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NYSE New Listings And IPOs In 2005 Significantly Exceed Last Year’s

Date 16/12/2005

This week's NYSE listing of China's Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (STC), which raised $395 million in its Dec. 14 Big Board debut and is now the largest entrepreneurial Chinese company listed in the U.S. markets, is one of 185 new listings on the Exchange in 2005 year-to-date. That’s an increase in new listings at the Exchange of 27, or 17% percent, on the 2004 year-to-date total of 158.
NYSE Hybrid MarketSM Begins Pilot Introduction - New Customer Benefits Included In First Phase Of New Market Model

Date 16/12/2005

The New York Stock Exchange has begun the rollout of a pilot program to introduce the first phase of the NYSE Hybrid Market, a new market model designed to give customers the broadest choice of trade-execution preferences.
NYSE Hybrid Market - Phase I Pilot Securities

Date 16/12/2005

The Exchange proposed to the SEC to put into operation Phase I of the Hybrid Market initiative with respect to a group of securities, known as Phase I Pilot securities ("Pilot securities"). The pilot commenced on December 15, 2005 and will terminate at the earlier of two milestones: either 90 days from commencement or on the date that the SEC gives approval to the Exchange's Hybrid Market proposal.
NYSE Announces Quarterly Changes To The NYSE Family Of Indexes

Date 16/12/2005

The New York Stock Exchange will make the following changes to the NYSE U.S. 100, NYSE International 100, NYSE TMT and the NYSE World Leaders Indexes, effective Monday, Dec. 19 as a result of quarterly re-balancing.
Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 16 December 2005

Date 16/12/2005

At its meeting today, the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Scorpion Offshore Ltd., Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd., Aker Drilling ASA and Trefoil Ltd. to listing on Oslo Børs. The Board of Oslo Børs also resolved at this meeting to impose a violation charge of NOK 500,000 on Kaupthing ASA for breaches of the Trading Rules and the Stock Exchange Regulations.

ISE Weekly Listings

Date 16/12/2005

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) listed new options classes during the week ending December 16, 2005, as described below.
Future OMXC20 Portfolio Including Number Of Shares Per Share Class

Date 16/12/2005

The future OMXC20 active portfolio has been selected as regards the number of shares per constituent share class. The new OMXC20 portfolio, which was announced in a press release on December 1, 2005, becomes effective on December 19, 2005.
Dubai International Financial Centre Joins Global Fight Against Poverty

Date 16/12/2005

Dubai International Financial Centre, in line with its ongoing strategy towards corporate social responsibility, is a strategic partner to the ‘In Honor of Africa’ Benefit Dinner to be held at Jumeirah Beach Hotel on Friday the 16 th of December 2005, in association with TECOM Investments and Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Dow Jones Newswires Adopts Industry Classification Benchmark ICB To Complement Search Codes For Users Of Dow Jones Newswires Products

Date 16/12/2005

Dow Jones Newswires, the leading provider of real-time news and information solutions for financial professionals, will adopt the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) as its classification standard for identifying industry groups in its news content starting on February 18, 2006. Every company has a place in the ICB, which is a four-tier, hierarchical industry classification structure centered on a rules-based methodology for placing entities within sectors. ICB was launched in January 2005 b
Deutsche Börse Distributes Around 800 Million Euros To Shareholders In 2005 - Capital Management Program To Be Continued As Planned

Date 16/12/2005

Deutsche Börse will achieve its target to distribute around 800 million euros to its shareholders under the ongoing program to optimize the capital structure of the Group. The company made this announcement on Friday. At the same time the company announced it will continue repurchasing own shares in 2006 as part of this ongoing capital management program.