Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Jochumsen Hans-Ole
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC. [NDAQ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE LIBERTY PLAZA		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2012
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10006		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 01/03/2012   F   10,299 D $ 24.96 97,994 (1) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 19.75               (2) 03/04/2020 Common Stock 22,059   22,059 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 25.07               (3) 12/17/2018 Common Stock 39,458   39,458 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 25.28               (4) 03/28/2021 Common Stock 33,995   33,995 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 41.36               (5) 03/24/2018 Common Stock 15,771   15,771 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Jochumsen Hans-Ole
ONE LIBERTY PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10006		       Executive Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ Edward S. Knight, by power of attorney   01/05/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents (i) 50,000 units of restricted stock, of which 15,000 units are vested (ii) 45,545 shares underlying PSUs, of which 7,455 shares are vested and (iii) 2,449 shares purchased pursuant to the Employee Share Purchase Plan.
(2) Options exercisable on March 4, 2014.
(3) Options exercisable on December 17, 2012.
(4) Options exercisable on March 28, 2015, subject to accelerated vesting on March 28, 2014, or extension of vesting until March 28, 2016, depending on the achievement of performance goals.
(5) Options exercisable as to 100%.

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