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Creations and Redemptions:
NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock

NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock is "created" by large investors and institutions in block-size "Creation Units" of 50,000 NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock shares (or multiples of 50,000 shares). Creating 50,000 NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock shares requires the deposit into the NASDAQ-100 Trust of a portfolio of stocks closely approximating the composition of the NASDAQ-100 Index together, sometimes, with a specified amount of cash.

Similarly, a block of 50,000 NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock shares (or multiples of 50,000) can be redeemed in return for a portfolio of stocks approximating the NASDAQ-100 Index and, sometimes, a specified amount of cash.

Creation and redemption transactions require interface with a firm that is either a member of the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or a Depository Trust Company participant, and compliance with other procedures described in the Trust prospectus.