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

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today 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, December 20, 2010.

The following five securities will be added to the Index: Abington Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABBC), First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIBK), Pacific Capital Bancorp (Nasdaq:PCBC), Sterling Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:STSAD), and ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:VPFG).

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 eighteen securities will be removed from the Index: First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq:BUSE), Cass Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CASS), Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCBG), CoBiz Financial Inc. (Nasdaq:COBZ), Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGBN), First Bancorp (Nasdaq:FBNC), First Financial Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFCH), Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSBC), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOME), Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBAI), OceanFirst Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:OCFC), 1st Source Corporation (Nasdaq:SRCE), StellarOne Corporation (Nasdaq:STEL), TriCo Bancshares (Nasdaq:TCBK), Union First Market Bankshares Corporation (Nasdaq:UBSH), United Community Banks, Inc. (Nasdaq:UCBI), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (Nasdaq:UVSP), and Washington Banking Company (Nasdaq:WBCO).

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.