As previously announced*, the Board of Directors has approved adjustments to the option expiration schedules for December 2006 and January 2007 Agricultural and Financial Options as indicated below.  These changes are designed to minimize holiday related scheduling issues in connection with the 2006 Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

-        Change the last trading day/expiration for December 2006 agricultural and financial options from Friday, November 24 to Tuesday, November 21, 2006.

-        Change the last trading day/expiration for January 2007 agricultural and financial options from Friday, December 22 to Thursday, December 21, 2006.

The referenced agricultural options include December 2006 and January 2007 Corn, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal, Oat, Rice and Wheat contracts and the January 2007 Soybean Crush contract.  The referenced financial options include December 2006 and January 2007 U.S. Treasury Bond and 10-Year, 5-Year and 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note contracts.

*Previous announcements dated December 14, 2004, October 25, October 27 and December 15, 2005 and January 31, 2006.