Donohue’s presentation at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2004 Securities Brokerage Conference in New York City will begin at approximately 8:15 a.m. Eastern time (7:15 a.m. Central time), U.S.A.
A live audio webcast of the presentation with accompanying slides will be available on the Investor Relations section of the CME Web site, www.cme.com. Following the presentation, an archived recording will be available at the same site.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and CME Globex® electronic trading platform. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved approximately $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first nine months of 2004 and managed $39.8 billion in collateral deposits as of September 30, 2004. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.