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CME And CBOT Shareholders Approve Merger- Companies Expect To Complete Historic Combination Within Days

Date 09/07/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE/Nasdaq: CME) and CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT) today announced that preliminary results indicate the shareholders of both companies have approved the proposed merger of CME and CBOT Holdings, based on a review of the proxies voted at today's special meetings by the parties’ respective proxy solicitors. In addition, preliminary results also show that CBOT members have voted to approve certain related matters in a separate member vote.
ICE Releases Open Letter To CBOT Holdings Members And Stockholders

Date 09/07/2007

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) today released the following open letter to CBOT Holdings (NYSE: BOT) members and stockholders.
NASDAQ Grants License To The CBOE Futures Exchange To Trade Futures On The CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index

Date 09/07/2007

The NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ(r)") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced it has licensed the CBOE Futures Exchange(sm) (CFE(r)) to offer futures contracts based on the CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index(sm) (symbol VXNSM, futures symbol VN), which launched on Friday, July 6.
NYBOT Hosts Special Cotton Meeting On Friday, July 13, 2007

Date 09/07/2007

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), will host an interactive panel discussion on the state of the cotton markets on Friday, July 13, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET.
ICE Closes Acquisition Of ChemConnect's Commodity Trading Business

Date 09/07/2007

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that it closed today on its acquisition of ChemConnect, Inc.'s commodity trading business. ChemConnect is the leading electronic marketplace for the natural gas liquids (NGLs) and chemicals markets, which have a notional value of approximately $150 billion. The acquisition complements ICE's leading position in the U.S. physical gas and power markets.

Speech By The Economic Secretary To The Treasury, Kitty Ussher MP, At London First's 'Building The Capital's Capital' Event, Merrill Lynch, London

Date 09/07/2007

1. Thank you to Bob for that kind introduction; it's a pleasure to be here today, and I'd like to congratulate London First for arranging such a stimulating series of discussions on Building the Capital's capital - as well as for your work, along with the Government, the Mayor and the London Development Agency, to represent London's business interests on a range of public policy issues.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, July 6, 2007

Date 09/07/2007

Daily: 10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 6,064,892 Jul 6, 2007 Old Record: 6,063,476 Jun 21, 2007
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces June Volume - PHLX Posts Record Volume For Equity Options In June

Date 09/07/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in June reached a record high when 32,731,306 contracts traded. This represented a 64.79% increase compared to the same year-ago period when 19,862,026 contracts traded. Equity option volume in June increased 9.28% compared to the previous month when 29,951, 482 contracts traded.
Nordnet Bank AB – A New Warsaw Stock Exchange Remote Member

Date 09/07/2007

On July 6, 2007, the WSE Management Board authorised Nordnet Bank AB of Sweden as a WSE Remote Member. The company will deal in all financial instruments and will operate in its own as well as in investor’s account.
American Stock Exchange Announces 2007 Mid-Year Results - Amex Lists 121 Exchange Traded Funds, 73 Structured Products And 54 New Companies - AEMI SM, Amex’s State-Of-The-Art Trading Platform, Compliant With Regulation NMS

Date 09/07/2007

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today released its 2007 mid-year business results. The Amex showed improvement in all four of its core business groups, with exchange traded funds (ETFs) and structured products on pace to set record years in new listings. The Amex also pushed forward with its technology efforts as the Exchange completed the migration of all its equities, structured products and ETFs onto AEMISM, its new state-of-the-art trading platform, which is also compliant with the