Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2008

 

 

THE NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-32651   52-1165937

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York   10006
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 212 401 8700

No change since last report

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following materials from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (“NASDAQ OMX”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed on November 7, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language):

 

  (i)   the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007;

 

  (ii)   the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007;

 

  (iii)   the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007; and

 

  (iv)   the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of NASDAQ OMX. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

   

Exhibit Description

100    The following materials from NASDAQ OMX’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, filed on November 7, 2008, are formatted in XBRL and furnished as exhibits to this report:
  

(i)       the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007;

(ii)      the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007;

(iii)     the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007; and

(iv)     the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: December 18, 2008     THE NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC.
   

By:

   /s/ David P. Warren
      David P. Warren
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

   

Description

Exhibit 100.INS   

XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 100.SCH   

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Exhibit 100.CAL   

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 100.LAB   

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit 100.PRE   

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document