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Tony Whalley of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Appointed Non-Executive Director of Chi-X Europe



    Chi-X(R) Europe Limited, the first live, pan-European equity
    Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), today announced the appointment
    of Tony Whalley, Investment Director at Scottish Widows Investment
    Partnership, as Non-Executive Director.

    "We are delighted that Tony has agreed to become a non-executive
    director of Chi-X Europe," commented Peter Randall, CEO of Chi-X
    Europe Limited. "From the outset, Chi-X Europe has actively consulted
    with both our participant firms as well as their buyside clients to
    better understand the market´s needs. As he´s one of the buyside´s
    most respected heads of trading, we look forward to Tony´s continued
    input and counsel."

    Mr. Whalley added, "I am looking forward to working with the Chi-X
    Europe management team as I have always been a keen observer of market
    changes and new entrants. I am excited to help shape the future of
    Chi-X Europe and represent the buy-side community in future
    developments."

    About Chi-X(R) Europe

    Chi-X Europe Limited, a majority-owned, indirect subsidiary of
    Instinet Incorporated, is an FSA-authorised securities firm operating
    as an MTF (Multilateral Trading Facility) for the trading of the
    component stocks of the FTSE 100 (British), AEX 25 (Dutch), DAX 30
    (German), CAC 40 (French) and SMI 20 (Swiss) and, by month end, OMX
    Stockholm 30 (Swedish).

    Chi-X Europe´s low-cost, streamlined model is designed to help
    participants achieve ultra-low execution, clearing and settlement
    costs. Benchmark tests showed the Chi-X Europe operating model to be
    up to 10 times faster+ and significantly less expensive than Europe´s
    traditional equity exchanges. Chi-X Europe disseminates market data to
    clients directly and via third-party market data vendors at no cost,
    and trade reporting is available for a low monthly fee. For more
    information, please visit www.chi-x.com.

    + Based on Instinet Europe Limited´s exchange linkages performance
    measurement statistics for average DMA order messaging in June 2007.
    These Instinet internal figures are for round-trip latency message
    acknowledgement based on sending an average number of messages to the
    exchange system and obtaining a response back to Instinet´s system
    over the course of a normal trading day. They are provided for
    illustrative purposes only and are not intended to represent an
    independent performance measure of latency. Market volatility and
    volume may affect actual performance.

    About Instinet

    Instinet is a global securities firm, providing the world´s most
    sophisticated fund managers with the necessary trading tools, ATS
    platforms and global agency liquidity to achieve a high quality trade
    execution in more than 80 securities markets around world. Acting
    solely as an agent for its customers, Instinet seeks to improve
    institutional investment performance and lower overall trading costs
    through its various front-end trading systems, securities crossing
    networks, smart-routing technology, algorithms, commission management
    programs and investment research products. Instinet, through its
    subsidiaries, operates a wide array of ATS platforms around the world,
    including CBX(SM) in the United States, JapanCrossing(SM) in Asia and
    Chi-X(R) in Europe, Canada and, soon, Australia. The firm, which is a
    wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., has offices in North
    America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information,
    please visit www.instinet.com.

    (C)2008 Instinet, LLC. All rights reserved. INSTINET is a
    registered trademark in the United States and in other countries
    throughout the world. CHI-X is a registered trademark in the UK and
    Europe. Approved for distribution in Europe by Chi-X Europe Limited,
    which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
    Instinet, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.