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NASDAQ OMX to Combine Market Technology and Corporate Solutions Businesses

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

17.01.2013 14:30

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Industry Leading Provider of Business, Trading and Exchange Technology Solutions
to Align Businesses to Improve Client Offering and Advance Technology Leadership
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      Company Appoints Bradley Peterson as Global Chief Information Officer

NEW YORK, 2013-01-17 14:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the company will combine its Market Technology
and Corporate Solutions businesses. The combination will enable increased focus
and drive growth across the company´s technology businesses, create a dedicated
software and technology management structure and advance NASDAQ OMX´s market
position by leveraging global distribution and scaling our products and
services. The new business unit will be led by Anna Ewing, executive vice
president, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX.

Global Technology Solutions includes Market Technology and Corporate Solutions.
The Market Technology business provides technology and advisory services to
over 70 marketplaces, clearing organizations and central securities
depositories in over 50 countries as well as risk management and surveillance
solutions to financial services firms. Corporate Solutions provides public and
private companies with a portfolio of products and services that deliver
critical market intelligence and communications solutions which help identify,
target and communicate with stakeholders.

NASDAQ OMX intends to treat the combined Market Technology and Corporate
Solutions businesses as a separate reporting segment effective January 1, 2013.

In addition, the company announced the appointment of Bradley Peterson to
global chief information officer, effective February 6, 2013. Mr. Peterson will
report to Ms. Ewing. Mr. Peterson will continue to drive the design and
development of scalable and reliable solutions to further the growth and
expansion of NASDAQ OMX´s core products and services and the underlying tools
and technologies used by NASDAQ OMX customers.

´As an industry technology leader, our state of the art systems and software
deliver innovative solutions and world class technology to a globally diverse
client base, ´ said Bob Greifeld, President and CEO, NASDAQ OMX. ´With the
proposed acquisition of Thomson Reuters´ IR, PR and Multimedia businesses and
in combination with our Market Technology and Corporate Solutions business, we
have achieved unprecedented scale in technology services. We intend to continue
to build this leading franchise into one of the top technology organizations in