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-- 2020 net revenues1 were $2,903 million, an increase of 15% over 2019. Revenues in the Solutions segments2 increased 11%, while Market Services revenues increased 21% due to elevated trading volumes. -- Fourth quarter 2020 net revenues were $788 million, an increase of 22% over the fourth quarter of 2019. Compared to the prior year period, Solutions segments revenues increased 18% while Market Services revenues increased 29%. -- Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)3 was $1,577 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 9% from the prior year period, and the Solutions segments SaaS revenue increased 11% compared to the prior year period. -- 2020 GAAP diluted earnings per share was $5.59, an increase of 21% compared to $4.63 in 2019, while fourth quarter 2020 GAAP earnings per share was $1.34, an increase of 11% compared to $1.21 in the fourth quarter of 2019. -- 2020 non-GAAP4 diluted earnings per share was $6.18, an increase of 24% compared to $5.00 in 2019, while fourth quarter 2020 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.60 increased 24% from $1.29 in the fourth quarter of 2019. -- At Nasdaq's 2020 Investor Day, the company provided updates to its strategy, operations, and objectives. -- Nasdaq announced the pending acquisition of Verafin in the fourth quarter of 2020, which is expected to expand the company's anti-financial crime franchise while increasing growth potential.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2020 and full year 2020.

2020 net revenues were $2,903 million, an increase of $368 million, or 15%, from $2,535 million in the prior year period. The full year increase in net revenues included a $350 million positive impact from organic growth, a $14 million positive impact from changes in foreign exchange rates and a $4 million positive net impact from acquisitions and divestitures.

Fourth quarter 2020 net revenues were $788 million, an increase of $142 million, or 22%, from $646 million in the prior year period. Net revenues reflected a $126 million positive impact from organic growth, a $13 million increase from the impact of favorable changes in foreign exchange rates and a $3 million increase from the inclusion of revenues from acquisitions.

Our record fourth quarter and full year results attest to Nasdaqs continuing ability to address the needs of our clients in a capital markets environment characterized by elevated trading, strong IPO activity and rising index valuations, made possible by both our resilient, scalable technology and the flexibility our team exhibited in effectively delivering for clients against a pandemic-impacted backdrop," said Adena Friedman, President and CEO, Nasdaq. "Despite meeting many near-term challenges in 2020, I am incredibly pleased that Nasdaq was also able to accelerate our progress as an advanced technology and analytics provider to the financial industry with our announced acquisition of Verafin, a SaaS technology provider specializing in combating fraud and money laundering. Together with Verafin, we believe that Nasdaq will become a leading provider of anti-financial crime technology, while also raising our long-term organic growth potential.

GAAP operating expenses were $470 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of $84 million from $386 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase primarily reflects higher merger and strategic expense, higher compensation and benefits expense, higher general, administrative and other costs and higher professional fees. GAAP operating expense in the fourth quarter of 2020 also included a $25 million reserve in general, administrative and other costs related to an expected loss on a Market Technology implementation project.

Non-GAAP operating expenses were $406 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of $71 million, or 21%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. This increase reflects a $53 million, or 16%, organic increase over the prior year period. Excluding the reserve related to the Market Technology implementation project of $25 million, the organic increase was $28 million, or 8%. The $28 million increase was primarily driven by performance-linked compensation and other variable expenses resulting from higher than expected revenues during the period. The remainder of the $53 million increase reflects a $12 million increase from the impact of unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and a $6 million increase from the impact of acquisitions.

"As we look back on 2020, Nasdaq continued to demonstrate the resiliency of the business and our balance sheet," said Michael Ptasznik, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nasdaq. "The company generated over $1 billion of free cash flow, allowing us to continue to reinvest in our business and our people, increase the dividend and execute on our share repurchase plan. During the year, we also refinanced a portion of our debt at favorable interest rates and completed the majority of the funding for the upcoming closing of the acquisition of Verafin, which we expect to occur in the first quarter of 2021. From a personal standpoint, it has been a privilege to serve this iconic organization over the last five years and work with this outstanding team. As previously announced, Ann Dennison will become the CFO upon my retirement at the end of February, and I know Nasdaq and its stakeholders will be well-served by her considerable capabilities and dedication to the company's mission."

On a GAAP basis, net income in the fourth quarter of 2020 was $224 million, or diluted EPS of $1.34, compared to $202 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2019.

On a non-GAAP basis, net income in the fourth quarter of 2020 was $268 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, compared to $215 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2019.

At December31, 2020, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $2,745 million and total debt of $5,541 million, resulting in net debt of $2,796 million. This compares to total debt of $3,387 million and net debt of $3,055 million at December31, 2019. As of December31, 2020, there was $410 million remaining under the board authorized share repurchase program.

