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Another New Seat Record At NYBOT

Date 05/04/2006

A full seat at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, today hit an all time high of $875,000, $140,000 more than the previous record of $735,000, established March 28, 2006.

A full seat at NYBOT allows the owner the right to trade all products at the exchange. Recent seat sales can be found in the “Services” section on the NYBOT website at www.nybot.com.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com. To learn more about the New York Board of Trade Futures & Options for Kids, the Exchange’s non-profit group, please go to www.futuresandoptionsforkids.org.