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Euronext: Buy Back Program

Date 24/09/2004

Pursuant to its buy back program, Euronext N.V. holds at as 15 September, 2004, 5.07% of its own shares which break down as follows:
Standard & Poor's Announces Investable Weight Factor Change For RCS MediaGroup SPA In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 23/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for RCS MediaGroup SPA (Italy, ISIN IT0003039010) a member of the S&P/MIB Index from 0.479 to 0.387 effective at the close of trading Tuesday, September 28, 2004. This is following the entrance of the new participants (Paflux SA, Merloni Invest SPA and Capitalia Gruppo Bancario) to the existing shareholders agreement (patto di sindicato).
Special Realignment Of Korea Corporate Governance Stock Price Index

Date 23/09/2004

Kookmin Bank(A060000) has to be excluded from the constituents of KOGI on September 23 because it was submitted to a disciplinary measure from the Financial Supervisory Commission. Replacement Korea Exchange Bank(A004940)
Share Quantities In BALTIX For Q4 2004

Date 23/09/2004

The BALTIX index is a capitalization-weighted chain-linked total return index that is to be launched on September 27, 2004. The index is calculated daily using the most recent official closing prices of all shares listed on the Main Lists of the Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius stock exchanges. The index constituents are subject to quarterly weight limits of 10% of the compound market capitalization and the weight-limits are applied during quarterly rebalancing by reducing the indexed share quantities.
SEC Charges Former Hawaiian Airlines CEO For Failing To Disclose Adverse Financial Information During Tender Offer - Ex-CEO, Controlling Shareholder Agree To Settle Charges, Pay $2.5 Million In Disgorgement

Date 23/09/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against John W. Adams, the former Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., and AIP LLC, an entity managed by Adams that held a controlling interest in Hawaiian Airlines. Adams and AIP were charged for their role in Hawaiian's failure to disclose important negative financial information to shareholders in a tender offer from which Adams and AIP each benefited.

SEC Approves NASD Rule On Designating CCOs, CEO Certification Of Compliance Processes

Date 23/09/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a new NASD rule that will bolster securities firms' focus on their compliance programs and mandate periodic meetings between a firm's senior management and top compliance officer.
Program Trading Averaged 59.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sep. 13-17

Date 23/09/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Sep. 13-17.
Options Industry Council And The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Offer Free Seminars On Option Trading

Date 23/09/2004

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, in conjunction with the Options Industry Council, will be offering two free seminars on option trading.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Increase Margins On Heating Oil Futures And Calendar Swap Futures

Date 23/09/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will increase the margins on its heating oil futures and New York harbor heating oil calendar swap futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
New York Mercantile Exchange Sets Records For Daily Total, Energy Fututes, e-miNY(sm) Futures Volume

Date 23/09/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., set daily volume records Wednesday for total futures and options, NYMEX Division futures, energy futures, e–miNY energy futures(sm), and e–miNY(sm) crude oil futures.