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EURONEXT ADDS OPTIONS ON FLOW TRADERS TO ITS SPOTLIGHT
SEGMENT
Additional Spotlight options promoted to standard segment, thanks to lively trading
Amsterdam, Brussels – 9 September 2015 – Today Euronext announces the further expansion of its
Spotlight options offering with new options on Flow Traders N.V. (option trading symbol: FLW), a leading
technology-enabled liquidity provider that specializes in exchange traded products (“ETPs”). The options
follow the company’s successful IPO on Euronext Amsterdam in July this year and are available for trading
as from 14 September.
In addition, Euronext promoted the existing Spotlight option classes Euronav (option trading symbol: EUN)
and BE Semiconductor Industries (option trading symbol: BES) to the standard options segment which
means that the lifetime of these contracts will be further extended. The extension to longer maturities
follows the lively trading in these option classes.
The Spotlight segment is dedicated to the development of new option classes requested by market
participants. The Spotlight options have short-term maturities of one, two and three months. The
combination of added liquidity and visibility allows the option classes to grow to become mature option
classes. If these option classes take root, additional maturities will be introduced.
“We are pleased that Euronext has taken the initiative to launch options on our share”, said Sjoerd Rietberg,
co-CEO of Flow Traders. “As a liquidity provider in the fast growing global ETP markets, we believe the
addition of options to complement our Euronext stock trading will further enhance the visibility of our
company in the marketplace and multiply ways in which investors can participate in our company.”
“We are very pleased to expand our Spotlight options segment with options on Flow Traders. Moreover the
strong liquidity and the promotion of two more classes are proof of the success of the segment,” said Adam
Rose, Head of Financial Derivatives at Euronext. “We’re constantly adapting our product offering to the
needs of the market, in order to serve our customers in the best possible way. We will keep on increasing
this segment by introducing Spotlight options on other geographies and asset classes, responding to market
demand.”
CONTACTS EURONEXT
Caroline Nico (Europe):
Alice Jentink (Amsterdam):
Pascal Brabant (Brussels):
Sandra Machado (Lisbon):
Laura Panhard (Paris):
+33 1 70 48 24 41; cnico@euronext.com
+31 20 721 4488; ajentink@euronext.com
+32 2 620 15 50; pbrabant@euronext.com
+351 217 900 029; smachado@euronext.com
+33 1 70 48 24 42; lpanhard@euronext.com
CONTACTS FLOW TRADERS
Citigate First financial
Hans Schrama / Petra Jager +31 20 575 4010; flowtraders@citigateff.nl
About Flow Traders
Flow Traders is a leading technology-enabled liquidity provider operating on a global scale that specialises in ETPs. We provide
liquidity in ETP markets 24 hours a day while seeking to stay market neutral at all times and without having directional opinions.
While we do not have any clients, we enable investors to buy and sell ETPs efficiently by quoting bid and ask prices. We seek to
earn small amounts of money on large numbers of individual transactions based on the differences between our ETP prices and the
prices of the underlying or related instruments. Investors benefit from our activities due to increased liquidity, higher execution
quality and lower overall trading costs. As such, we contribute to more efficient and transparent securities markets. We provide
liquidity in over 4,000 ETP listings across the globe, tracking all underlying asset classes including equities, fixed income,
commodities and currencies with access to 94 exchanges in 32 countries. Flow Traders is headquartered in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, with trading offices in Asia and the US covering all time zones. For more information, please visit
www.flowtraders.com
About Euronext
Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with more than 1 300 issuers worth €3.2 trillion in market capitalisation, an
unmatched blue-chip franchise consisting of 24 issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong, diverse domestic and
international client base.
Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange
Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in
running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext
and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.
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