CBOT Holdings Prices Initial Public Offering Of Class A Common Stock

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT^®), announced today the initial public offering of 3,191,489 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $54.00 per share.  The company is selling 2,940,486 shares, and 251,003 shares will be sold by existing stockholders.  CBOT Holdings has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 478,723 shares at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. 

The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan, who acted as joint book-running managers.  Citigroup, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. acted as co-managers.

As one of the leading global derivative exchanges, the Chicago Board of Trade provides a diverse mix of financial, equity, and commodity futures and options-on-futures products.  Building on its 157-year history, the CBOT continues to advance into the future using the strength of deep liquidity, market integrity and member-trader expertise. Using superior trading technology in both electronic and open-auction trading platforms, the CBOT provides premier customer service to risk managers and investors worldwide.

The public offering of the Class A common stock of CBOT Holdings, Inc. is being made only by means of a prospectus.  Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (212-325-2580) or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Prospectus Department, Floor 5B, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY 10081 (212-552-5164).  A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.