Hugh Freedberg

Euronext.liffe provided financial futures and options trading services. It offered futures and option products on short-term interest rates, bonds, swaps, equities and commodities. The company was founded in January 2002 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Salomon Inc. was a worldwide investment banker, market maker and research firm serving corporations, governments and their agencies, central banks and other financial institutions. In addition, Salomon is a leading global trader and refiner of crude oil and energy-related products.

Lloyds TSB is financial services group, which was created in 1995 following the merger of the TSB Group and the Lloyds Bank Group. Its businesses provides a range of banking and financial services in the United Kingdom and overseas, principally through branches of the Lloyds TSB Bank and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Cheltenham & Gloucester and Lloyds TSB Scotland. In 2000, Lloyds TSB Group acquired Scottish Widows. During 2003 and 2004, Lloyds TSB Group disposed of a number of its overseas operations, as part of the process of managing its portfolio of businesses to focus on its core markets

Macquarie Bank Ltd. is the investment bank subsidiary of Macquarie B.H. Pty Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd. (SY: MQG, ADR: MQBKY) in Australia. Established in 1969, the firm is based in Sydney and provides specialist financial and investment banking services.

Euronext Brussels SA/NV operates a stock exchange. It provides services for regulated stock and derivatives markets in Belgium. The company also offers services, such as facilitating public offerings, providing trading facilities for cash & derivatives products and supplying market data. Euronext Brussels was founded in 1801 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Euronext Paris SA operates as a stock exchange which provides solutions for regulated stock and derivatives markets in France. Its services include facilitating public offerings, providing trading facilities for cash and derivatives products, and supplying market data. The company was founded on January 20, 1988 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France.