Eurex Exchange's Equity Derivatives update - June 2016

We would like to share key figures and interesting developments in our Equity Derivatives complex for the first 5 months of 2016.

Especially May 2016 figures show some interesting structural changes in European Equity Options. Main reason for those changes for the benefit of trading on Eurex might be the competitive transaction fees - trading and clearing included - offered for client accounts at Eurex with 10 cent and respectively 5 cent above the threshold of 1,000 lots traded.

Comparing the volume figures from the first two months of Q1 vs. Q2, in Eurex Equity Options we see an increase of 4,8% in particular due to the strong growth in the Russian, Swedish, Finnish and Italian segments.

Go with the flow in French Equity Options: The majority of the on-screen volume is traded on Eurex

• New record: 56,68% of all French Equity Options were traded on Eurex during the first 5 months. The overall market size was stable (vs. the first five months of 2015) with a total of approximately 18 million traded contracts across all exchanges* considered.
• In 2016, for the first time the majority of French Equity Options on-screen volume was transacted on Eurex with 51,4% in March and at record level of 53,5% in May (total of 1,27 million contracts traded).
• Alongside, May market share for the Eurex Belgian segment is at 49,7% versus 41,8% in April.

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Dutch Equity Options are also subject to changes with three exchanges competing for flow

• In May 2016 a total of 4,23 million contracts were traded, Eurex reached a market share of 19,8%. Of the 3 million on-screen traded contracts, Eurex captured 14,6%.

Current development in Spanish Equity Options

• In 2016, the average market share for Eurex was at 26,4%. In May 56% of all Equity Options on Spanish underlyings were traded on-screen - a figure which has been significantly lower historically.

Overview on Weekly Equity Options

• Weekly Equity Options are continuously picking up in volume. Currently, more than 60% of all European Single Name Weekly Options are traded on Eurex.

Single Stock Futures

• The Single Stock Futures segment has seen an overall decrease but also some country segments are gaining more weight within our offering, notably Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands.

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