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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-K filed Feb 27, 2009. Other Related Party Transactions
NASDAQ Dubai is a related party, as NASDAQ Dubai is primarily owned by Borse Dubai, who through the completion of the Transactions, owns 19.99% of the share capital of NASDAQ OMX, in addition to shares held by the Trust for their benefit. Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet is our equity method investment in NASDAQ Dubai. See Note 3, Business Combinations, and Note 5, Equity Method Investments, for further discussion of our investment in NASDAQ Dubai.
This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-K filed Feb 25, 2008. Other Related Party Transactions
Preferred Stock
There were several preferred stock transactions with FINRA, prior to Nasdaqs redemption of the one share of Series D preferred stock on December 20, 2006. See Note 14, Capital Stock, for further discussion of preferred stock.
Public Offerings and Registration of FINRA Warrant Shares
In 2006 and 2005, we completed two public offerings of common stock owned by FINRA. See Note 14, Capital Stock, for further discussion of public offerings.
In May 2006, we began registering for resale up to 14,201,625 shares of common stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of warrants that were sold to investors by FINRA in our 2000 and 2001 private placements. We filed a registration statement and a series of prospectus supplements to register a portion of these shares. We agreed to make the resale registration statement and related prospectus supplements available to selling
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stockholders until June 27, 2007, subject to blackout periods and other conditions. After June 27, 2007, all of the warrant shares were eligible for resale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Trade Reporting Facility
To facilitate our operations as a national securities exchange, we formed The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF. Through The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF we continue to collect reports of trades executed by broker-dealers outside of our exchange. FINRA regulates The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF as one of its facilities. The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF began operating on August 1, 2006 for Nasdaq-listed securities and began operating in March 2007 for non-Nasdaq-listed securities. For further discussion of The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF, see Item 1. BusinessProducts and Services, Market Services.
Related Party Revenues and Expenses
As discussed above, FINRA provides us with regulatory services, including the regulation of trading activity on The Nasdaq Stock Market and surveillance and investigative functions for us.
In October 2005, we transferred responsibility for the OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange, back to FINRA, but agreed to continue to operate the OTCBB on a contract basis for two years, subject to renewals. We currently operate the OTCBB on a month to month basis.
Nasdaq Technology Services, LLC was established in 2004 and provides software, hosting and disaster recovery services to third parties. Effective November 1, 2004, Nasdaq Technology and FINRA entered into a contract for technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. Revenues for the services are recorded in other Market Services revenues.
We also pay FINRA for the use of office space.
Sale of Building
In June 2005, we completed the sale of the building we owned in Rockville, Maryland located at 9513 Key West Avenue to FINRA for $17.8 million.
This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-K filed Feb 28, 2007. Other Related Party Transactions
Public Offerings
On February 15, 2005, we completed an underwritten offering of 16,586,980 shares of common stock underlying warrants, which had expired unexercised, owned by NASD and an additional 3,246,536 shares of common stock owned by certain selling stockholders who purchased the shares in our private placements in 2000 and 2001.
In the first quarter of 2006, we completed a public offering of 15,979,513 shares of our common stock, of which we sold 8,042,142 shares issued from common stock in treasury and NASD and other selling stockholders sold 7,937,371 shares. Other selling stockholders initially received their shares through the exercise of warrants they purchased in our 2000 and 2001 private placements.
Preferred Stock
In March 2002, we issued 1,338,402 shares of Series A Cumulative preferred stock and one share of Series B preferred stock. NASD owned all of the outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative preferred stock and Series B preferred stock. The Series A Cumulative preferred stock carried a 7.6% dividend rate for the year commencing March 2003 and carried a 10.6% dividend rate in all subsequent years. The Series B preferred stock did not pay dividends. On September 30, 2004, NASD waived a portion of the dividend for the third quarter of 2004 of $2.5 million and accepted an aggregate amount of $1.0 million (calculated based on an annual rate of 3.0%) as payment in full of the dividend for this period. On November 29, 2004, we entered into an exchange agreement with NASD pursuant to which NASD exchanged 1,338,402 shares of our Series A Cumulative preferred stock, representing all the outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative preferred stock, for 1,338,402 shares of newly issued Series C Cumulative preferred stock. The Series C Cumulative preferred stock accrued quarterly dividends at an annual rate of 3.0% for all periods until July 1, 2006 and at an annual rate of 10.6% for periods thereafter.
On April 21, 2005, we and NASD entered into a Stock Repurchase and Waiver Agreement whereby NASD consented to the financing used in connection with the acquisition of INET. In exchange for the waiver, we repurchased 384,932 shares of our Series C Cumulative preferred stock owned by NASD for approximately $40.0 million. On December 20, 2005, NASD exchanged its one share of our Series B preferred stock for one newly issued share of Series D preferred stock, which had terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series B preferred stock. See Note 14, Capital Stock, for further discussion of the preferred stock transactions.
