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OMX Comments On Media Speculation On Nasdaq Bid

Date 12/04/2007

Following media speculation, OMX confirms that it is in exploratory discussions with several exchanges and other market venues regarding possible forms of cooperation.
CBOT Reschedules Special Meetings - BOD Review Of ICE Proposal Continues

Date 12/04/2007

CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT), holding company for the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (CBOT), and the CBOT yesterday announced that, pursuant to their obligations under their merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME), the special meetings of CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members to vote on the proposed merger with CME, previously scheduled for April 4, 2007, have been rescheduled for July 9, 2007.
Nasdaq Reported To Have Made SEK23bn (USD3.3bn) Bid For OMX

Date 12/04/2007

The Swedish business daily Dagens Industri has quoted sources as saying that Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has made an SEK 23 billion (USD3.3bn) bid for OMX.
CME Reschedules Previously Postponed Special Shareholder Meeting For CME/CBOT Merger Vote On July 9

Date 12/04/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: CME) yesterday announced a rescheduled date for its previously postponed Special Meeting of Shareholders to vote on its definitive merger agreement with CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BOT). The meeting, which was previously scheduled to occur on April 4, 2007, will now take place on Monday, July 9, 2007, the same date as the special meeting of shareholders and members of CBOT.
Inaugural Exchange Forum Set To Debate Future Of Securities Markets - £6bn Global Exchange Industry Is Restructuring Through Mergers, Acquisitions And New Players

Date 12/04/2007

Against a background of tremendous change in the world’s £6bn ($12bn) exchange industry, more than 200 senior executives will meet in May, at the Exchange Forum in London, to discuss the future of exchanges, trading technology and regulation. The event is being organised by exchange industry specialists Mondo Visione.

Share Change For Sampo Oyj In The S&P European Indices

Date 11/04/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, effective after the close of trading on Friday 13 April 2007: Sampo Oyj (Finland, SEDOL: 5226038, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40301030), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, IWF will change to 0.6015 following the acquisition of a 15% holding by Exista hf.
NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index® Announces Change To Index Components

Date 11/04/2007

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) subsidiary, NYSE Group, Inc. today announced that the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index® will replace one constituent in the index as a result of recent mergers and acquisitions. The changes are effective as of index close on April 13, 2007 .
Company Share Changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 11/04/2007

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday April 12, 2007. Dongguan Development (Holdings) Co.,Ltd. (Exchange Ticker: SZ000828, GICS code: 20305020), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index, will increase its index shares from 297,216,000 to 312,702,718. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 15,486,718 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result,
TSX CEO Speech In NYC Today

Date 11/04/2007

Click here to download the speech in New York today by the TSX CEO.
NASD Hearing Panel Sanctions Former Knight Securities Executives For Supervisory Failures In Connection With Fraudulent Sales - Former CEO Fined, Suspended - Former Sales Desk Head Fined, Barred As Supervisor

Date 11/04/2007

An NASD Hearing Panel today issued $100,000 fines against Kenneth Pasternak, former CEO of Knight Securities, L.P. (now known as Knight Equity Markets, L.P.), and John Leighton, former head of the firm's Institutional Sales Desk, for supervisory violations in connection with fraudulent sales to institutional customers in 1999 and 2000.