Nasdaq shareholders elect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2026 annual meeting

NASDAQ, INC.

All 12 director nominees elected; Charlene Begley received 30.3M against votes (8% of votes cast).
Advisory say-on-pay approved: 357.9M for, 13.5M against, 1.3M abstain.
Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY 2026: 376.6M for, 22.1M against, 167k abstain.
Vote totals exclude shares subject to 5% voting limitation per charter; broker non-votes ranged from 0 to 26.2M.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

NASDAQ, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-10

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FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Proposal 1: Election of Directors i. Melissa M. Arnoldi 371,650,892 801,492 204,904 26,189,922 ii. Charlene T. Begley 342,183,018 30,268,143 206,127 26,189,922 iii. Adena T. Friedman 354,514,962 15,796,027 2,346,298 26,189,922 iv. Essa Kazim 369,092,164 3,320,248 244,876 26,189,922 v. Thomas A. Kloet 366,733,439 5,681,837 242,013 26,189,922 vi. Kathryn A. Koch 371,710,164 740,300 206,824 26,189,922 vii. Holden Spaht 371,900,236 502,397 254,655 26,189,922 viii. Michael R. Splinter 361,469,555 10,964,230 223,502 26,189,922 ix. Johan Torgeby 371,712,026 684,311 260,951 26,189,922 x. Toni Townes-Whitley 371,715,298 736,563 205,428 26,189,922 xi. Jeffery W. Yabuki 364,590,859 7,594,153 472,276 26,189,922 xii. Alfred W. Zollar 369,424,150 2,761,679 471,458 26,189,922

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

NASDAQ, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the Company’s Executive Compensation on an Advisory Basis at the 2026-06-10 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-10

Exact text from the filing

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Proposal 2: Approval of the Company’s Executive Compensation on an Advisory Basis 357,897,727 13,506,434 1,253,128 26,189,922

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

NASDAQ, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2026-06-10

Exact text from the filing

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Nasdaq’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026 376,643,806 22,134,699 166,909 0

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