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Five New Fixed-Income ETFs Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - First ETFs On iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped Index Family Tradable - Deutsche Börse Is Europe’s Largest ETF Platform

Date 18/07/2006

Deutsche Börse has further expanded its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the pan-European Xetra trading platform. With effect from Tuesday 18 July, five more ETFs issued by Indexchange Investment AG are available for trading in XTF. The new, passively managed fixed-income funds based on European government bonds offer investors a low-cost opportunity to invest in bond indices with varying maturities. There is no front-end load for the new products and the annual management fee is 0.15 percent.

The five new fixed-income funds track the performance of iBOXX® € Liquid Sovereigns Capped indices with maturities of between 1.5 and 10.5 years, as well as maturities exceeding 10.5 years: iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped 1.5-10.5EX (ISIN: DE 000 AOH 0785), iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped 1.5-2.5EX (ISIN: DE 000 A0H 0793), iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped 2.5-5.5 EX (ISIN: DE 000 A0H 08A8), iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped 5.5-10.5EX (ISIN: DE 000 A0H 08B6), iBOXX € Liquid Sovereigns Capped 10.5+EX (ISIN: DE 000 A0H 08C4). Government bonds from across the euro area are taken into account when calculating the underlying indices. Each individual country accounts for a maximum 20 percent of the respective index.

A total of 136 index funds are currently listed in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment, with 59 new products added since the beginning of 2006. Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment accounts for approximately 50 percent of the entire trading volume in exchange-traded funds across Europe. XTF also offers the most extensive range of listed ETFs of all European stock exchanges, and is thus Europe’s leading marketplace for trading ETFs.