On February 15, 2006 we redeemed our Series C Cumulative preferred stock, held by NASD, for $104.7 million including accrued and unpaid dividends and a make-whole premium. We used a portion of the net proceeds obtained from the first quarter 2006 public equity offering to fund the redemption.
As discussed above, on December 20, 2006, we redeemed our Series D preferred stock held by NASD.
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NASD Equity Ownership
NASD achieved full divestiture of ownership in our common stock in 2006, and as discussed above, we redeemed the Series D preferred stock held by NASD on December 20, 2006. Therefore, NASD no longer maintains voting control of us and we are no longer a subsidiary of NASD.
Registration of NASD Warrant Shares
In May 2006, we began registering for resale up to 14,201,625 shares of common stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of warrants that were sold to investors by NASD in our 2000 and 2001 private placements. We have filed a registration statement and a series of prospectus supplements to register a portion of these shares. We have agreed to make the resale registration statement and related prospectus supplements available to selling stockholders until June 27, 2007, subject to blackout periods and other conditions.
Repurchase of NASD Warrant Shares
In connection with our acquisition of INET, we acquired warrants that were originally purchased by INET from NASD in our 2000 and 2001 private placements. In June 2006, we exercised these warrants. We paid NASD approximately $0.7 million for these warrant shares, which were immediately retired to common stock in treasury.
Trade Reporting Facility
To facilitate our operations as a national securities exchange, we formed the TRF. Through the TRF we continue to collect reports of trades executed by broker-dealers outside of our exchange. NASD regulates the TRF as one of its facilities. The TRF began operating on August 1, 2006 for Nasdaq-listed securities and will begin operating in March 2007 for non-Nasdaq-listed securities. For further discussion of the TRF, See Item 1. BusinessProducts and Services, Market Services.
Related Party Revenues and Expenses
As discussed above, NASDR provides us with regulatory services, including the regulation of trading activity on The Nasdaq Stock Market and surveillance and investigative functions for us.
In October 2005, we transferred responsibility for the OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange, back to NASD, but agreed to continue to operate the OTCBB on a contract basis for two years, subject to renewals.
Nasdaq Technology Services, LLC was established in 2004 and provides software, hosting and disaster recovery services to third parties. Effective November 1, 2004, Nasdaq Technology and NASD entered into a contract for technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. Revenues for the services are recorded in other Market Services revenues. Prior to the new contract, we provided these services on a cost reimbursement basis.
We also pay NASD for the use of office space.
Sale of Building
In June 2005, we completed the sale of the building we owned in Rockville, Maryland located at 9513 Key West Avenue to NASD for $17.8 million. See Note 5, Cost Reduction Program, INET Integration and Strategic Review, for further discussion.
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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-Q filed Nov 8, 2006. Other Related Party Transactions NASD Regulation, Inc., or NASDR, provides us with regulatory services, including the regulation of trading activity on The Nasdaq Stock Market and surveillance and investigative functions for us. In October 2005, we transferred responsibility for the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, or OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange, back to NASD, but agreed to continue to operate the OTCBB on a contract basis for two years, subject to renewals. We provide NASD technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. We also pay NASD for the use of office space. We also formed the TRF which is regulated by NASD as one of its facilities. See Organization, of Note 1, Organization and Basis of Presentation, for further discussion. This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-Q filed Aug 8, 2006. Other Related Party Transactions
NASD Regulation, Inc., or NASDR, provides us with regulatory services, including the regulation of trading activity on The Nasdaq Stock Market and surveillance and investigative functions for us. In October 2005, we transferred responsibility for the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, or OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange, back to NASD, but agreed to continue to operate the OTCBB on a contract basis for two years, subject to renewals. We provide NASD technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. We also pay NASD for the use of office space.
We also have formed a joint venture with NASD to operate a trade reporting facility, which will allow us to continue to collect reports of trades executed by broker-dealers outside of our exchange and recognize revenue for the related fees. To this end, we recently formed a limited liability company called The Trade Reporting Facility LLC, of which Nasdaq and NASD are members. Nasdaq provides technology and managerial services for the TRF, and NASD regulates the TRF as one of its facilities. The TRF began operating on August 1, 2006 for Nasdaq-listed securities, and will begin operating for other exchange-listed securities after the SEC approves an NASD filing to establish applicable rules.
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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-Q filed May 10, 2006. Other Related Party Transactions
NASD Regulation, Inc., or NASDR, provides us with regulatory services, including the regulation of trading activity on The Nasdaq Stock Market and surveillance and investigative functions for us. In October 2005, we
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transferred responsibility for the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, or OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange, back to NASD, but agreed to continue to operate the OTCBB on a contract basis for two years, subject to renewals. We provide NASD technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. We also pay NASD for the use of office space in multiple locations.
