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In advance of its annual shareholder meeting, the Board of Directors of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) declared an annual cash dividend of $1.00 per share, payable on a quarterly basis. The first quarterly dividend of $0.25 will be paid on July 13, 2007 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 28, 2007.
As a convenience to its shareholders, NYSE Euronext will offer registered shareholders domiciled in Europe and shareholders that hold their shares through a Euroclear participant the ability to elect payment of the dividend in Euros converted at an exchange rate prevailing on July 11, 2007. For further information on electing dividend payments in Euros, registered shareholders should contact Computershare at +1-781-575-3005, and others should contact their brokers.
The Board of Directors also voted to eliminate transfer restrictions on approximately 34 million common shares issued in connection with the March 7, 2006 merger of NYSE Group, Inc. and Archipelago Holdings, Inc., originally scheduled to become unrestricted on March 7, 2008. The restrictions on these shares, which represent approximately 12.8% of the 264 million total common shares outstanding on May 31, 2007, will be removed on June 8, 2007.
The first NYSE Euronext annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Thursday, June 7 at 8:00 a.m. EDT in New York. The meeting will also be webcast on www.nyse.com.
