Best Execution & The Changing Landscape of European Equity Markets September 2008

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! The Historic Model TradingClearing Settlement UK Euronext German Swiss Nordic Ltd SA Bi-lateral settlement

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Trading Clearing Settlement Live Sept 2008 Project SA Post MiFID : The Competition LIVE March 2007 EMCF Project EMCF

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! FASTER CHEAPER SMARTER Check Standard FIX 4.2 Connectivity Low Latency High message capacity Lower trading fees Free market data Lower clearing fees No connection or membership charges Anonymous order driven market Pan European CCP Innovative pricing model Price Improvement Why has Chi-X succeeded where others have failed ? * Based on a 50/50 aggressive/passive ratio

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Connectivity Options Client 500 microseconds Chi-X Equinix Suite Co-lo ms Network Service Provider Leased line +/ ms Equinix Service Provision Connectivity Layer Order entry Quotes +/- 3ms Round trip latency in all cases

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Trading Tariff Trading fees on Chi-X Aggressive execution fee 0.30bps Passive execution rebate 0.20bps Order entry, amendments & deletions no charge Membership & application no charge Market data FREE OTC trade reporting (optional) £210 pcm Aggressive execution Order hits Chi-X order book and immediately results in execution Passive execution Order is placed on Chi-X order book and executed as a result of being hit by an incoming order The Chi-X business model is based on the principle that the user pays only for services consumed

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Trading Costs: Chi-X ‘vs’ Exchanges * based on a passive/aggressive execution ratio of 50:50. Source: Statistics based on average daily DMA trades, volume and consideration, supplied by Chi-X trading participants Trading VenueTrading Costs (bps)* Chi-X Europe Ltd0.05 Turquoise0.10 Euronext Amsterdam0.40 London Stock Exchange0.43 Deutsche Börse Xetra0.58 Euronext Paris0.65 SWX Europe0.71 OMX Helsinki0.78 OMX Stockholm1.07

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! EMCF Clearing Fees EMCF has introduced further fee cuts with effect from 1st August 2008 All clearing fees are stated in Euros MarketInitial fees 1 October March May July August 2008 Overall difference Netherlands % Germany bp bp % UK % Francen/a % Switzerlandn/a % Scandinavian/a % Internal / Self0.03

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Basis Points Savings on Chi-X Month % of trade better than the spread Price Improvement (BPS) August %2.61 July %2.66 June %2.37 May %2.00 Apr %1.95 Mar %2.76 Feb %2.66 Jan %2.89

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Nordic Basis Points Savings on Chi-X MonthFinlandSwedenNorwayDenmark August July June May n/a Apr n/a Mar n/a Price Improvement (bps) per market

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Proof of Fragmentation of Liquidity Chi-X Monthly Volumes In September 2008 to date, a gross consideration of over €96 billion has been traded in just 20 days, with 2 more trading days remaining in the month A value of over €68 billion was traded over 21 trading days in August

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Daily Trading Trend Analysis In September 2008 alone, Chi-X has seen 5 record days in terms of gross consideration traded on the platform Chi-X achieved a gross consideration of €4.5 billion on 2 nd September, €4.6bn on the 4 th and €5.4bn on 5 th September, before topping those records on 9 th September with over €6 billion worth of shares traded in one day. The 16 th of September saw Chi-X achieve a gross consideration of €7.1bn.

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Market Share Growth by Market Market shares based on those stocks that are tradable on Chi-X. Selected FTSE 250 stocks launched in March 2008 AMX 25 stocks launched in September 2008

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Proof of Fragmentation of Liquidity Market share highlights to date Chi-X Gross Consideration by Market, August 2008 Chi-X has achieved intraday market shares of up to 25% of the FTSE 100 Prior to close on 20 th August 08, Chi-X had a market share of 24.37% of the FTSE 100 and 20.16% of the AEX 25

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Chi-X market share of FTSE 100 – Aug 08

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! European Order Book Volumes Figures sourced from FESE, Chi-X Europe figures inserted for comparison 1,324,900,000 27,444Prague Stock Exchange 15 1,362,700,00097,830Budapest Stock Exchange 14 2,891,400,000580,162Warsaw Stock Exchange 13 2,988,500,000437,653 Athens Stock Exchange 12 3,691,800,000452,316 SWX Swiss Exchange 11 4,925,100,000412,871 Wiener Borse 10 15,912,200,000864,435 Oslo Bors 9 47,729,200,0003,179,678 OMX Nordic Exchange 8 51,012,500,0004,015,200 Borsa Italiana 7 54,098,900,0002,288,316 SWX Europe 6 67,189,600,0002,120,080 Spanish Exchanges (BME) 5 68,023,864,8737,319,096 Chi-X Europe 4 122,431,500,0006,623,281 Deutsche Borse 3 154,305,800,00012,751,289 London Stock Exchange 2 163,063,000,00012,466,223 Euronext 1 Order Book Turnover €Order Book TradesExchange / MTF Value of Equity trading, August 2008

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! Where to find the best market This is the exchange identifier The volume distribution is displayed here Executed trades are displayed here Choose the venues that you want to monitor here Edit the default settings here You must have access to real-time data Bloomberg has developed a consolidated Market Depth Monitor (MDM) that displays the consolidated level 2 data from each market. It will help you achieve a better result for your client EQUITY MDM e.g. RBS EU

Best execution? Best check Chi-X! European Roadmap Switzerland 23 rd November 2007 Sweden 14 th March 2008 Netherlands 30 th March 2007 Finland 4 th April 2008 UK 29 th June 2007 France 28 th September 2007 Germany 30 th March 2007 Live Markets & Future Launch Dates To Be Announced Italy 13th October 2008 Spain Norway20 th June 2008 Belgium4 th July 2008 Portugal Austria 8 th August 2008 Denmark20 th June 2008 Ireland

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