June 7, 2007--NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) announced at its annual meeting today that shareholders who cast votes elected the full slate of directors to its Board and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2007.
Based on preliminary results presented by Inspector of Elections, Georgeson Inc., NYSE Euronext shareholders elected to the Board of Directors: Jan-Michiel Hessels (Chairman of the Board), Marshall N. Carter (Deputy Chairman), John A. Thain (Chief Executive Officer), Jean-François Théodore (Deputy Chief Executive Officer), Ellyn L. Brown, Sir George Cox, André Dirckx, William E. Ford, Sylvain Hefes, Dominique Hoenn, Patrick Houël, Shirley Ann Jackson, James S. McDonald, Duncan M. McFarland, James J. McNulty, Baron Jean Peterbroeck, Alice M. Rivlin, Ricardo Salgado, Robert B. Shapiro, Rijnhard van Tets, Karl M. von der Heyden, and Sir Brian Williamson.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext, a holding company created by the combination of NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V., commenced trading on April 4, 2007. NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) operates the world's largest and most liquid exchange group and offers the most diverse array of financial products and services. NYSE Euronext, which brings together six cash equities exchanges in five countries and six derivatives exchanges in six countries, is a world leader for listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds and the distribution of market data. Representing a combined $28.5 trillion/€21.5 trillion total market capitalization of listed companies and average daily trading value of approximately $123.4 billion/€92.4 billion (as of March 31, 2007), NYSE Euronext seeks to provide the highest standards of market quality and integrity, innovative products and services to investors, issuers, and all users of its markets.
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