Fixings Awards

Creditex Inc. ("Creditex"), the global market leader in e-trading of credit derivatives, and Markit Group Limited ("Markit"), the benchmark industry source of independent mark-to-market pricing, valuations, dividend forecasting and index services, are pleased to announce they have won the Risk Magazine ("Risk") Trading Initiative of the Year Award for developing the Credit Event Fixings.

Innovation of the Year.

21 December 2005

Markit Group Limited ("Markit"), the leading industry source of independent mark-to-market pricing, valuations, dividend forecasting and index services, and Creditex Inc. ("Creditex"), the global market leader in e-trading of credit derivatives, are pleased to announce they have won the International Financing Review ("IFR") Innovation of the Year Award for developing the Credit Event Fixings.

The Credit Event Fixings are an initiative run by Creditex and Markit, in close cooperation with major credit derivatives dealers. The Fixings are designed to ensure a fair, efficient and transparent process for settlement of credit derivative trades following a corporate default.