First Slovenian Market Participant Connected To Xetra - Deutsche Börse Further Expands Its Participant Network In The New EU Member States - Xetra Ever More Attractive For Participants From Central And Eastern Europe

Deutsche Börse has connected the first Slovenian participant, the securities trading bank Ilirika d.d., to its pan-European Xetra trading platform. Ilirika d.d. now offers its customers direct, low-priced access to trading in international securities on Xetra. Slovenia is the fourth new EU member state in which Deutsche Börse has won over new market participants for Xetra, following Hungary, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic.

The connection of Ilirika d.d. as the first Slovenian Xetra participant represents the latest move on the part of Deutsche Börse Group to further expand its global participant network. Deutsche Börse operates the world's largest stock exchange network. 300 participants from 19 countries trade on the Group's systems at the lowest possible cost. Around 70 percent of these participants are based outside of Germany. As well as benefiting from the flexibility and high performance of the Xetra system, the participants across the globe enjoy equal access to a broad-based, liquid and tradable range of products. At present, more than 10,000 equities, warrants, certificates, and exchange-traded funds are traded on Xetra.