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“The U.S. futures market holds great promise for NYSE Euronext, and growing our presence in this business reflects our strategic focus on product and geographic diversification,” said Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext. “Tom is a great addition to our team, and on behalf of all my colleagues I welcome him to NYSE Euronext.”

Mr. Freedberg added: “Tom is an outstanding professional with a proven track-record of success in marketing derivatives and the full range of securities products.   His experience will be instrumental towards our efforts to compete effectively in the U.S. futures business and to build our customer base.”

“I look forward to joining NYSE Euronext and furthering the company’s U.S. futures strategy,” Mr. Callahan said.   “The strength of the NYSE Euronext brand coupled with the advantages of Liffe creates a very promising opportunity for the company and customers of the U.S. futures marketplace.”

About Thomas F. Callahan
Thomas F. Callahan joins NYSE Euronext following a 15-year career at Merrill Lynch.   Since April of 2005, Mr. Callahan served as Head of Merrill Lynch Global Financial Futures and Options, where he was responsible for global listed derivatives for debt, equity, FX and commodity products. While at Merrill Lynch in both New York and London, Mr. Callahan held numerous leadership positions including:  Head of Global Debt Financing, Co-Head of Global Prime Brokerage, Head of European Vanilla Interest Rate Trading and Sales, Head of Global Money Markets Trading, and Senior Trader in ML Government Securities, Inc. Mr. Callahan began his career at Prudential Securities in 1992, and is a 1991 graduate of Harvard University.

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, includes 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 $ 30.9/ € 19.8 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of April 30, 2008), more than four times that of any other exchange group.  NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $161.9 / €106.9 billion (as of April 30, 2008), 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, please visit www.nyx.com.

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