NYBOT: New Cocoa Margin Requirements

Date 17/10/2002

NYBOT: New Cocoa Margin RequirementsReleased on 10/17/02 Contact: William O'Brien Surveillance Manager212-201-8864 William O'Brien Effective opening of business Monday, October 21, 2002 the margin requirements are as follows:

COCOA (CC)
	Initial	Maintenance
Spec (Per Contract)	1,260 USD	900 USD
Hedge (Per Contract)	900 USD	900 USD

Margin rates for all other NYBOT products remain unchanged. A complete grid of margin rates for all NYBOT products is available on our web page @ www.nybot.com