New York, NY, December 15, 2006
— NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. (NGF)
today announced the amount of regular
quarterly dividends that will be paid
to the holders of record of each of the
funds in The Basket of Listed Depositary
Receipts (BLDRSSM) Index Funds Trust as
of December 19, 2006:
The BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index FundSM (NASDAQ:ADRA):
$0.14249 per share
The BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index
FundSM (NASDAQ:ADRD): $0.12373
per share
The BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index
FundSM (NASDAQ:ADRE): $0.12362
per share
The BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index FundSM
(NASDAQ:ADRU): $0.10857 per
share
The BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, a unit
investment trust, seeks investment results
that generally correspond to the price
and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of The Bank of New York Asia
50 ADR Index, a capitalization-weighted
index designed to track the performance
of a basket of Asian market-based Depositary
Receipts.
The BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index
Fund, a unit investment trust, seeks investment
results that generally correspond to the
price and yield performance, before fees
and expenses, of The Bank of New York
Developed Markets 100 ADR Index, a capitalization-weighted
index designed to track the performance
of a basket of developed market-based
Depositary Receipts.
The BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index
Fund, a unit investment trust, seeks investment
results that generally correspond to the
price and yield performance, before fees
and expenses, of The Bank of New York
Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index, a capitalization-weighted
index designed to track the performance
of a basket of emerging market-based Depositary
Receipts.
The BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index Fund,
a unit investment trust, seeks investment
results that generally correspond to the
price and yield performance, before fees
and expenses, of The Bank of New York
Europe 100 ADR Index, a capitalization-weighted
index designed to track the performance
of a basket of European market-based Depositary
Receipts.
The amounts of the distribution were
determined after the close of business
today, and payments will be made on December
29, 2006.
Sponsored by NGF, a subsidiary of The
Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®;
NASDAQ:NDAQ), the BLDRS Index Funds Trust
consists of four separate ETFs that are
designed to correspond with the price
and yield performance of four Bank of
New York American Depositary Receipt Indices.
NGF is behind one of the largest ETF
fund families - both in the U.S. and globally.
NGF sponsors five ETFs: the NASDAQ-100
Index Tracking Stock® (NASDAQ: QQQQ)
and the 4 BLDRS ETFs. In addition, NGF's
European subsidiary manages the NASDAQ-100
Index European Tracker SM (available only
to investors in certain European countries).
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic
stock market. With approximately 3,200
companies, it lists more companies and,
on average, its systems trade more shares
per day than any other U.S. market. NASDAQ
is home to companies that are leaders
across all areas of business including
technology, retail, communications, financial
services, transportation, media and biotechnology.
NASDAQ is the primary market for trading
NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information
about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site
at http://www.nasdaq.com
or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.
An investor should consider investment
objectives, risks, charges and
expenses carefully before investing. To
obtain a prospectus, which contains
this and other information about QQQQ
and BLDRS, unit investment trusts, please
call 888.627.3837. Read the prospectus
carefully before investing. ETFs are subject
to investment risk including possible
loss of principal.
ALPS Distributors, Inc., a registered
broker-dealer, is distributor for QQQQ
and BLDRS.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
The matters described herein may contain
forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
include statements about the changes to
and expected benefits of the NASDAQ-100
Tracking Stock. Forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks, uncertainties
or other factors beyond the control of
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., which could
cause actual results to differ materially
from historical results, performance or
other expectations and from any opinions
or statements expressed or implied with
respect to future periods. These factors
include, but are not limited to, NASDAQ's
ability to implement its strategic initiatives,
economic, political and market conditions
and fluctuations, government and industry
regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and
global competition, and other factors
detailed in the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. We undertake no obligation
to release any revisions to any forward-looking
statements.
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Media Contact:
Wayne Lee
301.978.4875
Issuer & Investor Contact:
Harry Tutwiler
301. 978.8422
