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Instinet Group Announces June 2005 Transaction Information

Date 19/07/2005

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INGP) today announced June 2005 transaction data for its two major business segments: Instinet, The Institutional Broker and INET, The electronic marketplace.

In June 2005, Instinet's total average daily U.S. equity share volume was 91 million shares, which represents a 2.4% share of the U.S. equity market. This compares to 89 million shares, or 2.3% of the U.S. equity market, in May 2005, and 89 million shares, or 2.5% of the U.S. equity market, in June 2004.

In June 2005, INET's total matched average daily U.S. equity share volume was 507 million shares, or 13.3% of the U.S. equity market. This volume consisted of 425 million shares of NASDAQ-listed stocks, or a 24.5% share of the NASDAQ-listed market, and 82 million shares of U.S. exchange-listed stocks, or 3.9% of the U.S. exchange-listed market.

This compares to INET's total matched average daily share volume of 507 million in May 2005, or 13.3% of the U.S equity market, consisting of 428 million shares of NASDAQ-listed stocks, or a 25.6% share of the NASDAQ-listed market, and 79 million shares of U.S. exchange-listed stocks, or 3.7% of the U.S. exchange-listed market.

In June 2004, INET's total matched average daily share volume was 451 million shares, or 13.0% of the U.S equity market, consisting of 392 million shares of NASDAQ-listed stocks, or a 24.5% share of the NASDAQ-listed market, and 59 million shares of U.S. exchange-listed stocks, or 3.1% of the U.S. exchange-listed market.

Instinet Group reports additional monthly operating data on its website at www.instinetgroup.com under the heading "Investor Relations - Instinet Trading Activity."

Note

On July 1, 2005 Instinet Group sold Lynch Jones & Ryan, Inc. (LJR) to The Bank of New York. All historical statistical disclosures have been restated to exclude LJR share volume and revenue capture per share (previously disclosed within Institutional and Crossing) to be consistent with the historical reclassification of LJR results to discontinued operations on the Company's income statement.

June June 2005 May 2005 June 2004
# of Trade Days 22 21 21
Instinet (1)
Total U.S. equity average daily volume (million shares) 91 89 89
Share of total U.S. equity market 2.4% 2.3% 2.5%
INET - Matched Average Daily Volume (2)
Nasdaq-listed equity share volume (million shares) 425 428 392
Share of total Nasdaq market 24.5% 25.6% 24,5%
U.S. exchange-listed share volume (million shares) 82 79 59
Share of total U.S. exchange-listed market 3.9% 3.7% 3.1%
Total U.S. equity share volume (million shares) 507 507 451
Share of total U.S. equity market 13.3% 13.3% 13.0%

Monthly totals may not reflect weekly data, which are preliminary. The number of trading days in each period takes account of U.S. market holidays and any other U.S. market closings. All historical Instinet volume has been restated to include volume of Bridge Trading Company which was acquired on March 31, 2005 and to exclude LJR which was sold on July 1, 2005 and reclassified as discontinued operations on the Company's Statement of Operations.

  1. For a description of how we calculate Instinet's transaction volumes, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Calculation of Volume - Instinet, The Unconflicted Institutional Broker" in our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005.
  2. For a description of how we calculate INET's transaction volumes, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Calculation of Volumes - INET, The electronic marketplace" in our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005.
Instinet has experienced significant seasonality in its business, and period-to-period comparisons of operating results are not necessarily meaningful, nor are the results for any period necessarily indicative of results for any future period.