All 12 Nominated Directors Elected
Nasdaq Board Re-elects Adena T. Friedman as Chair of the Board
NEW YORK, June 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) shareholders elected all nominated directors at the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. 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, Former 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; and
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
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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