NYMEX Announces Richard Schaeffer Elected Chairman, Other Election Results

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. announced today that its Inspector of Elections, American Stock Transfer and Trust Company (AST), has provided preliminary, uncertified results of the voting for the election of directors at the company’s 2006 annual meeting held yesterday. A list of final certified results for the reduced 15-person board will be provided by AST in one to two days and will be made publicly available.

The uncertified results are as follows: Richard Schaeffer to chairman of the board; Robert Halper to vice chairman; Neil Citrone to the futures commission merchant category; David Greenberg and Frank Siciliano to the at-large category; Melvyn Falis, Robert Steele and Dennis Suskind to the public director category; Thomas Gordon to the local category; A. George Gero to the trade category; Harvey Gralla and Daniel Rappaport to the equity holder category. In addition, NYMEX President and CEO James E. Newsome, and General Atlantic President William Ford were elected to the board of directors.

The results of the voting for the floor broker category were too close to call between Stephen Ardizzone and John McNamara. As a result, NYMEX will await final certified results before announcing the winner in this category.