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Contract Specifications Approved For e-miNY Energy Futures

Date 22/05/2002

The Board of Directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., has approved the following specifications for the e-miNY crude oil and natural gas contracts to be traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. GLOBEXâ platform:

Contract unit: 40 percent of the size of the underlying contracts or 400 barrels of crude oil and 4,000 million British thermal units of natural gas

Minimum Price Fluctuation: $.025 per barrel for crude oil and $.005 for natural gas

Maximum Price Fluctuation: $15.00 per day, in two stages, for crude oil and $2.00 per day for natural gas, in two stages, except for the last two days of trading, when there no limits

Listed Months: First nearby month only, except for the last four days of trading, when the second nearby month will also be listed

Expiration: Parallels the underlying futures contract

Settlement: The contracts will be financially settled, based on the final settlement price of the underlying primary contract. Each day's settlement will also reflect the settlement of the underlying market.

Maximum Transaction Size: 50 contracts