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May 10, 2010

Eurex

Adjustment of Market Maker Obligations for two Spanish Equity Options

Effective May 17, 2010, the spread class assignment for Market Makers at Eurex in the options on BBVA and Banco Santander will be adjusted. The adjustment will affect parameters in the Permanent Market- Making (PMM) and Advanced Market-Making (AMM) programs.

Members who are taking part in the abovementioned Market-Making programs are kindly requested to adjust their system settings accordingly.

Market Status ⓘ

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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