A live audio Webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the company's Web site. Following the conference call, an archived recording will be available at the same site. Those wishing to listen to the live call via telephone should dial (800) 475-3716 if calling from within the United States or (719) 457-2728 if calling from outside the United States at least 10 minutes before the call begins.
In addition, the Webcast call will be distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents ( www.streetevents.com).
Also on April 22, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings will hold its 2003 annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Westin Chicago River North Hotel, 320 N. Dearborn, Chicago.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com), the largest futures exchange in the United Statesbased on notional value, trading volume and open interest. On Dec. 6, 2002, CME Holdings and its subsidiary became the first publicly traded U.S.financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX®around-the-clock electronic trading platform. CME offers futures contracts and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moves about $1.8 billion per day in settlement payments and manages $27.4 billion in collateral deposits.
Further information about Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. is available on the CME Web site at www.cme.com.