INITIATING 2021 NON-GAAP EXPENSE AND TAX GUIDANCE5

The company is initiating its 2021 non-GAAP operating expense guidance to a range of $1,550 to $1,620 million. The 2021 guidance midpoint reflects a 3% increase due to organic growth, as well as the impacts of foreign exchange rates and merger and acquisition activity, including the Verafin acquisition, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.

Nasdaq expects its 2021 non-GAAP tax rate to be in the range of 25.0% to 27.0%.

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

Market Services - Net revenues were a record $291 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of $66 million, or 29%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Equity Derivative Trading and Clearing - Net revenues were $92 million in thefourth quarter of 2020, up $19 million from the fourth quarter of 2019. Theincrease reflects higher U.S. industry trading volumes, partially offset by alower U.S. net capture rate.

Cash Equity Trading - Net revenues were $105 million in the fourth quarter of2020, up $40 million from the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase primarilyreflects higher U.S. industry trading volumes, a higher U.S. net capture rate,higher European value traded and higher European market share, partially offsetby lower overall U.S. matched market share.

Fixed Income and Commodities Trading and Clearing - Net revenues were $16million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of $1 million from thefourth quarter of 2019. The increase was driven primarily by a $1 millionfavorable impact from changes in foreign exchange rates.

Trade Management Services - Revenues were $78 million in the fourth quarter of2020, an increase of $6 million from the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily dueto increased demand for connectivity services.

Corporate Platforms - Revenues were $144 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $15 million, or 12%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Listing Services - Revenues were $88 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, anincrease of $11 million from the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase wasprimarily driven by higher U.S. listing revenues due to an increase in theoverall number of listed companies, higher Nasdaq Private Market revenues and a$2 million favorable impact from changes in foreign exchange rates.

IR & ESG Services - Revenues were $56 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, anincrease of $4 million from the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily due toincreases in demand for governance and advisory services.

Investment Intelligence - Revenues were $247 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $53 million, or 27%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Market Data - Revenues were $104 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $8million from the fourth quarter of 2019, with growth in U.S. proprietaryproducts from new sales, including continued expansion geographically, and anincrease in shared tape plan revenues.

Index - Revenues were $97 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $40million, or 70%, from the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase was primarilydriven by higher licensing revenues from higher average assets under management(AUM) in exchange traded products (ETPs) linked to Nasdaq indexes and higherlicensing revenues from futures trading linked to the Nasdaq 100 Index.

Analytics - Revenues were $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $5million from the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily due to the acquisition ofSolovis and growth in eVestment.

Market Technology - Revenues were $106 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up $8 million, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase is primarily due to higher SaaS revenues as well as a $4 million favorable impact from changes in foreign exchange rates.

CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS

-- Nasdaq's Market Services segment sets new highs in U.S. option and European equity trading in 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Nasdaq's U.S. options market set a quarterly record of 741 million contracts traded, an increase of 71% year over year. 2020 was also the first year Nasdaq led all exchanges in total volume traded for options (inclusive of both multiply-listed equity options and index option products), building upon what is now an 11th consecutive year leading in multiply-listed equity options market share. Nasdaq also established a new decade-high annual market share of 78% in Nordic equity trading during 2020, including 79% in the fourth quarter of 2020. -- ETP assets under management tracking Nasdaq indexes and derivative product volume tracking Nasdaq indexes each set new quarterly records. Overall AUM in ETPs benchmarked to Nasdaq's proprietary indexes totaled $359 billion as of December31, 2020, an increase of 54% compared to December31, 2019, while the number of futures and options on futures contracts tracking Nasdaq indexes executed in the period totaled 90.2 million, an increase of 151% from 36.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Net inflows into new products that launched in the fourth quarter of 2020 exceeded $1 billion, driven primarily by strong initial interest in the Invesco QQQ Innovation suite. -- The Nasdaq Stock Market led U.S. exchanges for IPOs during 2020. During 2020, the Nasdaq Stock Market led U.S. exchanges with a 67% total win rate, including an 83% win rate among operating companies6 and a 53% win rate among special purpose acquisition companies. The Nasdaq Stock Market welcomed 316 IPOs in 2020 representing $81 billion in capital raised, first amongst U.S. exchanges, including 18 of the top 30 operating company IPOs by capital raised. New listings in 2020 included 20 companies switching their listings from NYSE to join Nasdaq, representing an aggregate of $282 billion in global equity market capitalization and included AstraZeneca, Keurig Dr Pepper, American Electric Power and Opendoor Technologies. In the fourth quarter of 2020, The Nasdaq Stock Market welcomed 199 new U.S. listings with 142 IPOs, including Airbnb, Wish and Array Technologies. -- Nasdaq announces acquisition of Verafin, creating a global leader in fighting financial crime. On November 19, 2020, Nasdaq announced an agreement to acquire Verafin. The combination is expected to bring together Verafin's comprehensive suite of anti-financial crime management products with Nasdaq's reach and established regulatory technology leadership to create a global SaaS leader in the fight against financial crime. Based in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador and founded in 2003, Verafin provides a cloud-based platform to detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial fraud to more than 2,000 financial institutions in North America. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021. -- Nasdaq to advance diversity through proposed new listing rule. Nasdaq filed a new proposed U.S. listing rule with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that seeks to standardize disclosure of board-level diversity statistics through a consistent disclosure framework. The proposal includes disclosure of either the recommended minimum diversity goal of two diverse directors or an explanation, and is subject to SEC approval.

