NASDAQ OMX Hosts 24th Investor Program in London in Association With Piper Jaffray

Jun 18, 2010

LONDON, Jun 18, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will host its 24th Investor Program in London on June 23, 2010, in association with Piper Jaffray, a leading international investment bank. Presentations will be made by the senior management of 29 companies from the Telecom, Media, Technology, Healthcare, Consumer, Industrials and Material sectors. These presentations will be webcast live at http://www.nasdaqomx.com/investorprogram

NASDAQ OMX has been hosting investor programs in Europe for more than 15 years. The investor conferences have primarily been held in London, Europe's largest financial centre, and have grown to become the largest institutional investors programs for U.S. equities in Europe. Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer, will be the NASDAQ OMX host on site.

"It is always a pleasure to come to London and facilitate what we are confident will be fruitful meetings between interesting companies and new investors," says Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group at NASDAQ OMX. "We look forward to an exciting day in London and are pleased to be working with Piper Jaffray in connecting growth capital with investment opportunities."

Companies participating are:

Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN), Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT), Avago Technologies Limited (AVGO), Biovail Corporation (BVF), Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (BRCD), Burger King Holdings, Inc. (BKC), Cephalon, Inc. (CEPH), Crucell NV (CRXL), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY), Dendreon Corporation (DNDN), Equinix, Inc. (EQIX), Finisar Corporation (FNSR), Foster Wheeler AG. (FWLT), Garmin Ltd. (GRMN), Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI), Informatica Corporation (INFA), j2 Global Communications, Inc. (JCOM), Lam Research Corporation (LRCX), Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL), Mattel, Inc. (MAT), Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (MXIM), Net Entertainment NE AB (NET B), QIAGEN N.V. (QGEN), R.R. Donnelley (RRD), Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (SLXP), Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL), Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS), Tessera Technologies, Inc. (TSRA), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX)

Details of how to access the web casts live on these dates or afterwards in archived form can be found at the NASDAQ OMX website at http://www.nasdaqomx.com/investorprogram

About NASDAQ OMX

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook and Twitter.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about The NASDAQ Stock Market and NASDAQ OMX Group's other products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX Group's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX Group's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.

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