nasdaq ndaq s & p 500 component industry financial services founded february 4 1971 ; 45 years ago 1971 02 04 headquarters one liberty plaza new york city new york united states area served united states europe key people donald edward chairman robert greifeld ceo products derivatives equity trading platforms futures and options markets market data securities exchanges financial technology and related services revenue us 3.438 billion 2011 1 operating income us 678 million 2011 1 net income us 387 million 2011 1 total assets us 14.09 billion 2011 1 total equity us 4.976 billion 2011 1 number of employees 2 503 2012 1 subsidiaries nasdaq omx website business.nasdaq.com nasdaq inc. is an american multinational financial services corporation that owns and operates the nasdaq stock market and eight european stock exchanges namely armenian stock exchange copenhagen stock exchange helsinki stock exchange iceland stock exchange riga stock exchange stockholm stock exchange tallinn stock exchange and nasdaq omx vilnius . it is headquartered in new york city and its president and chief executive officer is robert greifeld . contents 1 history 1.1 merger attempt with london stock exchange 1.2 boston and philadelphia exchanges purchase 1.3 omx purchase 1.4 sustainable stock exchanges initiative 1.5 acquisition of thomson reuters businesses 2 additional services 2.1 global information services 2.2 directors desk directorsdesk.com 2.3 globenewswire 2.4 smarts group 2.5 carpenter moore 3 references 4 external links history edit merger attempt with london stock exchange edit in december 2005 the london stock exchange group lse rejected a 1.6 billion takeover offer from macquarie bank . the lse described the offer as derisory . it then received a bid in march 2006 for 2.4 billion from nasdaq national association of securities dealers automated quotations which was also rejected by the lse . nasdaq later pulled its bid and less than two weeks later on april 11 2006 struck a deal with lse s largest shareholder ameriprise financial s threadneedle asset management unit to acquire all of that firm s stake consisting of 35.4 million shares at 11.75 per share . 2 nasdaq also purchased 2.69 million additional shares resulting in a total stake of 15 % . while the seller of those shares was undisclosed it occurred simultaneously with a sale by scottish widows of 2.69 million shares . 3 the move was seen as an effort to force lse to negotiate either a partnership or eventual merger as well as to block other suitors such as nyse euronext owner of the new york stock exchange . 4 subsequent purchases increased nasdaq s stake to 29 % holding off competing bids for several months . however only a further 0.4 % of shareholders accepted the offer by the deadline and therefore the offer was rejected 5 on february 10 2007 . boston and philadelphia exchanges purchase edit on october 2 2007 nasdaq purchased the boston stock exchange . on november 7 nasdaq announced an agreement to purchase the philadelphia stock exchange . omx purchase edit on may 25 2007 nasdaq agreed to buy omx the swedish finnish financial company that controls 7 nordic and baltic stock exchanges for usd 3.7 billion to form nasdaq omx group . 6 as of february 27 2008 the deal was completed . sustainable stock exchanges initiative edit on june 18 2012 nasdaq became a founding member of the united nations sustainable stock exchanges initiative on the eve of the united nations conference on sustainable development rio 20 . 7 acquisition of thomson reuters businesses edit on december 12 2012 nasdaq omx announced that it would acquire thomson reuters investor relations public relations and multimedia businesses for 390 million in cash . 8 nasdaq omx completed the purchase on june 3 2013 . 9 additional services edit global information services edit in january 2013 nasdaq omx announced that it would combine its global data products and index businesses into a unit called global information services as part of an ongoing effort to broaden its portfolio . 10 directors desk directorsdesk.com edit on june 29 2007 nasdaq entered into an agreement to acquire directorsdesk.com a management suite for boards of directors . 11 globenewswire edit globenewswire previously primenewswire provides press release editing and wire services . it was founded in 1998 and acquired by nasdaq omx in 2006 . 12 smarts group edit on july 27 2010 nasdaq omx group inc. has signed an agreement to acquire smarts group the world leading technology provider of market surveillance solutions to exchanges regulators and brokers . 13 carpenter moore edit nasdaq omx sold its stake in the carpenter moore d & o insurance in 2009 . references edit a b c d e f annual results 2011 . nasdaq omx group inc. retrieved 27 february 2011 . patrick m. ; lucchetti a. ; reilly d. ; taylor e. 2006 04 11 . nasdaq acquires 15 % of lse . the wall street journal . scottish widows says has sold 2.7 mln lse shares at 1 175 pence . forbes . 2006 04 12 . ortega e. 2006 04 11 . nasdaq buys 15 percent stake in lse for 782 million . bloomberg news . lse woos tokyo after us bid fails . bbc news . 2007 02 11 . nasdaq to buy nordic bourse group omx for 3.7 bln . reuters . 2007 05 25 . sustainable stock exchanges initiative exchanges listing over 4 600 companies commit to promoting sustainability . sustainable stock exchanges initiative . reuters . retrieved 13 may 2014 . nasdaq omx buys thomson reuters units . financial times . 2012 12 12 . retrieved 2013 01 30 . nasdaq buys 3 businesses from thomson reuters . bloomberg businessweek . 2013 06 03 . retrieved 2013 06 06 . nasdaq omx continues streamlining efforts financial times january 29 2013 . retrieved january 30 2013 . nasdaq to acquire directors desk a technology company for corporate boards . primenewswire.com . 2007 06 29 . overview . nasdaq omx globenewswire overview . globenewswire inc. retrieved 4 september 2012 . nasdaq omx to acquire world leading market surveillance system provider smarts . 2010 07 27 . external links edit new york city portal companies portal official website v t e nasdaq inc. operator of the nasdaq and omx stock exchange systems exchanges armenian boston copenhagen first north helsinki iceland faroe islands new york philadelphia riga stockholm tallinn vilnius indexes copenhagen 20 helsinki 25 iceland 6 nasdaq 100 biotechnology composite financial 100 nordic 40 stockholm 30 other holdings globenewswire nasdaq private market v t e largest stock exchanges by market capitalization new york stock exchange nasdaq london stock exchange japan exchange group tokyo shanghai hong kong euronext shenzhen toronto stock exchange deutsche b rse bombay stock exchange national stock exchange of india six swiss exchange australian securities exchange south korea nasdaq omx nordic exchange jse limited bme spanish exchanges taiwan bm & f bovespa v t e world federation of exchanges members abu dhabi securities exchange amman stock exchange athens stock exchange australian securities exchange bahrain bourse bats global markets bermuda stock exchange bm & f bovespa bme spanish exchanges bolsa de comercio de buenos aires bolsa de comercio de santiago bolsa de valores de colombia bolsa de valores de lima bolsa mexicana de valores borsa istanbul bourse de casablanca bse india limited bursa malaysia cboe china financial futures exchange cme group colombo stock exchange cyprus stock exchange dalian commodity exchange deutsche b rse dubai financial market egyptian exchange euronext ho chi minh city stock exchange hong kong exchanges and clearing indonesia stock exchange intercontinental exchange international securities exchange irish stock exchange japan exchange group jse limited kazakhstan stock exchange korea exchange luxembourg stock exchange malta stock exchange moscow exchange muscat securities market nasdaq omx national stock exchange of india nigerian stock exchange nzx limited oslo b rs philippine 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