____________1Represents revenues less transaction-based expenses. 2Constitutes revenues from Market Technology, Investment Intelligence and Corporate Platforms segments. 3AnnualizedRecurringRevenue(ARR) for a given period is the annualized revenues derived from contracted termed subscription contracts. This excludes contracts that are not recurring and are one time in nature. ARR is currently one of our key performance metrics to assess the health and trajectory of our business. ARR does not have any standardized definition and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue and is not intended to be combined with or to replace either of those items. ARR is not a forecast and the active contracts at the end of a reporting period used in calculating ARR may or may not be extended or renewed by our customers. 4Refer to our reconciliations of U.S. GAAP to non-GAAP net income, diluted earnings per share, operating income and operating expenses, included in the attached schedules.5U.S. GAAP operating expense and tax rate guidance are not provided due to the inherent difficulty in quantifying certain amounts due to a variety of factors including the unpredictability in the movement in foreign currency rates, as well as future charges or reversals outside of the normal course of business. 6Operating companies exclude special purpose acquisition companies and when a special purpose acquisition company completes an acquisition.

ABOUT NASDAQ

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries. Our diverse offering of data, analytics, software and services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence. To learn more about the company, technology solutions and career opportunities, visit us on LinkedIn, on Twitter @Nasdaq, or at www.nasdaq.com.

NON-GAAP INFORMATION

In addition to disclosing results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Nasdaq also discloses certain non-GAAP results of operations, including, but not limited to, non-GAAP net income attributable to Nasdaq, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating expenses, and non-GAAP EBITDA, that include certain adjustments or exclude certain charges and gains that are described in the reconciliation table of U.S. GAAP to non-GAAP information provided at the end of this release. Management uses this non-GAAP information internally, along with U.S. GAAP information, in evaluating our performance and in making financial and operational decisions. We believe our presentation of these measures provides investors with greater transparency and supplemental data relating to our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we believe the presentation of these measures is useful to investors for period-to-period comparisons of results as the items described below in the reconciliation tables do not reflect ongoing operating performance.

These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, U.S. GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate such measures differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure. Investors should not rely on any single financial measure when evaluating our business. This information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for our operating results in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We recommend investors review the U.S. GAAP financial measures included in this earnings release. When viewed in conjunction with our U.S. GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations, we believe these non-GAAP measures provide greater transparency and a more complete understanding of factors affecting our business than U.S. GAAP measures alone.

We understand that analysts and investors regularly rely on non-GAAP financial measures, such as non-GAAP net income attributable to Nasdaq, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating expenses to assess operating performance. We use these measures because they highlight trends more clearly in our business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on U.S. GAAP financial measures, since these measures eliminate from our results specific financial items that have less bearing on our ongoing operating performance.

Foreign exchange impact: In countries with currencies other than the U.S. dollar, revenues and expenses are translated using monthly average exchange rates. Certain discussions in this release isolate the impact of year-over-year foreign currency fluctuations to better measure the comparability of operating results between periods. Operating results excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations are calculated by translating the current periods results by the prior periods exchange rates.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Information set forth in this communication contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Nasdaq cautions readers that any forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to (i) projections relating to our future financial results, total shareholder returns, growth, trading volumes, products and services, ability to transition to new business models, taxes and achievement of synergy targets, (ii) statements about the closing or implementation dates and benefits of certain acquisitions and other strategic, restructuring, technology, de-leveraging and capital allocation initiatives, (iii) statements about our integrations of our recent acquisitions, (iv) statements relating to any litigation or regulatory or government investigation or action to which we are or could become a party, and (v) other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond Nasdaqs control. These factors include, but are not limited to, Nasdaqs ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and global competition, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, results of operations, financial condition, workforce or the operations or decisions of our customers, suppliers or business partners, and other factors detailed in Nasdaqs filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q which are available on Nasdaqs investor relations website at http://ir.nasdaq.com and the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Nasdaq undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

WEBSITE DISCLOSURE

Nasdaq intends to use its website, ir.nasdaq.com, as a means for disclosing material non-public information and for complying with SEC Regulation FD and other disclosure obligations.

MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT: INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:Joseph Christinat Ed Ditmire, CFA+1.646.441.5121 +1.212.401.8737joseph.christinat@nasdaq.com ed.ditmire@nasdaq.com

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Nasdaq, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (in millions, except per share amounts) Three Months Ended Year Ended December September December December 31, December 31, 31, 30, 31, 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) Revenues: Market Services $ 966 $ 958 $ 644 $ 3,832 $ 2,639 Transaction-based expenses:Transaction rebates (503 ) (518 ) (315 ) (2,029 ) (1,327 ) Brokerage, clearance (172 ) (181 ) (104 ) (695 ) (400 ) and exchange feesTotal MarketServices revenuesless 291 259 225 1,108 912 transaction-basedexpensesCorporate Platforms 144 132 129 530 496 Investment 247 238 194 908 779 IntelligenceMarket Technology 106 86 98 357 338 Other Revenues - - - - 10 Revenues less transaction-based 788 715 646 2,903 2,535 expenses Operating Expenses: Compensation and 205 198 189 786 707 benefitsProfessional and 40 38 28 137 127 contract servicesComputer operationsand data 42 39 35 151 133 communicationsOccupancy 26 29 25 107 97 General,administrative and 43 13 30 142 125 otherMarketing and 19 7 10 39 39 advertisingDepreciation and 53 51 47 202 190 amortizationRegulatory 8 2 8 24 31 Merger and strategic 22 1 5 33 30 initiativesRestructuring 12 11 9 48 39 charges Total operating 470 389 386 1,669 1,518 expensesOperating income 318 326 260 1,234 1,017 Interest income - - 2 4 10 Interest expense (24 ) (24 ) (28 ) (101 ) (124 ) Net gain ondivestiture of - - - - 27 businessOther income - 1 4 5 5 Net income (loss)from unconsolidated (27 ) 54 14 70 84 investeesIncome before income 267 357 252 1,212 1,019 taxesIncome tax provision 43 93 50 279 245 Net incomeattributable to $ 224 $ 264 $ 202 $ 933 $ 774 Nasdaq Per share information:Basic earnings per $ 1.36 $ 1.61 $ 1.23 $ 5.67 $ 4.69 shareDiluted earnings per $ 1.34 $ 1.58 $ 1.21 $ 5.59 $ 4.63 shareCash dividendsdeclared per common $ 0.49 $ 0.49 $ 0.47 $ 1.94 $ 1.85 share Weighted-averagecommon shares outstandingfor earnings per share:Basic 164.5 164.2 164.5 164.4 164.9 Diluted 167.3 167.5 166.8 166.9 167.0

Nasdaq, Inc.Revenue Detail(in millions) Three Months Ended Year Ended December September December December 31, December 31, 30, 31, 31, 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) MARKET SERVICES REVENUES Equity Derivative Trading and $ 357 $ 317 $ 211 $ 1,258 $ 816 Clearing Revenues Transaction-based expenses: Transaction (243 ) (214 ) (124 ) (828 ) (477 ) rebates Brokerage, clearance and (22 ) (19 ) (14 ) (76 ) (47 ) exchange fees Total net equity derivative 92 84 73 354 292 trading and clearing revenues Cash Equity 514 550 345 2,211 1,462 Trading Revenues Transaction-based expenses: Transaction (259 ) (303 ) (191 ) (1,200 ) (847 ) rebates Brokerage, clearance and (150 ) (162 ) (89 ) (618 ) (352 ) exchange fees Total net cash equity trading 105 85 65 393 263 revenues Fixed Income and Commodities 17 15 16 64 70 Trading and Clearing Revenues Transaction-based expenses: Transaction (1 ) (1 ) - (1 ) (3 ) rebates Brokerage, clearance and - - (1 ) (1 ) (1 ) exchange fees Total net fixed income and commodities 16 14 15 62 66 trading and clearing revenues Trade Management 78 76 72 299 291 Services Revenues Total Net Market 291 259 225 1,108 912 Services revenues CORPORATE PLATFORMS REVENUES Listings Services 88 79 77 316 296 revenues IR & ESG Services 56 53 52 214 200 revenues Total Corporate 144 132 129 530 496 Platforms revenues INVESTMENTINTELLIGENCE REVENUES Market Data 104 107 96 409 398 revenues Index revenues 97 86 57 324 223 Analytics 46 45 41 175 158 revenues Total Investment 247 238 194 908 779 Intelligence revenues MARKET TECHNOLOGY 106 86 98 357 338 REVENUESOTHER REVENUES - - - - 10 REVENUES LESSTRANSACTION-BASED $ 788 $ 715 $ 646 $ 2,903 $ 2,535 EXPENSES

