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Aug 24, 2010

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Eurex KOSPI Product: Production System Testing on August 26, 27 and 28, 2010

To support final preparations for the launch of the Eurex / KRX Link on August 30, 2010, Eurex and Korea Exchange (KRX) will provide additional system testing opportunities for the Eurex KOSPI Product on August 26, 27 and 28, 2010.

Eurex will offer access to the Eurex KOSPI Product in the Eurex production environment on Thursday,August 26 and Friday, August 27, 2010 from 07:45-08:45 CEST* (14:45-15:45 KST*). During this time, the Eurex KOSPI Product will be placed in the pre-opening phase to enable orders and quotes to be entered in the Eurex® production system.

Additionally, Eurex will open the Eurex® production system for a fixed time period on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 10:00-14:00 CEST* (17:00-21:00 KST*) to enable testing opportunities for KRX members in the KRX production environment.

In order to participate in this important testing cycle, all respective Eurex Members need to make available their required human resources in the areas of operations, trading and back-office.

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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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