The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced today, that Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will be added to the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, following the results of its quarterly re-ranking. Sirius XM Radio’s addition to the Index will become effective with the market open on Monday, March 22, 2010. The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index.

The index has no minimum bid requirement. Qualification is based on market capitalization. The top 50 securities not currently in the NASDAQ-100 Index are selected for inclusion in the Index. The data used in the ranking includes end of January, April, July and October market data and are updated for total shares outstanding submitted.

To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a security must meet the existing NASDAQ-100 Index eligibility criteria, stated as follows:

• the security’s U.S. listing must be exclusively on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (unless the security was dually listed on another U.S. market prior to January 1, 2004 and has continuously maintained such listing);

• the security must be issued by a non-financial company;

• the security may not be issued by an issuer currently in bankruptcy proceedings;

• the security must have average daily trading volume of at least 200,000 shares;

• then such security must have listed options on a recognized options market in the U.S.if the issuer of the security is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the U.S., or be eligible for listed-options trading on a recognized options market in the U.S.;

• only one security per issuer is allowed;

• the issuer of the security may not have entered into a definitive agreement or other arrangement which would likely result in the security no longer being Index eligible;

• the issuer of the security may not have annual financial statements with an audit opinion that is currently withdrawn;

• the issuer of the security must have “seasoned” on NASDAQ or another recognized market (generally, a company is considered to be seasoned if it has been listed on a market for at least two years; in the case of spin-offs, the operating history of the spinoff will be considered); and

• if the security would otherwise qualify to be in the top 25% of the securities included in the Index by market capitalization for the six prior consecutive month-ends, then a one year “seasoning” criterion would apply.

For more information, see the following methodology.

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