STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX
Group, Inc (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces that it has entered an agreement
with The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) to upgrade their trading
platform. Under the terms of the agreement ADX renews its contract with
NASDAQ OMX for a further five years and commits to upgrade to a trading
platform powered by NASDAQ OMX's X-stream technology. The upgrade is
expected to be rolled out at ADX in the second half of 2013.

The upgrade to X-stream technology will provide ADX with a proven,
functionality rich, multi-asset trading platform that complies with
international standards and policies. The platform will handle trading
of equities, fixed income and ETFs with the possibility to introduce
additional instruments. NASDAQ OMX has been delivering trading
technology to ADX since the year 2000.

Rashed Al Baloushi, Director General ADX said: "NASDAQ OMX has
consistently delivered reliable and high-performing trading technology
to ADX for over a decade and now we look forward to taking the next
step in our partnership. Our upgrade to NASDAQ OMX's X-stream
technology will enable significant performance and functionality
capabilities that create advantages for both regional and international
investors."

Lars Ottersgard, Senior Vice President NASDAQ OMX Market Technology
commented: "Since partnering with ADX they have achieved great results
by recognizing and capitalizing on technology as a means to compete.
Efficient trading technology continues to be a key success factor in
order to grow liquidity and ADX's contract extension and selection of
X-stream will put them in a prime position for continued growth."

James Martin, General Manager NASDAQ OMX Middle East & Africa said:
"Exchanges in the Middle East have always been early adaptors of
trading technology and NASDAQ OMX is fortunate to have a strong
customer-base in this exciting region. Our recent successes in the
Middle East and Africa region are a testament to our ability to deliver
cutting edge technology and we look forward to supporting ADX in their
upcoming market development."

About NASDAQ OMX

The inventor and transformer of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX
Group, Inc., fuels economies with revolutionary technologies for the
entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to
surveillance to clearing. In the US and Europe, we own and operate 24
markets, 3 clearinghouses and 6 central securities depositories
supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities,
futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million
messages per second at sub-80 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime,
our technology drives more than 70 exchanges in 50 developed and
emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's
securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide
indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to 3,400
listed companies worth $5.1 trillion in market cap whose innovations
shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today.
Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to
the NASDAQ OMX Century. 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.

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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.

NDAQG


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