nasdaq inc ndaq said wednesday it plans to include a measure in its annual meeting on june 22 to issue a dividend of two shares for every share held in the company in a 3for1 stock split the nasdaq also said it plans to hike its quarterly dividend by 11 to 60 cents a share payable on june 24 to shareholders of record as of june 10 separately nasdaq said its firstquarter profit fell to 284 million or 170 a share from 298 million or 178 a share in the yearago period adjusted profit totaled 197 a share in the latest quarter revenue fell to 154 billion from 165 billion while net revenue less transactionbased expenses rose to 892 million from 851 million analysts were looking for earnings of 195 a share and net revenue of 8925 million according to a factset survey shares of nasdaq rose 01 in premarket trades the stock is down 138 in 2022 compared to a drop of 13 by the nasdaq composite comp 