NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq:NYFX), a provider of innovative solutions that optimize trading efficiency, announced Friday that RiskMetrics Group, its proxy advisory firm, has recommended that NYFIX stockholders vote "FOR" the company's proposed merger with NYSE Euronext (NYX), according to an NYSE Euronext company release.

The special meeting of shareholders of NYFIX to vote on the NYSE Euronext acquisition is scheduled for November 3, 2009, and the proxy statement describing the meeting was mailed to holders of record of NYFIX common stock as of September 18, 2009, the record date for the special meeting.

NYFIX also announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, relating to the proposed merger was terminated early on October 13, 2009. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FILED WITH THE SEC NYFIX has filed with the SEC and mailed to its stockholders a definitive proxy statement in connection with the proposed merger with NYSE. The proxy statement contains important information about NYFIX, the proposed merger and related matters. Investors and security holders of NYFIX are urged to read the proxy statement carefully.

Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement for the proposed merger and other documents filed with the SEC by NYFIX through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement for the proposed merger by contacting NYFIX's proxy solicitor, Georgeson, Inc., 199 Water Street, 26th Floor New York, NY 10038-3650, phone: 212-440-9800, toll-free: 888-666-2572, banks and brokers: 212-440-9800.

NYFIX and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the transaction contemplated by the merger agreement with NYSE. Information regarding NYFIX's directors and executive officers is contained in NYFIX's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and its proxy statement dated April 28, 2009, which are filed with the SEC, and in NYFIX's definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed merger with NYSE, which was filed with the SEC on September 28, 2009. As of August 26, 2009, NYFIX's directors and executive officers beneficially directly owned approximately 3,209,364 shares, or 7.62% of NYFIX's common stock. This excludes 21,656,396 common shares owned by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. in the form of common shares, Series B convertible preferred shares and warrants convertible into common shares, as to which William Janeway and Cary Davis, directors of NYFIX, who are partners in Warburg Pincus & Co., disclaim beneficial ownership. Information regarding NYFIX's directors and officers and a more complete description of the interests of NYFIX's directors and officers is available in the definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed merger with NYSE.