NYSE Euronext Appoints Global Head of Human Resources

NYSE Euronext Appoints Philippe Duranton Group Executive Vice President, Global Head of Human Resources

21 Feb 2008

NEW YORK & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the appointment of Philippe Duranton as Group Executive Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources, effective March 3, 2008. Mr. Duranton will be responsible for NYSE Euronext’s worldwide human resources organization and will report to NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Officer Duncan L. Niederauer. Mr. Duranton will serve on the Company’s Management Committee.

Mr. Duranton joins NYSE Euronext with over 20 years of experience in global human resources management and development, including senior positions with Gemplus, Vivendi Universal, and Thales. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext, Mr. Duranton served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Cognos, a leader in business intelligence.

Dale Bernstein, Executive Vice President, will oversee the company’s U.S. human resources operation and report to Mr. Duranton. In addition to her human resources duties, Ms. Bernstein will continue to be responsible for the company’s business ethics practice in the U.S., oversee the company’s Archives unit and Corporate Services, and serve as a director of the NYSE Foundation. Ms. Bernstein will serve on the company’s Management Committee.

“Philippe is a seasoned and skilled human resources leader who brings a depth of experience in diverse international markets to NYSE Euronext,” said Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext.

“Our human resources function and the demands placed on the practice have grown considerably as we have expanded our business through strategic acquisitions, including the most recent transactions with the American Stock Exchange and Wombat. I am confident that Philippe, with our global human resources team, will effectively accomplish our global human resources integration objectives while ensuring a high quality experience for our employees. My colleagues and I welcome Philippe to NYSE Euronext.”

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation. Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms. NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/€20.9 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007), more than four times that of any other exchange group. NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141 billion/€103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007), which represents more than one-third of the world's cash equities trading. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information about NYSE Euronext, please visit www.nyx.com.