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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ DEF 14A filed Apr 3, 2009.

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Soud Ba’alawy was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Since 2007, he has been the Executive Chairman of Dubai Group, the leading diversified financial services company of Dubai Holding, which focuses on banking, investments and insurance, both at a regional and global level. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Ba’alawy was CEO of Dubai Investment Group and played a key role in its foundation and growth. He has more than ten years experience in banking and investment with Citigroup, and was the Vice President of Gulf Treasury in Citibank Dubai. He has also served as Chief Investment Officer of Dubai Internet City and Vice President of The Executive Office. Mr. Ba’alawy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Urban Bäckström was elected non-executive Deputy Chairman of NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was Chairman of OMX’s board of directors since April 2007 and a board member since 2005. He is currently, since June 1, 2005, also Managing Director of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, a pro-business non-profit organization representing 54,000 Swedish companies. Between 1991 and 1993, Mr. Bäckström was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in Sweden. From 1994 to December 31, 2002, Mr. Bäckström was Chairman and Governor of The Swedish Central Bank. During that period he also served on the board of the Bank for International Settlement, as a board member from 1994 to 1999 and as Chairman from 1999 to 2002. He also represented Sweden as Governor of the International Monetary Fund, in the Group-of-ten, in the European Monetary Institute, a forerunner to the European Central Bank (ECB) between 1995 and 1998 and in the General Council of ECB between 1999 and 2002. Mr. Bäckström was, in accordance with the Swedish Central Bank Act, restricted from seeking employment for ten months after leaving the Central Bank. From November 2003 until May 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of Skandia Liv, one of the largest life insurers in Sweden.

H. Furlong Baldwin was elected non-executive Chairman of NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective May 12, 2003 and has been a member of NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors since July 2000. Mr. Baldwin also served as a member of FINRA’s board of governors from 1999 until 2003. Mr. Baldwin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a multi-bank holding company, from April 1976 until March 2001. Mr. Baldwin retired as Chairman and member of the Mercantile board of directors in

 

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March 2003. Mr. Baldwin joined Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company in 1956 and was elected President of Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company and Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in 1970, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1976. Mr. Baldwin serves on the boards of W.R. Grace & Co., Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., The Wills Group and Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Michael Casey was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in January 2001. He is an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Starbucks Corporation, a leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee. Prior to his current position, Mr. Casey served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Starbucks from September 1997 to October 2007 and Senior Vice President and CFO from August 1995. Mr. Casey is a member of the lululemon athletica Inc. board of directors.

Lon Gorman was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 2003. In September 2006, Mr. Gorman was elected Chairman of NYFIX, Inc., a financial technology company focusing on electronic trading and straight-through processing solutions for the brokerage community. Mr. Gorman is the retired Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a holding company whose subsidiaries engage in securities brokerage and financial services. Mr. Gorman served as Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation from July 1999 until November 2004 and as President of Charles Schwab Institutional and Asset Management and President of Schwab Capital Markets L.P. Mr. Gorman joined Schwab in June 1996 following 16 years at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was Managing Director and Head of Global Equity Trading. Prior to CSFB, he was a partner at F. Eberstadt & Co. with responsibility for institutional sales and trading.

Robert Greifeld was elected to the board of directors and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ OMX in May 2003. Following the closing of the OMX combination, Mr. Greifeld serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ OMX. Prior to joining NASDAQ OMX, Mr. Greifeld was an Executive Vice President at SunGard Data Systems, Inc., a global provider of integrated software and processing solutions for financial services and a provider of information availability services. Mr. Greifeld joined SunGard in 1999 through SunGard’s acquisition of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc., where from 1991 though 1999, Mr. Greifeld was the President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Greifeld is also a director of NASDAQ Dubai.

Glenn H. Hutchins was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Hutchins is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive of Silver Lake, a technology investment firm that was established in January 1999. Mr. Hutchins is the Chairman of the board of SunGard Capital Corp. and serves as a member of the nominating and governance committee of SunGard Capital Corp. He is also on the Investors Committee of NXP B.V.