Nasdaq, Inc.Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets(in millions) December 31, December 31, 2020 2019 Assets (unaudited) Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,745 $ 332 Restricted cash and cash equivalents 37 30 Financial investments 195 291 Receivables, net 566 422 Default funds and margin deposits 3,942 2,996 Other current assets 175 219 Total current assets 7,660 4,290 Property and equipment, net 475 384 Goodwill 6,850 6,366 Intangible assets, net 2,255 2,249 Operating lease assets 381 346 Other non-current assets 358 289 Total assets $ 17,979 $ 13,924 Liabilities Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 175 $ 148 Section 31 fees payable to SEC 224 132 Accrued personnel costs 227 188 Deferred revenue 235 211 Other current liabilities 121 161 Default funds and margin deposits 3,942 2,996 Short-term debt - 391 Total current liabilities 4,924 4,227 Long-term debt 5,541 2,996 Deferred tax liabilities, net 502 552 Operating lease liabilities 389 331 Other non-current liabilities 187 179 Total liabilities 11,543 8,285 Commitments and contingencies Equity Nasdaq stockholders' equity: Common stock 2 2 Additional paid-in capital 2,547 2,632 Common stock in treasury, at cost (376 ) (336 ) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,368 ) (1,686 ) Retained earnings 5,628 5,027 Total Nasdaq stockholders' equity 6,433 5,639 Noncontrolling interests 3 - Total equity 6,436 5,639 Total liabilities and equity $ 17,979 $ 13,924

Nasdaq, Inc. Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income andOperating Expenses to Non-GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income, and Operating Expenses(in millions, except per share amounts) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Year Ended December September December December December 31, 30, 31, 31, 31, 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 U.S. GAAP net income $ 224 $ 264 $ 202 $ 933 $ 774 attributable to NasdaqNon-GAAP adjustments: Amortization expense of acquired 26 26 25 103 101 intangible assets ^ (1) Merger and strategic 22 1 5 33 30 initiatives ^(2) Restructuring 12 11 9 48 39 charges ^(3) Net gain on divestiture of - - - - (27 ) business ^(4) Net (income) loss from unconsolidated 27 (55 ) (14 ) (70 ) (82 ) investee ^(5) Extinguishment of - - - 36 11 debt ^(6) Charitable donations - - - 17 - ^(7) Provision for notes - 6 - 6 20 receivable ^(8) Other ^(9) 4 (1 ) 8 8 17 Total non-GAAP 91 (12 ) 33 181 109 adjustments Non-GAAP adjustment to the income tax (44 ) 4 (19 ) (77 ) (43 ) provision ^(10) Excess tax benefits related to employee (3 ) - (1 ) (6 ) (5 ) share-based compensation Total non-GAAP adjustments, net of 44 (8 ) 13 98 61 taxNon-GAAP net income $ 268 $ 256 $ 215 $ 1,031 $ 835 attributable to Nasdaq U.S. GAAP diluted $ 1.34 $ 1.58 $ 1.21 $ 5.59 $ 4.63 earnings per share Total adjustments from non-GAAP net 0.26 (0.05 ) 0.08 0.59 0.37 income aboveNon-GAAP diluted $ 1.60 $ 1.53 $ 1.29 $ 6.18 $ 5.00 earnings per share Weighted-averagediluted common shares 167.3 167.5 166.8 166.9 167.0 outstanding forearnings per share: (1) We amortize intangible assets acquired in connection with variousacquisitions. Intangible asset amortization expense can vary from period to period due to episodic acquisitions completed, rather than from our ongoingbusiness operations. (2) We have pursued various strategic initiatives and completed acquisitionsand divestitures in recent years which have resulted in expenses which wouldnot have otherwise been incurred. These expenses generally include integration costs, as well as legal, due diligence and other third party transaction costsand will vary based on the size and frequency of the activities describedabove. (3) In September 2019, we initiated the transition of certain technologyplatforms to advance the company?s strategic opportunities as a technology andanalytics provider and continue the realignment of certain business areas.Charges associated with this plan represent a fundamental shift in our strategyand technology as well as executive re-alignment and will be excluded forpurposes of calculating non-GAAP measures as they are not reflective of ongoing operating performance or comparisons in Nasdaq?s performance between periods.The restructuring charges primarily consisted of consulting services, assetimpairment charges primarily related to capitalized software that was retired,and accelerated depreciation expense on certain assets as a result of adecrease in their useful life. (4) For the year ended December 31, 2019, represents the pre-tax gain on the sale of the BWise enterprise governance, risk and compliance software platform. (5) Primarily represents the earnings and losses recognized from our equityinterest in the Options Clearing Corporation, or OCC. We will continue toexclude the earnings and losses related to our share of OCC?s earnings forpurposes of calculating non-GAAP measures as our income on this investment may vary significantly compared to prior years. This will provide a more meaningfulanalysis of Nasdaq?s ongoing operating performance or comparisons in Nasdaq?sperformance between periods. (6) For the year ended December 31, 2020, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 3.875% senior unsecured notesand for the year ended December 31, 2019, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 5.55% senior unsecured notes. These charges primarily related to a premium paid for early redemption. Thesecharges are recorded in general, administrative and other expense in ourCondensed Consolidated Statements of Income. (7) For 2020 represents charitable donations made to the Nasdaq Foundation,COVID-19 response and relief efforts and social justice charities recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. (8) For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and years ended December 31,2020 and 2019 a provision for notes receivable associated with the funding oftechnology development for the consolidated audit trail recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements ofIncome. (9) For 2020 primarily includes charges associated with duplicative rent andimpairment of leasehold assets related to our global headquarters move recordedin occupancy and depreciation and amortization expense in our CondensedConsolidated Statements of Income, and the reversal of a regulatory fine issuedby the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, or SFSA, recorded in regulatoryexpense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The reversal of theregulatory fine is also included in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and duplicative rent and impairment of leasehold assets related to our globalheadquarters move is also included in the three months ended December 31, 2020and September 30, 2020. For 2019 primarily includes a tax reserve for certainprior year examinations recorded in general, administrative and other expensein our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, and certain litigationcosts which are recorded in professional and contract services expense in ourCondensed Consolidated Statements of Income. (10) The non-GAAP adjustment to the income tax provision primarily includes thetax impact of each non-GAAP adjustment. In addition, for the three months andyear ended December 31, 2020, we recorded a tax benefit related to favorableaudit settlements, a release of tax reserves due to statute of limitationexpiration, partially offset with an increase to certain tax reserves relatedto certain tax filings. For the year ended December 31, 2020, we also recorded a tax benefit on compensation related deductions determined to be allowable.For the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, we also recorded a taxbenefit primarily related to an adjustment to the 2018 federal and state taxreturns and for the year ended December 31, 2019 we also recorded a benefitrelated to capital distributions from the OCC.

