Ownership of a seat on the NYMEX Division represents a share of common stock in NYMEX Holdings, Inc.
Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "This seat sale record tops off a series of records we have recently experienced in volume including annual NYMEX ACCESS ® trading volume, daily natural gas futures and options volume, and monthly options and copper futures volume, and is a reflection of the confidence placed in the Exchange by the marketplace as the premiere source of market efficiency and risk management services."