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NEW YORK , Oct. 18, 2007 –NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that the ELEMENTS^SM Exchange-Traded Notes linked to the Morningstar^® Wide Moat Focus^SM Total Return Index (Wide Moat Focus ELEMENTS) will begin trading on NYSE Arca on Oct. 18 (NYSE Arca:WMW).  The term “wide moat” refers to companies viewed by Morningstar as having sustainable competitive advantages.  The Wide Moat Focus Total Return Index is composed of the 20 wide-moat stocks with the best valuations as measured by the Morningstar price/fair value ratio. 

“We are delighted to list the next ELEMENTS^SM Exchange Traded Notes on NYSE Arca,” said NYSE Group Senior Vice President, Exchange Traded Funds and Indexes, Lisa Dallmer. “This listing gives investors access to an asset which tracks an innovative approach to index construction.”

The following NYSE listed stocks are currently included in this index and represent 75% of the weight of the overall index:

TICKER                      NAME
BAC                             Bank of America Corp.
BSX                             Boston Science Corp.
C                                 Citigroup Inc.
COF                             Capital One Financial Corp.
FII                              Federated Investors Inc.
GGG                            Graco Inc.
JOE                             St. Joe Co.
JPM                             JPMorgan Chase & Co.
LM                               Legg Mason Inc.       
MCO                             Moody's Corp.                      
MMC                            Marsh & McLennan Cos.
PGR                             Progressive Corp.
TWX                            Time Warner Inc.
WMT                            Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
WU                              Western Union Co.

ELEMENTS^SM ETNs are designed to track the total return of specific market indexes and seek to provide convenient access to strategies and markets that have not been readily available to individual investors. ELEMENTS^SM ETNs are brought to the market through industry-wide relationships among index providers, investment grade issuers, distributors and securities exchanges. Deutsche Bank will issue Wide Moat Focus ELEMENTS^SM and they will be distributed by Nuveen Investments and Merrill Lynch.

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About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext, a holding company created by the combination of NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V., commenced trading on  April 4, 2007 . NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) operates the world’s largest and most liquid exchange group and offers the most diverse array of financial products and services.   NYSE Euronext, which brings together six cash equities exchanges in five countries and six derivatives exchanges in six countries, is a world leader for listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds and the distribution of market data.  Representing a combined $30.3 trillion/€21.3 trillion total market capitalization of listed companies and average daily trading value of approximately $146.6 billion/€108.9 billion (as of September 30, 2007), NYSE Euronext seeks to provide the highest standards of market quality and integrity, innovative products and services to investors, issuers, and all users of its markets.

NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE Group and NYSE Euronext do not sponsor, endorse, recommend or sell the ELEMENTS^SM Wide Moat Focus ETN. NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE Group and NYSE Euronext are not affiliated with Morningstar’s proprietary Wide Moat Focus Total Return Index.

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