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NYBOT's Coffee Options Contract Continues Record-Setting Pace

Date 08/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®)xannounced today that its coffee options contract set another new open interest record of 97,771 contracts on Wednesday, November 6, 2002.The new high replaces the old record of 97,032 contracts set on Tuesday,November 5, 2002.

NYBOT's Coffee "C" futures contract calls for delivery of washed arabica coffee produced in nineteen Central and South American, Asian and African countries. The options contract has a ticker symbol of "KO."

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee,Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York CottonExchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiariesand divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural,currency and index products. Information about the New York Boardof Trade can be found at www.nybot.com