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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 8-K filed Nov 16, 2007.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORSE DUBAI AND THE BIDDER

Borse Dubai and the Bidder, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant to Nasdaq as follows:

Section 4.01 Private Placement.

(a) Borse Dubai understands that the offering and sale of the Nasdaq Shares is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

(b) The Nasdaq Shares to be acquired by Borse Dubai pursuant to this Agreement are being acquired for its own account and without a view to the resale or distribution of such Nasdaq Shares or any interest therein other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or in a transaction exempt from, or are not subject to, registration under the Securities Act.

(c) Borse Dubai is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D.

(d) Borse Dubai has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Nasdaq Shares and Borse Dubai is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment, including a complete loss of its investment in the Nasdaq Shares.

(e) In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Nasdaq Shares, Borse Dubai has not relied upon any representations or other information (whether oral or written) made by or on behalf of Nasdaq other than as set forth in this Agreement.

Section 4.02 Corporate Existence and Power.

(a) Borse Dubai is a company registered in the Dubai International Financial Center in Dubai, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all material governmental licenses, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Borse Dubai is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to Borse Dubai.

(b) The Bidder is a corporation organized under the laws of Sweden duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted. Borse Dubai owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Bidder.

(c) The Option Holder is an exempted company limited by shares organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted. Borse Dubai owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Option Holder.

Section 4.03 Authority. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which they will be a Party are within Borse Dubai’s and the Bidder’s powers and has been duly authorized on their part by all requisite corporate action and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Nasdaq, constitutes, and upon their execution each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Borse Dubai and the Bidder will be a Party will constitute, a legal, valid and binding agreement of Borse Dubai and the Bidder enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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Section 4.04 Governmental Authorization. As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule 4.04, the execution, delivery and performance by Borse Dubai and the Bidder of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which they will be a Party and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby requires no action by the Parties in respect of, or filing with, any Authority other than (a) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act, (b) informing CFIUS of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and making all filings and submissions required to be made or effected by it pursuant to Exon-Florio and (c) such other actions or filings which have been taken or made prior to the date hereof.

Section 4.05 Noncontravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Borse Dubai and the Bidder of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which they will be a Party and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (a) violate the organizational documents of Borse Dubai or the Bidder; (b) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 4.03, violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree; (c) require any consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Bidder, Borse Dubai or any of the Subsidiaries of Borse Dubai or to a loss of any benefit to which the Bidder, Borse Dubai or any of the Subsidiaries of Borse Dubai is entitled under any provision of any material agreement or other instrument binding upon the Bidder, Borse Dubai or any of the Subsidiaries of Borse Dubai; or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Bidder, Borse Dubai or any of the Subsidiaries of Borse Dubai except in the cases of clauses (b), (c) and (d) above for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not be material, individually or in the aggregate, to Borse Dubai or the Bidder.

Section 4.06 Limited Purpose of the Bidder and Option Holder. Each of the Bidder and the Option Holder is a newly-formed special purpose entity which has been formed solely for the purposes of the Bidder Offer and the Options, respectively. As of the date hereof, neither the Bidder nor the Option Holder are a Party to any material agreements and have not conducted any activities other than pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or in connection with the organization of the Bidder, the Bidder Offer, the Options, the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 4.07 Ownership of the OMX Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, the Bidder, Borse Dubai and the Subsidiaries of Borse Dubai collectively own 5,880,130 OMX Shares. The sale, transfer and delivery of the OMX Shares to Nasdaq pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall vest in Nasdaq good and valid title to such OMX Shares (including those acquired pursuant to the Bidder Offer, the Options or otherwise), free and clear of any Lien and free of any other such restriction or limitation (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the OMX Shares), in each case arising from any action or the failure to take any action by Borse Dubai and its Affiliates.

Section 4.08 Options.

(a) The Options constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Option Holder, enforceable against each of the Option Holder and, to the knowledge of Borse Dubai as of the date hereof, each of the respective counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

(b) As of the date hereof, 29,171,741 OMX Shares are subject to the Options.

(c) Following exercise of the physically-settled call option under the Options as set forth in Section 5.04(a), the Option Holder will be entitled to acquire the number of OMX Shares that are subject to the Options, provided that the number of OMX Shares to be delivered to the Option Holder by HSBC Bank plc shall be reduced to the extent that HSBC’s Option counterparties do not fulfill their obligations under

 

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the Options to deliver the OMX Shares to HSBC Bank plc. If an Option counterparty fails to deliver to HSBC Bank plc the number of OMX Shares to be delivered on the due date, then under certain Options (i) HSBC Bank plc’s position under the Options may be novated to the Option Holder and under other Options (ii) HSBC Bank plc may be required by the Option Holder to bring proceedings against that Option counterparty.

Section 4.09 Financing. At each of the closing of the Bidder Offer and the settlement of the Options, the Bidder or the Option Holder, as the case may be, shall have sufficient funds to permit it to acquire the OMX Shares in the Bidder Offer or the OMX Shares subject to the Options, as the case may be. It shall not be a condition to the obligations of Borse Dubai or the Bidder to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby that the Bidder have sufficient funds to acquire the OMX Shares in the Bidder Offer or that the Option Holder have sufficient funds to acquire the OMX subject to the Options.

Section 4.10 Documentation.

(a) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Borse Dubai or the Bidder in writing for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall, at the date of mailing to Nasdaq’s stockholders and at the time of the meeting of Nasdaq’s stockholders to be held in connection with the Stockholder Approval, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Borse Dubai or the Bidder in writing for inclusion in any documentation related to the Nasdaq Offer or Bidder Offer shall, at the time of filing with any Authority or other distribution of such documentation, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

Section 4.11 No Brokers or Finders. Borse Dubai and the Bidder have not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement, other than any of the foregoing which fees are the sole responsibility of Borse Dubai.

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