Bats Reports Strong Market Share Across All Markets in August

Remains #1 Pan-European Stock Market; #1 in U.S. ETF Trading

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global exchange operator and provider of market data and other financial markets services, today reported August data and highlights, including strong market share across all of its markets for the month.

Highlights for August include:

• Maintaining its position as the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 21.1% market share;
• Retaining its position as the largest European stock exchange with 23.4% market share and the largest trade reporting facility with €307.8 billion reported to BXTR for the month;
• Remaining the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 24.1% of all volume during the month. In addition, Bats has won 26% of all new U.S. ETF listings year-to-date vs only 9% for full-year 2015;
• Unveiling plans to launch Bats LIS, powered by BIDS Trading, a new block trading service for the European equity market;
• Announcing plans to acquire Javelin Swap Execution Facility, accelerating Bats’ plans to offer the trading of non-deliverable forwards for the FX market;
• Announcing plans to launch the Bats Auction Mechanism (BAM), new functionality that provides price improvement opportunities for orders sent to EDGX Options;
• Working with Nasdaq and NYSE to strengthen U.S. equity markets through the harmonization of key functions;
• Boosting ETP market incentive plan for market makers who play pivotal role throughout lifecycle of ETPs;
• Recording more than $93 billion of notional value per day touched by the Bats markets in August, including trades reported to BXTR.

August 2016 Volume and Market Share Overview
U.S. Equities (Bats Exchanges – BZX, BYX, EDGA, EDGX)	August 2016
Bats Exchanges – Overall market share	21.1%
Bats Exchanges – Average daily matched volume (shares)	1.29 billion
Overall Industry – Average daily consolidated volume (shares)	6.12 billion
U.S. Equity Options (Bats Options – BZX Options + EDGX Options)
Bats Options – Overall market share	10.7%
Bats Options – Average daily matched volume (contracts)	1,467,487
Overall Industry – Avery daily consolidated volume (contracts)	13,772,381
Foreign Exchange (Bats Hotspot)
Total volume traded	$520.5 billion
Average daily volume (ADV)	$22.6 billion

European Equities (Bats Europe Equities )
Bats Europe – Overall European market share	23.4%
Bats Europe – Average daily notional value	€8.1 billion
Pan-European Consolidated Volume^1 – Average daily notional value	€34.5 billion
European Trade Reporting (BXTR)
BXTR – Total notional value reported	€307.8 billion
BXTR – Average daily notional value reported	€13.4 billion

Highlights for the month of August are outlined below by business line.

U.S. EQUITIES: Bats Exchanges (BYX, BZX, EDGA, EDGX) Volume & Market Share

• During August, the BZX Exchange ranked 1^st or 2^nd in quality of trading in 44.6% of the stocks in the S&P 500^® Index, as measured by effective spread, according to the Bats market quality statistics.
• Combined, the Bats Exchanges had the lowest effective spread in 43% of the top 100 exchange-traded products in August.

	August 2016	August 2015
Bats Exchanges – Overall market share	21.1%	22.0%
Bats Exchanges – Average daily volume traded (shares)	1.29 billion	1.74 billion
Bats Exchanges – Average daily notional value traded	$46.3 billion	$67.9 billion
Bats Exchanges – Total notional value traded for month	$1.06 trillion	$1.43 trillion
Bats Exchanges market share – Tape A securities	19.6%	19.2%
Bats Exchanges market share – Tape B securities	23.9%	26.9%
Bats Exchanges market share – Tape C securities	22.0%	23.3%
Bats Exchanges market share in ETF trading	24.1%	27.1%

For additional U.S. equities market volume information: Bats U.S. Equities Market Volume Summary

U.S. OPTIONS: Bats Options (BZX Options + EDGX Options) Volume & Market Share

	August 2016	August 2015
Bats Options – Overall market share	10.7%	10.9%
BZX Options – Market share	9.7%	10.9%
EDGX Options – Market share	0.9%	N/A
Bats Options – Overall average daily volume (contracts)	1,467,487	2,178,052
BZX Options – Average daily volume	1,341,880	2,178,052
EDGX Options – Average daily volume	125,607	N/A

For additional U.S. Options market volume information: Bats U.S. Options Market Volume Summary

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Hotspot Highlights, Volume & Market Share Statistics²

Hotspot Market Statistics	August 2016	August 2015
Total volume traded	$520.5 billion	$594.3 billion
Average daily volume (ADV)	$22.6 billion	$28.3 billion
Number of trading days	23	21
Hotspot Volume Percentage Breakdown
Europe	41.8%	41.0%
Americas	41.9%	43.5%
Asia	16.2%	15.5%
Top Five Currency Pairs by Volume Percentage
EUR/USD	23.6%	24.3%
USD/JPY	14.1%	17.8%
GBP/USD	11.1%	11.8%
AUD/USD	10.0%	9.3%
USD/CAD	8.5%	8.1%

Hotspot daily, monthly, and quarterly volumes are posted on the Hotspot website.

