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About EuroCCP

EuroCCP clears equities traded on stock exchanges, multilateral trading facilities and other trade sources. After a trade has been executed, EuroCCP centrally manages counterparty risk for trading firms and reduces their post-trade costs through netting. EuroCCP is the most connected CCP in Europe, with access to 82% of equity trades executed on 26 trading platforms. EuroCCP clears equities, ETFs and depositary receipts listed in 19 national markets including the United States.

EuroCCP is headquartered in Amsterdam, equally owned by the stock exchanges Cboe Europe, Euronext and Nasdaq, by ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

About Euroclear

Euroclear group is the financial industry's trusted provider of post trade services. At the core, the group provides settlement, safe-keeping and servicing of domestic and cross-border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives to investment funds. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise.

The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank - which is rated AA+ by Fitch Ratings and AA by Standard & Poor's - as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden and Euroclear UK & Ireland. The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 733 trillion in securities transactions in 2017, representing 215 million domestic and cross-border transactions and held EUR 28.6 trillion in assets for clients.

About Nasdaq

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings with a market value of approximately $13 trillion.