Business Objects Nasdaq Symbol Changed to BOBJ.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1999--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced that effective immediately, its stock symbol on Nasdaq has been changed to BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA from BOBJY. This follows on the rule change announced by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 19, 1999 that foreign issuers of securities and American Depository Receipts American Depository Receipt n. called in the banking trade an ADR, it is a receipt issued by American banks to Americans as a substitute for actual ownership of shares of foreign stocks. that trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. would no longer be required to affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements. an "F" or "Y" to their stock symbols. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. , data mining, and DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 1,080,000 licenses to over 7,600 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408/953-6000 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.businessobjects.com. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the company's fax retrieval line at 800/414-2114 and selecting option "two." The announcement may also be downloaded from the web; access "http://www.businesswire.com/cnn" and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800/527-0580. |
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