Nasdaq, Inc. Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income andOperating Expenses to Non-GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income, and Operating Expenses(in millions) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Year Ended December September December December December 31, 30, 31, 31, 31, 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 U.S. GAAP operating $ 318 $ 326 $ 260 $ 1,234 $ 1,017 incomeNon-GAAP adjustments: Amortization expense of acquired 26 26 25 103 101 intangible assets ^ (1) Merger and strategic 22 1 5 33 30 initiatives ^(2) Restructuring charges 12 11 9 48 39 ^(3) Extinguishment of - - - 36 11 debt ^(4) Charitable donations - - - 17 - ^(5) Provision for notes - 6 - 6 20 receivable^ (6) Other ^(7) 4 (1 ) 12 12 22 Total non-GAAP 64 43 51 255 223 adjustmentsNon-GAAP operating $ 382 $ 369 $ 311 $ 1,489 $ 1,240 income Revenues lesstransaction-based $ 788 $ 715 $ 646 $ 2,903 $ 2,535 expenses U.S. GAAP operating 40 % 46 % 40 % 43 % 40 % margin ^(8) Non-GAAP operating 48 % 52 % 48 % 51 % 49 % margin ^(9) (1) We amortize intangible assets acquired in connection with variousacquisitions. Intangible asset amortization expense can vary from period to period due to episodic acquisitions completed, rather than from our ongoingbusiness operations. (2) We have pursued various strategic initiatives and completed acquisitionsand divestitures in recent years which have resulted in expenses which wouldnot have otherwise been incurred. These expenses generally include integration costs, as well as legal, due diligence and other third party transaction costsand will vary based on the size and frequency of the activities describedabove. (3) In September 2019, we initiated the transition of certain technologyplatforms to advance the company?s strategic opportunities as a technology andanalytics provider and continue the realignment of certain business areas.Charges associated with this plan represent a fundamental shift in our strategyand technology as well as executive re-alignment and will be excluded forpurposes of calculating non-GAAP measures as they are not reflective of ongoing operating performance or comparisons in Nasdaq?s performance between periods.The restructuring charges primarily consisted of consulting services, assetimpairment charges primarily related to capitalized software that was retired,and accelerated depreciation expense on certain assets as a result of adecrease in their useful life. (4) For the year ended December 31, 2020, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 3.875% senior unsecured notesand for the year ended December 31, 2019, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 5.55% senior unsecured notes. These charges primarily related to a premium paid for early redemption. Thesecharges are recorded in general, administrative and other expense in ourCondensed Consolidated Statements of Income. (5) For 2020 represents charitable donations made to the Nasdaq Foundation,COVID-19 response and relief efforts and social justice charities recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. (6) For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and years ended December 31,2020 and 2019 a provision for notes receivable associated with the funding oftechnology development for the consolidated audit trail recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements ofIncome. (7) For 2020 primarily includes charges associated with duplicative rent andimpairment of leasehold assets related to our global headquarters move recordedin occupancy and depreciation and amortization expense in our CondensedConsolidated Statements of Income, and the reversal of a regulatory fine issuedby the SFSA recorded in regulatory expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. The reversal of the regulatory fine is also included inthe three months ended September 30, 2020 and duplicative rent and impairment of leasehold assets related to our global headquarters move is also included inthe three months ended December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020. For 2019primarily includes a tax reserve for certain prior year examinations recordedin general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income, and certain litigation costs which are recorded inprofessional and contract services expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. (8) U.S. GAAP operating margin equals U.S. GAAP operating income divided by revenues less transaction-based expenses. (9) Non-GAAP operating margin equals non-GAAP operating income divided by revenues less transaction-based expenses.

Nasdaq, Inc. Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income andOperating Expenses to Non-GAAP Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share, Operating Income, and Operating Expenses(in millions) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Year Ended December September December December December 31, 30, 31, 31, 31, 2020 2020 2019 2020 2019 U.S. GAAP operating $ 470 $ 389 $ 386 $ 1,669 $ 1,518 expensesNon-GAAP adjustments: Amortization expense of acquired (26 ) (26 ) (25 ) (103 ) (101 ) intangible assets^ (1) Merger and strategic (22 ) (1 ) (5 ) (33 ) (30 ) initiatives^ (2) Restructuring charges (12 ) (11 ) (9 ) (48 ) (39 ) ^(3) Extinguishment of - - - (36 ) (11 ) debt ^(4) Charitable donations - - - (17 ) - ^(5) Provision for notes - (6 ) - (6 ) (20 ) receivable^ (6) Other ^(7) (4 ) 1 (12 ) (12 ) (22 ) Total non-GAAP (64 ) (43 ) (51 ) (255 ) (223 ) adjustmentsNon-GAAP operating $ 406 $ 346 $ 335 $ 1,414 $ 1,295 expenses (1) We amortize intangible assets acquired in connection with variousacquisitions. Intangible asset amortization expense can vary from period to period due to episodic acquisitions completed, rather than from our ongoingbusiness operations. (2) We have pursued various strategic initiatives and completed acquisitionsand divestitures in recent years which have resulted in expenses which wouldnot have otherwise been incurred. These expenses generally include integration costs, as well as legal, due diligence and other third party transaction costsand will vary based on the size and frequency of the activities describedabove. (3) In September 2019, we initiated the transition of certain technologyplatforms to advance the company?s strategic opportunities as a technology andanalytics provider and continue the realignment of certain business areas.Charges associated with this plan represent a fundamental shift in our strategyand technology as well as executive re-alignment and will be excluded forpurposes of calculating non-GAAP measures as they are not reflective of ongoing operating performance or comparisons in Nasdaq?s performance between periods.The restructuring charges primarily consisted of consulting services, assetimpairment charges primarily related to capitalized software that was retired,and accelerated depreciation expense on certain assets as a result of adecrease in their useful life. (4) For the year ended December 31, 2020, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 3.875% senior unsecured notesand for the year ended December 31, 2019, this represents a charge recorded inconnection with the early extinguishment of our 5.55% senior unsecured notes. These charges primarily related to a premium paid for early redemption. Thesecharges are recorded in general, administrative and other expense in ourCondensed Consolidated Statements of Income. (5) For 2020 represents charitable donations made to the Nasdaq Foundation,COVID-19 response and relief efforts and social justice charities recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. (6) For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and years ended December 31,2020 and 2019 a provision for notes receivable associated with the funding oftechnology development for the consolidated audit trail recorded in general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements ofIncome. (7) For 2020 primarily includes charges associated with duplicative rent andimpairment of leasehold assets related to our global headquarters move recordedin occupancy and depreciation and amortization expense in our CondensedConsolidated Statements of Income, and the reversal of a regulatory fine issuedby the SFSA recorded in regulatory expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income. The reversal of the regulatory fine is also included inthe three months ended September 30, 2020 and duplicative rent and impairment of leasehold assets related to our global headquarters move is also included inthe three months ended December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020. For 2019primarily includes a tax reserve for certain prior year examinations recordedin general, administrative and other expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income, and certain litigation costs which are recorded inprofessional and contract services expense in our Condensed ConsolidatedStatements of Income.

