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NYSE Euronext and NYSE Foundation Donate $500,000 to the Red Cross to Support China Earthquake Relief Efforts

NYSE Euronext (NYX); NYSE Foundation
2008-05-19 16:10 695

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, BRUSSELS, Belgium, LISBON, Portugal, NEW YORK and Paris, May 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- NYSE Euronext (NYX) and the NYSE Foundation have approved donations totaling $500,000 to the Red Cross Society of China and the American Red Cross International Response Fund to support the relief efforts associated with the earthquake in China’s Sichuan province.

“The NYSE Euronext community joins the world in expressing our sympathy and support for those affected by this tragedy,” said Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext. “This donation will help the Red Cross deliver much-needed assistance in the form of food, water, shelter, clothing, blankets and medical services. We encourage others to contribute to this important relief effort.”

The Red Cross Society of China

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), the only national Red Cross society in the People’s Republic of China, is a humanitarian social relief organization. Founded on March 10, 1904, the RCSC has been involved in assisting wounded soldiers, helping the refugees in times of conflict and providing assistance to disaster victims. The RCSC also supports whenever possible relief activities in other countries and regions. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, with the support of the Central Government, the RCSC was reorganized in August, 1950 and reclaimed its legal membership in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The RCSC has been contributing a lot to assisting the Government in implementing the Geneva Conventions, supporting the state development and improving the people’s health. In 1993, the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress officially promulgated the Red Cross Law of the People’s Republic of China, which provides legal protection to the Chinese Red Cross and its work. The Red Cross of Hong Kong and Macau became highly autonomous branches of the RCSC in 1997 and 1999 respectively. For more information, go to: http://202.108.59.10/english/index.htm

The American Red Cross International Response Fund

You can help those affected by this crisis and countless others around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster please do so at the time of your donation by either contacting 1-800-HELP NOW or mailing your donation, with the designation, to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. For more information, go to: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_china_relief_fund_0508&s_subsrc=RCOProfile_China&s_src=F8DWA001 (please copy the full link to the internet browser for proper viewing)

The NYSE Foundation

The New York Stock Exchange Foundation, Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation established by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1983. The Foundation makes grants, within the limits of its available resources, in support of worthy educational, charitable and civic organizations. The Foundation seeks to ensure the meaningfulness of its grants in the areas where the NYSE Euronext is a participating corporate citizen.

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation. Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone’s largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe’s leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms. NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. NYSE Euronext’s nearly 4,000 listed companies represent a combined $27.3 / euro 17.3 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of March 31, 2008), more than four times that of any other exchange group. NYSE Euronext’s equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $169.6 / ?113.2 billion (as of March 31, 2008), which represents more than one-third of the world’s cash equities trading. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information, please visit http://www.nyx.com .

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Source: NYSE Euronext (NYX); NYSE Foundation
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