All 12 Nominated Directors Elected
Nasdaq Board Re-elects Adena T. Friedman as Chair of the Board
NEW YORK, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) shareholders elected all nominated directors at the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. All directors will serve one-year terms. The elected board members are:
- Melissa M. Arnoldi, EVP and General Manager for Business Solutions, AT&T Inc.
- Charlene T. Begley, Retired SVP and CIO, General Electric Company
- Adena T. Friedman, Chair and CEO, Nasdaq
- Essa Kazim, Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre
- Thomas A. Kloet, Retired CEO and Executive Director, TMX Group Limited
- Kathryn A. Koch, President and CEO, The TCW Group, Inc.
- Holden Spaht, Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo
- Michael R. Splinter, Retired Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.
- Johan Torgeby, President and CEO, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
- Toni Townes-Whitley, CEO, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)
- Jeffery W. Yabuki, Chairman and CEO, InvestCloud; Chairman and Founding Partner, Motive Partners
- Alfred W. Zollar, Former Executive Partner, Siris Capital Group, LLC
The Nasdaq Board of Directors also re-elected Adena T. Friedman as Chair of the Board for a one-year term.
In addition, Nasdaq shareholders approved the following proposals:
- The company’s executive compensation on an advisory basis;
- Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and
- An amendment to Nasdaq’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to allow for the limited exculpation of officers of Nasdaq.
For additional information on Nasdaq’s corporate governance, please visit: https://ir.nasdaq.com/corporate-governance/nasdaq-inc/board-of-directors.
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