Euronext Welcomes Dutch Ministry Of Finance Declaration

Euronext and NYSE Group are delighted to have received the approval, which marks a significant step forward in the process towards creating the first global exchange group. This authorization is a pre-requisite to the opening of the offer of NYSE Euronext, Inc. to Euronext shareholders and follows:

- The agreement of the Chairmen's Committee of Euronext regulators (5 December 2006),

- The visa of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on the offer document for Euronext N.V.'s shares (18 January 2007),

- The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the College of Euronext regulators (25 January 2007) .

In connection with the proposed business combination transaction between NYSE Group and Euronext, a newly formed holding company, NYSE Euronext, has filed with the SEC a prospectus that also constitutes a definitive shareholder circular of Euronext (the "Euronext shareholder circular/prospectus"). An earlier version of the Euronext shareholder circular/prospectus is also included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-137506), as amended (the "S-4") filed with the SEC by NYSE Euronext that also contains additional information and includes the proposed form of an exchange offer prospectus for the exchange offer to be made by NYSE Euronext to Euronext shareholders.

EURONEXT SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE EURONEXT SHAREHOLDER CIRCULAR/PROSPECTUS BECAUSE THAT DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION TRANSACTION.

You may obtain a free copy of the S-4 and the Euronext shareholder circular prospectus (and will be able to obtain the final version of the exchange offer prospectus, if and when it becomes available), and other related documents filed by NYSE Group and NYSE Euronext with the SEC at the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov. The Euronext shareholder circular/prospectus may also be obtained for free by accessing Euronext's Web site at http//www.euronext.com.

This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

NYSE Euronext has also filed a registration statement ("document de base") with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France, registered on 30 November, 2006 under the number I.06-184, for the purpose of the listing of its shares on Eurolist by Euronext. NYSE Euronext's registration statement is available on the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and Euronext (www.euronext.com) and may be obtained free of charge from Euronext.

NYSE Euronext filed a tender offer for Euronext shares, the opening of which is subject to certain regulatory approvals being obtained. NYSE Euronext's information document ("note d'information") and Euronext's response document ("note en réponse") which were filed with the AMF in France in connection therewith. On January 18, 2007, the AMF cleared the tender offer and issued the visa no. 07-018 on NYSE Euronext document and the visa no 07-019 on Euronext document. Both documents are available on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org). The NYSE Euronext tender offer document may be obtained free of charge from the presenting banks, namely Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Société Générale and JPMorgan. The Euronext response document is available on the website of Euronext (www.euronext.com) and may be obtained free of charge from Euronext.

Prior to the opening of the tender offer, NYSE Euronext will file an update to the information relating to NYSE Euronext and NYSE Group contained in the NYSE Euronext registration statement and Euronext will file an update to the information contained in the NYSE Euronext registration statement, as required by the General Regulations of the AMF. -- www.euronext.com