Annual Document According to Section 10 German Securities Prospectus Act

Section 10 of the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz, WpPG) which was enacted on 1 July 2005, requires all issuers of securities which are listed on an organised market to annually provide the general public with a document containing or referring to all information published or otherwise made available in the previous twelve months by the issuer to the general public in accordance with certain statutory provisions for the capital market.

Please note that the information in this annual document in accordance with Section 10 WpPG or information which is refered to therein will not be updated and therefore might be outdated. Neither the annual document nor the information therein and the information to which the annual document refers to shall constitute an offer or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell securities.

Not all of the information in the annual document or the information which the annual document refers to has to be provided in English under German law. Therefore only the German version of the annual document is legally binding while the English translation is for convenience only.

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In the period between 1 January 2008 and 9 April 2009 Deutsche Börse AG has published or made available the following information in the meaning of Section 10 sub-paragraph 1 of the German Securities Prospectus Act (WpPG):

As of 9 April 2009