Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. Connectivity Services Fee Schedule A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 1
Table of Contents 1 DOCUMENT VERSION HISTORY... 3 2 INTRODUCTION... 4 SCOPE... 4 3 PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY... 5 4 FIX SESSION BUNDLES... 6 5 NITCH MULTICAST MARKET DATA... 6 6 DATA CENTRE INFORMATION... 7 PRODUCTION DATA CENTRE (PDC) ADDRESS... 7 DISASTER RECOVERY DATA CENTRE (DR) ADDRESS... 7 7 GENERAL TEST ENVIRONMENT (GTE)... 7 8 SUPPORT... 7 A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 2
1 Document Version History Date Comments / Revision Type Initial version for Aequitas NEO Exchange launch A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 3
2 Introduction This Connectivity Services Fee Schedule provides the details specific to physical connectivity fees as well as FIX sessions and multicast feeds. Technical information on how to connect to Aequitas NEO Exchange Production, Disaster Recovery (DR) and General Test Environment (GTE), including relevant key contacts, location details, and other specifics as may be found in the Aequitas NEO Exchange Connectivity Guide. The Production and DR data centre facilities are located within Q9 Networks ( Q9 ) data centres in Toronto and Brampton, with GTE being hosted exclusively in Brampton. For access to Production and DR, members and service facilitators, such as market data vendors and independent software vendors, will be encouraged to establish connectivity to both locations to minimize service interruptions. Members and service facilitators will be responsible for choosing their communication service providers and arranging for circuits to both data centres. For access to GTE, dealers and service facilitators must establish connectivity to one of the data centre locations. If connectivity for GTE is provisioned to the Toronto facility, Aequitas NEO Exchange will manage connectivity on the dealer s or service facilitator s behalf to the DR facility specifically and only for access to GTE. The GTE environment is only intended for functional testing of order entry, drop copy and multicast market data feeds for the Aequitas NEO Exchange, and order entry and drop copy services for the SOR. Non-functional testing is not permitted in this environment. No fees in this Connectivity Services Fee Schedule will be in effect prior to the production launch date for Aequitas NEO Exchange, with the exception of those in the Physical Connectivity section (section 3) which will be payable as of the installation date. All fees for physical connectivity will be effective and begin to accrue as of the installation date, but will be not be invoiced until the production launch. Scope This Connectivity Services Fee Schedule provides fee information with respect to connectivity with the Aequitas NEO Exchange production environment. All parties connecting directly to the Aequitas NEO Exchange production environment are required to sign a Connectivity Services Agreement. A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 4
3 Physical Connectivity The following table depicts the fee structures associated with physical connectivity to the Aequitas NEO Exchange production environment. Each fee option applies to both the Primary and DR data centre. More specifically, a fee will be charged separately for each data centre to which a party seeks to be connected. Service Options Customer located in Q9: Customer Fees Add-on Services One-time Monthly 1G copper $0 $0 1G single mode fiber $500 $0 1G multi mode fiber $500 $0 10G single mode $500 $1,000 $750.00 per month for each subsequent port 10G multi mode $500 $1,000 $750.00 per month for each subsequent port Customer provisioning circuits to Q9: 1G copper $0 $0 1G single mode fiber $800 $140 1G multi mode fiber $800 $140 10G single mode $800 $1,000 $750.00 per month for each subsequent port 10G multi mode $800 $1,000 $750.00 per month for each subsequent port Customer located in Shared Cabinet (per device): 1G copper $0 $500 1G single mode fiber $800 $640 1G multi mode fiber $800 $640 10G single mode $800 $1,500 $1250.00 per month for each subsequent port 10G multi mode $800 $1,500 $1250.00 per month for each subsequent port Note: All of the above monthly fees are subject to certain terms and conditions, including a minimum 12 month term, reflecting the terms and conditions of Aequitas NEO Exchange s agreement with Q9 that provides for cross-connects. Refer to Additional Charges (paragraph 5.5) and Adjustments to Fees (paragraph 5.2) in the Connectivity Services Agreement. Examples: 1) Customer is already located at Q9 Networks in Toronto Request: 1 x 1G Copper connection to Aequitas NEO Exchange PDC One-time Fee: $0.00 Monthly Fee: $0.00 2) Customer is not currently located at Q9 Networks in Toronto Request: 2 x 10G Fiber multi mode connections to Aequitas NEO Exchange PDC One-time Fee: $1600.00 Monthly Fee: $1750.00 3) Customer is not currently located at Q9 Networks Request: One-time Fee: $2400.00 Monthly Fee: $4250.00 2 x 10G Fiber multi mode connections to Aequitas NEO Exchange PDC 2 x network device hosted in Aequitas NEO Exchange PDC shared cabinet 1 x 10G Fiber multi mode connection to Aequitas NEO Exchange DR 1 x network device hosted in Aequitas NEO Exchange DR shared cabinet A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 5
4 FIX Session Bundles The FIX session fees indicated below are specific to the Aequitas NEO Exchange production environment. 1 Service Options Customer Fees One-time Monthly Add-on Services Base Package (PDC) includes: $0 $0 5 x Order Entry FIX Sessions $250.00 per month for each package of 5 FIX Sessions 1 x SOR Order Entry FIX Session $100.00 per month for each SOR OE FIX Session 1 x Drop Copy FIX Session $100.00 per month for each DC FIX Session Base Package (DR) includes: $1,000 $500 Up to the same number of FIX sessions as subscribed to for the Base Package Note: All monthly fees for FIX sessions are waived until Aequitas NEO Exchange reaches 5% market share 2. 5 NITCH Multicast Market Data The multicast fees indicated below are specific to the Aequitas NEO Exchange production environment. 3 Service Options Customer Fees One-time Monthly Add-on Services Primary Connection (PDC) includes: $0 $1,500 Multicast A or B feed $500 per month additional for both A and B feeds 1 x recovery session $500 per month for each subsequent recovery session in either PDC or DR Secondary Connection (DR) includes: $0 $500 Multicast C or D feed $500 per month additional for both C and D 1 A volume discount is available to those requiring a total of 30 FIX sessions or more 2 The monthly FIX session fees are waived until Aequitas NEO Exchange reaches 5% market share in total across all books, based on one or more of the following: total trading volume, total trading value or total number of trades, in each case over one month and across all Canadian marketplaces. Upon reaching this threshold, Aequitas NEO Exchange will provide 30 days' prior written notice to Customers that it will begin charging the monthly fee. 3 A volume discount is availabe to those requiring a total of 5 multicast feeds (including recovery sessions) or more A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 6
6 Data Centre Information Production Data Centre (PDC) Address Q9 Networks Toronto 100 Wellington Street West, Toronto, ON, M5K 1G8, Canada Disaster Recovery Data Centre (DR) Address Q9 Networks Brampton 1895 Williams Parkway, Brampton, ON, L6S 6E6, Canada 7 General Test Environment (GTE) The General Test Environment is provided free of charge up until the end of 2015. The fee for 2016 and forward will be published during Q4 2015. 8 Support For general inquiries or support, please contact Trading Services at: Phone: (416) 933-5950 / (855) 220-6366 E-mail: tradingservices@aequin.com Trading Services support is available Monday through Friday GTE support: 9:00 (ET) to 17:00 (ET) Production support: 6:00(ET) to 17:30(ET) A E Q U I T A S N E O E X C H A N G E 7