Birgitta Kantola was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, she was a member of OMX’s board since 2007. Since January 2001, she has been the CEO of Birka Consulting Ab, a financial consulting firm. From 2001 through 2008, she was a board member of Fortum Oyj (Vice Chair) and from 2003 through 2008, a board member of Nordea AB and during 2000 through 2008, a board member of Vasakronan. Currently she is a member of the boards of Stora Enso Oyj and Varma Mutual Pension Company. From 1995 through 2000, she was CFO of International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC and prior to that Executive Vice President of Nordic Investment Bank, Helsinki.

Essa Kazim was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Since 2006, Mr. Kazim has been the Chairman of the Dubai Financial Market. Mr. Kazim began his career as Senior Analyst in the Research and Statistics Department of the UAE Central Bank in 1988 and then moved to the Dubai Department of Economic Development as Director of Planning and Development in 1993. He was then appointed Director General of the DFM from 1999 through 2006. Mr. Kazim is currently a Chairman of the board of the Dubai Statistics Centre, a director of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, a member of the Dubai Council for Economic Affairs, a director of the Dubai International Financial Exchange, a member of the Economy & Trade Committee in Dubai, a director of Noor Islamic Bank and a director of the General Pension and Social Security Authority.

 

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John D. Markese was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 1996. Dr. Markese served on FINRA’s board of governors from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Markese is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Individual Investors, a not-for-profit organization providing investment education to individual investors founded in 1978.

Hans Munk Nielsen was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was a member of the OMX board since 2005. From March 1991 until his retirement in December 2007, Mr. Nielsen served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TDC A/S. Mr. Nielsen is also Chairman of the board of Collateralized Mortgaged Obligations Fonden. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the board of Nordea Invest and a member of the board of Jeudan AS. He has also held various positions at the Great Belt Link, Carl Bro Group, Danske Bank and Danish Ministry of Finance.

Thomas F. O’Neill was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 2003. Mr. O’Neill is a founding principal of Sandler O’Neill + Partners L.P., an investment bank, which was founded in 1988. Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Misonix, Inc. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. Mr. O’Neill serves as Chairman of the audit committee of Archer-Daniels-Midland Corporation and is a member of the audit committee of Misonix.

James S. Riepe was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 2003. Mr. Riepe served as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., an investment management firm, since April 1997. He was also Chairman of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. On January 1, 2006, Mr. Riepe retired from active management at T. Rowe Price and retired from T. Rowe Price Group in April 2006. Mr. Riepe continues to serve as a Senior Adviser at T. Rowe Price. Previously, he served on the firm’s management committee and was responsible for overseeing mutual fund activities, including U.S. and global marketing and service operations. Mr. Riepe served as Chairman of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and on FINRA’s board of governors. Mr. Riepe joined T. Rowe Price in 1982 as Vice President and Director of the firm. He also serves on the board of directors of Genworth Financial. Mr. Riepe serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael R. Splinter was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Mr. Splinter has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in nanomanufacturing technologyTM solutions for the electronics industry, since April 2003. An engineer and technologist, Mr. Splinter is a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Mr. Splinter was an executive at Intel Corporation. Mr. Splinter is chairman of the Technology CEO Council. He also serves on the board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and is Chair of the board of directors for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Lars Wedenborn was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was a member of the OMX board since 2007. Mr. Wedenborn has been CEO of FAM (Foundation Asset Management), which is fully owned by Wallenberg foundations, since September 2007. Mr. Wedenborn started his career as auditor followed by an assignment as CFO at Cabanco. During 1991-2000 he was Deputy Managing Director and CFO at Alfred Berg, a Scandinavian investment bank. He served with Investor AB, a Swedish holding company, as Executive Vice President and CFO from 2000-2007. Mr. Wedenborn is a member of the board of SKFAB and The Grand Hotel.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors in May 2004. Ms. Wince-Smith has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Competitiveness, a non-profit group of CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders committed to driving U.S. competitiveness, since 2001. In 2006, she was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a member of the Oversight Board of the Internal Revenue Service. She is an appointed member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, serves on the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, and on the boards of several start-up technology companies. In 1989, she became the first Senate

 

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Confirmed Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the Department of Commerce. Previously, she served in the Reagan Administration as the Assistant Director for International Affairs and Global Competitiveness in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

This excerpt taken from the NDAQ DEF 14A filed Apr 17, 2008.

