| As a result of the re-ranking of the NASDAQ-100 Index, the following 12 companies will be removed: Career Education Corporation (Nasdaq: CECO) Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: DLTR), Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq: ISIL), Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq: IVGN), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT), Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM), Molex Incorporated (Nasdaq: MOLX), Novellus Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: NVLS), QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq: QLGC), Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC). |