OSAKA DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE TO DEPLOY NASDAQ PLATFORM

Posted September 15, 2009

STOCKHOLM and NEW YORK – The Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), a Japanese derivatives and securities exchange, has chosen The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. as its exchange technology provider, with plans to implement a new Nasdaq OMX-based platform for derivatives trading in the first quarter of 2011.

“We are honored to be selected as system provider to OSE, marking our second market technology customer in Japan,” says Lars Ottersgard, Senior Vice President, Nasdaq OMX Market Technology. “This is the result of a strong and close partnership with both OSE and NTT Data. We are focused on delivering a cutting-edge trading system ready for launch in 2011.”