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NYMEX: Margins Announced For e-miNY Energy Futures<SUP>SM</SUP>

Date 14/06/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced the margins for the e-miNYSMcrude oil and natural gas futures contracts that will be 40% of the size of the margins for the standard sized contracts.
NYBOT Announces New Records For Its Finex Division

Date 14/06/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today three new records for its Finex currency products division for the U.S. dollar/Japanese yen, Euro/Japanese yen, and Euro/Canadian dollar, including:
Euronext: Legal Spin-Off Of Vopak - Consequences For Amsterdam Midkap Index

Date 14/06/2002

Koninklijke Vopak N.V. has announced its intention to hold an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on 17 June 2002 to request approval for the proposed legal spin-off of Vopak's chemical distribution activities in a new company called Univar N.V. Vopak will continue to perform all logistic and other activities.
Euronext: Koninklijke Vopak N.V.

Date 14/06/2002

Koninklijke Vopak N.V. has announced its intention to hold an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on 17 June 2002 to request approval for a proposed rights issue and the proposed legal spin-off of Vopak''s chemical distribution activities in a new company called Univar N.V. The possible consequences of the proposed rights issue and legal demerger are set out in this announcement.
CME Stock Index Products Set Open Interest Records

Date 14/06/2002

Open interest in stock index products traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) set a new record of 1,615,399 positions yesterday, June 13. Volume was boosted by record open interest of 278,499 positions in E-mini™ S&P 500 futures and record open interest of 244,490 positions in E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures.

CFTC Recognizes New Exchange For Single-Stock Futures

Date 14/06/2002

On June 11, 2002, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) granted contract market designation to OneChicago, LLC Futures Exchange, (OneChicago). This is the CFTC's third exchange designation to permit trading of futures contracts on individual securities and narrow-based securities indices (together, security futures products or SFPs) as the CFTC continues with its implementation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) that lifted an almost twenty-year ban on these cont
CBOT 10-Year Note Options Set New Volume Record On June 13

Date 14/06/2002

Members at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Thursday, June 12, 2002 set a new daily volume record in the CBOT's 10-year note options contract, trading 329,161 contracts. The previous high was 281,660 contracts traded on December 11, 2001.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 13/06/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: The common shares of Manhattan Resources Ltd. (TSX:MNR) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of business on Thursday, June 13, 2002. The company's securities will be listed on the TSX at the opening on Friday, June 14, 2002.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index - S&P/TSX Canadian MidCap And SmallCap Indices - Quarterly S&P/TSX Sector Indices Review

Date 13/06/2002

Pursuant to ongoing maintenance of the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices, Standard & Poor's will make index changes as outlined below after the close of trading on Friday, June 21, 2002. Details of the changes can be accessed by clicking here.
SEC Proposes Requiring Certification Of Quarterly And Annual Reports - Proposes New Form 8-K Disclosures And Filing Deadlines

Date 13/06/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday proposed rules that would require a company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer to certify the contents of the company's quarterly and annual reports. The proposed rules are intended to enhance investor confidence in the quality of companies' periodic reports.