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Nasdaq to Begin Dissemination of New Third Party Indexes on GIDS, Effective Monday, May 10, 2021

What are the new Indexes?

XPAY: Strategic Fintech & Digital Payments Sector Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing financial technology and digital payment products and services including cloud-based business software solutions and data analytics; Managed payments systems and solutions; and Blockchain and alternative currency systems.

XPAYNTR: Strategic Fintech & Digital Payments Sector Net Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing financial technology and digital payment products and services including cloud-based business software solutions and data analytics; Managed payments systems and solutions; and Blockchain and alternative currency systems.

XPAYTR: Strategic Fintech & Digital Payments Sector Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing financial technology and digital payment products and services including cloud-based business software solutions and data analytics; Managed payments systems and solutions; and Blockchain and alternative currency systems.

INET: Strategic Internet of Things Technology Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing technology solutions to the network of physical objects known as the “internet of things.” “Things” have sensors, software, and other technologies that allows them to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the internet.

INETNTR: Strategic Internet of Things Technology Net Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing technology solutions to the network of physical objects known as the “internet of things.” “Things” have sensors, software, and other technologies that allows them to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the internet.

INETTR: Strategic Internet of Things Technology Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in providing technology solutions to the network of physical objects known as the “internet of things.” “Things” have sensors, software, and other technologies that allows them to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the internet.

PAD: Strategic Apartment & Residential Real Estate Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in apartment buildings, single-family home rentals, student housing, and/or manufactured homes operations, management, and real estate.

PADNTR: Strategic Apartment & Residential Real Estate Net Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in apartment buildings, single-family home rentals, student housing, and/or manufactured homes operations, management, and real estate.

PADTR: Strategic Apartment & Residential Real Estate Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that specialize in apartment buildings, single-family home rentals, student housing, and/or manufactured homes operations, management, and real estate.

VIDS: Strategic Streaming & Gaming Technology Index measures the performance of companies that develop, manufacture, distribute, or sell products or services related to video, audio, and gaming (video and sports) services that are communicated by a provider to an end user over the internet.

VIDSNTR: Strategic Streaming & Gaming Technology Net Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that develop, manufacture, distribute, or sell products or services related to video, audio, and gaming (video and sports) services that are communicated by a provider to an end user over the internet.

VIDSTR: Strategic Streaming & Gaming Technology Total Return Index measures the performance of companies that develop, manufacture, distribute, or sell products or services related to video, audio, and gaming (video and sports) services that are communicated by a provider to an end user over the internet.

How are the Indexes disseminated?

Effective Monday, May 10, 2021, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed with the following attributes:

In addition to the real-time tick messages, Nasdaq will support the following directory messages on GIDS:

• Equities Summary (Message Type F): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay the summary of the current trading day's activity for an equity index.
• Index Directory (Message Type R): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

Where can I find additional information?

For questions about Nasdaq index products, please contact Nasdaq CAPI Operations at +1 844 717 0708 (for US Callers) or +1 301 978 8311 (for International Callers).

For additional information about Strategic Investments, please contact them at +1 212-951-0499