Bats ETF Marketplace Welcomes New Elkhorn ETF

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed the Elkhorn S&P High Quality Preferred ETF (Bats: EPRF).

EPRF is the second ETF from Elkhorn to be listed on Bats and seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield of the S&P U.S. High Quality Preferred Stock Index.

Elkhorn was founded by ETF industry pioneer Ben Fulton and the firm seeks to design innovative investment solutions for the ETF marketplace. Additional information regarding the new Elkhorn ETF is available at www.elkhorn.com/EPRF.

Bats ranks as the top exchange operator for ETF trading with the Bats Exchanges – BYX, BZX, EGDA, EDGX – executing 24.7% of all ETF trading for the month of April 2016. Bats has been the #1 U.S. market for ETF trading and the #2 U.S. market for overall equities trading for every month of 2016.

Additional information regarding listing and trading on The Bats ETF Marketplace is available on the Bats website. ETF issuers interested in joining the many firms listing on Bats may email listings@bats.com.

About Bats Global Markets, Inc.

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) is a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, dedicated to Making Markets Better. Bats is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operates the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and the #1 market globally for ETF trading. We also operate growing ETF listings venues in the U.S. and Europe, two U.S. options exchanges and Bats Hotspot, our global foreign exchange market. 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 and Singapore. Visit bats.com and @BatsGlobal for more information.

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