Nasdaq, Inc. Quarterly Key Drivers Detail (unaudited) Three Months Ended December September December 31, 30, 31, 2020 2020 2019 Market Services Equity Derivative Trading and Clearing U.S. equity options Total industry average daily volume (in 30.6 28.1 17.7 millions) Nasdaq PHLX matched 13.5% 12.8% 15.9% market share The Nasdaq Options Market matched market 9.0% 9.6% 8.4% share Nasdaq BX Options 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% matched market share Nasdaq ISE Options 7.6% 6.9% 9.1% matched market share Nasdaq GEMX Options 6.4% 6.3% 4.2% matched market share Nasdaq MRX Options 1.1% 0.9% 0.4% matched market share Total matched market share executed on 37.8% 36.7% 38.2% Nasdaq's exchanges Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic options and futures Total average daily volume options and 275,686 256,478 401,078 futures contracts ^(1) Cash Equity Trading Total U.S.-listed securities Total industry average daily share volume (in 10.5 9.9 6.8 billions) Matched share volume 115.4 123.7 79.5 (in billions) The Nasdaq Stock Market 15.9% 18.0% 16.4% matched market share Nasdaq BX matched 0.7% 0.8% 1.4% market share Nasdaq PSX matched 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% market share Total matched market share executed on 17.2% 19.4% 18.4% Nasdaq's exchanges Market share reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq 33.7% 32.0% 30.2% Trade Reporting Facility Total market share ^(2) 50.9% 51.4% 48.6% Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic securities Average daily number of equity trades executed 961,924 819,751 625,833 on Nasdaq's exchanges Total average daily value of shares traded $ 5.9 $ 4.8 $ 4.5 (in billions) Total market share executed on Nasdaq's 79.4% 77.5% 76.1% exchanges Fixed Income and Commodities Trading and Clearing Fixed Income U.S. fixed income volume ($ billions $ 1,650 $ 1,206 $ 1,796 traded) Total average daily volume of Nasdaq Nordic and traded Nasdaq 96,006 87,668 105,434 Baltic fixed income contracts Commodities Power contracts cleared 286 195 229 (TWh) ^(3) Corporate Platforms Initial public offerings The Nasdaq Stock Market 142 105 50 Exchanges that comprise Nasdaq Nordic and 24 5 12 Nasdaq Baltic Total new listings The Nasdaq Stock Market 199 144 107 ^(4) Exchanges that comprise Nasdaq Nordic and 34 11 17 Nasdaq Baltic ^(5) Number of listed companies The Nasdaq Stock Market 3,392 3,249 3,140 ^(6) Exchanges that comprise Nasdaq Nordic and 1,071 1,049 1,040 Nasdaq Baltic ^(7) Investment Intelligence Number of licensed exchange traded 339 335 332 products (ETPs) ETP assets under management (AUM) $ 359 $ 313 $ 233 tracking Nasdaq indexes (in billions) Market Technology Order intake (in $ 37 $ 84 $ 204 millions) ^(8) Annualized recurring revenues (in millions) $ 283 $ 278 $ 260 ^(9) (1) Includes Finnish option contracts traded on Eurex for which Nasdaq and Eurex have a revenue share agreement. (2) Includes transactions executed on The Nasdaq Stock Market's, Nasdaq BX's and Nasdaq PSX's systems plus trades reported through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility. (3) Transactions executed on Nasdaq Commodities or OTC and reported for clearing to Nasdaq Commodities measured by Terawatt hours (TWh). (4) New listings include IPOs, including issuers that switched from other listing venues, closed-end funds and separately listed ETPs. (5) New listings include IPOs and represent companies listed on the Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic exchanges and companies on the alternative markets of Nasdaq First North. (6) Number of total listings on The Nasdaq Stock Market at period end, including 412 ETPs as of December 31, 2020, 409 ETPs as of September 30, 2020, and 412 ETPs as of December 31, 2019. (7) Represents companies listed on the Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic exchanges and companies on the alternative markets of Nasdaq First North at period end. (8) Total contract value of orders signed during the period. (9) Annualized Recurring Revenue, or ARR, for a given period is the annualized revenue of Market Technology support and SaaS subscription contracts. ARR is currently one of our key performance metrics to assess the health and trajectory of our business. ARR does not have any standardized definition and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue and is not intended to be combined with or to replace either of those items. ARR is not a forecast and the active contracts during the reporting period used in calculating ARR may or may not be extended or renewed by our customers.