Nasdaq : Files Form 8-K Reporting Management and Board Changes
November 18, 2016 at 04:46 pm EST
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On November 18, 2016, Nasdaq filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the appointment of Adena T. Friedman as the company's Chief Executive Officer and a member of Nasdaq's board of directors effective January 1, 2017. Nasdaq also announced that Robert Greifeld will step down as Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2016 and assume the role of Chairman of Nasdaq's board of directors effective January 1, 2017. Ms. Friedman was also appointed as a member of the finance committee of the company's board of directors.
Borje Ekholm will step down as Chairman of Nasdaq's board of directors on December 31, 2016 but will remain a member of the board. In addition, Michael Splinter, a current member of Nasdaq's board, was appointed as Lead Independent Director effective January 1, 2017.
The Form 8-K can be accessed on Nasdaq's website at http://ir.nasdaq.com/sec.cfm and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Nasdaq, Inc. is one of the world's leaders Stock Exchanges. Net sales by activity break down as follows:
- trading services (63%): operations execution and managing on shares, derivatives, obligations, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds;
- sale of data and market indexes (18.3%);
- listing services (10.4%): financial instruments listing management;
- market software sale (7.9%). Besides, the group offers solutions of brokerage, storage, clearing and settlement of securities, information surveillance and delivery;
- other (0.4%).
The United States account for 81.9% of net sales.