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Lyxor ETF Dow Jones IA Launched In Deutsche Börse XTF Segment Exposure To Leading US Benchmark Index - Deutsche Börse Largest European ETF Platform

Date 21/06/2006

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds on the Xetra pan-European trading platform. On Wednesday, 21 June, a new ETF was issued by Lyxor Asset Management, a 100 percent subsidiary of Société Générale Group. The new product enables investors to increase specific exposure to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index, DJIA.

The Lyxor ETF Dow Jones IA (ISIN: FR0007056841) allows retail and institutional investors to track the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA). This index represents large and well-known US companies from all industries with the exception of Transportation and Utilities.

A total of 126 index funds are now listed in the segment, with 49 new products added since the beginning of 2006. Deutsche Börse's XTF segment is the leading platform in Europe, with approximately 50 percent of European exchange trading in exchange-traded funds and the largest listed ETF offering of any European exchange.