Annual Changes to the NASDAQ-500 Index and the NASDAQ-400 Index

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ-500 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX500) and the NASDAQ-400 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX400), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, December 19, 2011.

NASDAQ-500 (NDX500)

ADDITIONS			DELETIONS
ATPG	ATP Oil & Gas Corporation		AMED	Amedisys, Inc.
ENTR	Entropic Communications, Inc.		AONE	A123 Systems, Inc.
HERO	Hercules Offshore, Inc.		CEDC	Central European Distribution Corporation
HOLI	Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.		IRDM	Iridium Communications Inc.
NEWP	Newport Corporation		MDSO	Medidata Solutions, Inc.
RUE	rue21, inc.		MNKD	MannKind Corporation
SBGI	Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.		NPSP	NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SIMO	Silicon Motion Technology Corporation		SONC	Sonic Corp.
SSYS	Stratasys, Inc.		TKLC	Tekelec
TITN	Titan Machinery Inc.		VRNT	Verint Systems Inc.
TZOO	Travelzoo Inc.		VRUS	Pharmasset, Inc.

NASDAQ-400 (NDX400)

ADDITIONS			DELETIONS
ATPG	ATP Oil & Gas Corporation		AMED	Amedisys, Inc.
ENTR	Entropic Communications, Inc.		AONE	A123 Systems, Inc.
FLIR	FLIR Systems, Inc.		AVGO	Avago Technologies Limited
HERO	Hercules Offshore, Inc.		CEDC	Central European Distribution Corporation
HOLI	Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.		FOSL	Fossil, Inc.
ILMN	Illumina, Inc.		GOLD	Randgold Resources Limited
NEWP	Newport Corporation		HANS	Hansen Natural Corporation
NIHD	NII Holdings, Inc.		IRDM	Iridium Communications Inc.
QGEN	Qiagen N.V.		MDSO	Medidata Solutions, Inc.
RUE	rue21, inc.		MNKD	MannKind Corporation
SBGI	Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.		NPSP	NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SIMO	Silicon Motion Technology Corporation		NUAN	Nuance Communications, Inc.
SSYS	Stratasys, Inc.		SONC	Sonic Corp.
TITN	Titan Machinery Inc.		TKLC	Tekelec
TZOO	Travelzoo Inc.		VRNT	Verint Systems Inc.
URBN	Urban Outfitters, Inc.		VRUS	Pharmasset, Inc.

The NASDAQ-500 Index is designed to track the top 500 non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies. The NASDAQ-500 Index is re-ranked annually in December. For more information about the NASDAQ-500 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

The NASDAQ-400 Index is designed to track the performance of securities that are next-eligible for inclusion into the NASDAQ–100 Index. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies. The NASDAQ-400 Index is re-ranked annually in December. For more information about the NASDAQ-400 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

The NASDAQ-500 and NASDAQ-400 Indexes are the basis for the Global X NASDAQ 500 ETF (Nasdaq:QQQV) and Global X NASDAQ 400 Mid Cap ETF (Nasdaq:QQQM).  The Funds seek to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the NASDAQ-500 and NASDAQ-400 Indexes, respectively. 

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