Bats Europe To Launch New European Equities Large In Scale Negotiation Facility Called Bats LIS - Bats LIS To Be Powered By BIDS Trading Software, A Proven And Experienced Leader In Block Trading In The U.S.

Bats Europe, the region’s largest stock exchange operator, and BIDS Trading LP (BIDS), the largest block trading ATS by volume in the U.S., announced today that Bats Europe has agreed to license BIDS technology to launch Bats LIS, a new block trading service for the European equity market.