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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), parent of the world's first electronic stock market and a leading index provider, 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 24, 2013.
The following ten securities will be added to the Index: Bank Mutual Corporation (Nasdaq:BKMU), Popular, Inc. (Nasdaq:BPOP), Capital Bank Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:CBF), Charter Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CHFN), First Defiance Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:FDEF), The First of Long Island Corporation (Nasdaq:FLIC), HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTBI), Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBAI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:NFBK) and OceanFirst Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:OCFC).
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 six companies will be removed from the Index:
Camden National Corporation (Nasdaq:CAC), First Financial Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFCH), Franklin Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:FRNK), German American Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:GABC), Peoples Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:PEBO) and Park Sterling Corporation (Nasdaq:PSTB).
The First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Fund (Nasdaq:QABA) 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.
