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Bangalore April 2018 Bangalore Breakdown EVENTS FROM APRIL 20181 Bangalore Town hall 5 External forums2 Tech Talks 6 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR activity)3 Training Programs 7 Snack time at the café4 Sports and Fitness 8 Mettlesome Mezannine's Fun Time Page 1

Bangalore April 2018 Bangalore Town hallBharat Patel, VP Global Technology and Head of Bangalore Center opened the town hall with a strategic summaryupdate, followed by the below list of presenters and topics.- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) updates presented by Sumithra BK and Jyothi Banavati Krishnamurthy- Health and Wellness updates presented by Pavan Kotyal and Jhansi Vijayarajan- Sports and Events updates presented by Shakthi Kumar and Ajai Kumar- Women in Nasdaq (WIN) presented by Jayashree Rajendran and Smitha Krishnamurthy- New Joiners, Guests and Birthdays presented by Smitha Krishnamurthy- Q&A , by Bharat Patel Page 2

Bangalore April 2018 Tech Talks Training ProgramsThe topic for Tech talks this month was NFF Platform This was an Agile workshop for the YPP group on the April 24thOverview and presented by Subhashini Subramaniam, • They learnt use effective collaboration techniques to getAVP-Software Engineering, Global Technology to consensus quickly • Prioritize work by creating and assigning value to themes,Over 50 participants got to understand the following epics, and user storiesareas on the topic • Execute a Sprint Zero and iterative work cycle using• Overview on NFF and concepts• Detailed Technology Stack Scrum and Kanban• The service Architecture and discussion • Use metrics to track, measure, and forecast work iteratively • Execute Scrum ceremonies with defined Scrum roles Page 3

Bangalore April 2018Sports and Wellness Corporate Social ResponsibilityIt’s been a great journey for the Bangalore Nasdaq The Association of Mentally Challenged was invited toCricket team since a couple of month of net showcase their products in our Bangalore facility on the 18thpractice and warmup matches. April 2018. These are products made by kids from theThe team is up next to showcase our ability in the association and the income from the sale goes to theircorporate circuit where we play against other schooling , food and medical wellbeing.corporate teams. Nasdaq donated 119 kilograms of Newspapers. They will useNCB – Nasdaq Cricket Board is Vikash, Shakthi, this to make paper bags for their productsAchuthan, Manikandan and Ajai INR 40,000 from the products brought by our employees Page 4

Bangalore April 2018 Participation in External ForumWomen Wizards Rule Tech (W2RT) - NASSCOMM Nasdaq NASSCOMM recently concluded GCC Conclave 2018 on 26th &attended a session with other prominent companies such as 27th April in Mumbai, India witnessed more than 700 participantsJP Morgan, Dell, IBM-Labs, HP and BCG in an effort to inspire from across the country.women in their mid-career enter into newer technology The discussion in the forum were built around the overall theme ofareas. “Leading the New Normal: Speed Smart Skill.” The 3 key pillarsThe goal is to enroll up to 3,000 women into this program and powered by GCC were Technology of Everything, Skilling &eventually place them into one of the many advanced Scaling Talent and Innovate to differentiate.technology position amongst the different companies. This is The 2-day conclave had 23 main sessions with 55 speakers and 29to address a recent survey that highlighted that women re- Sponsors.entering into the workplace after having a child or are in theirmid-point of their career do not continue and eventually exit Page 5the workforce.Nasdaq plans to be an active participant in the sponsoringmembers of our team in Bangalore and provide mentorshipas part of this program.

Bangalore April 2018Wednesday Snack Time Mettlesome Mezannine's Fun TimeDelicious food , great company and awesome ideas is the inspiration The Mezannine floor in the Bangalore Facility is the most visited floorbehind the Wednesday Snack Time! after the Cafateria ground floor. This is because most of the Key support functions sit on this floor (HR, Finance, CIT, Corp Secretary, FacilitySamosas, Jalebi, Chaats and Ice Pops were in the menu this month Management) The Mezannine floor is used to a serious atmosphere, Praislyn Golda from the HR TA team decided to break the monotony every Thursday. For 30 minutes every Thursday, Praislyn makes us play Dumb Charades of guessing movie names, names of employees, Nasdaq location and she also spins surprise activities like balloon football, balloon stamping, spotlight singing and of course she gives us chocolate treats as rewards after the activities  Page 6