KCG

Knight Capital Group, Inc.

Knight Capital Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, “Knight” or the “Company”), is a financial services firm that provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes to buy- and sell-side firms as well as offers capital markets services to corporate issuers and private companies.

The Company was organized in January 2000 as the successor to the business of Knight/Trimark Group, Inc. (the “Predecessor”). The Predecessor was organized in April 1998 as the successor to the business of Roundtable Partners, LLC, which was formed in March 1995. In May 2000, the Company changed its name from Knight/Trimark Group, Inc. to Knight Trading Group, Inc., and in May 2005 the Company further changed its name to Knight Capital Group, Inc. Our corporate headquarters are located at 545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310. Our telephone number is (201) 222-9400.

We are a financial services firm that provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes for buy-side and sell-side clients. We seek to continually apply our expertise and innovation to the trade execution process to build lasting client relationships through consistent performance and superior client service. We also offer capital markets services to corporate issuers. We have three operating segments within our continuing operations, Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (“FICC”) and Corporate.

•Equities—Our Equities segment includes equity market-making, and electronic and voice institutional sales and trading in global equities, futures and options. In the course of market-making and trading, we provide capital facilitation and a range of complementary services. Within our Equities segment, we also offer equity capital markets services.
•FICC—Our FICC segment includes global research, voice sales and trading in fixed income, as well as electronic trading in fixed income and foreign exchange. Fixed income research generates analytical reports containing recommendations across a wide range of securities and sectors. Within our FICC segment, we also offer debt capital markets services.
•Corporate—Our Corporate segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains all corporate overhead expenses and all other expenses that are not attributable to the Equities and FICC segments. Corporate overhead expenses consist of compensation for senior executives and other employees of the corporate holding company, expenses from legal and other professional services relating to corporate matters as well as directors’ fees and directors’ and officers’ insurance. Results of our Corporate segment includes income from investments in funds formerly managed by Deephaven Capital Management.

At December 31, 2009, our headcount from continuing operations was 1,126 full-time employees, compared to 910 full-time employees at December 31, 2008. The increase in headcount is primarily related to personnel additions related to prior acquisitions, new products and geographic expansion throughout the year. Of our 1,126 full-time employees at December 31, 2009, 976 were employed in the U.S. and 150 outside the U.S., primarily in London. None of our employees is subject to a collective bargaining agreement. We believe that our relations with our employees are good.

Our Internet address is www.knight.com. We make available free of charge, on or through the “Investor Relations” section of our corporate website under “SEC Filings”, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed on behalf of directors and executive officers, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and our proxy statement as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Also posted on our corporate website is our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) governing our directors, officers and employees. Within the time period required by the SEC, we will post on our corporate website any amendments and waivers to such Code applicable to our executive officers and directors, as defined in the Code.