NYBOT To Delist SPCI Futures And Options Contracts

The New York Board of Trade^® (NYBOT^®) announced today that effective with the opening of trading on Thursday, July 31, 2003, all Standard & Poor's Commodity Index (SPCI) futures and options contract months that have no open interest as of the close of business on July 30, 2003, shall be delisted by the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.

No additional SPCI futures or options contracts shall be listed.

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.