BRENT INDEX

FINANCIAL SERVICES, NAMELY, CALCULATING, COLLECTING, COMPILING, ANALYZING, ESTIMATING, EVALUATING, AND REPORTING FINANCIAL PRICE INFORMATION FOR USE IN TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS; PROVIDING INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT RATES, FINANCIAL MARGIN RATES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES; OPERATING A COMMODITIES AND COMMODITY DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE; PROVIDING FINANCIAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING CURRENCIES, COMMODITIES, FUTURES, DERIVATIVES, SECURITIES, SHARES, STOCKS, OPTIONS AND BONDS; FINANCIAL CLEARING AND CLEARING HOUSE SERVICES, NAMELY, CLEARING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING CURRENCIES, COMMODITIES, FUTURES, DERIVATIVES, SECURITIES, SHARES, STOCKS, OPTIONS AND BONDS; FINANCIAL INVESTMENT AND ADVISORY SERVICES; MONITORING OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS FOR OTHERS, ALSO KNOWN AS, GLOBAL INVESTMENT RESEARCH SERVICES; DISSEMINATING REAL-TIME AND HISTORIC FINANCIAL NEWS, DATA AND INFORMATION FOR THE PURCHASING, SELLING, ADMINISTERING, MANAGING, MONITORING, SETTLING, CLEARING, PRICING, VALUING AND TRACKING OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, CURRENCIES, COMMODITIES, FUTURES, DERIVATIVES, SECURITIES, SHARES, STOCKS, OPTIONS AND BONDS; FINANCIAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SERVICES; BROKERAGE SERVICES INVOLVING CURRENCIES, COMMODITIES, FUTURES, DERIVATIVES, SECURITIES, SHARES, STOCKS, OPTIONS AND BONDS; FINANCIAL PLANNING; AND PROVIDING ALL OF THE AFORESAID SERVICES ON-LINE FROM A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK, THE INTERNET AND INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN THE NATURE OF COMPUTER TERMINALS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES