Nasdaq Moves Corporate Headquarters to Midtown

Company to Move New York City-based Employees to 1500 Broadway
In the Heart of Times Square

New York, N.Y.—- As part of its planned move to midtown Manhattan, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq^®) today announced it has finalized plans to move its corporate headquarters to 1500 Broadway in Times Square.

Nasdaq has signed a long-term lease to occupy four floors of the building, giving the company nearly 53,000 square feet of office space. Currently, the company has relocated its executive management team to temporary space at the building until permanent space can be designed and built out on the four leased floors. Nasdaq expects the permanent space to be completed later this year, at which time nearly all New York City-based Nasdaq staff will relocate to the space. There are approximately 200 employees located in New York City.

Nasdaq worked with national commercial real estate services firm Julien J. Studley, Inc.; building ownership, Zapco 1500 Investment LP; Cushman & Wakefield, the building management; and real estate consultant Howard Knight to identify the space and negotiate the lease.

Nasdaq is the world's largest stock market. With nearly 4,000 companies, Nasdaq lists more companies and trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. Over the past five years, Nasdaq has outpaced all other U.S. markets in listing IPOs. It is home to category defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial serivces, media and biotechnology industries. With operations on three continents, Nasdaq is a key driver of global capital formation. For more information about Nasdaq, visit the Nasdaq Web site at www.nasdaq.com or the Nasdaq Newsroom^SM at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom.