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The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), announced today that Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IV, L.P., H&F Executive Fund IV, L.P., H&F International Partners IV-A, L.P. and H&F International Partners IV-B, L.P. (the "H&F Entities") sold 23,545,368 shares of NASDAQ's common stock in a public offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. The shares sold consisted of shares issued through the conversion of notes and the cashless exercise of warrants, as well as shares held outright by the H&F Entities. NASDAQ will not receive any of the proceeds from the offering.
The shares will be offered pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, nor the solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.
A prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, telephone: 1-866-718-1649 or via e-mail at prospectus@morganstanley.com.
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NASDAQ is the largest U.S. equities exchange. With approximately 3,100 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks as well as a leading liquidity pool for trading NYSE-listed stocks.
