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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

Presented by:

SIDDHARTH GALA


A Market that Works for Investors

NASDAQ provides an open, transparent and competitive platform to enable buyers and sellers to efficiently interact and access pools of liquidity.


I. Introduction

• Computerized system established by the NASD to facilitate trading by providing broker/dealers with current bid and ask price quotes on over-the-counter stocks and some listed stocks.

• NASDAQ does not have a physical trading floor that brings together buyers and sellers.

• All trading on the NASDAQ exchange is done over a network of computers and telephones.

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I. Introduction

• Currently it has a greater trading volume than any other U.S. exchange, making approximately 1.8 billion trades per day.

• The NYSE is still considered the biggest exchange because its market capitalization far exceeds that of the NASDAQ.

• Well known for being a high-tech exchange, trading many new, high growth, and volatile stocks.

• NASDAQ is a publicly owned company, trading its shares on its own exchange under the ticker symbol NDAQ.

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I. Introduction

• The exchange is a dealers' market, meaning brokers buy and sell stocks through a market maker rather than from each other.

• A market maker deals in a particular stock and holds a certain number of stocks on his own books so that when a broker wants to purchase shares, he can purchase them directly from the market maker.

• NASDAQ National Market and the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market developed from 1982 to 1986, as the larger companies separated themselves from the smaller ones

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I. Introduction

• The stock exchange built the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York's Times Square to create a physical presence.

• The tower has a large outdoor electronic display, giving current financial information 24 hours a day.

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History

• Developed in 1971

• First electronic stock exchange in the world.

• Created as a means to increase the trading of Over-the-Counter stocks, those that were unable to meet listing requirements for larger exchanges.

• 2,500 OTC stocks were traded on the NASDAQ's first trading day, February 8, 1971.

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History

• 1990's - NASDAQ began to be seen as a competitor of the NYSE

• 1994 - NASDAQ beat the NYSE in annual shares traded

• 1998 - NASDAQ merged with the American Stock Exchange, which mostly traded options and derivatives, creating the NASDAQ-AMEX Market Group.

• The combined company still operates as two separate exchanges, but is better able to compete with the NYSE.

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NASDAQ: Three Levels

• Level 1: is for the customers who do not consistently trade which made them not a market maker and who usually want the current quotes on stocks.

• Level 2: is for the customers who consistently trade stocks which make the brokers to choose the market maker with the best bid and/or ask and make the deal.

• Level 3: is for the market makers who wants the level 2 but also needs the capability to change their own quotations

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Facts that make NASDAQ the stock market of choice for companies and investors.

1. NASDAQ is the stock exchange for industry leaders, recognized around the globe as one of the largest U.S. stock markets.

2. NASDAQ has significant reach in a broad range of industry sectors

– financial, industrial, healthcare and consumer companies comprise over 50% of NASDAQ listings.

3. NASDAQ has the world's highest listing standards.

4. NASDAQ is a global platform for capital formation.

5. NASDAQ is #1 on the NYSE.

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Facts that make NASDAQ the stock market of choice for companies and investors.

6. NASDAQ offers an exceptional product with lower listing fees.

7. NASDAQ provides comprehensive, unbiased trading analysis.

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Why choose NASDAQ over the others?

• NASDAQ volatility is slightly lower than the NYSE, according to a May 2005 independent study by the U.S. GAO.

• NASDAQ maintains greater stability in times of market stress.

– When markets are unstable specialist firms reduce their risk by widening spreads, participating less, or halting the stock altogether. NASDAQ's spreads remain tight and as a result volume shifts to NASDAQ and other electronic markets.

• A NASDAQ stock with a $1B market cap, trading 1M shares per day saves $1.5 million in trading costs per year in comparison to a similar stock on the NYSE.

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Market Structure

Superior Trading Characteristics

Open, Competitive Market Delivering Best Executions for Investors

Greater Visibility

More Analyst Coverage (Multiple Market Maker System)

Better Services and Support

Insight and Analysis Tools for Trading, Ownership and Peer Comparisons

Superior Value for Listing $

Listing Fees are less on NASDAQ vs. NYSE

Why do Companies list on NASDAQ?


Consumer Discretionary

13%

Energy2%

Financials22%

Health Care17%

Industrials10%

Information Technology

28%

Materials2%

Utilities1%

TelecommunicationServices

2%Consumer Staples

3%

NASDAQ – National Industry Leaders

*Includes Companies included in NASDAQ’s Dual Listing Program


NASDAQ National Market Listing Requirements

1 For Initial listing under Standard 3, a company must satisfy one of the following: the market value of listed securities requirement or the total assets and the total revenue requirement. Under Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(19), listed securities is defined as “securities quoted on NASDAQ or listed on a national securities exchange.

2 Seasoned companies (those companies already listed or quoted on another marketplace) qualifying only under market value of listed securities requirement of Standard 3 must meet the market value of listed securities and the bid price requirement for 90 consecutive trading days prior to applying for listing.

3 Publicly held shares is defined as total shares outstanding less any shares held by officers, directors or beneficial owners of 10% or more. 4 Round lot holders are considered holders of 100 shares or more.5 An Electronic Communications Network (“ECN”) is not considered a market maker for the purposes of these rules.6 Marketplace Rules 4350 and 4351.

NASDAQ National Market Listing Requirements


NASDNational Association of

Securities Dealers


History

• Watches over the NASDAQ to make sure the market operates correctly.

• Self-Regulatory Organization of the securities industry responsible for the operation and regulation of the NASDAQ stock market and over-the-counter markets.

• In 2007, the NASD merged with the New York Stock Exchange's regulation committee to form the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA.

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The Rules of Fair Practice

• NASD’s most important rules are those designed to maintain high standards of conduct.

• Depending on the offense, a member found guilty of infractions of these rules may receive a penalty as mild as censure, or may receive a fine, a suspension, or even expulsion from the Association.

• Expulsion is the ultimate penalty because an expelled member would find it virtually impossible to carry on a profitable business outside the NASD.

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Overview

• NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company.

• Delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies.

• Offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe.

• NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries

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Overview

•The world's largest IT industry exchange, with a total market value over $2 trillion.

•The world's largest biotech industry exchange, with total market value at almost $270 billion.

•The world's largest paper product industry (part of the materials sector) exchange at a market value over $32 billion.

•NASDAQ OMX is number one geographically in major-worldwide listings, with approximately 3,700 companies in 50 countries representing $4.1 trillion in total market value.

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NASDAQ OMX Business Areas

• Global Data Products

• Global Index Group

• Listings-Corporate Client Group

• Transaction Services Nordics

• Transaction Services U.S.

• Corporate Services

• Market Technology

• NASDAQ OMX Europe

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