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Direct Edge ECNsm Fee Schedule

Effective August 1, 2008



Rebates for Adding Liquidity & Charges for Removing or Routing Liquidity per Share for Tape A, B & C Securities[1]:


Platform Adding Liquidity Removing Liquidity Routing Liquidity [3]
EDGX Tape A
$(0.0025) $0.0026 $0.0029
EDGX Tape B $(0.0025) $0.0026 $0.0029
EDGX Tape C $(0.0025) $0.0026 $0.0029
EDGA FREE FREE $0.0029
EDGX < $1.00 FREE 0.2% of Dollar Value 0.3% of Dollar Value

Super Tier: 40 million combined added liquidity on EDGA or EDGX = $0.0029 rebate on EDGX[1]



Fees per Share for Special Order Types:

Order Type Platform Charge
Solely Non-Displayed (Hidden) Orders [2] EDGA $0.001
Orders Routed to the NYSE EDGX & EDGA Cost [3]
Orders routed to EDGX
EDGA $0.0026 [3]
ROUZ orders matched against ELPs EDGX & EDGA $0.001
Routed Directed ISOs EDGX & EDGA $0.0033
EDGA + NASDAQ Routed orders  EDGA $0.0029[3]
Same Client Internalized Trades [4] EDGX $0.000025
Routing to NASDAQ Opening Cross (NOOP) [5] EDGX & EDGA $0.0005
Odd-Lot orders executed on NYSEArca[6] EDGX & EDGA $0.03

Other Fees & Services:

Service Charge
Port Charges FREE [7]
Book Viewer Market Data FREE
Co-Location Services Available On Request
OTCBB Transactions Available On Request

Liquidity Flags and Associated Fees:

Flag EDGX EDGA
A (0.0020) (0.0020)
B (0.0025) FREE
D 0.0008 0.0008
E 0.00014 FREE
F FREE FREE
H N/A 0.003
I 0.0029 0.0026
L 0.03 0.03
N 0.0026 FREE
O 0.0005 0.0005
P 0.0029 0.0029
Q 0.0029 0.0029
R 0.003 0.003
S 0.0033 0.0033
V (0.0025) FREE
W 0.0026 FREE
X 0.0029 0.0029
Y (0.0025) FREE
Z 0.001 0.001

[1] The removal rate on EDGX and EDGA is contingent on adding and/or routing 50,000 shares or more of combined liquidity on either EDGX or EDGA on a daily basis, measured monthly.  Subscribers not meeting this minimum but removing 20,000,000 shares or more of combined liquidity on either EDGX or EDGA on a daily basis, measured monthly, will be charged 0.0028 for removing liquidity from EDGX and EDGA. Subscribers not meeting either of these minimums will be charged $0.0030 per share for removing liquidity from EDGX and EDGA.

Subscribers will be provided a $0.0029 rebate per share for liquidity added on EDGX if they satisfy any of the following three criteria on a daily basis, measured monthly: (i) adding 40,000,000 shares or more of combined liquidity to either EDGX or EDGA; (ii) adding 20,000,000 shares or more of combined liquidity to either EDGX or EDGA and routing 20,000,000 shares or more through EDGA; or (iii) adding 10,000,000 shares or more of liquidity to EDGX, so long as added liquidity on EDGX is at least 5,000,000 shares greater than the previous calendar month.

Any subscriber only meeting criteria (iii) above that, but for the liquidity added on EDGX, would have qualified for a better rebate with respect to liquidity added on another exchange or ECN that the subscriber has previously qualified for in the prior three calendar months, shall be reimbursed the difference between the rebate received and the rebate potentially received, so long as source documentation evidencing the above is provided to Direct Edge within fifteen (15) calendar days from the end of the relevant month. Subscribers can only receive reimbursement with respect to two consecutive calendar months.

[2] Rate contingent upon subscriber adding greater than 1,000,000 shares on a daily basis, measured monthly. Subscribers not meeting this minimum will be charged $0.0030 per share.

[3] "Cost" for removing liquidity from the NYSE is $0.0008 per share. Adding liquidity on the NYSE is free. Pending NYSE implementation of real time notification, blended transactions will be charged as $0.0008 per share removed liquidity.

Subscribers routing 20,000,000 shares or more on a daily basis, measured monthly, to Nasdaq through EDGA using order types that are solely eligible for routing to Nasdaq will be charged at $0.0028 per share with respect to EDGA routed volume using said order type. Subscribers routing 30,000,000 shares per day will be charged $0.0027 per share.

Orders re-routed out of any route destination will be charged $0.0030 per share.

[4] $0.000025 rate contingent upon subscriber internalizing greater than 1,000,000 shares on a daily basis, measured monthly. Subscribers not meeting this threshold will be charged $0.00014 per share.

[5]Capped at $10,000 per month per subscriber

[6]Odd-Lot executions on NYSEArca that occur either directly or indirectly (e.g., odd-lot orders routed to NYSEArca via NASDAQ). This charge does not apply to routed round or mixed lots that result in an odd-lot execution.

[7]Free ports are contingent on the Subscriber executing 200,000 shares or more of combined liquidity on EDGX and/or EDGA on a monthly basis, per port.  Any port (or number of ports) in excess of this will be charged $50 per port, per month.



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Total Volume includes matched and routed volume for both EDGA and EDGX. ELP Volume includes shares matched involving enhanced liquidity providers.