New Benchmark Index Tracks Companies that are Participating in Relief Plans
Sponsored by European Governments
STOCKHOLM/NEW YORK, February 23, 2009 - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ)
today introduced the NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index (NASDAQ:EUGR).
The index enables investors to measure the performance of European- listed
securities of companies that are participating in government programs designed
to recapitalize financial institutions and revitalize European credit markets.
“We believe that this index will be a useful tool to help investors tracking the
various European governments' response to the global financial crisis,” said,
NASDAQ OMX Vice President Magdalena Hartman. “Alongside our U.S. Government
Relief Index launched earlier this year, this is the only index that allows
taxpayers and investors to benchmark the performance of companies participating
in governmental financial relief plans.”
The NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index consists of European companies
across multiple industry groups that have received a direct investment greater
than 500 million Euros from a local government. The components of the Index are
selected by the NASDAQ OMX Index Committee which was created to track European
government relief programs. At launch the European Government Relief index
contains 21 companies.
The index is calculated in real-time across the combined exchanges and is
disseminated in Euros, British Pounds, and U.S. Dollars. The index base value is
1000.0 and the base date is January 5, 2009. For more information about The
NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index, visit
https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
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trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, 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
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The matters described herein may contain forward-looking statements that are
made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements
about the NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index and NASDAQ OMX's other products and
offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future
performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a
number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control.
These factors include, but are not limited to, factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's
annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to
any forward- looking statements.
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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Anna Rasin
+46 8 405 66 12
anna.rasin@nasdaqomx.com
Wayne Lee
+1 301 978 4875
Wayne.D.Lee@nasdaqomx.com
