Euronext - 2019 Universal Registration Document

GLOSSARY & CONCORDANCE TABLES G

GLOSSARY

ACPR

The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority ( Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution )

AFM

Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten , the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets

Alternext

Multilateral trading facilities operated by the Company in Paris, Brussels and Lisbon

AMF

French Authority for the Financial Markets ( Autorité des Marchés Financiers )

Articles of Association

The Articles of Association ( statuten ) of the Company

Brexit

British exit, referring to the UK’s decision in a referendum on 23 June 2016 to leave the European Union

CAGR

Compounded annual growth rate

The Cash Clearing Agreement entered into between Euronext and certain of its affiliates and LCH SA and LCH SA Group Limited on 22 January 2013

Cash Clearing Agreement

CCPs

Central counterparties

Carbon Disclosure Project : CDP is a not-for-profit organization that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts

CDP

CEO CFO

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Clearing Services is the procedure by which an organisation (CCP) acts as an intermediary and assumes the role of a buyer and seller in a transaction through the process of novation in order to reconcile orders between transacting parties

Clearing Services

CMVM

Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários , the Portuguese Securities Markets Commission

Code that reaffirms the Euronext N.V.’s commitment to high standards of ethical conduct and reinforces its business ethics, policies and procedures

Code of conduct and ethics

Company

Euronext N.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated

Compliance department

The Compliance department of Euronext N.V.

COO

Chief Operating Officer

Core Items

The intellectual property in the UTP and other trading technology, including core software and technology

CSD

Central Securities Depositories

EU Regulation on securities settlement and central securities depositories (published on the Official Journal of the European Union on 23 July 2014)

CSD Regulation

DBAG

Deutsche Börse AG

DMA

Direct market access

Derivatives Clearing Agreement

The Derivatives Clearing Agreement entered into between Euronext and certain of its affiliates and LCH SA and LCH SA Group Limited on 14 October 2013. The revenue sharing agreement became effective as of 1 April 2014

Code

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code

Dutch Financial Supervision Act

The Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het Financieel Toezicht) and the rules promulgated thereunder

EBITDA

Operating Profit Before Exceptional Items and Depreciation and Amortisation

ECB EEA

European Central Bank

European Economic Area

EMEA

Europe, Middle East and Africa

EMIR

The EU Regulation on OTC derivative transactions, central counterparties and trade repositories (Regulation 648/2012)

ESG

Environmental, Social and Governance

ESMA

European Securities and Markets Authority

ETF or ETFs

Exchange traded funds

ETPs

Exchange traded products

EU

European Union

The EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, providing for specific rules that intend to prevent market abuse, such as the prohibitions on insider trading, divulging inside information and tipping, and market manipulation

EU Market Abuse Rules

€, Euro

The lawful currency of the Member states of the European Union that have adopted it

Euroclear

Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.

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