Nasdaq announces cash tender offers for up to $95 million in senior notes, subject to specific caps and conditions.
Quiver AI Summary
Nasdaq, Inc. announced today its plans to conduct cash tender offers to purchase up to $95 million of its outstanding senior notes, specifically targeting an aggregate of $80 million for its 5.350% Senior Notes due 2028 and $10 million for its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2052. The offers, which prioritize notes tendered before the early tender date of December 12, 2025, will expire on December 30, 2025. Eligible holders who tender their notes early will receive a premium along with the total consideration based on U.S. Treasury yields. Nasdaq intends to finance this acquisition using available cash and aims to reduce its public debt through these offers, while retaining the right to adjust the total purchase amounts. The company has appointed J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as dealer manager for this process.
Potential Positives
- Nasdaq is offering to purchase up to $95,000,000 of its outstanding Notes, which demonstrates proactive management of its debt profile.
- The tender offers include a clear structure with priority levels and sub-caps, providing transparency and encouraging participation from bondholders.
- The company intends to fund the purchases with available cash on hand, indicating strong liquidity management and financial health.
Potential Negatives
- The Maximum Tender Payment of $95 million and the established caps on the tendered notes may signal financial constraints, indicating that Nasdaq is actively seeking to manage its debt levels, which could raise concerns among investors regarding its liquidity and overall financial health.
- The requirement for bondholders to tender their notes by specific dates to receive premium considerations may create an unappealing scenario for investors, potentially leading to reluctance and skepticism about the value of holding these notes.
- The press release includes a cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, highlighting uncertainty and risks that may impact Nasdaq's ability to successfully execute its strategies, which could undermine investor confidence.
FAQ
What are Nasdaq's Tender Offers for the Notes?
Nasdaq's Tender Offers involve purchasing up to $95 million in outstanding Notes as detailed in their latest press release.
What is the maximum amount for the 2028 Notes?
The maximum amount for the 2028 Notes is capped at $80 million as part of Nasdaq's Tender Offers.
When do the Tender Offers expire?
The Tender Offers expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on December 30, 2025.
What is the Early Tender Date for the Notes?
The Early Tender Date for the Notes is 5:00 p.m. New York City time on December 12, 2025.
How will Nasdaq fund the purchase of tendered Notes?
Nasdaq intends to fund the purchase of validly tendered Notes with available cash and other sources of liquidity.
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$NDAQ Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $NDAQ stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $NDAQ stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE APRIL MCCLAIN DELANEY has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $115,000 on 10/22, 10/09, 09/19 and 0 sales.
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$NDAQ Insider Trading Activity
$NDAQ insiders have traded $NDAQ stock on the open market 8 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 8 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $NDAQ stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- BRADLEY J PETERSON (EVP, CIO) sold 11,508 shares for an estimated $1,022,715
- JEREMY SKULE (EVP, CSO) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 9,473 shares for an estimated $852,398.
- MICHELLE LYNN DALY (SVP, Controller & PAO) sold 8,691 shares for an estimated $812,173
- CHARLENE T BEGLEY sold 3,000 shares for an estimated $289,800
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$NDAQ Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 554 institutional investors add shares of $NDAQ stock to their portfolio, and 448 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- THOMA BRAVO, L.P. removed 42,804,207 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $3,827,552,189
- JANE STREET GROUP, LLC removed 6,051,447 shares (-84.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $535,250,487
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 3,848,406 shares (+6.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $340,391,510
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 3,083,656 shares (+8.3%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $272,749,373
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 2,470,201 shares (+53.8%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $218,489,278
- HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P removed 1,866,321 shares (-24.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $165,076,092
- SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. added 1,737,608 shares (+140.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $153,691,427
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$NDAQ Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $NDAQ in the last several months. We have seen 10 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 11/20/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/22/2025
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/25/2025
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 07/25/2025
- Deutsche Bank issued a "Buy" rating on 07/25/2025
- RBC Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/25/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/15/2025
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$NDAQ Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $NDAQ recently. We have seen 11 analysts offer price targets for $NDAQ in the last 6 months, with a median target of $104.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $110.0 on 11/20/2025
- Bill Katz from TD Cowen set a target price of $96.0 on 10/22/2025
- Benjamin Budish from Barclays set a target price of $109.0 on 10/22/2025
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Raymond James set a target price of $100.0 on 10/13/2025
- Richard Repetto from Piper Sandler set a target price of $104.0 on 08/04/2025
- Brian Bedell from Deutsche Bank set a target price of $105.0 on 07/25/2025
- Ashish Sabadra from RBC Capital set a target price of $108.0 on 07/25/2025
Full Release
NEW YORK, Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) (“Nasdaq” or the “Company”) today announced its offers to purchase for cash in the order of priority set forth in the table below (the “Acceptance Priority Levels”) up to an aggregate purchase price of $95,000,000 (excluding Accrued Interest (as defined below)) (the “Maximum Tender Payment”) for its outstanding Notes, subject to (i) a sub-cap of $80,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (the “2028 Notes Cap”) of the Company’s 5.350% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and (ii) a sub-cap of $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (the “2052 Notes Cap”) of the Company’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes”). The 2028 Notes and the 2052 Notes are referred to collectively herein as the “Notes,” such offers to purchase are referred to collectively herein as the “Tender Offers” and each a “Tender Offer,” and the 2028 Notes Cap and the 2052 Notes Cap are referred to collectively herein as the “Series Notes Caps” and each a “Series Notes Cap.”
| Title of Security | Security Identifiers | Principal Amount Outstanding | Acceptance Priority Level ( 1 ) | Series Notes Cap ( 1 ) | Early Tender Premium ( 2 )( 3 ) | U.S. Treasury Reference Security ( 4 ) |
Fixed Spread
(basis points) |
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| 2028 Tender Offer | 5.350% Senior Notes due 2028 |
CUSIP:
63111X AH4 ISIN: US63111XAH44 |
$880,000,000 | 1 | $80,000,000 | $30.00 | 3.500% UST due November 15, 2028 | 35 bps | |||
| 2052 Tender Offer | 3.950% Senior Notes due 2052 |
CUSIP:
631103 AM0 ISIN: US631103AM02 |
$429,995,000 | 2 | $10,000,000 | $30.00 | 4.750% UST due August 15, 2055 | 75 bps | |||
(1) The Tender Offers are subject to the Maximum Tender Payment of $95,000,000 and the applicable Series Notes Caps.
