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Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Letter To Shareholders Regarding Possible Initial Public Offering

Date 13/03/2001

March 13, 2001 To All Shareholders: On March 7, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized steps to proceed with a possible initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. We anticipate that any offering would be accomplished through a firm commitment underwriting led by one or more nationally recognized investment banks and that our shares of the Class A common stock would be listed on Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange.
CBOT Members Set DJIA Volume Record At Over 47,000 Contracts March 12

Date 13/03/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT® members set a new DowSMJones Industrial Average (DJIASMSM) futures contract daily volume record yesterday, trading 47,221 contracts. The former DJIASMSM futures high was 40,342 contracts, set on March 16, 2000.
US Exemption For Australian Derivatives Exchange Debt Products

Date 12/03/2001

The Australian Derivatives Exchange (ADX) announced today that persons who are registered under the Commodity Exchange Act in the appropriate capacity may offer or sell ADX debt futures products.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Welcomes BAFS As A Listed Company In The Energy Sector

Date 12/03/2001

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is welcoming Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Pcl (BAFS) to the bourse’s group of listed companies. BAFS is Thailand’s first and only aviation fuel service company licensed by the Thai government to operate and administer aviation fuel reserve system and refueling services to all flights at the Bangkok International Airport.
Singapore Exchange Launches STP Initiative For Singapore Market

Date 12/03/2001

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has embarked on an initiative to bring the Singapore securities market and its institutional participants to a Straight-Through-Processing (STP) environment, from trade execution to final settlement. This initiative will include the development of common messaging standards to facilitate automated trade processing, thereby increasing settlement efficiency and reducing errors.

Proposed Changes To OM Gruppen's Board Of Directors

Date 12/03/2001

At the Annual General Meeting of OM Gruppen, due to be held on March 20, the sharehold-ers representing more than 50 per cent of the companies' shares and votes will propose that number of ordinary members of the Board remain unchanged at eight and that Gunnar Brock will be proposed as a new member of the board. Re-election will be proposed for Jan Carendi, Thomas Franzén, Per E. Larsson, Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus, Sven Nyman, Bengt Rydén and Olof Stenhammar. Lars Irstad has declined to be put
PHLX Continues To Set Records

Date 12/03/2001

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity options volume for the month of February 2001 reached 8,586,871 contracts traded, a 101 percent increase over the same month last year when 4,264,438 contracts changed hands. In addition, year-to-date equity options volume reached a record 19,292,666 contracts traded. This represents a 118 percent increase over the first two months of 2000, when 8,846,288 contracts traded.
Nasdaq Set To Begin Decimalizing Its List Of Stocks On Monday March 12 - First Pilot To Include 15 Securities - Second Pilot Scheduled For March 26- All Nasdaq Securities To Be Fully Converted By April 9

Date 12/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® has announced that it was ready to begin decimalizing its list of stocks on Monday, March 12, 2001, with a first pilot of 15 securities.
LIFFE Announces A Further 15 Universal Stock Futures

Date 12/03/2001

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announced the launch of a further 15 Universal Stock Futures (USFs) contracts. These will be introduced in two phases: the 5 Italian stock-based USFs will be introduced on Monday 19 March 2001; the remaining 10 contracts will be introduced on Monday 2 April 2001.
Introduction Of KBC Private Equity Fund Biotech (Abbreviated Biotech), A Privak Under Belgian Law On The Double Fixing Of Euronext Brussels

Date 12/03/2001

As of today, Monday 12 February 2001, 3.416.667 ordinary shares of Biotech are listed on the double fixing of Euronext Brussels: 83.333 existing shares and 3.333.334 new shares. The new shares were offered to the public from 5 February 2001 till 2 March 2001 at a price of 15 EUR per share. An amount of EUR 50 million was collected, the equivalent of the total offered shares.