Market participants will benefit from more precise hedging and price transparency

NEW YORK, February 6, 2013 — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), the world’s largest exchange group, in cooperation with BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, today announced plans to introduce options trading on U.S. Treasury Securities at NASDAQ OMX PHLX®, the largest equity options exchange in the U.S. The first day of trading will take place on February 19th, 2013.

Exchange-traded derivatives on U.S. Treasuries will provide access to new trading and investing vehicles that allow investors to hedge interest rate risk with more precision, using an ‘on the run’ convention. NASDAQ OMX and BNY Mellon will offer a flexible, cost-efficient offering for investors who wish to trade derivatives contracts on specific, underlying U.S. Treasury 10-year notes and 30-year bonds. Options contracts on U.S. Treasury Securities may be traded by qualified investors in securities brokerage accounts.

In addition, NASDAQ OMX will bring derivatives trading on U.S. Treasuries to a community of fixed-income investors who seek capital efficiency, transparency and mitigated counterparty risk because of centralized clearing of options contracts. NASDAQ OMX world-class INET technology, which powers 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions, will provide reliability and average trading latencies below 40 microseconds.

“Ten-year notes and thirty-year bonds, are the most heavily traded securities within the fixed income market, and listing options on U.S. Treasuries on our exchange will bring direct market access to global investors,” said Eric Noll, Executive Vice President of Transaction Services U.S. and U.K. at NASDAQ OMX. “It is mission critical for NASDAQ OMX to offer our member firms opportunities within new asset classes and new structures that improve market quality. This partnership will provide investors with an additional level of transparency, deeper liquidity and improved execution efficiency to this new asset class.”

NASDAQ OMX will continue to partner with BNY Mellon on developing products to serve fixed income portfolio market participants and managers.

“We have a uniquely broad and deep range of support services for investors in the Treasury Securities space,” said Scott Posner, Executive Vice President and business executive for BNY Mellon’s Strategic Growth Initiatives group. “Collaborating with NASDAQ OMX was the perfect way for us to leverage our experience and expertise, applying to this important asset class our focus on developing innovative solutions that contribute to our clients’ success. By leveraging the strengths of our two organizations, we can bring the benefits of exchange trading – increased precision in hedging, central clearing, improved transparency and many others, to markets that have previously traded over the counter.”

For more information on NASDAQ OMX fixed income products please visit our website:

www.nasdaqomxtrader.com/treasuries

About BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 36 countries and more than 100 markets. As of December 31, 2012, BNY Mellon had $26.7 trillion in assets under custody and administration, and $1.4 trillion in assets under management. Whether clients are looking to create trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments, BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for their investment needs. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com, or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon.

About NASDAQ OMX
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99+% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein may contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about options contracts on U.S. Treasury Securities to be offered on NASDAQ OMX PHLX and NASDAQ OMX's other products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to, factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.

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