Stockholm, February 8, 2010 — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ)
reports
today that it successfully rolled out the INET trading system in all
seven of
its equities markets in the Nordics (Copenhagen, Helsinki, Iceland
and
Stockholm) and the Baltics (Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius). 

The INET
trading platform is currently operating the NASDAQ Stock Market in
U.S. and
the company's London-based MTF, NASDAQ OMX Europe, and as of today
will be
utilized across all NASDAQ OMX equities markets in the world. 

Hans-Ole
Jochumsen, President NASDAQ OMX Nordic said, “This trading system
shift is one
of the biggest infrastructural changes in the history of the
Nordic and Baltic
equities markets.  With INET in place we can offer investors
access to the
world's fastest and most scalable trading system. This will allow
us to grow
volumes and liquidity, which benefits all investors and ultimately
the
regional economies. It will enable us as an exchange and the Nordics
and
Baltic regions to better compete in Europe's increasingly competitive
trading
environment.” 

NASDAQ OMX's INET technology is the most efficient
and scalable trading
platform in the world, with microsecond speeds, and high
reliability and
capacity. The INET system is capable of handling one million
messages per
second at sub-250 microsecond average speeds, the fastest of any
exchange or
alternative trading system in the world. INET also serves as the
backbone for
GENIUM, NASDAQ OMX's commercial exchange technology offering.


Anna Ewing, CIO at NASDAQ OMX commented, “Combining all our exchanges on
a
single trading platform was one of the key goals when we merged, and now we
are
able to fully leverage significant economies of scale. Moving our
seven
exchanges to one platform in a single roll-out is an accomplishment that
is
unrivaled in the exchange space, and we are delighted to now be able to
offer
this world-leading technology on our Nordic and Baltic markets.” 

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About NASDAQ OMX
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest
exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company
services across six continents,
with approximately 3,700 listed companies.
NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the
globe, including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX
Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers
trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt,
commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX
technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing
organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries.
NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe
the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen,
Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about
NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. 


Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements 

The matters described herein contain
forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements
include, but are not limited to, statements about
NASDAQ OMX's products and
offerings. We caution that these statements are not
guarantees of future
performance. Actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or
implied in the forward-looking statements. 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 factors
detailed in NASDAQ OMX's
annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed
with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to
release any
revisions to any forward-looking statements. 

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Group, Inc.

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