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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes to U.S. Indices

Date 22/06/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:
Share change In S&P Japan MidCap 100 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 22/06/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Wednesday June 29th, 2005:
SEC: Office Of The Chief Accountant Selects Two Professional Accounting Fellows

Date 22/06/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant has selected two professional accounting fellows for two-year terms: Michael G. Gaynor, formerly a senior manager in KPMG LLP's Department of Professional Practice based in New York, N.Y., beginning in June 2005; and Joseph D. McGrath, currently a senior manager in Ernst & Young LLP's North Central Area Professional Practice Group based in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning in July 2005.
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

Date 22/06/2005

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding for the S&P/HKEx LargeCap effective at the open of business Thursday, June 30, 2005.
OMX Calls Extraordinary General Meeting

Date 22/06/2005

The Board of Directors of OMX has today decided to call an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholder to take place on August 19, 2005 at 12.00 CET at the OMX office on Tullvaktsvägen 15 in Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose of the Extraordinary General Meeting is to elect a new member to the Board of Directors of OMX, to replace Henrik Normann who has resigned from the Board of Directors.

NYSE Honored To Welcome Vietnamese Prime Minister, H.E. Phan Van KHAI

Date 22/06/2005

The New York Stock Exchange is honored to open its doors to the Vietnamese delegation in conjunction with Prime Minister Phan Van KHAI’s official visit to the U.S.
NYMEX Europe Appoints Public Director

Date 22/06/2005

NYMEX Europe Limited announced today that it has appointed Alan Whiting as an independent non–executive director of the board.
NYMEX And Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announce Patent Publication For Innovative Securities Linked To Commodities

Date 22/06/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today the publication by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office of a patent application for a Method and System for Securitizing Contracts Valued on an Index. The application, jointly developed by the two exchanges, will create an innovative structured financial product that will allow investors, for the first time in the U.S. markets, to trade securities linked to the value of a commodity index. The provi
KOSDAQ Index Rises As The World’s Fastest Growing Stock Index During The First Half Of 2005

Date 22/06/2005

The KOSDAQ Index rose by 28.89% during the first half of 2005(from Jan. 2 to May 16, 2005), thereby posting the fastest growth rate of the 45 indexes of the WFE(World Federation of Exchanges) member exchanges, while the KOSPI ranked 8th with a growth rate of 11.97%.
CBOT Member/Shareholders Overwhelmingly Support “Second Approval” Proposition - 98 Percent Of The Votes Cast Were In Favor Of The Proposal

Date 22/06/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that shareholders overwhelmingly supported a proposal, commonly referred to as the “second approval,” allowing the Board of Directors of the Exchange’s parent, CBOT Holdings, to engage in a variety of capital raising transactions, including a possible initial public offering. Of the votes cast, 98 percent were in favor of the CBOT’s second approval.