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Iceland Stock Exchange Did Not Open For Trading Today Due To A Failure In CANTAT3

Date 28/08/2002

ICEX will not open for trading today due to a failure in the CANTAT3 fiber cable. Efforts by Landssimi Islands hf (Iceland Telecom, listed company, symbol SIMI) to establish a satellite link through which telecommuncations traffic between Iceland and the rest of the world can be re-routed have so far been unsuccessful. These efforts are expected to succeed soon. Therefore, ICEX expects regular trading hours tomorrow.

HKEx Publishes 2002 Interim Report On Web

Date 28/08/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Wednesday) published its 2002 interim report on HKEx website at http://www.hkex.com.hk under Investor Relations Corner of the Corporate section.

GL TRADE Achieves 33% Growth In Sales And Maintains Profitability In The First Half Of 2002, Despite A Difficult Economic Climate - Sales: € 61.1 M - Up 33 % - Net Profit (Before Goodwill): € 8.4 M - Up 36 %

Date 28/08/2002

The following results were released by the board on 27th August 2002: € millions June 30, 2002 June 30, 2001 % Increase Sales 61.1 45.9 +33%

Financial Results Presentation Presented By Richard Humphry, ASX Managing Director And Chief Executive Officer

Date 28/08/2002

To view the presentation by Richard Humphry, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ASX Results for the full year ended 30 June 2002, please click here.

CBOT 10-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures Set New Volume Record

Date 28/08/2002

Continuing to display one of the exchange's best new-product performances, the Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOTâ) 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contract set a new daily volume record of 16,411 contracts on Tuesday, August 27. The former daily volume record of 12,414 contracts was set May 28, 2002.

BrokerTec Futures Exchange September 11th Remembrance

Date 28/08/2002

In remembrance of the terrorists attacks of last year, on September 11, 2002, BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX) will close for one minute at 8:46 a.m. (New York time), the time that the first plane hit the World Trade Center, and for one minute at 10:29 a.m. (New York time), the time the second tower collapsed. During these closures, all orders will remain in the system and participants will not be able to execute, modify, delete or update any of these orders. In addition, BTEX will close early

BrokerTec Clearing Company Delivery Dates for September 2002 Contracts

Date 28/08/2002

Listed below are the delivery dates for the BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX) September 2002 contracts. BTEX Contract

ASX Results For The Full Year Ended 30 June 2002 - Announces A Record Full-Year Profit Of $59.1 Million

Date 28/08/2002

SUMMARY Record profit of $59.1 million, an increase of 15.9% Record revenue of $205.1 million, an increase of 6.5% Earnings of 60.9 cents per share (pre goodwill) Final dividend of 21.1 cents per share fully franked Increase in the level of trading activity for all products.

ASX Corporate Governance Statement

Date 28/08/2002

ASX's board and management are committed to conducting the company's business ethically and in a way that is open and accountable to shareholders and the wider marketplace. We believe our corporate governance practices as a listed company are appropriately rigorous and of a high standard. We also accept that we have a leadership role in setting and articulating corporate governance standards in Australia. We believe that the general level of corporate governance practice in Australia is at

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 August 2002

Date 27/08/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 30 August 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report and a GDP figure on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Normal trading starts at 9:00am on TIFFE, but trading starts 15 minutes earlier at 8:45am on the announcement days of BOJ's TANKAN report, BOJ's Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices, a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production and a GDP figure.