Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index (Nasdaq:ABQI), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, June 23, 2014.

The following sixteen securities will be added to the Index: Bridge Capital Holdings (Nasdaq:BBNK), BNC Bancorp (Nasdaq:BNCN), BOK Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:BOKF), Popular, Inc. (Nasdaq:BPOP), Sierra Bancorp (Nasdaq:BSRR), Center Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNBC), Clifton Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:CSBK), Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EBSB), First Bancorp (Nasdaq:FBNC), Kearny Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:KRNY), Pacific Continental Corporation (Nasdaq:PCBK), Preferred Bank (Nasdaq:PFBC), Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:PGC), Park Sterling Corporation (Nasdaq:PSTB), Sun Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNBC) and Waterstone Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:WSBF).

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. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

As a result of the evaluation, the following four securities will be removed from the Index: First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:FBNK), Horizon Bancorp (Nasdaq:HBNC), Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:MBVT) and OmniAmerican Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:OABC).