Robert Greifeld,
President and CEO
of The NASDAQ Stock Market,
& Chris Concannon,
Executive Vice President,
Transaction Services,
rings the closing bell.

Thursday, April 14, 2005
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.
Platinum Certified Participants

Robert Greifeld, President and CEO of The NASDAQ Stock Market, and Chris Concannon, Executive Vice President, Transaction Services, presided over the closing bell to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Certified Partners Program. The following representatives from six of the Platinum Certified firms will be joining Mr. Greifeld at the podium.

Tom Secunda, Director of Worldwide Marketing, Bloomberg LP;
William Yeh, President, Genesis Securities, LLC;
Rich Korhammer, CEO, Lava Trading Inc.;
Peter Hansen, CEO, NYFIX, Inc
Mark Ames, CTO - North America, royalBlue;
Jim Ashton, Group Chief Executive Officer, SunGard Trading Systems

The Certified Partners program is designed to inform market participants of NASDAQ Service Bureaus that provide the highest levels of NASDAQ functionality, access, and enhancements in a timely fashion, using an evaluation system and designating firms as Platinum, Silver, and Bronze Partners. See www.nasdaqtrader.com/cp for more information on our Certified Partners or details of the program.

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