This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-K filed Mar 15, 2006. Other Related Party Transactions
Preferred Stock
In March 2002, Nasdaq issued 1,338,402 shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock and one share of Series B Preferred Stock. NASD owned all of the outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock. The Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock carried a 7.6% dividend rate for the year commencing March 2003 and carried a 10.6% dividend rate in all subsequent years. The Series B Preferred Stock does not pay dividends. On September 30, 2004, NASD waived a portion of the dividend for the third quarter of 2004 of $2.5 million and accepted an aggregate amount of $1.0 million (calculated based on an annual rate of 3.0%) as payment in full of the dividend for this period. On November 29, 2004, Nasdaq entered into an exchange agreement with NASD pursuant to which NASD exchanged 1,338,402 shares of Nasdaqs Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, representing all the outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, for 1,338,402 shares of newly issued Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock. The Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock accrues quarterly dividends at an annual rate of 3.0% for all periods until July 1, 2006 and at an annual rate of 10.6% for periods thereafter.
On April 21, 2005, Nasdaq and NASD entered into a Stock Repurchase and Waiver Agreement whereby NASD consented to the financing used in connection with the acquisition of Instinet. In exchange for the waiver, Nasdaq repurchased 384,932 shares of its Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock owned by NASD for
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approximately $40.0 million. On December 20, 2005, NASD exchanged its one share of Nasdaqs Series B Preferred Stock for one newly issued share of Series D Preferred Stock, which had terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock. See Note 12, Capital Stock, for further discussion of the preferred stock transactions.
The Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock was paid in full on February 15, 2006. See Note 20, Subsequent Events, for further discussion.
Transfer of OTCBB Business to NASD
On September 2, 2005, Nasdaq executed the OTCBB Agreement with NASD related to the OTCBB, an electronic screen-based quotation service for securities that, among other things, are not listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market or any U.S. national securities exchange. Under the OTCBB Agreement, effective October 1, 2005, Nasdaq transferred responsibility for the OTCBB back to NASD. This transfer is designed to address concerns expressed by the SEC regarding our continuing to operate the OTCBB after our registration as a national securities exchange. Consideration for the OTCBB Agreement is NASDs agreement to outsource the operation of the OTCBB to Nasdaq for an initial two year period, subject to one year renewals upon mutual consent. NASD will pay Nasdaq $14.2 million in the first year and $14.7 million in the second year for Nasdaqs services under the OTCBB Agreement, with payments in any subsequent periods to be subject to agreement among Nasdaq and NASD. Any enhancements, directed by NASD, to the OTCBB system will be billed to NASD on a time and materials basis as described in the OTCBB Agreement.
Nasdaq and NASD structured this transfer of the businesses to be seamless to the customers of the OTCBB and OTC trade reporting businesses. The transfer of the OTCBB to NASD is not expected to have a material impact on Nasdaqs consolidated financial position or results of operations. However, Nasdaq expects revenues from Market Services to decrease, but the majority of this decrease will be offset by a decline in our regulatory charges from NASDR, which are included in support costs from related parties, net in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The transfer was recorded at book value at October 1, 2005 as Nasdaq and NASD are entities under common control and therefore, no gain or loss was recorded.
Sale of Building
In June 2005, Nasdaq completed the sale of the building it owned in Rockville, Maryland located at 9513 Key West Avenue to NASD for $17.8 million. See Note 4, 2005 and 2004 Cost Reductions and Strategic Review, for further discussion.
Public Offerings
On February 15, 2005, Nasdaq completed an underwritten offering of 16,586,980 shares of common stock underlying warrants, which had expired unexercised, owned by NASD and an additional 3,246,536 shares of common stock owned by certain selling stockholders who purchased the shares in Nasdaqs private placements in 2000 and 2001. Nasdaq did not receive any proceeds from this offering. On February 15, 2006, Nasdaq completed another common stock offering of 13,895,229 shares of Nasdaqs common stock. The offering consisted of 7,000,000 primary shares and 6,895,229 shares of Nasdaqs common stock offered by NASD and other stockholders who received their shares through the exercise of warrants they purchased in Nasdaqs 2000 and 2001 private placements. NASDs ownership decreased to 12.9% as a result of both of the public offering sales. See Note 1, Organization and Nature of Operations, Note 12, Capital Stock, and Note 20, Subsequent Events, for further discussion.
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Related Party Revenues
Nasdaq Technology was established in 2004 and provides software, hosting and disaster recovery services to third parties. Effective November 1, 2004, Nasdaq Technology and NASD entered into a contract for technology development support services for a fixed income trade reporting platform. Revenues for the services are recorded in other Market Services revenues. Prior to the new contract, Nasdaq provided these services on a cost reimbursement basis.
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