Revised December 31st Holiday Trading Schedule For CSCE And NYCE And Last Trading Day For January 2003 Sugar No. 11

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®)announced today that at its last meeting, the Boards of Managers of theCoffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York CottonExchange (NYCE) revised the 2002 Holiday Schedule to rescind thepreviously declared half trading day schedule for Tuesday, December 31, 2002.

Accordingly, the regular trading schedule will be in effect for coffee,sugar, cocoa and cotton contracts on December 31, 2002.

For a complete holiday trading schedule, visit www.nybot.com.

Additionally, the last trading day for the January 2003 Sugar No. 11futures contract will now be December 31, 2002. CSCE Rule 11.06 providesthat the last trading day for each Sugar 11 contract is the last fulltrading day of the month preceding the delivery month.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee,Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York CottonExchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiariesand divisions NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural,currency and index products. Information about the New York Boardof Trade can be found at www.nybot.com.