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HKEx Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting Proceedings And Suspensions - As At 31 July 2007

Date 31/07/2007

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Landmark US $1,000,000,000 Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk Lists On Labuan International Financial Exchange

Date 31/07/2007

Dar Al-Arkan International Sukuk Company today listed its landmark US$1 billion Sukuk Al-Ijara on the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX), marking the first Saudi corporate Sukuk to list on the LFX. The Sukuk was arranged by a consortium of international banks on behalf of Dar Al- Arkan Real Estate Development Company, a leading residential real estate developer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Sukuk has also been listed on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Maximum Rate For Additional Discharging Ports Charges

Date 31/07/2007

To Associate Members We refer to (2) (c) of 11. In Detailed Rules for Delivery of Raw Sugar and inform you that the maximum rate to be applied to delivery of Raw Sugar of the contract month of November 2007 is US$3.69 per metric ton for each additional discharging port.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 30/07/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The unitholders of Versacold Income Fund (TSX:ICE.UN) have accepted the $CDN12.25 cash per share offer from Eimskip Holdings Inc. As a result, Versacold Income Fund will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index effective after the close on Thursday, August 2, 2007.

WCE Holdings Inc. Announces Meeting of Shareholders To Consider ICE Arrangement

Date 30/07/2007

WCE Holdings Inc. ("Holdings"), parent of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE"), WCE Clearing Corporation and Canadian Climate Exchange Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has, in accordance with the arrangement agreement dated June 21, 2007 between Holdings, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. ("ICE") and a subsidiary of ICE, scheduled a special meeting of shareholders to vote on the proposal to adopt the Plan of Arrangement pursuant to which Holdings would be acquired by a subsi

Open Interest In ISE FX Options Exceeds 100,000 Contracts - Average Daily Volume Reaches 2,958 Contracts

Date 30/07/2007

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) said today that open interest in ISE FX Options(SM) has reached 103,910 contracts. ISE introduced its FX options product on April 17, 2007 with trading in four currency pairs: U.S. Dollar/Euro (Symbol: EUI), U.S. Dollar/British Pound (Symbol: BPX), U.S. Dollar/Japanese Yen (Symbol: YUK), and U.S. Dollar/Canadian Dollar (Symbol: CDD). Average daily volume (ADV) in ISE FX Options was 2,958 contracts for the past two months.

AMF Amends Its General Regulation On Independent Investment Research

Date 30/07/2007

The General Regulation of the French securities regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), was amended by an executive order of 4 May 2007, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 16 May 2007. http://www.amf-france.org/documents/general/7760_1.pdf 1The summary of consultation responses was published today

U.S. Futures Exchange To List Futures Contracts On Morningstar Stock Indexes Beginning September 28, 2007

Date 30/07/2007

U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) announced today that it will list its cash-settled futures contracts on Morningstar’s (NASDAQ: MORN) style equity indexes beginning September 28. Nine contracts, based on the indexes in Morningstar’s Style Box™, will trade with quarterly expiries.

New Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF Lists On NYSE Group - NYSE Group Markets List 198 ETFs

Date 30/07/2007

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that the Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol ROB. This ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the fund’s fees and expenses, of the Robb Report Global Luxury Index which is comprised of companies with a core offering of luxury goods and services.

FESE Response To The Commission Consultation On Fostering An Appropriate Regime For Shareholders' Rights

Date 30/07/2007

The main impediments to the efficiency of the voting process have been already clearly identified and will be removed by the transposition of the Directive on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies, published on the official journal on 11th July. For this reason, FESE is convinced that most of the subjects that are part of the current consultation should not be addressed at the EU level but rather left to Member States’ private law framework, contractual agreements be