ISE International Securities Exchange: NEW YORK – The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that three new members have been elected to its Board of Directors. Thomas Eichelmann, Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Börse Group, will join the ISE Board as a non-industry director. Matthew Andresen and Timothy Brennan will join the Board as representatives of ISE’s Primary Market Makers (PMMs) and Competitive Market Makers (CMMs), respectively.

The international derivatives exchange Eurex will be launching a new futures product based on the dividends of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 as of 30 June 2008. The introduction of new index dividend futures represent the first time that the pure dividend component of a major equity index has been available for trading and clearing on a stand alone basis at any exchange.

Deutsche Börse has decided on changes in its equity indices, MDAX and SDAX that will take effect on 23 June. The preferred share of Fuchs Petrolub will be included in MDAX and will replace Arques. The exclusion was triggered by the so-called fast-exit rule, because the company is ranked 78th in terms of market capitalization.

Eurex Clearing, Europe's leading clearing house, announced today major enhancements of its over-the-counter (OTC) clearing offering. As of 1 July 2008, Eurex Clearing will introduce a Multilateral Trade Registration (MTR) facility and a new deal-based pricing structure for equity options.

Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, will receive the Vision for Europe Award from the Edmond Israel Foundation in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to the development of the European Future".

In May 2008, the number of trades executed on Xetra reached 14.4 million transactions – up more than 6 percent compared to May 2007 with 13.5 million trades. Order book turnover on Xetra recorded €144.8 billion (May 2007: €198.5 billion).

The international derivatives exchange Eurex reported today that in May 2008 trading volumes reached 194.6 million contracts (May 2007: 156.3 million), an increase of 24.5 percent year-on-year. Average daily trading volume at Eurex was 9.3 million contracts (May 2007: 7.1 million). Total trading volumes on Eurex in the first five months reached 948.4 million contracts, up more than 22 percent year-on-year. Open interest increased to almost 148 million contracts.

Deutsche Börse has further expanded its international index family offering. Investors can participate in the growth of the African economy with the DAXglobal Africa Index. The DAXglobal Vietnam Index tracks the performance of the 20 largest stocks traded on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange.

The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced that it has connected its first local broker from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Orion Brokers DMCC, a member of Orion Holding Overseas S.A., was connected at the end of May 2008.

Recent market turmoil has again highlighted the importance of a sound and well functioning financial market organization. Consequently, market transparency and effective risk management are key aspects of the current public debate to improve market integrity and efficiency.

With the successful roll-out of its optional interface "Enhanced Transaction Solution" (ETS) on 14 April 2008, Eurex has achieved another key milestone on the Eurex Technology Roadmap launched at the end of 2006. Since the interface was launched, average roundtrip times of future orders for users of this access option have been reduced to five milliseconds, halving the times previously achieved via the traditional MISS interface.

Deutsche Börse and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Frankfurt on Friday. The parties agreed on an extensive exchange of information about the internationalization of the financial markets in Germany and China.