Liquidnet Volumes Continue to Grow Globally

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liquidnet, the institutional equities marketplace, today announced monthly and year-to-date trading statistics for U.S. and international equities.

Trading volume was up in all regions year-to-date with total international principal traded rising to over US$43 billion, a 23% increase over 2010 (19% FX adjusted).

April Volume
	Current Monthⁱ			Year-to-Dateⁱ
	April ‘11	April ‘10	Change	April ‘11	April ‘10	Change
Total U.S. trading volume
(shares in thousands)(ii)	1,197,604	1,391,989	(14)%	4,860,872	4,810,919	1%
Total U.S. trading days	20	21	(1) day	82	82	0 days
Average daily U.S. trading
volume (shares in thousands)	59,880	66,285	(10)%	59,279	58,670	1%
Average daily U.S. natural
liquidity (shares in thousands)	1,965,840	1,908,368	3%	1,926,406	1,848,817	4%
Average U.S. execution size in
shares(iii)	50,096	45,922	9%	51,729	46,423	11%
Total international principal
traded ($USD in thousands)	$10,527,713	$10,082,164	4%	$43,110,870	$34,949,756	23%
Total foreign exchange
adjusted international principal traded
($USD in thousands)(iv)	$9,900,229	$10,082,164	(2)%	$41,559,857	$34,949,756	19%

About Liquidnet

Liquidnet is the institutional equities marketplace, bringing together the world’s largest asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders, portfolio managers, analysts and corporate issuers. Liquidnet enables its Members to achieve greater performance by moving from investment idea to implementation faster, ultimately retaining more alpha throughout the entire institutional investment cycle. Launched in 2001, Liquidnet extends to 39 equity markets across five continents. Liquidnet is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore. For more information on Liquidnet, its liquidity, block executions, and additional investment capabilities, visit www.liquidnet.com.

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i Historical numbers may be subject to revision.

ii Consists of shares of U.S. equity securities executed in our negotiation and Liquidnet H2O® ATSs and third party execution venues.

iii Negotiation product.

iv Amounts adjusted to reflect foreign exchange rates for the same period from 2010.

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