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Soud Ba’alawy was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Since 2007, he has been the Executive Chairman of Dubai Group, the leading diversified financial services company of Dubai Holding, which focuses on Banking, Investments and Insurance, both at a regional and global level. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Ba’alawy was CEO of Dubai Investment Group and played a key role in its foundation and growth. He has more than ten years experience in banking and investment with Citigroup, and was the Vice President of Gulf Treasury in Citibank Dubai. He has also served as Chief Investment Officer of Dubai Internet City and Vice President of The Executive Office. Mr. Ba’alawy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Urban Bäckström was elected non-executive Deputy Chairman of NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was Chairman of OMX’s board of directors since April 2007 and a board member since 2005. He is currently, since June 1, 2005, also Managing Director of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, a pro-business non-profit organization representing 54,000 Swedish companies. Between 1991 and 1993, Mr. Bäckström was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in Sweden. From 1994 to December 31,

 

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2002, Mr. Bäckström was Chairman and Governor of The Swedish Central Bank. During that period he also served on the board of the Bank for International Settlement, as a board member from 1994 to 1999 and as Chairman from 1999 to 2002. He also represented Sweden as Governor of the International Monetary Fund, in the Group-of-ten, in the European Monetary Institute, a forerunner to the European Central Bank (ECB) between 1995 and 1998 and in the General Council of ECB between 1999 and 2002. Mr. Bäckström was, in accordance with the Swedish Central Bank Act, restricted from seeking employment for ten months after leaving the Central Bank. From November 1, 2003, he was Chief Executive Officer of Skandia Liv, one of the largest life insurers in Sweden.

H. Furlong Baldwin was elected non-executive Chairman of Nasdaq’s board of directors effective May 12, 2003 and has been a member of Nasdaq’s board of directors since July 2000. Mr. Baldwin also served as a member of FINRA’s board of governors from 1999 until 2003. Mr. Baldwin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a multi-bank holding company, from April 1976 until March 2001. Mr. Baldwin retired as Chairman and member of the Mercantile board of directors in March 2003. Mr. Baldwin joined Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company in 1956 and was elected President of Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company and Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in 1970, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1976. Mr. Baldwin serves on the boards of W.R. Grace & Co., Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., The Wills Group and Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Michael Casey was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in January 2001. He is a Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Corporation, a leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee. Prior to his current position, Mr. Casey served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Starbucks from September 1997 to October 2007 and Senior Vice President and CFO from August 1995. Mr. Casey is also on the board of lululemon athletica inc.

Lon Gorman was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 2003. In September 2006, Mr. Gorman was elected Chairman of NYFIX, Inc., a financial technology company focusing on electronic trading and straight-through processing solutions for the brokerage community. Mr. Gorman is the retired Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a holding company whose subsidiaries engage in securities brokerage and financial services. Mr. Gorman served as Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation from July 1999 until November 2004 and as President of Charles Schwab Institutional and Asset Management and President of Schwab Capital Markets L.P. Mr. Gorman joined Schwab in June 1996 following 16 years at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was Managing Director and Head of Global Equity Trading. Prior to CSFB, he was a partner at F. Eberstadt & Co. with responsibility for institutional sales and trading.

Robert Greifeld was elected to the board of directors and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq in May 2003. Following the closing of the OMX combination, Mr. Greifeld serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ OMX. Prior to joining Nasdaq, Mr. Greifeld was an Executive Vice President at SunGard Data Systems, Inc., a global provider of integrated software and processing solutions for financial services and a provider of information availability services. Mr. Greifeld joined SunGard in 1999 through SunGard’s acquisition of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc., where from 1991-1999, Mr. Greifeld was the President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Greifeld is also a director of DIFX.

