Chicago Climate Exchange Sets New Record Trading Day

Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX®) announced today that it reached a new record with 38,643 Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI®) contracts traded (representing 3,864,300 metric tons of CO2 equivalent), making May 19, 2009 the highest trading day in the history of CCX. Trading occurred in all vintages from 2003 through 2010. The previous record day was reached on May 13, 2008 when 36,626 CFI contracts traded.