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Announcement Made On 29 June 2001 By Goldman Sachs International On Behalf Of Intercontinentalexchange, Inc: Recommended Offer by Goldman Sachs International on behalf of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. for IPE Holdings Plc - Commencement Of Compulsory Acq

Date 10/07/2001

Further to IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.'s (ICE Inc.) announcement dated 18 June 2001 declaring Its offer (the Offer) for IPE Holdings Plc (IPE Holdings) unconditional in all respects, ICE Inc. has, as at 3.00 p.m. on 28 June 2001, received valid acceptances in respect of 10,527,447 IPE Holdings shares, representing approximately 91.9 per cent. of the issued share capital of IPE Holdings.
Aeroflot And RITEK Coupon Bonds Will Be Admitted To Trading On The RTS Stock Exchange

Date 10/07/2001

On 17 July 2001 documentary coupon bonds of JSC "Aeroflot" and JSC "Russian Innovative Fuel and Energy Company" (RITEK) will start trading on the RTS Stock Exchange.
virt-x Completes Phased Launch Of Pan-European Blue Chip Market

Date 09/07/2001

virt-x plc announced today that from 8.00am this morning the virt-x pan-European blue chip equity market will, as planned, offer trading in the constituents of all the European blue chip indices bringing the total number of stocks traded on virt-x to 613 - these stocks represent approximately 80% of European market capitalisation. This completes the phased launch of the virt-x market that commenced on 25 June 2001.
SMI® And Small/Middle/Large: Adjustment Of Index Calculation With Free Float

Date 09/07/2001

Based on the recommendations of the Index Commission, the Management Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange has arrived at the following decisions:
Revised CBOT Dow Divisors, Effective July 9, 2001

Date 09/07/2001

The Dow SM Jones Averages are price-weighted indexes and are calculated by dividing the sum of the prices of component stocks by a number called the index divisor.

Palestine Securities Exchange Price Fluctuation Limit

Date 09/07/2001

During the previous nine months, the Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) has been adjusting its procedures in accordance to the economic and financial reports in Palestine. These adjustments were implemented in an effort to reduce the negative effects of the current political situation imposed, and to enhance the investor's confidence in the market by PSE's commitment to its goals.
OM To Provide New Settlement System For ABN In Australia

Date 09/07/2001

ABN AMRO has signed an agreement with OM to deliver and install a new Settlement Back Office to support its Australian equities business. The agreement includes delivery, implementation and five years of support of OM's OneWorld Settlement engine, and is expected to have an order value of about 30 MSEK (approx. 3 MUSD).
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited: Agreement To Provide Greater Access To HKATS

Date 09/07/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has signed an agreement with France-based GL Trade, a leading provider of electronic financial trading software. Under the agreement, market participants around the world will be able to connect to HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, through GL's proprietary network, GL Net, pending completion of necessary regulatory approvals.
HKEx Addresses Changes To Hang Seng Indices

Date 09/07/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has been informed of the upcoming reconfiguration of HSI Services' indices. This reconfiguration, among other things will result in the eventual phasing out of the Hang Seng 100 Index and a revamp of the existing Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations (Red-chip) Index.
Eurex Sets Position Limits For September Capital Market Products - Bund, Bobl And Schatz World's Most Successful Family Of Exchange-Traded Derivatives - Ferscha: Interest In Eurex Interest-Rate Products Continues To Rise

Date 09/07/2001

Eurex, the international derivatives market, has set the position limits for the September 2001 contracts in the Euro BUND, Euro BOBL and Euro SCHATZ futures. They are 80,000 contracts for the Bund future, 30,000 for the Bobl future and 40,000 for the Schatz future. According to Eurex, the limits support the early rollover of open positions in the September contracts into the next contract month (December) of the settlement cycle. As already reported on June 5, the limits are valid for the per