Nasdaq, Inc. filings document governance, financial results, capital actions and registered securities for a public market-technology operator. Recent 8-K reports cover quarterly and annual results, Regulation FD presentation materials, dividend declarations, amendments to charter and bylaw provisions, and tender offers involving outstanding senior notes.
The company’s proxy materials describe board matters, shareholder voting items, executive compensation and equity awards. Cover-page disclosures identify Nasdaq common stock and listed senior notes, including securities registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market and related Nasdaq trading venues.
NASDAQ, INC. executive Tal Cohen, President of Market Platforms, received an equity compensation award and had shares withheld to cover taxes. He was granted 15,267 Restricted Stock Units, each representing one future share of common stock, with vesting scheduled on April 1 of 2028, 2029 and 2030. In a separate transaction, 11,141 shares of common stock were withheld at $84.89 per share for tax obligations tied to a prior equity award. After these transactions, Cohen directly holds 232,291 shares or units of Nasdaq-related equity, including restricted stock, performance stock units and shares acquired through the employee stock purchase plan.
NASDAQ, INC. executive vice president and CIO Bradley J. Peterson reported routine equity compensation activity. He received a grant of 8,103 restricted stock units, each representing one share of common stock, vesting 33% on April 1, 2028, 33% on April 1, 2029, and the remainder on April 1, 2030. In a separate line item, 2,761 shares of common stock were withheld at $84.89 per share to cover taxes from settlement of a prior equity award. Following these transactions, he holds 150,244 shares of common stock directly, along with additional restricted stock, performance stock units, and shares purchased under the employee stock purchase plan as described in the filing.
Nasdaq, Inc. executive Jeremy Skule reported routine equity compensation activity. He received 7,633 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) under Nasdaq’s Equity Incentive Plan, each representing a contingent right to one share of common stock. These RSUs vest 33% on April 1, 2028, 33% on April 1, 2029, and the remainder on April 1, 2030.
The filing also shows 2,332 shares of common stock were withheld at $84.89 per share to cover taxes tied to settlement of a prior equity award, which is not an open‑market sale. After these transactions, he directly holds 105,590 shares or units in various forms of Nasdaq equity.
NASDAQ, Inc. President of Capital Access Platforms Nelson Griggs reported routine equity compensation activity. He received 11,743 shares of Common Stock as a grant of Restricted Stock Units under the company’s Equity Incentive Plan, with no cash paid per share.
The RSUs vest 33% on April 1, 2028, 33% on April 1, 2029, and the remainder on April 1, 2030. Separately, 3,308 shares of Common Stock were withheld at $84.89 per share to cover taxes on a previously granted equity award. After these transactions, he holds 240,456 shares directly, plus additional restricted stock and PSUs noted in the footnotes.
Nasdaq EVP and Global CLO John Zecca reported routine equity compensation activity. He received an award of 7,339 Restricted Stock Units under Nasdaq’s Equity Incentive Plan, with 33% vesting on April 1, 2028, 33% on April 1, 2029, and the remainder on April 1, 2030.
On the same date, 2,097 shares of common stock were withheld at $84.89 per share to satisfy tax obligations tied to a previously granted equity award. After these transactions, Zecca directly holds 154,114 shares of common stock. A footnote also describes 27,513 shares or units of restricted stock and 126,601 shares of common stock underlying PSUs.
Nasdaq Inc — Schedule 13G/A amendment by The Vanguard Group. The filing states that, following an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, certain Vanguard subsidiaries will report beneficial ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538. The report shows amount beneficially owned: 0 and percent of class: 0%.
The filing explains that those subsidiaries pursue the same investment strategies previously followed and that The Vanguard Group no longer is deemed to beneficially own the securities held by those subsidiaries. Signature is by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/27/2026.
Nasdaq, Inc. Chair and CEO Adena Friedman reported charitable gifts of 113,572 shares of Nasdaq common stock, recorded as bona fide gifts with no sale proceeds. The donated shares went to a charitable institution and a donor-advised fund, and she no longer has voting or investment control over them.
After these gifts, Friedman holds 1,965,751 Nasdaq common shares directly, plus additional indirect holdings through two family trusts that each hold 73,500 shares. She also retains employee stock options covering 113,611 shares at an exercise price of $22.22, expiring on January 3, 2027, and 306,936 shares at $67.48, expiring on January 3, 2032.
Nasdaq, Inc. Chair and CEO Adena T. Friedman exercised employee stock options for 92,840 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $22.22 per share on March 6, 2026. She then sold 92,840 shares in an open-market transaction at a weighted-average price of $90.08 per share, resulting in 2,079,323 shares of Common Stock held directly after the sale.
The sale was carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan adopted on September 11, 2025. Following these transactions, Friedman also holds stock options covering 306,936 underlying shares at an exercise price of $67.48 per share, expiring on January 3, 2032, and has additional indirect ownership of 73,500 shares in each of two irrevocable family trusts.
NASDAQ, INC. executive Bryan Everard Smith, EVP and Chief People Officer, sold 6,000 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction on March 2, 2026 at a weighted average price of $87.24 per share. The sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan adopted on August 29, 2025, indicating it was scheduled in advance.
Following this transaction, Smith directly owns 70,860 shares. Footnote detail shows this figure represents a mix of vested and unvested restricted stock units, performance share units, and shares acquired through the company’s employee stock purchase plan.