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Financial Results Presentation Presented By Richard Humphry, ASX Managing Director And Chief Executive Officer

Date 28/08/2002

To view the presentation by Richard Humphry, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ASX Results for the full year ended 30 June 2002, please click here.

CBOT 10-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures Set New Volume Record

Date 28/08/2002

Continuing to display one of the exchange's best new-product performances, the Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOTâ) 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contract set a new daily volume record of 16,411 contracts on Tuesday, August 27. The former daily volume record of 12,414 contracts was set May 28, 2002.

BrokerTec Futures Exchange September 11th Remembrance

Date 28/08/2002

In remembrance of the terrorists attacks of last year, on September 11, 2002, BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX) will close for one minute at 8:46 a.m. (New York time), the time that the first plane hit the World Trade Center, and for one minute at 10:29 a.m. (New York time), the time the second tower collapsed. During these closures, all orders will remain in the system and participants will not be able to execute, modify, delete or update any of these orders. In addition, BTEX will close early

BrokerTec Clearing Company Delivery Dates for September 2002 Contracts

Date 28/08/2002

Listed below are the delivery dates for the BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX) September 2002 contracts. BTEX Contract

ASX Results For The Full Year Ended 30 June 2002 - Announces A Record Full-Year Profit Of $59.1 Million

Date 28/08/2002

SUMMARY Record profit of $59.1 million, an increase of 15.9% Record revenue of $205.1 million, an increase of 6.5% Earnings of 60.9 cents per share (pre goodwill) Final dividend of 21.1 cents per share fully franked Increase in the level of trading activity for all products.

ASX Corporate Governance Statement

Date 28/08/2002

ASX's board and management are committed to conducting the company's business ethically and in a way that is open and accountable to shareholders and the wider marketplace. We believe our corporate governance practices as a listed company are appropriately rigorous and of a high standard. We also accept that we have a leadership role in setting and articulating corporate governance standards in Australia. We believe that the general level of corporate governance practice in Australia is at

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 August 2002

Date 27/08/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 30 August 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report and a GDP figure on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Normal trading starts at 9:00am on TIFFE, but trading starts 15 minutes earlier at 8:45am on the announcement days of BOJ's TANKAN report, BOJ's Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices, a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production and a GDP figure.

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For July 2002

Date 27/08/2002

As of mid-August, short interest in 3,068 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 4,028,597,671 shares compared with 4,258,651,801* shares in 3,115 National Market issues for the month of July.

Nymex To Extend Exchange Of Options For Options Transactions In Energy Markets

Date 27/08/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange announced yesterday that it will extend its exchange of options for options (EOO) program in its energy markets for an additional 30 days.

NASDAQ.com Redesigned To Deliver Greater Personalized Information and Services To Individual Investors

Date 27/08/2002

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ) this week unveiled its redesigned consumer Web site, NASDAQ.com. The new site offers users a strong array of new personalized content and features, while enhancing the visibility and highlighting the unique attributes of NASDAQ-listed companies to existing and potential investors.