DGAP-News: NASDAQ OMX to Open New Office in Austin, Texas

DGAP-News: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. /
NASDAQ OMX to Open New Office in Austin, Texas

06.02.2014 / 15:00

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Corporate Solutions Business to Drive Expansion Into Central U.S. Region

NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, 2014-02-06 15:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will open a new office in Austin, Texas on February 28
to expand its footprint in the Central region to meet increasing customer
demand, particularly for Corporate Solutions products and services which are
used by over 1,300 customers in the region. The office will be overseen by Cris
Farrell, Vice President and Head of Sales, U.S. West, Corporate Solutions,
NASDAQ OMX. 

'As the home to many of the most innovative, ambitious companies and business
leaders in the country, Austin is an obvious choice for us to expand our
business in the region for the long-term,' said Farrell. 'We are proud to open
a new office to support Texas companies that need the services and solutions we
provide our customers, specifically designed to help them create competitive
advantage from their IR, PR, Marketing and Governance organizations.' 

In addition to the Corporate Solutions sales and support team, the new Austin
office will increase NASDAQ OMX's on-the-ground presence for its Corporate
Client Group in Texas, the fourth-largest U.S. market for its listings
business. Texas is the home to 138 companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market,
including 23 that are headquartered in Austin, representing a combined total
market value of $242 billion. 

'We are fortunate to have so many of Texas' leading companies as part of the
NASDAQ family, including Whole Foods Market and RetailMeNot, Inc. from Austin,
and we are excited to expand our presence there to further develop
relationships with the region's most innovative companies and entrepreneurs,'
said Bob McCooey, Senior Vice President of Relationship Management, Corporate
Client Group, NASDAQ OMX. 

NASDAQ OMX's technology solutions are used by over 10,000 customers in 60
countries consisting of public and private entities, exchanges, regulators and
broker-dealers, and powers over 80 marketplaces worldwide. 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this communication contains forward-looking statements
that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. NASDAQ OMX cautions readers
that any forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance
and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking information. Such forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements about our capital return initiatives.
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other
factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited
to, NASDAQ OMX's ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic,
political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry
regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and global competition, and other factors
detailed in NASDAQ OMX's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q which are available on NASDAQ OMX's website at
http://www.nasdaqomx.com and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. NASDAQ OMX
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

About NASDAQ OMX Group

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels
economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of
a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the
U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central
securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income,
derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more
than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99+%
uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and
emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the
benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,300 listed
companies worth more than $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our
world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where
the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century.
To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol:
NDAQ and member of S&P.) 

NDAQG

CONTACT: MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT:Ryan
Wells646-581-4286ryan.wells@nasdaqomx.comINVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:Ed
Ditmire212-401-8737ed.ditmire@nasdaqomx.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX


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Language:    English                     
Company:     The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.  
 
 
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