NASDAQ Announces Technical Issue Involving American Capital Strategies

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ(r)") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that on November 2, 2006, there were system errors involving trading in American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (Nasdaq:ACAS), which caused unusual trading volume and price movement.

American Capital Strategies, Ltd. American Capital is a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine fund with $11.5 billion of capital resources under management. American Capital invests in and sponsors management and employee buyouts, invests in private equity buyouts, provides capital directly to early stage and mature private and small public companies and through its asset management business is a manager of debt and equity investments in private companies.

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