Dubai Mercantile Exchange Announces Rescheduling Of Production Testing For DME Direct<SUP>TM</SUP>

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) today announced that it has decided to revise the launch date of the DME to June 1, 2007, subject to regulatory approvals of its clearing arrangement.

Due to the amended launch date DME has rescheduled the production testing of the DME DirectTM electronic trading platform, originally scheduled for April 21 and April 28. In anticipation of a June 1 launch, DME will reschedule the production testing to May 12 and May 19.