Nasdaq, Inc. Announces Results from 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

NEW YORK, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) shareholders today elected all nominated directors at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All directors will serve one-year terms. The elected board members are:

- Melissa M. Arnoldi, CEO, Vrio Corp., a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.

- Charlene T. Begley, Retired SVP & CIO, General Electric Company

- Steven D. Black, Co-CEO, Bregal Investments

- Adena T. Friedman, President and CEO, Nasdaq

- Essa Kazim, Governor, Dubai International Financial Center and Chairman, Borse Dubai and Dubai Financial Market

- Thomas A. Kloet, Retired CEO & Executive Director, TMX Group Limited

- John D. Rainey, CFO and EVP of Global Customer Operations, PayPal Holdings, Inc.

- Michael R. Splinter, Retired Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.

- Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB

- Alfred W. Zollar, Executive Partner, Siris Capital Group, LLC

Nasdaq shareholders also approved the following proposals:

- The company's executive compensation on an advisory basis;

- The company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated; and

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.

The shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal relating to the right to act by written consent.

For additional information on Nasdaq's corporate governance, please visit: http://ir.nasdaq.com/nasdaq-inc.cfm.

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