0001104659-06-039042 Sample Contracts

COMBINATION AGREEMENT

Combination Agreement • June 2nd, 2006 • NYSE Group, Inc. • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Combination Agreement
• Filed
  June 2nd, 2006
• Company
  NYSE Group, Inc.
• Industry
  Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This COMBINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2006 (this “Agreement“), is by and among NYSE Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NYSE Group“), Euronext N.V., a company organized under the laws of The Netherlands (“Euronext“), NYSE Euronext, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdco”), and Jefferson Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub”).