BIDS ATS Volumes Continue to Rise – 64+ Million Shares

New York, NY – May 5th – Liquidity in BIDS Trading hit new heights today. Our block trading platform achieved an all-time single day record – executing over 64 million shares*!

In fact, BIDS Trading has been achieving record growth as of late:

• Record average daily volume in April of 45+ million shares*
• Back-to-back record quarters (Q4 2009 and Q1 2010)

*Figures include all volume traded on the BIDS ATS and NYBX.

NYBX volume is single counted. BIDS ATS volume is double counted to include both sides of the transaction.