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CBOT/MidAm M.L. King, Jr., Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 08/01/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:

Friday, January 17:
Open Auction:
Financial* contracts will close at 12:00 noon.All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) close at their normal times.

Electronic a/c/e trading: Financial, Metals and Dow/AIG Indexsm contracts close at 12:30 p.m. All other a/c/e trading closes at normal times.

Sunday, January 19:
Overnight a/c/e trading closed.

Monday, January 20:
All daytime trading closed. Electronic a/c/e trading reopens at normal evening times.

*Financial contracts are Treasury Bond, Treasury Note, Interest Rate Swap and Agency Note futures and options, 30-Day Fed Fund, Municipal Note Index and Eurodollar futures.

MidAmerica Commodity Exchange Trading Schedule

The MidAm also will be closed Monday, January 20, 2003, in observance of the M.L. King., Jr., Day holiday.

Soybean, corn and wheat contracts will close at their normal times on Friday, January 17.

If a primary market takes action to amend its trading schedule, the Exchange will amend its schedule accordingly.