Glenn H. Hutchins was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Hutchins is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive of Silver Lake, a technology investment firm that was established in January 1999. Mr. Hutchins is the Chairman of the board of SunGard Capital Corp. and serves as a member of the nominating and governance committee of SunGard Capital Corp. He is also on the Investors Committee of NXP B.V.

Birgitta Kantola was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, she was a member of OMX’s board since 2007. Since January 2001, she has been the CEO of Birka Consulting Ab, a financial consulting firm. During 2001-2008, she was a board member of Fortum Oyj (Vice Chair) and during 2003-2008, she was a board member of Nordea AB. Currently she is a member of the boards of Stora

 

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Enso Oyj, Varma Mutual Pension Company and Vasakronan AB. During 1995-2000, she was CFO of International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. and prior to that Executive Vice President of Nordic Investment Bank, Helsinki.

Essa Kazim was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Since 2006, Mr. Kazim has been the Chairman of the Dubai Financial Market. Mr. Kazim began his career as Senior Analyst in the Research and Statistics Department of the UAE Central Bank in 1988 and then moved to the Dubai Department of Economic Development as Director of Planning and Development in 1993. He was then appointed Director General of the DFM from 1999 through 2006. Mr. Kazim is currently a Chairman of the board of the Dubai Statistics Centre, a director of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, a member of the Dubai Council for Economic Affairs, a director of the Dubai International Financial Exchange, a member of the Economy & Trade Committee in Dubai, a director of Noor Islamic Bank and a director of the General Pension and Social Security Authority.

John D. Markese was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 1996. Dr. Markese served on FINRA’s board of governors from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Markese is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Individual Investors, a not-for-profit organization providing investment education to individual investors founded in 1978.

Hans Munk Nielsen was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was a member of the OMX board since 2005. From March 1991 until his retirement in December 2007, Mr. Nielsen served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TDC A/S. Mr. Nielsen is also Chairman of the board of Collateralized Mortgaged Obligations Fonden. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the board of Nordea Invest and a member of the board of Jeudan AS. He has also held various positions at the Great Belt Link, Carl Bro Group, Danske Bank and Danish Ministry of Finance.

Thomas F. O’Neill was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 2003. Mr. O’Neill is a founding principal of Sandler O’Neill + Partners L.P., an investment bank, which was founded in 1988. Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Misonix, Inc. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. Mr. O’Neill serves as Chairman of the audit committee of Archer-Daniels-Midland Corporation and is a member of the audit committee of Misonix.

James S. Riepe was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 2003. Mr. Riepe served as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., an investment management firm, since April 1997. He was also Chairman of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. On January 1, 2006, Mr. Riepe retired from active management at T. Rowe Price and retired from T.R. Price Group in April 2006. Mr. Riepe continues to serve as a Senior Adviser at T. Rowe Price. Previously, he served on the firm’s management committee and was responsible for overseeing mutual fund activities, including U.S. and global marketing and service operations. Mr. Riepe served as Chairman of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and on FINRA’s board of governors. Mr. Riepe joined T. Rowe Price in 1982 as Vice President and Director of the firm. He also serves on the board of directors of Genworth Financial. Mr. Riepe serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael R. Splinter was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Mr. Splinter has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a member of the Board of Directors, of Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in nanomanufacturing technologyTM solutions for the electronics industry, since April 2003. An engineer and technologist, Mr. Splinter is a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Mr. Splinter was an executive at Intel Corporation. Mr. Splinter is chairman of the Technology CEO Council. He also serves on the board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and is Chair of the board of directors for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Lars Wedenborn was elected to NASDAQ OMX’s board of directors effective March 1, 2008. Previously, he was a member of the OMX board since 2007. Mr. Wedenborn has been CEO of FAM (Foundation Asset

 

