Liquidnet Holdings Files Registration Statement with the SEC for an Initial Public Offering

July 2, 2008 8:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. today announced it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The shares in the offering will be offered by certain selling stockholders of Liquidnet. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been determined.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are joint bookrunners on the transaction. Other underwriters include Liquidnet, Inc., JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Inc., and Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time that the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Copies of the preliminary prospectus for the offering, when available, may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Dept., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, fax: 212-902-9316 or e-mail at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; and from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC: Credit Suisse Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, telephone: 800-221-1037.

About Liquidnet

Liquidnet is an electronic marketplace that facilitates equities trading for institutional investors worldwide. It has more than 500 Member firms and 22 streaming liquidity partners. Launched in 2001, Liquidnet now trades in 29 countries across five continents. Liquidnet is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.

(C) 2008 Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Liquidnet, Inc. is a member of FINRA/SIPC. Liquidnet Europe Limited is regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority and is a member of the London Stock Exchange. Liquidnet Canada Inc. is a member of IDA/CIPF. Liquidnet Asia Limited is regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission as a licensed dealer and a provider of automated trading services pursuant to the Securities and Futures Ordinance and is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Recognized Market Operator. Liquidnet Japan Inc. is regulated by the Financial Services Agency of Japan and is a member of JSDA/JIPF. Liquidnet Australia Pty Ltd. is a licensed corporation under the Corporations Act of Australia, AFSL number 312525.

SOURCE Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.

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