Semi-Annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index
13 June 2011 - 9:02PM
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the
results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX ABA
Community Bank Index (Nasdaq:ABQI), which will become effective
prior to market open on Monday, June 20, 2011.
The following seventeen securities will be added to the Index:
Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (Nasdaq:BMTC), First Busey Corporation
(Nasdaq:BUSE), Camden National Corporation (Nasdaq:CAC), Cass
Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CASS), CoBiz Financial Inc.
(Nasdaq:COBZ), Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGBN), Financial
Institutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISI), Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.
(Nasdaq:GSBC), Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HMPR),
Rockville Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCKB), Sun Bancorp, Inc.
(Nasdaq:SNBC), 1st Source Corporation (Nasdaq:SRCE), State Bank
Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:STBZ), StellarOne Corporation
(Nasdaq:STEL), Tower Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:TOBC), Union First
Market Bankshares Corporation (Nasdaq:UBSH), and United Community
Banks, Inc. (Nasdaq:UCBI)
The Index is designed to track the performance of banks and
thrifts, or their holding companies, listed on The NASDAQ Stock
MarketĀ®. The Index is intended to serve as a benchmark for
investment products by including the larger and more liquid
community banks. The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index is
reviewed on a semi-annual basis. For more information about
the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index, including detailed
eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
As a result of the evaluation the following five companies will
be removed from the index: Bank Mutual Corporation
(Nasdaq:BKMU), CenterState Banks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSFL), Suffolk
Bancorp (Nasdaq:SUBK), S.Y. Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYBT), Westfield
Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:WFD).
The First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Fund (Nasdaq:QABA)
seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and
yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of the NASDAQ OMX ABA
Community Bank Index.
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www.nasdaq.com/indexes.
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