The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the
results of the annual evaluation of the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend
Achievers™ Index (Nasdaq:DAA), which will become effective prior to
market open on Monday, March 23, 2015.
The following thirty-seven securities will be added to the
Index: AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC), Assurant, Inc.
(NYSE:AIZ), AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APU), Best Buy Co., Inc.
(NYSE:BBY), Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP), Costco
Wholesale Corporation (Nasdaq:COST), Crane Co. (NYSE:CR), CSX
Corporation (NYSE:CSX), Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR),
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI), Duke Energy Corporation
(NYSE:DUK), Edison International (NYSE:EIX), Equity LifeStyle
Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS), The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS), Holly Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE:HEP), Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ), J.B. Hunt
Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT), J & J Snack Foods Corp.
(Nasdaq:JJSF), Kellogg Company (NYSE:K), L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LLL), Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq:MSFT),
NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC), Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL),
Perrigo Company plc (NYSE:PRGO), Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R),
Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE:RAI), Regal Beloit Corporation
(NYSE:RBC), Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI), Raytheon
Company (NYSE:RTN), SJW Corp. (NYSE:SJW), Silgan Holdings Inc.
(Nasdaq:SLGN), First Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:THFF), VSE
Corporation (Nasdaq:VSEC), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ),
Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK), Xilinx, Inc.
(Nasdaq:XLNX) and YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM).
The NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achiever Index is comprised of US
accepted securities with at least ten consecutive years of
increasing annual regular dividend payments. The NASDAQ US Broad
Dividend Achiever Index is reviewed on an annual basis. For more
information about the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achiever Index,
including detailed eligibility criteria, visit
indexes.nasdaqomx.com.
As a result of the evaluation, the following nine securities
will be removed from the Index: Connecticut Water Service, Inc.
(Nasdaq:CTWS), Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD), Family Dollar
Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO), Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC), Pentair
plc. (NYSE:PNR), PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE), Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), Senior Housing Properties Trust
(NYSE:SNH) and 1st Source Corporation (Nasdaq:SRCE).
About Nasdaq Global Indexes
Nasdaq Global Indexes has been creating innovative,
market-leading, transparent indexes since 1971. Today, our index
offering spans geographies and asset classes and includes diverse
families such as the Dividend Achievers, Global, Nordic, Green
Economy, Sharia and Commodity Indexes. We continuously offer new
opportunities for financial product sponsors across a wide-spectrum
of investable products and for asset managers to measure risk and
performance. Nasdaq Global Indexes also provides custom index
services and design solutions to selected financial organizations.
For more information about Nasdaq Global Indexes, visit
indexes.nasdaqomx.com.
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indexes are available via Nasdaq Global Index Watch and Nasdaq
Global Index Data Service.
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exchange technology, listing, information and public company
services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of
solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute
their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies
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countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions.
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and educational purposes only, and nothing contained herein should
be construed as investment advice, either on behalf of a particular
financial product or an overall investment strategy. Neither The
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. nor any of its affiliates makes any
recommendation to buy or sell any financial product or any
representation about the financial condition of any company or
fund. Statements regarding Nasdaq's proprietary indexes are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied. Past performance is not
indicative of future results. Investors should undertake their own
due diligence and carefully evaluate companies before investing.
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