Semi-Annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. NDAQ and Clean Edge, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX^® Clean Edge^® Global Wind Energy Index QWND, which will become effective with the market open today.

The following five securities will be added to the Index: Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited (0958 HK), China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co., Ltd. (1798 HK), Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd. (2766 JT), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (8031 JT), and Duke Energy Corporation DUK.

The Index is designed to act as a transparent and liquid benchmark for the global wind energy sector. The Index includes companies that are primarily manufacturers, developers, distributors, installers, and users of energy derived from wind sources. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market capitalization and average daily dollar trading volume. The NASDAQ OMX^® Clean Edge^® Global Wind Energy Index is evaluated semi-annually in March and September. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX^® Clean Edge^® Global Wind Energy Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

The NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index is the basis for the PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio PWND, which seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index before fees and expenses. 

As a result of the evaluation, the following two securities will be removed from the Index: 

Broadwind Energy, Inc. BWEN and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited MY.

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 www.nasdaq.com/indexes.

About NASDAQ OMX Group

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 more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, including First North, NASDAQ OMX Baltic and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).

About Clean Edge

Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, is the world's first research and advisory firm devoted to the clean-tech sector. For more than a decade, the firm has delivered timely data, expert analysis, and comprehensive insights to key industry stakeholders. The company offers an unparalleled suite of index, benchmarking, and advisory services. These include the State Clean Energy Leadership Index, the annual Clean Energy Trends report, the Clean-Tech Investor Summit, and stocks indices which track U.S. clean-energy (CELS) and global wind (QWND) and smart-grid infrastructure (QGRD) companies. For more information about Clean Edge, visit http://www.cleanedge.com.

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