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NASDAQ OMX Announces Third Quarter 2009 New Listings Statistics - NASDAQ Captured 33 New Listings Including 12 IPOs And 7 Transfers From The NYSE Group

Date 23/10/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) captured a total of 33 new listings in the third quarter, highlighted by 12 IPOs including Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading designer, developer and global supplier of analog semiconductor devices, and lithium-ion battery producer A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE).

NASDAQ attracted 7 listings from the NYSE Group in the third quarter with a total market capitalization of $27.6 billion. NASDAQ welcomed the transfers of Mattel (Nasdaq:MAT), the worldwide leader in toy design and manufacture, R.R. Donnelley & Sons (Nasdaq:RRD), a global provider of integrated communications, and TriMas Corporation (Nasdaq:TRS), provider of engineered and applied products. Transfers from NYSE Amex included Iridium Communications (Nasdaq:IRDM), Zion Oil & Gas (Nasdaq:ZN), Reading International (Nasdaq:RDI) and Prospect Medical Holdings (Nasdaq:PZZ).

NASDAQ continues to draw new listings from the NYSE Group. On October 29, NASDAQ welcomes Vodafone Group PLC (Nasdaq:VOD), an international mobile communications group with a capitalization of $13.2 billion. BMC Software (Nasdaq:BMC), a management solutions provider with a $7.0 billion market capitalization, joins NASDAQ on October 26.

The new listings are comprised of the following categories:

 
 
 
                                                3rd Qtr 2009
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 Total New Listings                                 33
 NYSE Group Switches                                 7
 Initial Public Offerings                           12
 Upgrades from Over-the-Counter                      9
 ETFs, Structured Products & Other Listings          5
 

NASDAQ welcomed 10 companies from Greater China and currently lists 113 companies headquartered in Greater China, more than any other U.S. exchange. Third quarter listings from Greater China included the following:

 
 
 
 Symbol         Company Name
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 CDCS           CDC Software Corp.
 CAGC           China Agritech Inc.
 CRTP           China Rita Power Corp.
 DEER           Deer Consumer Products Inc.
 GAME           Shanda Games Ltd.
 LIWA           Lihua International Inc.
 RCON           Recon Technology Ltd.
 RINO           RINO International Corp.
 TRIT           Tri-Tech Holdings Inc.
 YONG           Yongye International Inc.
 

Other notable listings included the spin-offs of Alitsource Portfolio Solutions (Nasdaq:ASPS), a provider of real estate mortgage portfolio management products, from Ocwen Financial (NYSE:OCN) and off-shore driller Seahawk Drilling (Nasdaq:HAWK) from Pride International (NYSE:PDE).

Statistics are sourced from internal NASDAQ information. For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com/listingcenter/usmarket/.