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Feb 28, 2011

Eurex Clearing

GC Pooling®: Introduction of GC Pooling® Equity Baskets and Extension of Equities accepted as Margin Collateral and Clearing Fund Contribution

With the present circular Eurex Clearing announces the introduction of the GC Pooling® Equity Basket on the GC Pooling® segment of Eurex Repo GmbH on March 14, 2011.

The new GC Pooling® Equity Basket (ISIN: DE000A1EZNP6) is defined by a top 50 selection of the HDAX® index constituents. Should the equities out of this basket available in the Xemac® collateral pool exceptionally not suffice for settlement of the single transactions, bonds admissible for the GC Pooling® ECB Basket (ISIN: DE000A0AE077) will automatically be used as collateral. The GC Pooling® Equity Basket will be traded, cleared and settled only against euro. The initial list of the eligible HDAX® constituents will be announced the week before the launch date with a dedicated circular.

Conclusion of a new contract in Xemac® respectively Cmax® is a prerequisite for every GC Pooling® participant. All concluded transactions resulting from the GC Pooling® Equity Basket are processed via the existing infrastructure for Euro GC Pooling® at Eurex Repo, Eurex Clearing und Clearstream Banking. The same processes are applied as for the existing Euro GC Pooling® products.

Hereafter you will find detailed information about trading, CCP services, settlement, collateral and risk management, invoicing and simulation.

In the context of the introduction of the new basket and effective March 14, 2011, the German equities accepted as margin collateral will be extended from the DAX® constituents to the top 50 HDAX® constituents, according to the same selection criteria as for the GC Pooling® Equity Basket. Other currently accepted equities remain eligible as margin collateral and Clearing Fund contribution.