Nasdaq Stockholders Elect Members to Board of Directors
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
New Director, Melissa M. Arnoldi, Elected to the Board and Eight Directors Re-
Elected
Nasdaq Board Elects Michael R. Splinter as Chairman of the Board
NEW YORK, May 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) stockholders
today elected all nominated directors at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. All
directors will serve one-year terms. Elected board members include:
* Melissa M. Arnoldi, President of Technology Development, AT&T
* Charlene T. Begley, Former SVP & CIO, General Electric Company
* Steven D. Black, Co-CEO, Bregal Investments
* Adena T. Friedman, President and CEO, Nasdaq
* Glenn H. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Silver Lake
* Essa Kazim, Governor, Dubai International Financial Center and Chairman,
Borse Dubai and Dubai Financial Market
* Thomas A. Kloet, Former CEO & Executive Director, TMX Group Limited
* Michael R. Splinter, Former Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.
* Lars R. Wedenborn, CEO, FAM AB
Nasdaq stockholders also approved the following proposals:
* The company's executive compensation on an advisory basis;
* An advisory vote to conduct future advisory votes on the company's executive
compensation every year; and
* Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2017.
The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal relating to the right to
act by written consent.
The Nasdaq Board of Directors today elected Michael R. Splinter as Chairman of
the Board.
About Michael R. Splinter:
Chairman Splinter has served on the Nasdaq Board since 2008. He is currently a
business and technology consultant. Chairman Splinter served as Executive
Chairman of the Board of Applied Materials, a Nasdaq listed company, from 2009
to his retirement in 2015 and was CEO from 2003 to 2013. An engineer and
technologist, Chairman Splinter is a 40-year veteran of the semiconductor
industry. Prior to joining Applied Materials, he was an executive at Intel
Corporation for 20 years. Chairman Splinter was elected to the National Academy
of Engineers in 2017.
About Melissa M. Arnoldi:
Ms. Arnoldi has been President of Technology Development at AT&T, a
telecommunications company, since September 2016. Ms. Arnoldi has served in
various capacities at AT&T since 2008 including: Senior Vice President,
Technology Solutions & Business Strategy, from December 2014 to September 2016;
Vice President, IT Strategy & Business Integration, from December 2012 to
December 2014; and Assistant Vice President, IT from January 2008 to December
2012. Prior to AT&T, Ms. Arnoldi was a partner in the Communications & High
Technology Industry Group at Accenture Ltd. from 2006-2008 serving in various
other capacities from 1996-2008.
For additional biographical information on Nasdaq's board members, see
the Nasdaq 2017 Proxy Statement.
About Nasdaq:
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange
technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its
diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and
execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that
provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets.
As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology
powers more than 89 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's
securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to 3,800 total listings with a market
value of $11 trillion. To learn more, visit: http://business.nasdaq.com
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Source: Nasdaq via GlobeNewswire
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