BUSINESS WIRE – KANSAS CITY, Mo. & NEW YORK & LONDON-Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global exchange operator and provider of market data and other financial markets services, today reported July data and highlights, including strong market share across all of its markets for the month.

Highlights for July include:

• Remaining the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 23.8% of all volume during the month, and winning 28% of all U.S. ETF listings so far this year;
• Welcoming three new issuers to the Bats ETF Marketplace – Legg Mason, ARK Investment Management, and Cambria – bringing the total number of issuers to 15 listing a total of 98 ETFs;
• Receiving SEC approval of its filing to adopt generic listings standards for actively managed ETFs;
• Maintaining market leadership in single-leg equity options trades with 17.0% market share;
• Maintaining its position as the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 20.4% market share;
• Unveiling the Community Policing Program for its U.S. Equities and Options exchanges;
• Retaining its position as the largest European stock exchange with 23.1% market share and the largest trade reporting facility with €345.9 billion reported to BXTR for the month;
• Recording average daily volume of $26.2 billion for Hotspot, the company’s institutional spot foreign exchange market;
• Recording more than $104 billion of notional value per day touched by the Bats markets in July, including trades reported to BXTR.

July 2016 Volume and Market Share Overview

Highlights for the month of July are outlined below by business line.

U.S. EQUITIES: Bats Exchanges (BYX, BZX, EDGA, EDGX) Volume & Market Share

• During July, the BZX Exchange ranked 1^st or 2^nd in quality of trading in 50% of the stocks in the S&P 500^® Index, as measured by effective spread, according to the Bats market quality statistics.
• Combined, the Bats Exchanges had the lowest effective spread in 59% of the top 100 exchange-traded products in July.

For additional U.S. equities market volume information: Bats U.S. Equities Market Volume Summary

U.S. OPTIONS: Bats Options (BZX Options + EDGX Options) Volume & Market Share

For additional U.S. Options market volume information: Bats U.S. Options Market Volume Summary

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Hotspot Highlights, Volume & Market Share Statistics²

Hotspot daily, monthly, and quarterly volumes are posted on the Hotspot website.

EUROPEAN EQUITIES: Bats Europe + BXTR Volume & Market Share³

• According to Bats statistics on market size, 38.5% of all equity transactions in Europe (either traded on exchange or OTC) touched Bats’ systems in July.

BATS INDICES: July Monthly Performance for Key Bats Indices

Additional information is available on the Bats Indices website.

EUROPE: Bats Europe Equities & Market Share

For additional European Equities market volume information: Bats Europe Market Volume Summary

About Bats Global Markets, Inc.

Bats Global Markets, Inc. is a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, dedicated to Making Markets Better. We are the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operate the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and are the #1 market globally for ETF trading. We also operate two fast-growing U.S. options exchanges. In the global foreign exchange market, we operate Hotspot. ETF.com, a leading provider of ETF news, data and analysis, is a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, London, Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore and Quito. Visitbats.com and @BatsGlobal for more information.