EUROPEAN EQUITIES: Bats Europe + BXTR Volume & Market Share³

• According to Bats statistics on market size, 39.0% of all equity transactions in Europe (either traded on exchange or OTC) touched Bats’ systems in August.
• A total of €93 million was traded in the Periodic Auctions book in August, including hundreds of trades in excess of €50,000, as well as some trades in excess of €100,000.

	August 2016	August 2015
Bats Europe – Overall market share	23.4%	25.0%
Bats Europe – Average daily notional value traded	€8.05 billion	€12.9 billion
Displayed average daily notional value	€7.2 billion	€11.7 billion
Non-displayed^4 average daily notional value	€840.8 million	€1.2 billion
Bats Europe – Total notional value traded	€185.2 billion	€271.5 billion
BXTR – Total notional value reported	€307.8 billion	€341.0 billion
BXTR – Average daily notional value reported	€13.4 billion	€16.2 billion

BATS INDICES: August Monthly Performance for Key Bats Indices

Additional information is available on the Bats Indices website.

Bats UK 100	0.9%
Bats UK 250	2.9%
Bats UK All Companies	1.2%

EUROPE: Bats Europe Equities & Market Share

For additional European Equities market volume information: Bats Europe Market Volume Summary

	August 2016	August 2015
London market overall	26.1%	25.5%
Bats UK 100	27.8%	N/A
FTSE 100 securities	27.7%	27.0%
FTSE 250 securities	27.4%	24.1%
Paris market overall	23.0%	26.5%
CAC 40 securities	23.3%	27.1%
CAC Next20 securities	26.7%	27.6%
Frankfurt market overall	24.7%	29.1%
DAX 30 securities	25.4%	30.8%
MDAX securities	28.0%	31.8%
TecDAX securities	22.4%	24.6%
Amsterdam market overall	23.4%	25.4%
AEX securities	23.8%	26.2%
AMX securities	20.0%	20.1%
Brussels market overall	23.6%	26.1%
BEL 20 securities	21.7%	25.4%
Milan market overall	12.6%	16.1%
FTSE MIB securities	14.0%	17.3%
Zurich market overall	22.2%	23.5%
SMI securities	24.0%	25.9%
SMIM securities	22.6%	21.6%
Nordic market overall	24.3%	22.5%
Helsinki OMXH25 securities	27.7%	28.3%
Stockholm OMXS30 securities	26.0%	24.3%
Copenhagen OMXC20 securities	23.5%	22.4%
Oslo OBX securities	22.3%	19.1%
Vienna market overall	15.4%	17.3%
ATX securities	15.6%	18.0%
Lisbon market overall	21.4%	18.1%
PSI-20 securities	21.5%	18.2%
Dublin market overall	19.2%	13.7%
ISEQ 20 securities	19.2%	13.8%
Madrid market overall	23.7%	23.6%
IBEX 35 securities	24.6%	24.4%
Key Indices
EUROSTOXX 50 securities	21.8%	26.8%
FTSE RIOB	6.9%	11.2%

About Bats Global Markets, Inc.

Bats Global Markets, Inc., is a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, dedicated to Making Markets Better. We are the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operate the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and are the #1 market globally for ETF trading. We also operate two fast-growing U.S. options exchanges. In the global foreign exchange market, we operate Hotspot. ETF.com, a leading provider of ETF news, data and analysis, is a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, London, Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore and Quito, Ecuador. Visit bats.com and @BatsGlobal for more information.

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¹ Based on Bats Europe market coverage, available at batstrading.co.uk
² Hotspot volumes represent the notional value in U.S. dollars of all trades executed on the platform, counting one side of the transaction. Hotspot Volume Percentage Breakdown is based on the times at which the trades were executed, based on EST (i.e. EST: Asia: 5pm-2am, Europe: 2am-9am, US: 9am-5pm).
³ Represent consolidated figures for BXE and CXE lit and dark books, unless otherwise noted.
⁴ BXE and CXE non-displayed order books.