The FINANCIAL — NEW YORK, June 13, 2011 — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index, 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, First Busey Corporation, Camden National Corporation, Cass Information Systems, Inc., CoBiz Financial Inc., Eagle Bancorp, Inc., Financial Institutions, Inc., Great Southern Bancorp, Inc., Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc., Rockville Financial, Inc., Sun Bancorp, Inc., 1st Source Corporation, State Bank Financial Corporation, StellarOne Corporation, Tower Bancorp, Inc., Union First Market Bankshares Corporation, and United Community Banks, Inc.
The Index is designed to track the performance of banks and thrifts, or their holding companies, listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market®. 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.
As a result of the evaluation the following five companies will be removed from the index: Bank Mutual Corporation (Nasdaq:BKMU), CenterState Banks, Inc., Suffolk Bancorp, S.Y. Bancorp, Inc., Westfield Financial, Inc.
The First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Fund 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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