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NYSE LIFFE BCLEAR VOLUME BREAKS THROUGH THE 500 MILLION MARK
Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, Wednesday 17 June - Total volume in equity derivatives futures and options registered through NYSE Liffe's Bclear OTC wholesale service has just passed the 500 million milestone, the exchange announced today.

Having initially launched in October 2005 as an equity derivatives platform covering 300 underlyings from 16 different countries, Bclear today is a cross-asset class platform covering over 1,000 underlyings from 23 countries. Bclear provides a simple and cost-effective way to register and process wholesale derivatives trades through NYSE Liffe to clearing at LCH.Clearnet Ltd. This reduces the counterparty, credit, legal and operational risks often associated with OTC trades. Volumes processed through Bclear in the year-to-date are 55% higher than in the same period of 2008.

Bclear's success is due, in part, to the broad adoption by both the buy-side community and member firms benefiting from the broad range of underlyings and flexibility available on the service.

Adrian Valenzuela, Managing Director, head of equity derivatives flow marketing at J.P. Morgan, said: "The relevance of the Bclear service to the equity derivatives community is greater today than it has ever been; it comes as no surprise that this innovative service has reached this significant milestone in such a short space of time. We congratulate NYSE Liffe for Bclear: a service valued by us and our clients."

Phil Doherty, Director at BlackRock Investment Management UK Ltd said: "Bclear has proven to be a valuable way for us to access the tailored benefits of OTC style options within an Exchange environment, the service is clearly designed to meet the needs of market participants."

Garry Jones, Group Executive Vice President and Head of Global Derivatives at NYSE Liffe said: "Reaching this milestone clearly demonstrates the added value Bclear brings to our clients, we are proud to reach this significant milestone and thank our clients for their continued support of this pioneering service."

Credit default swaps, commodity futures and MSCI net total return index futures can now also be processed through Bclear.

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Brussels: +32 2 509 1392
Lisbon: +351 217 900 000
London: +44 20 7379 2789
New York: +1 212 656 2411
Paris: +33 1 49 27 11 33

Notes to Editors

1. About NYSE Euronext: NYSE Euronext (NYX) is the world's most diverse exchange group, offering a broad and growing array of financial products and services in Europe and the United States that include cash equities, futures, options, exchange-traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. With over 8,000 listed issues globally, NYSE Euronext's equities markets -- the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca, and NYSE Amex -- represent nearly 40% of the world's cash equities trading volume, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second largest derivatives business by value of trading. NYSE Euronext offers comprehensive global commercial technology, connectivity, and market data products and services through its innovative trading solutions unit, NYSE Technologies. 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.

2. NYSE Liffe is the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext. In Europe, NYSE Liffe runs futures and options markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris and offers a broad choice of derivatives products including short-term interest rates, single stocks, indices, swaps, government bonds, commodities and currencies. In the U.S., NYSE Liffe operates a futures market which incorporates LIFFE CONNECT® technology, advanced futures clearing and a range of precious metals contracts. Bclear is operated by LIFFE Administration and Management, which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a Recognised Investment Exchange.

3. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning NYSE Euronext's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on NYSE Euronext's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NYSE Euronext's results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: NYSE Euronext's ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk and U.S. and global competition, and other factors detailed in NYSE Euronext's reference document for 2008 ("document de référence") filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Registered on April 29, 2009 under No. R. 09-031), 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers. In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. Accordingly, actual results may be materially higher or lower than those projected. The inclusion of such projections herein should not be regarded as a representation by NYSE Euronext that the projections will prove to be correct. This press release speaks only as of this date. NYSE Euronext disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

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