Nasdaq Announces 11% Increase in Quarterly Dividend, Seeks Approvals to Execute 3-For-1 Stock Split

NEW YORK, April 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is announcing today that the Board has approved an 11% increase in the regular quarterly dividend, and that the company has begun seeking necessary shareholder and SEC approvals that would allow the company to execute a 3-for-1 stock split.

Increase in quarterly dividend:

• The company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share on the company's outstanding common stock, an 11% increase. The dividend is payable on June 24, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 10, 2022. Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
  

Planned 3-for-1 stock split:

• The company has announced its plan to request shareholder approval at the upcoming 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for an increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock through an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in order to enable a 3-for-1 stock split of the Company’s common stock in the form of a stock dividend.
• Under the terms of the stock split, the Company’s shareholders will receive a dividend of two shares for every share held on the record date, which record date will be fixed following all necessary approvals.
• The proposal is subject to Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and shareholder approval. The stock split cannot be effected without both SEC and shareholder approval.
• The proposed amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation will be voted on by shareholders at the Annual Meeting, which will be held on June 22, 2022.
• Additional details regarding the Annual Meeting, and the proposed stock split, are contained in Nasdaq’s Preliminary Proxy Statement, which was filed with the SEC on April 18, 2022, and will be provided in Nasdaq’s Definitive Proxy Statement, which is expected to be filed with the SEC on or about April 28, 2022.
• The SEC’s approval of the amendment is required due to Nasdaq’s operation of national securities exchanges. Upon SEC and shareholder approval, the Nasdaq Board of Directors intends to declare the stock split and set a record date and distribution date for the stock dividend, which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2022.

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