Atticus Capital IncreaseS Euronext Position to 15.4 Million Shares

Atticus Capital IncreaseS Euronext Position to 15.4 Million Shares

February 14, 2007

    NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Atticus
Capital today sent the following letter to Jean-Francois
Theodore, Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V.
(Euronext):


    February 14, 2007

    Jean-Francois Theodore
    Chairman - Managing Board
    Euronext N.V.
    PO Box 19163
    Damrak 70
    1000 GD Amsterdam
    The Netherlands

    Dear Mr. Theodore,

    Congratulations on your pending merger with the New
York Stock Exchange.

    We are writing this letter to clarify to you and the
market what our entire economic exposure is to Euronext
N.V.  In addition to the 11,069,136 common shares disclosed
in our most recent public filing, we also have added
derivative exposure to Euronext through cash-settled total
return swaps in respect of 4,484,592 notional shares.  As a
result, we now have total economic exposure to 15,451,711
Euronext shares.
 
    We look forward to being one of the largest
shareholders in NYSE Euronext.

    Sincerely,

    Timothy R. Barakett                 David Slager
    Chairman and CEO                    Vice-Chairman


    About Atticus Capital LP

    Atticus Capital, LP, is a leading asset management
firm, with more than $14 billion of assets under
management.  Founded by Timothy Barakett in 1995, the firm
is headquartered in New York with an office in London. 
Atticus invests in global securities markets on behalf of
major institutions, endowments, pension funds, and private
investors.  Timothy Barakett, Chairman and CEO, and David
Slager, Vice-Chairman, lead the firm's portfolio management
team.  Nathaniel Rothschild, Co-Chairman, and Matthew
Edmonds, President, also sit on the firm's management
committee.


    For more information, please contact: 

     Andrew Merrill
     Finsbury US
     Tel: [phone]


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