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Calyon Financial Inc. Connects To Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

Date 21/12/2004

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (“WCE”) is pleased to announce that Calyon Financial Inc. has connected to WCE as a Direct Access Trading Participant.

“The addition of Calyon Financial Inc. as a Direct Access Trading Participant widens the public access to trade WCE contracts by interested U.S. market participants”, said Will Hill, Senior Vice-President of the Exchange.

WCE became North America’s first commodity exchange to fully convert to an electronic trading platform when it launched its futures and options contracts for trading on an electronic platform commencing Monday, December 20, 2004.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc., established in 1887, has been facilitating futures contract trading since 1904. WCE is Canada’s only agricultural futures and options exchange and offers futures and options contracts on canola, flaxseed, domestic feed wheat, and western barley. For more information on the Exchange, visit www.wce.ca