NASDAQ Hosts 16th Investor Program In London In Association With Morgan Stanley

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will host its 16th Investor Program in association with Morgan Stanley in London on December 6-8, 2005. Presentations will be made by the senior management of 44 companies, including 11 NASDAQ-100 Index^® companies. These presentations will be webcast live. NASDAQ Investor Conferences are typically held in London and Tokyo, the largest investment centers outside of the U.S., and are designed to provide NASDAQ companies with a forum to meet with buyside investors located throughout Europe and Japan.

“Morgan Stanley is proud to be working with NASDAQ for the third consecutive year as part of our goal to deliver the best possible corporate access to our institutional investor client base,” said Derek Bandeen, Head of Morgan Stanley’s European Equities division. “With over 300 attendees registered for the event, this looks set to be the largest and most successful NASDAQ Investor Program to date”.

“NASDAQ has been hosting bi-annual Investor Programs for our issuers for over 10 years, providing a forum which facilitates easy interaction between our participating issuers and Europe’s top institutional investors,” said NASDAQ Executive Vice President Bruce Aust. “We thank Morgan Stanley for their involvement as we once again work in partnership to bring the global investment and analyst communities together with senior managers of NASDAQ-listed companies”.

The following NASDAQ-listed companies will participate in the 16th Investor Program:

Technology (December 6-7)
3Com Corporation (COMS); ADTRAN, Inc. (ADTN); Andrew Corporation (ANDW); Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT); Atmel Corporation (ATML); Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK); Broadcom Corporation (BRCM); FileNet Corporation (FILE); FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR); Hyperion Solutions Corporation (HYSL); Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR); Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP); Microsoft Corporation (MSFT); MICROS Systems, Inc. (MCRS); PMC – Sierra, Inc. (PMCS); Polycom, Inc. (PLCM); SanDisk Corporation (SNDK); Sanmina-SCI Corporation (SANM); Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW); Semtech Corporation (SMTC); Tessera Technologies, Inc. (TSRA); THQ Inc. (THQI); Websense, Inc. (WBSN); and Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA).

Consumer (December 7)
Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM); Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (DLTR); Education Management Corporation (EDMC); The Warnaco Group, Inc. (WRNC); Urban Outfitters (URBN); Sonic Corporation (SONC); and Staples, Inc. (SPLS).

Financials (December 7)
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NDAQ); Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD); Max Re Capital Ltd. (MXRE); and IPC Holdings, Ltd. (IPCR).

Healthcare (December 8)
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD); Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC); MGI Pharma, Inc. (MOGN); Stericycle, Inc. (SRCL); Sepracor, Inc. (SEPR); Invitrogen Corporation (IVGN); Medarex, Inc. (MEDX); Syneron Medical Ltd. (ELOS); and Varian, Inc. (VARI).

NASDAQ's international investor programs are part of an array of product and service offerings that NASDAQ offers its ListedCompanies such as NASDAQ's Market Intelligence Desk, investor relations products, real-time data, research, insurance products, and more.

Details of how to access the webcasts live on these dates or afterwards in archived form can be found at the NASDAQ Institutional Investor Center at http://investors.nasdaq.com/ . The site provides over 20,000 portfolio managers, analysts and brokers worldwide with access to video content and information on NASDAQ-listed companies. Since its 2003 launch, it has generated approximately 1.2 million page views and over 4 million hits, with international visitors accounting for over 35% of those hits.