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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly re-ranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, December 20, 2010.

The following fourteen securities will be added to the Index: Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML), Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq:CTAS), DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH), Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq:FMCN), Fossil, Inc. (Nasdaq:FOSL), Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOLX), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT), Logitech International S.A. (Nasdaq:LOGI), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:MDRX), Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq:PAAS), Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDCO), Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD), SINA Corporation (Nasdaq:SINA), and TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX).

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/.

As a result of the re-ranking, the following thirteen securities will be removed from the Index: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM), Bucyrus International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUCY), Copart, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPRT), Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Nasdaq:CTRP), Dollar Tree, Inc. (Nasdaq:DLTR), LM Ericsson Telephone Company (Nasdaq:ERIC), F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq:NFLX), Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPDI), tw telecom inc. (Nasdaq:TWTC), WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq:WBMD) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:WFMI).

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