BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT by and among NYSE EURONEXT DEUTSCHE BÖRSE AG ALPHA BETA NETHERLANDS HOLDING N.V. and POMME MERGER CORPORATION Dated as of February 15, 2011Business Combination Agreement • February 16th, 2011 • NYSE Euronext • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Delaware
This BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 15, 2011, is by and among NYSE Euronext, a Delaware corporation (“NYSE Euronext”), Deutsche Börse AG, an Aktiengesellschaft organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Deutsche Börse”), Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V., a naamloze vennootschap organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“Holdco”), and Pomme Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub”).
