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NYBOT Amends Cocoa Options Strike Price Rule

Date 14/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that effective immediately, its Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) Cocoa Options provide for a strike price interval of $50 up to a price level of $5,000 per metric ton, and for a strike price interval of $100 at a price level above $5,000 per metric ton. The amendments also incorporate the $50 and $100 strike price intervals into the Rule provisions for addition of strike prices and for the delisting of inactive strike prices.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com.