Exhibit 5.2
[Letterhead of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz]
June 28, 2023
Nasdaq, Inc.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Nasdaq, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”). The Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated June 22, 2023, among Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), and the Company. The Notes were issued pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, dated June 22, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 26, 2023, and the Prospectus, dated April 30, 2021, that forms a part of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255666), filed with the SEC on April 30, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”) and which automatically became effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the rules and regulations thereunder, the “Act”), upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) promulgated thereunder. The Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (“Wells Fargo”), as supplemented by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indentures”), dated June 28, 2023, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A (in its capacity as successor trustee to Wells Fargo, the “Trustee”). The Supplemental Indenture, which includes the form of the Notes, is filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated the date hereof (the “Form 8-K”).
In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied on the Registration Statement, the Indentures, the form of the Notes and such corporate records and other documents, and we have reviewed such matters of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. We have also conducted such investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this letter. In rendering this opinion, we have, with your consent, relied upon oral and written representations of officers of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and public officials with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters addressed in such representations and certificates. In addition, in rendering this opinion we have, with your consent, assumed (a) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures, (b) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, (c) each natural person signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so, (d) each person signing in a representative capacity any document reviewed by us had authority to sign in such capacity, (e) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed, (f) that all Notes will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, including applicable provisions of “blue sky” laws, and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement and (g) the organizational documents of the Company, each as amended to the date hereof, will not have been amended from the date hereof in a manner that would affect the validity of the opinion rendered herein. We have also, with your consent, assumed that the execution, delivery and performance of the Indentures, the Notes and the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or require any consent under, the charters, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of any party to such documents (other than the Company) or the laws of the jurisdictions of organization or other applicable laws with respect to such parties, (ii) violate any requirement or restriction imposed by any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over any party to such documents or any of their respective assets or (iii) constitute a breach or violation of any agreement or instrument that is binding on any party to the Transaction Documents. We have also, with your consent, assumed that each party to the Transaction Documents (in the case of parties that are not natural persons) (other than the Company) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under its jurisdiction of organization, that each such party has the legal capacity, power and authority