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Management), which is fully owned by Wallenberg foundations, since September 2007. Mr. Wedenborn started his career as auditor followed by an assignment as CFO at Cabanco. During 1991-2000 he was Deputy Managing Director and CFO at Alfred Berg, a Scandinavian investment bank. He served with Investor AB, a Swedish holding company, as Executive Vice President and CFO from 2000-2007. Mr. Wedenborn is Chairman of the board of Novare Holding AB and a member of the board of The Grand Hotel. Mr. Wedenborn is also nominated for the board of SKF.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith was elected to Nasdaq’s board of directors in May 2004. Ms. Wince-Smith has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Competitiveness, a non-profit group of CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders committed to driving U.S. competitiveness, since 2001. In 2006, she was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a member of the Oversight Board of the Internal Revenue Service. She is an appointed member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, serves on the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, and on the boards of several start-up technology companies. In 1989, she became the first Senate Confirmed Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the Department of Commerce. Previously, she served in the Reagan Administration as the Assistant Director for International Affairs and Global Competitiveness in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

This excerpt taken from the NDAQ DEF 14A filed Apr 20, 2007.

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H. Furlong Baldwin was elected non-executive Chairman of our board of directors effective May 12, 2003 and has been a member of the board of directors since July 2000. Mr. Baldwin also served as a member of NASD’s board of governors from 1999 until 2003. Mr. Baldwin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a multi-bank holding company, from April 1976 until March 2001. Mr. Baldwin retired as Chairman and member of the Mercantile board of directors in March 2003. Mr. Baldwin joined Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company in 1956 and was elected President of Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company and Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in 1970, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1976. Mr. Baldwin serves on the boards of W.R. Grace & Co., Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., The Wills Group, and Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Michael Casey was elected to the board of directors in January 2001. Mr. Casey has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Starbucks Corporation, a leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee, since September 1997. Prior to his current position, Mr. Casey served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Starbucks from August 1995 to September 1997.

Daniel Coleman was elected to the board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Coleman has served as Joint Global Head of Equities at UBS Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer subsidiary of UBS AG, since July 2005. Mr. Coleman

 

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chairs the Equities Management Committee and is a member of the UBS Investment Bank board. Mr. Coleman has been with UBS Investment Bank and its predecessor firms since 1986 and has held several executive management positions, including Head of Equities for the Americas from October 2004 to July 2006 and Head of Equities Trading from June 2000 to October 2004. Previously, he served as Head of Client Trading from September 1997 to June 2000.

Lon Gorman was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. In September 2006, Mr. Gorman was elected non-executive Chairman of NYFIX, Inc. a financial technology company focusing on electronic trading and straight-through processing solutions for the brokerage community. Mr. Gorman is the retired Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a holding company whose subsidiaries engage in securities brokerage and financial services. Mr. Gorman served as Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation from July 1999 until November 2004 and as President of Charles Schwab Institutional and Asset Management and President of Schwab Capital Markets L.P. Mr. Gorman joined Schwab in June 1996 following sixteen years at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was Managing Director and Head of Global Equity Trading. Prior to CSFB, he was a partner at F. Eberstadt & Co. with responsibility for institutional sales and trading.

Robert Greifeld was elected to the board of directors and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq in May 2003. Prior to joining Nasdaq, Mr. Greifeld was Executive Vice President of SunGard Data Systems, Inc., a global provider of integrated software and processing solutions for financial services and provider of information availability services. Mr. Greifeld joined SunGard in 1999 through SunGard’s acquisition of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc., where from 1991-1999, Mr. Greifeld was the President and Chief Operating Officer.

Patrick J. Healy was elected to the board of directors in February 2004. Mr. Healy is Managing Director of Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity investment firm, and Chief Executive Officer of Hellman & Friedman Europe, Ltd. Mr. Healy joined Hellman & Friedman in 1994, serving as Managing Director since January 1999 and previously as Principal from July 1994. Mr. Healy serves on the boards of directors of Gartmore Investment Management, The Nielson Company, DoubleClick, Inc. and Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd.

