Bats Global Markets Reports Record U.S. Options Market Share In April - Exchange Group Maintains Strength Across Asset Classes

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, today reported April data and highlights, including record U.S. Options market share of 11.6% vs. 9.9% a year ago.

Additional Bats highlights for April include:

• Remaining the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 24.7% of all April  volume.
• Maintaining its position as the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 20.4% market share. During the continuous trading period, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET, Bats is the largest U.S. Equities market operator.
  • Retaining its position as the largest European stock exchange with 22.5% market share and the largest trade reporting facility with €420.3 billion reported to BXTR for the month.
  • Average daily volume of $25.6 billion for Hotspot, the company’s institutional spot foreign exchange market.
  • More than $110 billion of notional value per day touched by the Bats markets in April, including BXTR.
  • Closing of its acquisition of ETF.com on April 1.
  • Completion of its IPO on Bats Exchange of 15,295,000 shares of common stock for $19.00 per share.

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