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RTS - First Major ISV To Conform To e-cbot®

Date 10/09/2003

RTS Realtime Systems Group is pleased to announce that it is the first major Independent Software Vendor (ISV) to have passed full conformance for the Chicago Board of Trade's new electronic trading platform e-cbot® powered by the LIFFE CONNECT®.

e-cbot® is the electronic trading platform which will replace the a/c/e system powered by EUREX. The new platform gives the exchange a greater degree of functionality and efficiency. The launch of e-cbot® is scheduled for November 2003.

With this new exchange connectivity, RTS provides its customers with full spread trading capability and option strategy functionality.

Steffen Gemünden, Member of the RTS Board, comments: "RTS is proud to be the first major ISV to have passed conformance to e-cbot®. As a Tier 1 Euronext.liffe ISV, RTS provides all trading functionality offered by the LIFFE Connect platform. The Tier 1 rating is essential for all brokers and traders who want to get the most out of their trading front-end. Together with our newly launched Static Dartboard for the high end future traders, we offer a fast and cost effective solution for trading on e-cbot®."

RTS already provides connectivity to almost 50 electronic exchanges including a large number of other US exchanges like ACE, CME, Brokertec, ISE, CBOE, BOX, OneChicago and NQLX.