Glenn H. Hutchins was elected to the board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Hutchins is a co-founder and Managing Director of Silver Lake, a technology investment firm that was established in January 1999. Mr. Hutchins is the Chairman of the board of SunGard Capital Corp. and serves as Chairman of the executive committee and as a member of the nominating and governance committee of SunGard Capital Corp. He is also on the Investors Committee of NXP B.V.

Merit E. Janow was elected to the board of directors in May 2005. Professor Janow has been a Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 1994. Professor Janow teaches advanced courses in international trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) law, comparative and antitrust law at Columbia Law School, and international economic policy at SIPA. Professor Janow is one of seven members of the WTO’s Appellate Body. Since 2001, Professor Janow has served on the board of directors of the Capital Income Builder Fund and, the World Growth and Income Fund of the American Funds family. For both funds, she serves on the audit, proxy, and contracts committees.

John D. Markese was elected to the board of directors in May 1996. Dr. Markese served on NASD’s board of governors from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Markese is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Individual Investors, a not-for-profit organization providing investment education to individual investors founded in 1978.

Thomas F. O’Neill was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. Mr. O’Neill is a founding principal of Sandler O’Neill & Partners L.P., an investment bank, which was founded in 1988. Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Misonix, Inc. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. Mr. O’Neill serves as Chairman of the audit committee of Archer-Daniels-Midland Corporation and is a member of the audit committee of Misonix.

 

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James S. Riepe was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. Mr. Riepe served as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., an investment management firm, since April 1997. He was also Chairman of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. On January 1, 2006, Mr. Riepe retired from active management at T. Rowe Price and retired from T.R. Price Group in April 2006. Mr. Riepe continues to serve as a Senior Adviser at T. Rowe Price. Previously, he served on the firm’s management committee and was responsible for overseeing mutual fund activities, including U.S. and global marketing and service operations. Mr. Riepe served as Chairman of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and on NASD’s board of governors. Mr. Riepe joined T. Rowe Price in 1982 as Vice President and Director of the firm. He also serves on the board of directors of Genworth Financial.

Thomas G. Stemberg was elected to the board of directors in May 2002. Mr. Stemberg is Managing General Partner of Highland Consumer Fund and has been a Venture Partner with Highland Capital Partners, Inc., a private equity firm, since March 2005. From February 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Stemberg served as non-executive Chairman of Staples, Inc., an office supply superstore retailer that he co-founded in 1986. From February 1988 to March 2005, Mr. Stemberg served as Chairman of Staples. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Staples from January 1986 to February 2002. Mr. Stemberg serves on the board of directors of PETsMART, Inc. and CarMax, Inc. and serves on the companies’ compensation committees.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith was elected to the board of directors in May 2004. Since December 2001, Ms. Wince-Smith has been the President of the Council on Competitiveness. Ms. Wince-Smith was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a member of the Oversight Board of the Internal Revenue Service. Ms. Wince-Smith also serves as Chair of the federal advisory committee of the Secretary of Commerce’s Strengthening America’s Initiative. She has more than 20 years of experience as a senior government official, including as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the Department of Commerce during the first Bush administration.

This excerpt taken from the NDAQ DEF 14A filed Apr 21, 2006.

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roaster and retailer of specialty coffee, since September 1997. Prior to his current position, Mr. Casey served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Starbucks from August 1995 to September 1997.

 

Daniel Coleman was elected to the board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Coleman has served as Joint Global Head of Equities at UBS Securities LLC, a broker-dealer subsidiary of UBS AG, since July 2005. Mr. Coleman is a member of the UBS Group Managing Board and Investment Bank’s Management Committee. Mr. Coleman has been with UBS Investment Bank and its predecessor firms since 1986 and has held several executive management positions, including Head of Equities for the Americas from October 2004 to July 2005 and Head of Equities Trading from June 2000 to October 2004. Previously, he served as Head of Client Trading from September 1997 to June 2000. Mr. Coleman serves on the board of The Options Clearing Corporation and is a former member of the Nasdaq Quality of Markets Committee.

