Deutsche Börse AG Mergenthalerallee 61 65760 Eschborn Germany
Exhibit 99.1
Execution Copy
Deutsche Börse AG
Mergenthalerallee 61
65760 Eschborn
Germany
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
New York, NY 10005
United States of America
| Attention: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| General Counsel and Group Executive Vice President |
December 21, 2011
| Re: | Extension of Termination Date |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2011, as amended as of May 2, 2011 and June 16, 2011 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Börse AG (“Deutsche Börse”), Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V., and Pomme Merger Corporation.
Section 9.2(a) of the Business Combination Agreement provides that each of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext have the right, in its sole discretion, to extend the Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) to March 31, 2012, in the circumstances set forth in such subsection. Deutsche Börse has elected to exercise such right and hereby extends the Termination Date to March 31, 2012.
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| DEUTSCHE BÖRSE AG | ||
| By | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| By | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Title: | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | |
Confirmed:
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| cc: | Linklaters LLP | |||||
| Königsallee 49-51 | ||||||
| 40212 Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Germany | ||||||
| Attention: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||
| Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxx | ||||||
| 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx | ||||||
| New York, New York 10019 | ||||||
| USA | ||||||
| Attention: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
| Xxxxx X. Xxx | ||||||