(2) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered on or prior to the Early Tender Date (as defined below) and accepted for purchase by the Company.
(3) Does not include Accrued Interest, which will also be payable as described below.
(4) The applicable page on Bloomberg from which the dealer manager will quote the bid side price of the U.S. Treasury Security is FIT1.
The Tender Offers are being made upon the terms and subject to conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 1, 2025 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), which sets forth a detailed description of the Tender Offers. Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Date will be accepted for purchase in priority to other Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date, subject to the Series Notes Caps and the Maximum Tender Payment, even if such Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date have a higher Acceptance Priority Level than the Notes validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Date. The Company reserves the right, but is under no obligation, to increase or decrease any or both of the Series Notes Caps and/or the Maximum Tender Payment in its sole discretion at any time without extending or reinstating withdrawal rights, subject to compliance with applicable law.
The Tender Offers for the Notes will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 30, 2025, or any other date and time to which the Company extends the applicable Tender Offer (such date and time, as it may be extended with respect to a Tender Offer, the “Expiration Date”), unless earlier terminated. Holders of Notes must validly tender and not validly withdraw their Notes prior to or at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 12, 2025 (such date and time, as it may be extended with respect to a Tender Offer, the “Early Tender Date”), and the holder’s Notes must be accepted for purchase, to be eligible to receive the applicable Total Consideration (as defined below). If a holder validly tenders Notes after the applicable Early Tender Date but prior to or at the applicable Expiration Date, and the holder’s Notes are accepted for purchase, the holder will only be eligible to receive the applicable Tender Offer Consideration (as defined below).
Subject to the Maximum Tender Payment, the Series Notes Caps, the Acceptance Priority Levels and proration, if applicable, the total consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase pursuant to each Tender Offer will be calculated in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the applicable Fixed Spread for such Notes specified in the table above plus the applicable yield based on the bid-side price of the applicable U.S. Treasury Reference Security specified in the table above at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2025 (excluding Accrued Interest with respect to each series of Notes, the “Total Consideration”). The Total Consideration includes an applicable early tender premium per $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase as set forth in the table above (with respect to each series of Notes, the “Early Tender Premium”). Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date but prior to the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase will receive the Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Premium (with respect to each series of Notes, the “Tender Offer Consideration”).
In addition to the consideration described above, all holders of Notes accepted for purchase in the Tender Offers will receive accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from the last interest payment date with respect to such Notes to, but not including, the applicable settlement date (“Accrued Interest”).
The Company intends to fund the purchase of validly tendered and accepted Notes with available cash on hand and other sources of liquidity. The purpose of the Tender Offers is to purchase a portion of the Notes, subject to the Maximum Tender Payment and the Series Notes Caps, in order to reduce the Company’s total outstanding public debt.
The Tender Offers will expire on the applicable Expiration Date. Except as set forth below, payment for the Notes that are validly tendered prior to or at the Expiration Date and that are accepted for purchase will be made on a date promptly following the Expiration Date, which is currently anticipated to be December 31, 2025, the first business day after the Expiration Date. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make payment for Notes that are validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Date and that are accepted for purchase on an earlier settlement date, which, if applicable, is currently anticipated to be December 17, 2025, provided that the conditions to the satisfaction of the applicable Tender Offer are satisfied. The Company is not obligated to conduct any early settlement or have any early settlement occur on any particular date.
Tendered Notes may be withdrawn prior to or at, but not after, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 12, 2025.
The Tender Offers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions which are specified in the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offers are not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of Notes being tendered.
Information Relating to the Tender Offers
The Offer to Purchase is being distributed to holders beginning today. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is serving as dealer manager in connection with the Tender Offers. Investors with questions regarding the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers may contact the dealer manager as follows:
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Attention: Liability Management Group U.S. Toll-Free: (866) 834-4666 Collect: (212) 834-3046 |
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers. Any questions regarding procedures for tendering Notes or request for copies of the Offer to Purchase should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. by any of the following means: by telephone at (877) 478-5045 (toll-free) or (646) 845-0146 (collect) or by email at [email protected].
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, the Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Tender Offers are being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to holders of the Notes. None of the Company or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the dealer manager, the tender and information agent or the trustee with respect to any series of Notes is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Tender Offers. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisors and make their own decisions whether to tender Notes in the Tender Offers, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global technology company serving corporate clients, investment managers, banks, brokers, and exchange operators as they navigate and interact with the global capital markets and the broader financial system. We aspire to deliver world-leading platforms that improve the liquidity, transparency, and integrity of the global economy. Our diverse offering of data, analytics, software, exchange capabilities, and client-centric services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information that involves substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. When used in this communication, words such as “enables,” “intends,” “will,” and similar expressions and any other statements that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, statements about the proposed Tender Offers and the expected source of funds. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability of Nasdaq to consummate the Tender Offers on the terms and timing described herein, or at all, Nasdaq’s ability to implement its strategic vision, initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and global competition, and other factors detailed in Nasdaq’s reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings Nasdaq makes with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov. These documents are also available under the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://ir.nasdaq.com. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. Nasdaq disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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