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TSX Venture Statistics – June 2004

Date 08/07/2004

Yearly value traded is up almost 206% from same period in 2003
The Stock Exchange Of Thailand Board Approves Establishing Investor Protection Fund And Supports The New “Federation Of Capital Market Associations”

Date 08/07/2004

Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Mrs. Patareeya Benjapolchai announced that the SET Board of Governors has approved, in principle, to set up an Investor Protection Fund (IPF) to secure investors’ assets deposited at securities firms. The SET will provide the IPF’s initial start-up funds of THB 300 million. Securities firms that are SET members will then each be requested to pay an additional amount on a monthly basis in proportion to their trading value. This move
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To S&P SmallCap 600 Index

Date 08/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index after the close of trading Thursday, July 15, 2004: S&P SmallCap 600 components Belden Inc. (NYSE:BWC) and Cable Design Technologies (NYSE:CDT) are merging in a transaction anticipated to close on or about that date, pending shareholder approval. The merged company, Belden CDT Inc. (NYSE:BDC), will replace Cable Design Technologies, while FindWhat.com (NASD:FWHT) will replace Belden, in the S&P SmallCap 6
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 08/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, July 8, 2004: The shareholders of Laniuk Industries Inc. (TSXVN:LII) have approved a plan of arrangement whereby the company will be converted into an income trust called TerraVest Income Fund (TSX:TI.UN). Laniuk Industries Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index.
SEC Charges Kenneth L. Lay, Enron's Former Chairman And Chief Executive Officer, With Fraud And Insider Trading - Complaint Alleges Participation In Scheme To Defraud With Skilling, Causey And Others; Seeks Civil Penalty And Recovery Of Over $90 Million I

Date 08/07/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today initiated civil charges against Kenneth L. Lay, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Enron Corp., for his role in a wide-ranging scheme to defraud by falsifying Enron's publicly reported financial results and making false and misleading public representations about Enron's business performance and financial condition.

Program Trading Averaged 58.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 28-July 2

Date 08/07/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for June 28-July 2.
NYSE Seat Sells For $1,400,000

Date 08/07/2004

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, July 8, 2004 for $1,400,000; down $50,000 from the previous regular seat sale of $1,450,000 on June 25, 2004.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc., To Distribute Dividend To Shareholders

Date 08/07/2004

The board of directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., voted last night to declare and distribute a dividend of $2.5 million to stockholders of record as of July 15, 2004.
New York Mercantile Exchange: Judge Dismisses Antitrust Counterclaims By Intercontinentalexchange In Lawsuit

Date 08/07/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., was informed on Tuesday that Judge John G. Koeltl, of the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, dismissed the three antitrust–based lawsuit counterclaims against the Exchange by the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE).
MTS France Appoints Marie-Hélène Crétu As Chief Executive Officer

Date 08/07/2004

MTS France, the leading electronic trading system for French government and quasi-government bonds, today announced the appointment of Marie-Hélène Crétu as Chief Executive Officer. Marie-Hélène will lead the expansion of MTS France, further developing the product offerings and market organisation as well as strengthening the dialogue with issuers and primary dealers.