Ed Nicoll, CEO of Instinet,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Wednesday, May 10, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Instinet

Ed Nicoll, CEO of Instinet, presides over the closing bell.

Instinet, a global agency broker, provides the trading expertise and advanced technology necessary to successfully interact with more than 40 worldwide securities markets. Acting solely as an agent for its customers, which include international mutual funds, insurance companies, pension funds and hedge funds, Instinet seeks to improve institutional investment performance and lower overall trading costs through its various front end trading systems, securities crossing networks, algorithms and investment research products. The company, which is majority owned by Silver Lake Partners, is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please visit http://www.instinet.com.

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