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SEC Fee Rate Advisory #7

Date 21/12/2001

The Congress has passed, and will soon send to the President for signature, H.R. 1088, the "Investor and Capital Markets Relief Act." If signed by the President, this Act would substantially reduce the fee rates under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g), and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The fee rates under Securities Act Section 6(b) and Exchange Act Sections 13(e) and 14(g) would decline to $92 per $1,000,000 effective October 1, 2001. The fee rate
Samer Iskandar Appointed Director, Head Of Corporate Communications Of Euronext N.V.

Date 21/12/2001

Samer Iskandar has been appointed Director, head of Corporate Communications, of Euronext NV. Samer will define and conduct the group's communication strategy towards the media, and will be a member of the Executive Committee of Euronext NV. He will be in charge of the press offices of Euronext in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, as well as those of exchanges that might be absorbed by Euronext in the future.
NYBOT Announces New Coffee Bagging Procedures

Date 21/12/2001

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that effective January 2, 2002, amendments to its Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange rules require warehouses to flag Exchange lots that need to be rebagged in its Commodity Operations Processing System ("COPS"), as well as provide procedures for the coffee owner to contest the warehouse's determination.
Niklas Midby To Leave OM

Date 21/12/2001

Niklas Midby, Executive Vice President OM and Head of Division Transaction, will not be taking up the position of CFO for OM as previously announced. Instead he has chosen to leave the company as of February 1, 2002.
Mark F. Duffy Re-Elected As CBOE Vice Chairman

Date 21/12/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that its membership re-elected Mark F. Duffy as Vice Chairman of the Exchange and chairman of the Executive Committee for 2002.

Joint Press Release By SEC And CFTC

Date 21/12/2001

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman James E. Newsome jointly pledged to seek prompt agency adoption of final rules relating to security futures products, pursuant to authorization of such products by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA).
Correction: Quarterly Review Euronext 100 & Next 150

Date 21/12/2001

Contrary to the press release of 18 December Eurocommercial Properties will not enter the Euronext 100 index, but the Next150 index. Instead, Rodamco Europe will enter the Euronext 100 index and not the Next 150 index.<
Closure Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange - January 1 And 2

Date 21/12/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) wishes to announce that the offices of the KLSE Group will be closed in conjunction with New Year's Day on Tuesday, 1 January 2002. The offices of the KLSE Group will resume operations on Wednesday, 2 January 2002.
CBOEdirect Adds Another Product; S&P 100 Index Options To Begin Trading

Date 21/12/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that on Thursday, December 27, 2001, options on the S&P 100® Index (OEX®& XEO(sm) will begin trading on CBOEdirect(tm), the exchange's new screen-based trading platform.
SWX: Temenos Group Ltd: No Violation Of Ad Hoc Publicity-Rules

Date 20/12/2001

On the basis of the preliminary examination that has been conducted in connection with the 3 October 2001 publication by Temenos Group AG of its revised earnings and revenue estimates that was suspected to have resulted in a potential violation of Art. 72 LR (ad hoc publicity), SWX has determined that, prior to the publication, no infor-mation pertaining to the aforementioned estimates was leaked to the market. There-fore, based on SWX's current knowledge of the facts, equal treatment of all mar