Changes in the composition of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG and the Management Board of Eurex, the joint venture of Deutsche Börse and SWX Swiss Exchange were announced today. Effective 31 December 2005 Rudolf Ferscha will resign from his position as Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse and CEO of the Eurex companies Eurex Zurich AG, Eurex Frankfurt AG and Eurex Clearing AG; he will leave at his own request under an amicable and mutual agreement. As Deutsche Börse announced today, Ferscha has resigned from his position as Executive Board member on 28 December 2005 and asked the Supervisory Board to cancel his employment contract.
