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SmartPool will begin trading services on 2 February 2009 with stocks from 15 European markets, including Spain, during its first month of trading. SmartPool has recently expanded its London management team with the appointment of Johanna Danby, Chief Operating Officer, previously with Deutsche Bank, and Charles Armytage, senior sales manager, formerly employed at Reuters.

Roland Bellegarde, Group Executive Vice President and Head of European Execution at NYSE Euronext said: "We look forward to launching our European block trading facility and are committed to drive forward innovative market structure changes in Europe."

Yvette Roozenbeek, Acting CEO of SmartPool, said:"With the current trend for trading in smaller sizes on light books, SmartPool offers institutional order flow an alternative neutral MTF for trading block orders. We plan a controlled and phased roll-out of markets and expect volumes to develop over time, particularly in current market conditions."

Euronext members can use a fast track membership process to start on SmartPool by extending their existing membership and use their existing trading access to start trading on the platform without any additional charges.

1.SmartPool will make available for trading approximately 1000 stocks from 15 European markets in a phased introduction. The markets include Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Italy, UK and Ireland.

2.LCH.Clearnet will clear all Euronext-listed stocks and EuroCCP will clear for the remaining 11 markets.

About SmartPool
SmartPool Trading Limited, is a UK registered company providing a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) approved by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), providing an exchange-led dark pool for the execution of block orders covering 15 different European markets, with a full central counter party back-end solution through LCH.Clearnet and EuroCCP. SmartPool has been created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with BNP Paribas, HSBC and J.P. Morgan.

Please visit http://www.tradeonsmartpool.com or contact info@tradesonsmartpool.com

About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is the world’s leading, most liquid and diverse exchange group. It offers a broad and growing array of financial products and services in cash equities, futures, options, exchange-traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions, all designed to meet the evolving needs of issuers, investors and financial institutions. Spanning multiple asset classes and six countries, NYSE Euronext’s exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange, Liffe, Euronext and NYSE Arca. With more than 6,500 listed issues, more than any other exchange group, trading on NYSE Euronext’s equity markets represents more than one-third of the world's cash equities volume. NYSE Euronext also manages the leading European derivatives exchange by value of 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.