Quarterly Changes to the NASDAQ Q-50 Index

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly re-ranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index^SM (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, September 24, 2012.

The following nine securities will be added to the Index: Concur Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNQR), Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), Groupon, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN), Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: MLNX), NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI), ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX), Royal Gold, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGLD), tw telecom inc. (Nasdaq: TWTC) and Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC).

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^®. The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is re-ranked on a quarterly basis. For more information about the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/docs/methodology_NXTQ.pdf.

As a result of the re-ranking, the following nine securities will be removed from the Index: Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), Endo Health Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: ENDP), Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO), MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq: MELI), ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ONNN), Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO), Ryanair Holdings plc (Nasdaq: RYAAY) and Sina Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA).

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