14th Annual Super Bowl of Indexing Conference

On December 7, 2009, William J. Brodsky, Chairman and CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), received the William F. Sharpe Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long support of index products as risk-management tools.

Press Release Dated Dec. 17, 2009

The award was presented at a luncheon for more than 490 investment professionals at the Super Bowl of Indexing Conference.

Al Neubert of Merrill Lynch presented the award to Mr. Brodsky.

Mr. Brodsky addressed the audience of more than 490 investment professionals.

Topics related to indexing were discussed throughout the conference.

Buy-side institutional investors discussed index topics at the CBOE booth.

Many of the past CBOE awards are at www.cboe.com/awards

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