CBOE And CFE To Observe Moment Of Silence To Honor Pope John Paul II Friday, April 8, 2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) announced that a moment of silence will be observed at CBOE and CFE to honor the memory of Pope John Paul II, from 8:29 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (Chicago time, CDT) on Friday, April 8, 2005.

The CBOE Futures Exchange, the newest futures exchange in the world, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, and is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CFE offers an all-electronic, open access market model, with dedicated liquidity providers making markets in the following futures contracts: CBOE Volatility Index (VIX/VX), CBOE S&P 500 30-Day Variance (VT), Russell 1000 Index (RN), Mini-Russell 2000 Index (RT), the CBOE China Index (CX). More information on CFE and its products, including contract specifications, can be found at: BOE China Index (CX). More information on CFE and its products, including contract specifications, can be found at: http://www.cboe.com/CFE