NASDAQ OMX Announces First Quarter 2009 New Listings Statistics


NASDAQ Captured Sixteen New Listings, Including 4 Switches From NYSE Group, Inc.

NEW YORK, April 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market(r) (NASDAQ(r))
captured a total of sixteen new listings, highlighted by the switch from the
New York Stock Exchange of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq:DWA), the
leading developer and producer of computer-generated animated feature films. 

The new listings are comprised of the following categories: 



                                               1st Qtr 2009
 Total New Listings                                 16
 NYSE Group Switches                                 4
 Upgrades from Over-the-Counter                      7
 ETFs, Structured Products & Other Listings          5

Other switches from NYSE Group included the transfers from NYSE Amex of
rechargeable battery producer Ener1 Inc. (Nasdaq:HEV), electronic designer
Elecsys Corp. (Nasdaq:ESYS), and United-Guardian Inc. (Nasdaq:UG), a
manufacturer of personal and health care products. 

Other notable listings included specialty pharmaceutical company Impax
Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:IPXL) and SmartHeat (Nasdaq:HEAT), a Chinese
manufacturer of plate heat exchangers. 

To view all new listings on The NASDAQ Stock Market in the first quarter, visit
http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/6791.pdf 

Statistics are sourced from internal NASDAQ information. For more information
about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit
www.nasdaqfacts.com/newlistings. 

About the NASDAQ OMX Group 

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX 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
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX 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 exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. 

Neither The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. nor any of its affiliates (collectively
"NASDAQ OMX") makes any recommendation to buy or sell any security or any
representation about the financial condition of any company. Investors should
undertake their own due diligence and carefully evaluate companies before
investing. 

NDAQG 

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