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“We are proud to associate the NYSE Euronext brand with Chris DiMarco, Steve Stricker, Lee Westwood, each of whom are outstanding professionals and familiar names worldwide,” said NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan L. Niederauer.  “With Chris, Steve and Lee as part of the NYSE Euronext team, we are bridging the professional golf tours in American and Europe , our core centers of our business operations.  We wish each of them well and look forward to following their success on the PGA and European tours.”  

While the NYSE had previously sponsored Messrs. DiMarco and Stricker, this year marks NYSE Euronext’s first association with Mr. Westwood.  Each golfer offered the following comments on their partnership with NYSE Euronext.

Chris DiMarco, a native of Huntington , NY , who now resides in Lake Mary , FL , said: "I've enjoyed my two-year association with the NYSE, and am excited to represent NYSE Euronext.  The game of golf and the NYSE Euronext brand are visible globally and embrace the highest levels of performance, excellence and integrity. I am honored to be part of the NYSE Euronext team for the PGA Tour."

Steve Stricker, a native of Edgerton , WI, who resides in Madison , WI , said: “I am pleased and honored to partner with NYSE Euronext. The NYSE Euronext brand represents innovation, global reach and category leadership, and the company's presence in golf continues to grow. I look forward to representing the Company around the world as I pursue my goals on the course."

Said the U.K. ’s Lee Westwood, who currently ranks first in Ryder Cup European points list: “Golf has such great European and U.S. ties and is truly global in reach, as is the business of NYSE Euronext.   It’s great to be part of a new transatlantic company and I look forward to working with them.”

NYSE Euronext’s golf sponsorship program is done in conjunction with Colvin Sports Network and continues to be a key component in the company’s brand marketing activities.

For more information on NYSE Euronext professional golf sponsorships, go to: www.nyse.com/about/sponsorship/1203678614833.html

For more information on Messrs. DiMarco, Stricker and Westwood, go to:

• Chris DiMarco: www.chrisdimarco.us
• Steve Stricker: www.pgatour.com/players/00/65/27 
• Lee Westwood: www.leewestwood.com

Note: 

• For photos and captions of Messrs. DiMarco, Stricker, and Westwood, please see below:
  • IMAGE: http://www.nyse.com/images/about/dimarco.JPG 
  • CAPTION:Chris DiMarco, a resident of Lake Mary, Florida, has raised more than $2.5 million for children with cancer via the Norma DiMarco Tee Up For Life Tournament, named after his mother who died of a heart attack in July 2006.
    
  • IMAGE: http://www.nyse.com/images/about/Bunker Shot 2.JPG 
  • CAPTION:Steve Stricker, a native of Wisconsin, is currently ranked 3rd in the Official World Golf Ranking.
    
  • IMAGE: http://www.nyse.com/images/about/abu dhabi.JPG
  • CAPTION: Lee Westwood of Worksop, England, shot -11 par to earn third place in the EPGA's 2008 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
    
• Steve Stricker, who went into overtime for a second straight day, has advanced to the weekend round at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana , Arizona .

About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation.  Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms.  NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions.  NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/€20.9 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007 ), more than four times that of any other exchange group.  NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141 billion/€103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007 ), which represents more than one-third of the worlds cash equities trading.  NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index.  For more information about NYSE Euronext, please visit www.nyx.com.

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