NASDAQ Announces the Annual Re-Ranking of the NASDAQ-100 Index

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ(r)) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ-100 Index(r), effective with the market open on Monday, December 24, 2007.

"The NASDAQ-100 Index is a diverse, world-renowned benchmark comprised of many of the world's largest growth companies," stated NASDAQ Executive Vice President John L. Jacobs. "It is the basis of more than 580 products in 37 countries. Although the components of the NASDAQ-100 Index are determined by an open, objective, and rules-based process -- they are ultimately chosen by investors."

The following five issues will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index: Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOLX), Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq:FMCN), Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq:HANS), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq:STLD), Stericycle, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRCL).

The NASDAQ-100 Index is composed of the 100 largest non-financial stocks on The NASDAQ Stock Market(r) and dates to January 1985 when it was launched along with the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index(r), which is comprised of the 100 largest financial stocks on NASDAQ(r). These indexes were originally designed to segment NASDAQ into two major industry groups to support media coverage and to act as benchmarks for financial products such as options, futures, and funds. The NASDAQ-100 is re-ranked each year in December, timed to coincide with the quadruple witch expiration Friday of the quarter.

On a cumulative price return basis, the NASDAQ-100 Index has risen over 1571% since inception, and it has outperformed several major domestic and international stock indexes for the ten-year period ended November 30, 2007, although past performance is not indicative of future performance. For the most recent one, five, and ten-year periods ended November 30, 2007, the cumulative return of the NASDAQ-100 Index was 16.63%, 87.18%, and 98.87%, respectively.

The NASDAQ-100 Index is the basis of the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq:QQQQ), which aims to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond with the NASDAQ-100 Index performance. In addition, options, futures and structured products based on the NASDAQ-100 Index and the PowerShares QQQ Trust trade on various exchanges.

As a result of the re-ranking of the NASDAQ-100 Index, the following five companies will be removed: LM Ericsson Telephone Company (Nasdaq:ERIC), Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTEN), Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROST), Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq:SEPR), XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:XMSR).

NASDAQ is the largest U.S. equities exchange. With approximately 3,100 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks as well as a leading liquidity pool for trading NYSE-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.


Current list:

Company Name Symbol
Activision, Inc. ATVI
Adobe Systems Incorporated ADBE
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM
Altera Corporation ALTR
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN
Amgen Inc. AMGN
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AMLN
Apollo Group, Inc. APOL
Apple Inc. AAPL
Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT
Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
Baidu.com, Inc. BIDU
BEA Systems, Inc. BEAS
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY
Biogen Idec Inc BIIB
Broadcom Corporation BRCM
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. CHRW
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS
Celgene Corporation CELG
Cephalon, Inc. CEPH
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP
Cintas Corporation CTAS
Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO
Citrix Systems, Inc. CTXS
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH
Comcast Corporation CMCSA
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST
Dell Inc. DELL
DENTSPLY International Inc. XRAY
Discovery Holding Co DISCA
eBay Inc. EBAY
EchoStar Communications Corporation DISH
Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS
Expedia, Inc. EXPE
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. EXPD
Express Scripts, Inc. ESRX
Fastenal Company FAST
Fiserv, Inc. FISV
Flextronics International Ltd. FLEX
Foster Wheeler Ltd. FWLT
Garmin Ltd. GRMN
Genzyme Corporation GENZ
Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD
Google Inc. GOOG
Henry Schein, Inc. HSIC
IAC/InterActiveCorp IACI
Infosys Technologies Limited INFY
Intel Corporation INTC
Intuit Inc. INTU
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG
Joy Global Inc. JOYG
Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR
KLA-Tencor Corporation KLAC
Lam Research Corporation LRCX
Lamar Advertising Company LAMR
Leap Wireless International, Inc. LEAP
Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT
Liberty Global, Inc. LBTYA
Liberty Media Corporation LINTA
Linear Technology Corporation LLTC
LM Ericsson Telephone Company ERIC
Logitech International S.A. LOGI
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. MRVL
Microchip Technology Incorporated MCHP
Microsoft Corporation MSFT
Millicom International Cellular S.A. MICC
Monster Worldwide, Inc. MNST
Network Appliance, Inc. NTAP
NII Holdings, Inc. NIHD
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA
Oracle Corporation ORCL
PACCAR Inc. PCAR
Patterson Companies Inc. PDCO
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. PTEN
Paychex, Inc. PAYX
PETsMART, Inc. PETM
QUALCOMM Incorporated QCOM
Research in Motion Limited RIMM
Ross Stores, Inc. ROST
Ryanair Holdings plc RYAAY
SanDisk Corporation SNDK
Sears Holdings Corporation SHLD
Sepracor Inc. SEPR
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation SIAL
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SIRI
Staples, Inc. SPLS
Starbucks Corporation SBUX
Sun Microsystems, Inc. JAVA
Symantec Corporation SYMC
Tellabs, Inc. TLAB
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited TEVA
UAL Corporation UAUA
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX
Virgin Media Inc. VMED
Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFMI
Wynn Resorts, Limited WYNN
Xilinx, Inc. XLNX
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. XMSR
Yahoo! Inc. YHOO