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• 17th transfer in 2006 bringing the total market cap of all transfers to $41.9 billion year-to-date

NEW YORK , Nov. 30, 2006 – Today, the NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:  NYX), listed its ninth transfer from Nasdaq year-to-date when Safeco Corporation, an insurance product provider, joined the world’s largest equities market. 

Safeco Corporation (NYSE:  SAF ) marks the 17th transfer to NYSE Group, Inc. markets year-to-date.  With a market capitalization of $7 billion, Safeco Corporation brings the total market cap of transfers to $41.9 billion this year.

So far in 2006, the NYSE Group, Inc. has listed nine transfers from Nasdaq, including one transfer from Nasdaq to NYSE Arca^SM,and eight transfers from Amex, also including one transfer from Amex to NYSE Arca^SM. 

Since 2000, 144 companies have transferred from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange.

“We are pleased to welcome Safeco Corporation to our family of listed companies,” said NYSE Group, Inc. CEO John A. Thain.  “Safeco Corporation will now join the world’s greatest companies with the highest listing standards.  We look forward to an outstanding partnership with the company and to providing them with the superior market quality and unsurpassed visibility that issuers from around the world have come to expect from listing on the New York Stock Exchange.”

To celebrate this special occasion, Safeco Corporation President & CEO Paula Rosput Reynolds rang today’s Opening Bell. 

"Being a national financial servcies company, we're pleased to join some of the world's leading companies in our segment on the NYSE," said Safeco Corporation President & CEO Paula Rosput Reynolds.

Recent transfers from Nasdaq to the NYSE in 2006 include Helix Energy Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:  HLX).  The company, with a market capitalization over $3.5 billion joined the NYSE in July.  Earlier this year, CRH public limited company (NYSE:  CRH ), headquartered in Ireland , with a market cap of over $18 billion, became the NYSE’s largest European transfer in March.

About Safeco Corporation
Safeco, in business since 1923, is a Fortune 500 property and casualty insurance company based in Seattle . The company sells insurance to drivers, home owners and owners of small- and mid-sized businesses principally through a national network of independent agents and brokers.

About NYSE Group, Inc.
NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX) operates two securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and NYSE Arca, Inc. (formerly known as the Archipelago Exchange, or ArcaEx®, and the Pacific Exchange). NYSE Group is a leading provider of securities listing, trading and market data products and services. In the third quarter of 2006, on an average trading day, 2.2 billion shares, valued at $80.1 billion, were traded on the exchanges of the NYSE Group.

The NYSE is the world’s largest and most liquid cash equities exchange. The NYSE provides a reliable, orderly, liquid and efficient marketplace where investors buy and sell listed companies’ common stock and other securities.  On September 30, 2006 , the operating companies listed on the NYSE represented a total global market capitalization of $23.0 trillion.

NYSE Arca operates NYSE Arca, Inc., the first open, all-electronic stock exchange in the United States , and has a leading position in trading exchange-traded funds and exchange-listed securities. NYSE Arca, Inc. is also an exchange for trading equity options. NYSE Arca’s trading platforms provide customers with fast electronic execution and open, direct and anonymous market access.

NYSE Regulation, an independent not-for-profit subsidiary, regulates member organizations through the enforcement of marketplace rules and federal securities laws. NYSE Regulation also ensures that companies listed on the NYSE and NYSE Arca meet their financial and corporate governance listing standards.

For more information on NYSE Group, go to:www.nyse.com.

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