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Employment Agreement [Amendment No. 1] - NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. and Richard G. Ketchum

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                              AMENDMENT ONE TO THE
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This Amendment is hereby entered into effective as of February 1, 2002, by
and between The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (the "Company") and Richard G. Ketchum
(the "Executive").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into on December 29, 2000,
an Employment Agreement (the "Employment Agreement"), providing for the
Executive's continued employment with the Company; and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment
Agreement.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.   Section 4 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
          following two new sentences at the end thereof:

               Notwithstanding the foregoing, twenty percent (20%) of the
               Incentive Compensation, otherwise due and payable with respect to
               each calendar year (the "Retained Amount"), shall be retained by
               the Company in accordance with the terms of the Company's
               Retention Component of the Incentive Compensation Program, as
               adopted by the Compensation Committee on January 23, 2002 (the
               "Retention Policy"), as such policy may be amended from time to
               time. The Retained Amount shall be credited with interest at the
               rate set forth in the Retention Policy and shall be due and
               payable pursuant to the terms of the Retention Policy.

     2.   For the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment shall in no way reduce or
          otherwise negatively impact: (i) the calculation of the SERP benefits
          due the Executive pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Employment
          Agreement, or (ii) the amount of severance otherwise due and payable
          to the Executive in accordance with applicable subsection of Section 9
          of the Employment Agreement.

     3.   Except as specially set forth above, all other provisions of the
          Employment Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force effect.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed February 17, 2002.

                                  By: /s/ Richard G. Ketchum
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                      Richard G. Ketchum


                                  THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC.


                                  By: /s/ H. Furlong Baldwin
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                      H. Furlong Baldwin, Chairman of
                                      The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
                                      Management Compensation Committee




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