Low Latency Trading Solutions

BATS Europe selects QUANTHOUSE low latency market data solutions for its European Marketplace

9 March 2010

QuantHouse, the leading independent provider of low latency trading solutions, announced today that
BATS Europe, the fast-growing pan-European multilateral trading facility, has selected QuantHouse to supply
real-time feeds of market data from other European trading venues.

BATS Europe uses the data from primary listing markets and other MTFs to support its trading operations and
specific order types on its marketplace, as an input for market analytics, and to support its recently launched smart
order routing service.

QuantHouse is a provider of end-to-end advanced trading solutions including low latency market data technologies,
an alpha generation development framework and infrastructure trading services for systematic trading firms who
want to move ahead.

BATS Europe executes more than 8%of the FTSE 100, 5-6% of the FTSE 250 and FTSE MIB, 4-5% of the CAC 40
and DAX, and 5% of the European market overall after launching only 16 months ago.


Pierre-François Filet, CEO & co-Founder of QuantHouse, commented:
”Adding to existing agreements, this
contract further demonstrates QuantHouse's strength in serving MTFs and low latency sensitive trading firms.
We're extremely pleased to have BATS on board as a client, particularly because performance and data quality is
something that is so essential to them".

Paul O’Donnell, COO of BATS Europe, added: “Demand for BATS Europe market data has been driven by the
addition of new users, our new smart order-routing service and our continued record trading volumes. We are
pleased to provide a dual-live system with a superior quality of service to our participants by leveraging market data
software technologies developed by QuantHouse.”

Stephane Leroy, Head of global Sales & Marketing at QuantHouse, concluded: “In the world of electronic
trading, choosing a next generation trading technology provider is a very important decision for any trading
participant. QuantHouse appears to be a provider of choice as clients recognize the importance of dealing with a
provider controlling the end to end process from Research &Development to implementation and operations.”

About QuantHouse:

QuantHouse is an independent global provider of low latency trading solutions.
This includes ultra low latency market data technologies, algo-trading development framework, trading
infrastructure and order routing services to help hedge funds, proprietary desks and low latency sensitive sell side
firms to take the lead. QuantHouse products and services are composed of:

  • QuantFEED, Ultra Low Latency Market Data technologies ... be the first to detect market opportunities,
  • QuantFACTORY, Algo Trading Development framework ... be the first to launch new trading models,
  • QuantLINK, global trading infrastructures ...be the first to match opportunities.

For more information about QuantHouse and its solutions for quant trading firms, please visit:
http://www.quanthouse.com/

About BATS:

BATS Global Markets (BATS) is an innovative global financial markets technology company
headquartered in the Kansas City, Mo., area with additional offices in New York and London. The BATS
platform was launched in January 2006 and, operating as BATS Exchange, Inc., is a premier destination
among the top ranked equity markets in the United States. BATS serves the European market through its
London based, FSA-authorised subsidiary, BATS Europe, which operates a Multilateral Trading Facility for
European securities. Most recently, BATS launched a US equity options market, BATS Options, and
expects to launch a second US equities exchange, BYX, in spring 2010. The BATS platform is internally
developed by a dedicated core team of market and technology professionals, catering to the needs of the
broker-dealer and trading community. BATS … Making Markets Better.

BATS:

MEDIA/ANALYSTS: Randy Williams +1.212.378.8522 rwilliams@batstrading.com
TO TRADE IN THE US: Joe Bracco +1.212.378.8527 jbracco@batstrading.com
TO TRADE IN EUROPE: Alex Dalley +44.207.012.8920 adalley@batstrading.com