Press Release

Andreas von Brevern

andreas.von.brevern@deutsche-boerse.com

Phone: +49 (0) 69 211 14284

Zug | Sep. 01, 2020

ZUG (Sept. 1, 2020) - Qontigo today announced the results of the regular annual review of the STOXX
Blue-Chip Indices, among them the STOXX Europe 50, EURO STOXX 50 and STOXX Nordic 30 indices,
as well as the results of the second semi-annual review of the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index. All changes
will be effective with the opening of European markets on Sep. 21, 2020.

The following stocks will be added to and deleted from the Euro STOXX 50 Index:

Additions Deletions

ADYEN (ADYEN.AS) ORANGE (ORAN.PA)

BCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA

Prosus (PRX.AS)
(BBVA.MC)

Vonovia SE (VNAn.DE) TELEFONICA (TEF.MC)

KONE B (KNEBV.H) FRESENIUS (FREG.DE)

PERNOD RICARD (PERP.PA) GRP SOCIETE GENERALE (SOGN.PA)

The following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 50 Index:

Additions Deletions

ADYEN (ADYEN.AS) BCO SANTANDER (SAN.MC)

The following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Nordic 30 Index:

Additions Deletions
NESTE (NESTE.HE) TELIA COMPANY (TELIA.ST)

HEXAGON B (HEXAb.ST) FORTUM (FORTUM.HE)

The following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index:

Additions Deletions

SEVERSTAL (CHMF.MM) VTB BANK (VTBR.MM)

ASELSAN ELNK.SANVETC. (ASELS.IS) MBANK (MBK.WA)

The STOXX Global 150, STOXX Global 200, STOXX Americas 100, STOXX All Europe 100, STOXX
Asia 100, STOXX Pacific 50, STOXX BRIC 100, STOXX Latin America 50, STOXX Sub Balkan 30
and STOXX China A 50 indices are also part of this regular quarterly review.

Furthermore, the STOXX France 50, STOXX Italy 20, STOXX Spain 20, STOXX UK 50, STOXX USA
50, STOXX Canada 50, STOXX Hong Kong 50, STOXX Japan 50, STOXX Singapore 20 and STOXX
Australia 50 indices are part of this regular quarterly review.

The new composition of these indices can be found on the respective webpages at www.stoxx.com from Sep.
21, 2020.

Changes made to the blue-chip index series are being announced today after the conclusion of the regular
annual review. The review is based on the blue-chip rules published on www.stoxx.com using the September
2020 blue-chip selection lists. The selection lists are based on the stocks in the corresponding benchmark
indices and their free-float market capitalization as of Aug. 31, 2020. The component selection lists that are
used for the 2020 annual STOXX Blue-Chip Index review are based on the Industry Classification
Benchmark (ICB). According to the new ICB framework, effective as of September 21, the EURO STOXX
50 will be based on 20 Supersectors instead of the current 19.

Please visit www.stoxx.com for further information.

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Media contacts:

Andreas von Brevern, andreas.von.brevern@deutsche-boerse.com, Phone: +49 69 211 14284

About Qontigo

Qontigo is a financial intelligence innovator and a leader in the modernization of investment management,
from risk to return. The combination of the company’s world-class indices and best-of-breed analytics, with
its technological expertise and customer-driven innovation enables its clients to achieve competitive
advantage in a rapidly changing marketplace. Qontigo’s global client base includes the world’s largest
financial products issuers, capital owners and asset managers. Created in 2019 through the combination of
STOXX, DAX and Axioma, Qontigo is part of Deutsche Börse Group, headquartered in Eschborn with key
locations in New York, Zug and London.

www.qontigo.com

About STOXX

STOXX Ltd. is Qontigo’s global index provider, currently calculating a global, comprehensive index family
of over 10,000 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity
indices EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50 and STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Ltd. maintains and
calculates the STOXX Global index family which consists of total market, broad and blue-chip indices for
the regions Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific and sub-regions Latin America and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India
and China) as well as global markets.

STOXX is the administrator of the STOXX® and DAX® indices under the European Benchmark Regulation
and exercises control over all benchmark administration processes within Qontigo.

STOXX indices are licensed to more than 600 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange
Traded Funds (ETFs), futures and options, structured products and passively managed investment funds.

www.stoxx.com

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