THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC. (a Delaware corporation) Shares of Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • February 15th, 2006 • Nasdaq Stock Market Inc • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • New York
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“J.P. Morgan”) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto (ii) the sale by the Selling Stockholders, acting
