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May 10, 2011

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Sanofi-aventis: Name Change

On May 6, 2011, the annual general meeting of the company Sanofi-aventis has decided among other things to change the company name.

Accordingly, effective May 10, 2011, also the names of the Eurex options (SNW), the Eurex stock futures contract (SNWF) and the Eurex dividend futures contracts (S1NW, S2NW) on shares of this company have changed. Product codes as well as product ISINs and the ISINs of the underlyings remain unchanged (see attached circular for details).

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