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NYBOT's Coffee Options Contract Sets New Open Interest Record

Date 05/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade's (NYBOT®) coffee options contract reached another new open interest record of 96,768 contracts on Monday, November 4, 2002. The new high replaces the old record of 96,758 contracts set on Thursday, October 31, 2002.

NYBOT's Coffee "C" contract is for roughly 250 bags of coffee (or 37,500 pounds) of exchange-certified arabica coffee grown in nineteen countries throughout the world. The options contract has a ticker symbol of "KO."

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.