NYBOT Announces Listing Of A Second Spot Cycle FCOJ Option Contract Month

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodities exchange, announced today that effective with the start of trading on May 5, 2005, the Exchange is implementing an amendment to its FCOJ Rules which provides for the automatic listing of two Spot Cycle contract months on the FCOJ Options contract; prior to the amendment the rule provides for the listing of one such Spot Cycle contract month.

The first Spot Cycle contract month whose listing date is affected by the change will be the August 2005 contract, which will be listed on May 5, 2005.

A copy of the amended Rule is available at the NYBOT website (www.nybot.com).

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