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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Board Votes to Pay Quarterly Dividend

Date 10/10/2002

The Board of Directors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. voted yesterday to change the company's dividend policy to pay a regular quarterly dividend. The decision was made as the Board finalized plans for the company's initial public offering (IPO).

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Adopts Organizational Plan And Corporate Governance Measures

Date 10/10/2002

The Board of Directors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME Holdings) yesterday adopted a series of measures, including an organizational plan, to enhance its corporate governance structure and policies.

CFTC Issues Web-Based Guidance On Anti-Money Laundering

Date 10/10/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the addition to its Internet website of a number of web pages that have been developed to assist futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and commodity pools in complying with their anti-money laundering (AML) obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), as recently amended by the USA Patriot Act. These web pages, which can be found at

CBOT Trading Schedule For Columbus Day Holiday

Date 10/10/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Columbus Day holiday:

CBOT Mini-Sized Dow Sets Another Daily Volume Record

Date 10/10/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that volume in its CBOT mini-sized DowSM Jones Index futures set a new daily record for the second consecutive day yesterday trading 28,717 contracts, breaking the previous record of 27,049 contracts set on October 8.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report - September 2002

Date 09/10/2002

TSE Chooses Listing Advisor As mentioned in last month's board report, TSE conducted a search for a listing advisor to help it prepare for listing its shares in FY 2005. After receiving many applications and conducting extensive hearings, TSE has chosen Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. as its listing advisor and approved that choice during September's board meeting. TSE will have Nomura Securities advise it on capital policy, financial strategy and IR activities in preparation for l

Record Volume In CME's E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Set On Seventh Consecutive Day Of Million-Plus Electronic Volume

Date 09/10/2002

On the seventh consecutive day of million-plus electronic trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME)-the exchange's longest string of seven-figure electronic volume on record-volume in CME's E-mini™ S&P 500 futures set a new single-day record yesterday, Oct. 8, of 977,761 contracts. Yesterday was also the second busiest* trading day on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform, with 1,353,053 contracts changing hands.

London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For September 2002 - SETS Volumes Continue To Rise In September 2002

Date 09/10/2002

The number of trades on SETS the Exchange's electronic order book, increased 52 per cent in September 2002 to 2.3 million trades compared with 1.5 million in September 2001. However, the value traded on SETS decreased by three per cent, from £59.8 billion in September 2001 to £58.1 billion in 2002. The SETS market share was 65 per cent in September 2002, compared with 63 per cent in September 2001.

Instinet Announces September 2002 Transaction Information

Date 09/10/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in September 2002 totaled 8,662 million shares. This compares to 7,489 million shares in August 2002 and 4,713 million shares in September 2001.

CBOT: Mini-Sized Dow Shatters Previous Volume Record

Date 09/10/2002

Yesterday's volume in the Chicago Board of Trade's all-electronic mini-sized DowSM futures contract posted another record with 27,049 contracts traded. This broke the previous record of 20,800 contracts set just two weeks prior, on September 19. Average monthly growth in the CBOT® mini-sized Dow since its launch in April 2002 has been 17%.