 23, 2009.

The following twelve securities will be added to the Index: Career Education Corporation (Nasdaq:CECO), Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), Itron Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRI), LKQ Corporation (Nasdaq:LKQX), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT), Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq:MYL), Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq:NFLX), ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ONXX), Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX), Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq:SEPR), Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq:THOR) and Tellabs, Inc. (Nasdaq:TLAB).

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: Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML), Bucyrus International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUCY), Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Nasdaq:CTRP), Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSYS), Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTEN), Sina Corporation (Nasdaq:SINA), Sohu.com Inc. (Nasdaq:SOHU), UAL Corporation (Nasdaq:UAUA), Virgin Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VMED) and Woodward Governor Company (Nasdaq:WGOV).

About NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group

NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group is engaged in the design, development, calculation, licensing, and marketing of NASDAQ OMX Indexes. NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group specializes in the development of indexes focusing on NASDAQ OMX's brand themes of innovation, technology, growth, and globalization. NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group also provides custom index services and design solutions as a third-party provider to selected financial organizations. For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

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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