NASDAQ OMX and the American Bankers Association Introduce a New Index for Community Banks

New Benchmark Tracks Most Actively Traded Community Banks Listed On The NASDAQ
Stock Market 

NEW YORK, June 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the American Bankers Association today introduced the NASDAQ
OMX ABA Community Bank Index (Nasdaq:ABQI). The index enables investors to
track the performance of the most actively traded of the approximately 600
community banks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community
Bank Index is the latest index launched by the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group
and underscores its commitment to designing and calculating relevant
world-class indexes. 

"The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index is a great way for the investment
community to track the price performance of the community banks," said NASDAQ
OMX Executive Vice President John Jacobs. "And with community banks' growing
importance in the daily financial lives of Americans, this Index will play an
important role as a barometer of the companies' performance." 

"This index is the next step in the evolution of the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank
Index (ABAQ) which was launched in December 2003," said Diane Casey-Landry, ABA
senior executive vice president and chief operating officer. "And it will be an
important tool to track those community banks with greater market liquidity." 

The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index is composed of all banks and thrifts or
their holding companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, excluding the 50
largest U.S. banks by asset size, any bank having an international
specialization, and any bank having a credit-card specialization as screened by
the ABA based on the most recent call report data from the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation. 

In addition to the above standards applied by ABA, NASDAQ OMX applies
quantitative screens to ensure each component has a market value greater than
$200 million and a three-month average daily-dollar trading volume greater than
$500,000. 

The Index is calculated in real-time and began calculation with a value of
1,000.00 on June 8, 2009. 

NASDAQ OMX is a global leader in creating and licensing strategy indexes and is
home to the most widely watched indexes in the world. 

As a premier, full-service provider, the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group is
dedicated to designing powerful indexes that are in sync with a continually
changing market environment. Utilizing its expanded coverage as a global
company, NASDAQ OMX has more than 1,500 diverse equity, commodity and
fixed-income indexes in the U.S., Europe, and throughout the world. 

NASDAQ OMX's calculation, licensing and marketing support provide the tools to
measure and replicate global markets. The NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group's range
of services covers the entire business process from index design to calculation
and dissemination. For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes, visit
https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/. 

About NASDAQ OMX

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. 

About American Bankers Association

The American Bankers Association brings together banks of all sizes and
charters into one association. ABA works to enhance the competitiveness of the
nation's banking industry and strengthen America's economy and communities. Its
members -- the majority of which are banks with less than $125 million in
assets -- represent over 95 percent of the industry's $13.5 trillion in assets
and employ over 2 million men and women. For more information on ABA, visit
http://www.aba.com 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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 ABA Community Bank 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. 

NDAQG

CONTACT:  The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
          Wayne Lee
          +1.301.978.4875
          Wayne.D.Lee@NASDAQOMX.com

          American Bankers Association
          John Hall
          202-663-5473
          jhall@aba.com