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NYBOT Sets New Seat Record

Date 15/11/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it set an all-time record for a full seat at the exchange of $469,000. The new high replaces the previous record of $395,000, set on September 12, 2005.

A full NYBOT seat allows the owner the right to trade every product at the exchange. NYBOT posts recent seat sales in the “NYBOT Services” section on its website at www.nybot.com.

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, 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.