Nasdaq Announces Results From 2023 Annual Meeting Of Shareholders

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) shareholders elected all nominated directors at the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. All directors will serve one-year terms. The elected board members are:

Melissa M. Arnoldi, EVP and Chief Customer Officer, AT&T Consumer
Charlene T. Begley, Retired SVP & CIO, General Electric Company
Steven D. Black, Former Co-CEO, Bregal Investments
Adena T. Friedman, Chair and CEO, Nasdaq
Essa Kazim, Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre and Chairman, Borse Dubai
Thomas A. Kloet, Retired CEO & Executive Director, TMX Group Limited
Michael R. Splinter, Retired Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.
Johan Torgeby, President and CEO, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
Toni Townes-Whitley, CEO-Elect, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Jeffery W. Yabuki, Chairman and Founding Partner, Motive Partners
Alfred W. Zollar, Executive Advisor, Siris Capital Group, LLC

The Nasdaq Board of Directors re-elected Adena T. Friedman as Chair of the Board for a one-year term.

Nasdaq shareholders also approved the following proposals:

The company’s executive compensation on an advisory basis;
An advisory vote to conduct future advisory votes on the company’s executive compensation every year; and
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

The shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal requiring the positions of Chair of the Board and CEO to be held by different individuals.

For additional information on Nasdaq’s corporate governance, please visit: https://ir.nasdaq.com/corporate-governance/nasdaq-inc/board-of-directors.