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NYBOT Announces Changes To Its Dublin Trading Hours

Date 03/01/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the start of trading on Friday, January 13, 2006, the Exchange is implementing amendments to its rules which provides that the Dublin trading session for all financial futures and options contracts shall begin at 2:00 am New York Time.

Additionally, the closing call for all currency cross rate futures and options, other than index contracts, shall be the five minute period prior to the close of trading.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com. To learn more about New York Board of Trade Futures & Options for Kids, the Exchange’s non-profit group, please go to www.futuresandoptionsforkids.org.