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N2N Connect Signs Landmark Deal To Provide Trading Platform Access For Philippine Stock Exchange
Kuala Lumpur, 5 June 2012 Malaysias ACE-listed N2N Connect Berhad (N2N Connect) signed an agreement today with the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) to provide exchange-wide online trading, direct market access (DMA) and advanced trading tools including automated order taking and algorithmic trading for the latters trading participants (TPs) and their clients. The agreement was signed in Manila by PSE President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Hans B. Sicat, on behalf of the Exchange, and N2N Connects founder and Executive Director Mr Nicholas Chua on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary N2N Global Solutions Sdn. Bhd. (N2N). While N2N Connect has secured contracts to implement securities trading solutions for Malaysian as well as regional securities companies, the PSE deal is the first it has scored directly with an ASEAN stock exchange. N2N Connect has completed or is engaged in implementing DMA access for 13 Malaysian stockbroking houses ahead of a 30 September deadline set by Bursa Malaysia. N2N Connect provides a suite of state-of-the-art applications to facilitate securities trading, whether off-line or online, risk management as well as access to global multi-instrument markets information, tools and analysis. Multi-lingual solutions are delivered through multi-channels desktop PCs, tablet PCs, and smartphones. Under the latest agreement, N2N Connect will provide software solutions that allow PSE to offer online trading for TPs clients who wish to execute and monitor orders on their own. The new platform that promotes the DMA gateway would also provide trading terminals, automated order taking facility and algorithm trading for dealers, traders, and TPs more sophisticated clients. With the new agreement, PSE and its TPs will be able to enjoy cost savings, better staff and operational efficiency and reduce capital expenditure by tapping on the cloud-based pay-per-use model of N2N Connect which has operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

We are pleased to partner with N2N for these technology solutions that will open up the doors for more trading participants to offer online trading services to stock market investors. N2N Connects experience in information and communications technology and the financial industry spans decades and we plan to leverage on their expertise so we can provide the most appropriate and efficient solution for our market, said PSEs Mr. Sicat. The solutions provide PSE with a unified platform to connect more effectively with its TPs, with the added advantage of having opportunities to connect with exchanges overseas. PSE can improve risk management for itself and its TPs, who can also access advanced tools to give them advantages in securities trading, Mr Andrew Tiang, Managing Director of N2N Connect said. N2N will be providing the following technology solutions to the PSE that will cover a web-based trading management system, a mobile wireless application and risk management. TraderConnectTM Pro (TcPro) is a high-end client-server base trading platform which caters for multi-asset class, multi-currency, multi-lingual and multi-exchange trading encompassing comprehensive trading options, including strategy, algorithmic, technical charting, market analysis, excel extension as well as fundamental data and screener, etc. TraderConnectTM LITE (TcLite) is a web-based trading management system which caters to both equity and derivative trading. The user will be able to monitor the order status and manage the stock portfolio, gather relevant market information and make worthy market decisions. iMSL is a mobile wireless application developed for equity trading which operates on web-based mobile phones as well as iOS App which is available via Apple AppStore. It enables investors, who have registered with participating stockbrokers, to trade in a totally mobile environment. The solution also includes a system for risk management called the Broker Management System (BMS) which enables the maintenance of fundamental data pertaining to trader, client and controls trading and risk profiles. For more complex market conditions, an advance risk management called DecisionConnect is available. This is a comprehensive real-time risk management solution designed to govern every level of transactions, starting from Pre-Trade Analysis and checks till booking the order and submission to the markets.

It is a great honour that the PSE has chosen to work with N2N to promote online trading and DMA to PSEs trading participants. We have been providing Institutional Trading, Retail and Direct Market Access Gateway for several years now and our solutions are already certified, conformed and connected with several buy side institutions via varieties of financial networks and this will help to quickly propel PSE to the forefront as a DMA-enabled

exchange. This is our first agreement to provide trading solutions for an ASEAN exchange, and we look forward to a more unified ASEAN trading market. Mr. Tiang said. -- End of News Release -About N2N Connect Berhad N2N Connect is an applications service provider (ASP) for the e-commerce and m-commerce segments of the financial industry. Established in 2000, the company provides online trading, online risk management as well as mobile and SMS trading and marketing services. It was listed on the Malaysian Exchange Of Securities Dealing & Automated Quotations (now known as ACE) in November 2005 and counts banks and stock broking houses among its customers. The company has a string of achievements including being the first in Malaysia to offer real time portfolio management system for online trading in 2000 and the first in the Asian region to launch mobile wireless PDA trading in 2003. The company is among the few that has won the Best Financial Application Award in Asia Pacific ICT competition (APICTA) twice, in 2004 and 2006 as well as Best Financial Application in the 2008 The Asian Banker Summit Award.

About the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. The PSE is a self-regulatory organization that provides and ensures a fair, efficient, transparent and orderly market for the buying and selling of securities. Considered one of oldest bourses in Asia, the PSE traces its roots back to the country's two former bourses -- the Manila Stock Exchange (formed in 1927) and the Makati Stock Exchange (formed in 1963) which were unified on December 23, 1992 to form the PSE. On December 15, 2003, the PSE became a listed company. The PSE has 133 active stockbrokers or trading participants and 254 listed firms. The year 2011 was a banner year for the PSEi, the countrys benchmark index. The benchmark indexs finish for 2011 was higher by 170.82 points or 4.1 percent from its previous close of 4,201.14 in 2010, and was among the top performers in Asia. Its surge continued in 2012 with the PSEi hitting new record levels 19 times, the latest of which was on May 3, when the benchmark closed at 5,300.41 points. The PSEi is composed of 30 select listed companies and is used as the main barometer to measure the over-all performance of the stock market.

For media queries, please contact: On behalf of N2N Connect Berhad: WeR1 Consultants Pte Ltd Josephine Auxilio josephine@wer1.net Tel: + (65) 6737 4844

PSE Media Contact PSE Public and Investor Relations Elizabeth S. Lacson eslacson@pse.com.ph Tel: +(632) 688-7583 Nina B. Zabella nrbocalan@pse.com.ph Tel: +(632) 688-7582