NYBOT Approves Hamburg Coffee Warehouse

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its CSCE Board of Managers approved a coffee warehouse license for Bethold Vollers, located at stores D and H, in the Port of Hamburg. The license is effective immediately through March 31, 2003.

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.