The Conference Board, NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext Announce Collaboration to Compile Governance Practice Benchmarks

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May 17, 2011, 10:00 ET

NEW YORK, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board, NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext today announce a research collaboration to examine the state of corporate governance practices among publicly listed corporations in the United States.

The collaboration focuses on the development and dissemination of information regarding the structure, composition and functions of the board of directors. Findings will constitute the basis for a benchmarking tool searchable by company size (measured by revenue and asset value) and 22 industry sectors. Data will also be analyzed in the next edition of The Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report, which The Conference Board, NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext will release jointly in the fall.

"Since its first release in 1939, The Conference Board annual Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report has become a highly regarded resource on corporate governance practices for regulators, government experts and academics," said Matteo Tonello, Research Director of Corporate Leadership at The Conference Board. "We are proud to join forces with NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext in consolidating a source of information that we believe our respective members will find of great value when facing decisions regarding their corporate governance structure and fiduciary responsibilities."

The Conference Board, NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext invite general counsel members, corporate secretaries and corporate government specialists at publicly listed U.S. companies to participate in the 2011 Board Practice Survey.

For more information or to take the survey, please contact [email protected].

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About NASDAQ OMX

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit: http://www.nasdaqomx.com. Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/nasdaqomx) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

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