The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the expiration of its previously announced tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Convertible Notes") which occurred at 12:00 midnight New York City time on October 18, 2011. The depositary for the tender offer has advised NASDAQ OMX that an aggregate principal amount of $334,678,000 of the outstanding Convertible Notes were validly tendered in the tender offer and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the tender offer. Tenders of the Convertible Notes represented 78.26% of the Convertible Notes outstanding.
In accordance with the terms of the tender offer, NASDAQ OMX has accepted for payment all of the Convertible Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the terms of the tender offer. The payment date (as defined in the offer to purchase dated September 20, 2011) with respect to the Convertible Notes accepted for payment is expected to be today.
NASDAQ OMX retained BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS Investment Bank to act as dealer managers in connection with the tender offer. For questions concerning the terms of the tender offer, BofA Merrill Lynch may be contacted at (980) 683-3215 (collect) or (888) 292-0070 (toll free) and UBS Investment Bank may be contacted at (203) 719-4210 (collect) or (888) 719-4210 (toll free). D. F. King & Co., Inc. was appointed to act as the information agent and the depositary for the tender offer. For additional copies of the documents relating to the tender offer or for questions or requests for assistance regarding tenders of Convertible Notes, D. F. King & Co., Inc. may be contacted at (212) 269-5550 or (800) 628-8536.