 

Jeffrey N. Edwards was elected to the board of directors in May 2004. Mr. Edwards has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a global financial services firm, since March 2005. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Edwards served as Senior Vice President and Head of Investment Banking for the Americas since September 2004. Mr. Edwards is also a member of Merrill Lynch’s Operating Committee. Previously, he served as Head of the Global Capital Markets & Financing Group from September 2003 to September 2004 and as Co-Head of Global Equity Markets from October 2001 to September 2003. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1987 as an associate in investment banking.

 

Lon Gorman was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. Mr. Gorman is the retired Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation, a holding company whose subsidiaries engage in securities brokerage and financial services. Mr. Gorman served as Vice Chairman of The Charles Schwab Corporation from July 1999 until November 2004, and served as President of Charles Schwab Institutional and Asset Management and President of Schwab Capital Markets L.P. Mr. Gorman serves on the board of directors of NYFIX, Inc.

 

Patrick J. Healy has been a member of the board of directors since February 2004. Mr. Healy is a Managing Director of Hellman & Friedman LLC and CEO of Hellman & Friedman Europe, Ltd., a private equity investment firm. Mr. Healy joined Hellman & Friedman in 1994, serving as Managing Director since January 1999 and previously as Principal from July 1994. Mr. Healy serves on the board of directors of DoubleClick, Inc., Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd. and ProSiebenSat 1 A.G.

 

Merit E. Janow was elected to the board of directors in May 2005. Professor Janow has been a Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 1994. Professor Janow teaches advanced courses in international trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) law, comparative and antitrust law at Columbia Law School, and international economic policy at SIPA. Professor Janow is also one of seven Members of the WTO’s Appellate Body. Since 2001, Professor Janow has served on the board of directors of the Capital Income Builder Fund and the World Growth and Income Fund of the American Funds family. For both funds, she serves on the audit, proxy, and contracts committees.

 

John D. Markese was elected to the board of directors in May 1996. Dr. Markese served on the NASD Board of Governors from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Markese has been President and CEO of the American Association of Individual Investors, a not-for-profit organization providing investment education to individual investors, since 1992.

 

Thomas F. O’Neill was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. Mr. O’Neill is a founding principal of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., an investment bank, which was founded in 1988. Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Misonix, Inc and Archer-Daniel-Midland Company. Mr. O’Neill serves as chairman of the audit committee of Archer-Daniel-Midland Corporation and as a member of the audit committee of Misonix.

 

James S. Riepe was elected to the board of directors in May 2003. Mr. Riepe has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., an investment management firm, since April 1997. He is

 

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also Chairman of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. On January 1, 2006, Mr. Riepe retired from active management at T. Rowe Price and will retire from the T.R. Price Group board of directors in April 2006. Previously, he served on the firm’s management committee and was responsible for overseeing the firm’s mutual fund activities, including U.S. and global marketing and service operations. Mr. Riepe joined T. Rowe Price in 1982 as a Vice President and Director of the firm. Mr. Riepe also serves on the board of directors of Genworth Financial.

 

Thomas G. Stemberg was elected to the board of directors in May 2002. Mr. Stemberg has been a Venture Partner with Highland Capital Partners, Inc., a private equity firm since March 2005. From February 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Stemberg served as non-executive Chairman of Staples, Inc., an office supply superstore retailer. From February 1988 to March 2005, Mr. Stemberg served as Chairman of Staples. He served as CEO of Staples from January 1986 to February 2002. Mr. Stemberg serves on the board of directors of PETsMART, Inc., Polycom, Inc., and CarMax, Inc.

 

Deborah L. Wince-Smith was elected to the board of directors in May 2004. Since December 2001, Ms. Wince-Smith has been the President of the Council on Competitiveness, a non-profit organization focused on productivity and economic growth policy issues. She joined the Council in February 1993 as a Senior Fellow and Independent Consultant. Ms. Wince-Smith also serves as chair of the Secretary of Commerce’s Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative Federal Advisory Committee. From 1989 to 1993, Ms. Wince-Smith served as the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the Department of Commerce Technology Administration.

 

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