Communicator Inc, Crowned Vendor of the Year for Trade Processing

London and New York, 28 September 2006 - Communicator Inc ("Communicator"), the leading technology provider of automated solutions for the processing of over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives, now part of Markit Group Limited ("Markit"), is delighted to announce it has won Operations Management's Vendor of the Year award for its trade processing platform. Communicator was acquired by Markit in May this year.

The award winners were judged based on votes for the nominees, and were announced at a ceremony in New York last night to celebrate Operations Management's 5th Annual Dream Team Awards. Nominees in the Vendor of the Year category included T-Zero, Information Mosaic and SunGard Transaction Network.

Leo Schlinkert, Executive Vice President and Head of Trade Processing and Distribution at Markit, said: "Winning Operations Management's Vendor of the Year Award is a real honour, and reinforces the uniqueness of our trade processing service. Not only do we cover all instruments in every OTC derivative asset class, but we process over 40,000 trades every month. At a time of heightened concern among regulators in the U.S. and in Europe over the infrastructure failing to keep pace with these rapidly growing markets, we are very focused on helping our clients reduce operational risk by offering them an optimal post-trade processing solution."

Jason Parker, Head of Middle Office at CQS, commented: "With CQS being the first Europe-based fund manager to subscribe to Markit's Communicator platform, we are delighted to hear they have been voted No. 1 for this trade processing service. We chose to subscribe due to its ability to provide a comprehensive overview of trade workflow across asset class, instrument and counterparty, thus significantly enhancing operational efficiency and control."

Markit is the leading provider of independent data, valuations and OTC derivative trade processing to the global financial and commodities markets. Its products and services are used by over 600 institutions to enhance trading operations, reduce risk and manage compliance.

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About Markit

Markit Group Limited is the leading provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing to the global financial and commodities markets. The company receives daily data contributions from over 70 dealing firms, and its services are used by over 600 institutions to enhance trading operations, reduce risk and manage compliance. Markit's recent acquisition of MarketXS, a leading provider of real-time technology and trading solutions to the financial services industry, will power the distribution of its data and services.

Markit's position in the derivatives markets has been acknowledged by the industry with awards from Financial News for Best Derivatives Data Solution and Best New Vendor Solution for its Portfolio Valuations service; Credit for Best Operational Support Services Provider 2006; Inside Market Data for Reference Data Provider of the Year 2006, and Company to Watch 2006; Risk Magazine for Trading Initiative of the Year 2006 (Credit Event Fixings); Structured Finance International's Editor's Award for Advancing Structured Finance 2006; International Securitisation Report's Editor's Award for Innovation 2005; International Financing Review's Innovation of the Year 2005 (Credit Event Fixings); Financial News' Best Derivatives Data Provider 2005; and Institutional Investor's Operations Management Award for Vendor of the Year 2005.