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

-        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 January 2007 Corn, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal, Oat, Rice, Wheat and Soybean Crush contracts.  The referenced financial options include 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, January 31, June 28, June 30, September 12 and November 8, 2006.