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Dec 20, 2013

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RDX® USD index derivatives: Changes of Market Maker requirements

The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland and the Executive Board of Eurex Zürich AG decided the following effective 23 December 2013:

1.     Change of the Designated Market-Making requirements for RDX® USD index futures: The number of contract months to be quoted will be reduced from the first and second contract month to the first contract month only.

2.     Change of the Permanent Market-Making requirements for RDX® USD index options: The minimum quotation time in the trading period between 9:15 CET and 16:30 CET will be reduced from 85 percent to 75 percent.

All other Market Maker requirements will remain unchanged.

As of start of trading, the quote obligations will be available for download on the Eurex website www.eurexchange.com under the following link:

Trading > Market model > Market-Making > Market Maker obligations

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