Clearing  House Advisory Notices
To Member Firms and Back Office Managers
From Clearing House Department
Subject Yahoo Corporate Event
Notice Date 2004-04-26
Notice Number 04-74
Effective Date  

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MEMO # 04-74                                                                              DATE: April 26, 2004

OneChicago has advised the CME that Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO1C) has announced a 2 for 1 stock split. The payable date is May 11, 2004 and the ex-distribution date is May 12, 2004. This corporate action will be coordinated with the Options Clearing Corporation. 

CATEGORY:                                                  2 for 1 Stock Split

SECURITY FUTURE:                                   Yahoo! Inc.

ONECHICAGO SYMBOL:                            YHOO1C remains the same 

CME SYMBOL:                                      YA remains the same

EFFECTIVE DATE:                                        Effective on the opening of business May 12, 2004.

MULTIPLIER:                                                100 multiplier remains the same

DELIVERABLE PER CONTRACT:              100 Yahoo! Inc. common shares remain the same

APPLICABLE CONTRACT MONTHS:        May, June, July and September

SETTLEMENT PRICES AND                      Positions held at the close of trading on May POSITIONS:                                                11, 2004 will be doubled before the beginning of trading on                                                                      Wednesday, May 12, 2004.  

All previous day’s settlement prices shall be adjusted by dividing by 2 and rounding normally to the nearest penny.  Positions will be marked to the adjusted settle price.

The forecasted effect of the upcoming corporate event on each clearing firms’ positions can be viewed in infopac in the Corporate Event Initial Forecast Report (ONE712), the Corporate Event Final Forecast Report (ONE713), and the Corporate Event Forecast Audit Report (CPDBU7I0).

The details after the corporate event has been applied can be viewed in the Corporate Event Activity Report (ONE711).

If you have any questions regarding the information provided in the document, please call either Laura Sutor at 312 648-5480 or Lisa Amato at 312 338-2654 from the Client Management Department.