News Releases

Feb 3, 2006

NYMEX Europe to Introduce Reduced-Sized Brent Crude Oil Futures Contract

Feb 2, 2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Names Slate of Director Nominees

Feb 2, 2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Raises Quarterly Dividend 37 Percent

Feb 2, 2006

Exchange to Launch New European Energy Futures Contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®

Feb 2, 2006

NYMEX Sets Volume Records for NYMEX ClearPort® Trading and NYMEX miNYTM Natural Gas Contract

Feb 1, 2006

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Feb 1, 2006

CBOT Expands Precious Metals Complex Launches 100 Oz. Gold Futures Options

Feb 1, 2006

CBOT Average Daily Volume Jumps 22 Percent in January Over Last Year

Feb 1, 2006

CME Announces Presidents' Day Holiday Trading Hours

Feb 1, 2006

CME and Merrill Lynch Launch Second Round of LMC TRAKRS

Feb 1, 2006

CME Reports Average Daily Volume of 4.7 Million Contracts in January, Up 27 Percent from Year-Ago Period

-- CME® Globex® Average Daily Volume of 3.3 Million Contracts Up 30 Percent

Feb 1, 2006

NYMEX Supports CFTC Decision To Review ICE Status

Feb 1, 2006

Exchange Sets Gold Futures, Silver Options Monthly Volume Records

Jan 31, 2006

CBOT and SGX Announce Appointments for Joint Venture Company

Jan 31, 2006

NYMEX Sets Volume Record for NYMEX miNYTM Natural Gas Contract

Jan 31, 2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports 34 Percent Increase in Net Income for Fourth-Quarter 2005; Diluted Earnings Per Share Rose 33 Percent to $2.18

Record 2005 Revenues and Earnings Driven by Record Volume and Continued Growth of Electronic Trading

Jan 30, 2006

CME Eurodollar Electronic Options Reach a New Volume Record

Options Records also Set in Equity and Foreign Exchange Products

Jan 30, 2006

NYMEX, Shareholder Reach Agreement in Books and Records Case

Jan 30, 2006

Exchange Promotes Senior Vice President, Five Vice Presidents

Jan 27, 2006

Exchange to Add Trading Months for Crude Oil Calendar Swap Options Contract

Jan 27, 2006

Exchange to Change Margins for Gold, Silver Futures Contract

Jan 26, 2006

CBOT President's Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Jan 26, 2006

NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing Sets Record Volume

Jan 26, 2006

Exchange to Change Margins for Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Jan 26, 2006

Exchange Reaches Record Volume on Crude Oil Calendar Spread Options Contract

Jan 26, 2006

NYMEX Europe to Offer Reduced Brent Crude Oil Futures, Receives No Action Regulatory Relief from CFTC

Jan 25, 2006

CBOT and NYBOT Sign Agreement to Host NYBOT Financial Contracts

Jan 25, 2006

NYMEX Continues to Move Forward With General Atlantic, Plans to File Definitive Proxy Statement Shortly

Jan 24, 2006

CBOT Board Calls Member Meeting to Approve Rule Change

Jan 24, 2006

NYMEX miNYTM Gasoline and Heating Oil Have Promising First Week

Jan 23, 2006

CBOT and SGX Joint Venture Company Signs MOU With Bursa Malaysia

Jan 20, 2006

NYMEX Pleased with Delaware Chancery Court's Decisions Regarding Books and Records Lawsuit

Jan 18, 2006

CME Reduces Class A Share Requirement for Clearing Members

Plan Allows for Current Clearing Members to Gradually Reduce Shareholdings; Designed to Attract New Market Participants

Jan 17, 2006

CBOT to Connect Four Firms to Its Singapore Hub

Jan 17, 2006

Exchange Achieves Historic Annual Volume

Jan 17, 2006

Exchange to Change Margins for Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Jan 17, 2006

Exchange to Delist Physically Settled Electricity Contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®

Jan 13, 2006

Exchange Announces Accountability Levels, Position Limits for New NYMEX miNYTM Contracts

Jan 13, 2006

Exchange Announces Margin Rates for New NYMEX miNYTM Contracts

Jan 13, 2006

Exchange Changes Spot Month Position Limits for Some Emissions Futures Contracts

Jan 12, 2006

Barclays Capital Becomes First Bank to Offer Electronic CME Eurodollar Options

Jan 11, 2006

NYMEX Holdings, Inc., to Distribute Special Dividend to Shareholders

Jan 11, 2006

Exchange Announces Accountability Levels, Position Limits for New Electricity Futures Contracts

Jan 10, 2006

CME Announces Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Hours

Jan 10, 2006

22nd Risk Management Conference March 5-8, 2006

Jan 10, 2006

CBOT Hosts Press Briefing Following Jan. 12 USDA Crop Reports

Jan 10, 2006

Exchange to Change Margins for Silver Futures Contract

Jan 9, 2006

CME Enhances Corporate Development Team -- Appoints 25-Year Financial Services Industry Veteran as Chief Corporate Development Officer

Shuman and Vroman Promoted to Managing Directors, Corporate Development

Jan 9, 2006

NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing Sets Volume Record

Jan 6, 2006

Exchange to Increase Margins for Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts

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