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

 

February 25, 2004 (February 25, 2004)

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-32651

 

52-1165937

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation

 

(Commission File
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

(212) 401-8742

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

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

 

 

 

THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC.
FORM 8-K
Index

 

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

Financial Statements

 

None.

 

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

None.

 

Exhibits:

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

Page Number in
Filing

99.1

 

Press Release, dated February 25, 2004

 

 

 

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

This information set forth under “Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition” is intended to be furnished pursuant to Item 12.  Such information, including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), dated February 25, 2004, reporting Nasdaq’s financial results for the fourth quarter of 2003.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date:  February 25, 2004

 

 

THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David P. Warren

 

 

 

David P. Warren

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

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