Please note the holiday hours described in the following paragraph pertain only to the Trading Floor.

On Friday, December 29, 2006, commodity futures, foreign exchange, interest rates, GSCI products, CME Weather & Housing Options will close at 12:00 noon Central Time (CT), and commodity options will close at 12:02 p.m. CT.  Only equity products that are traded on the trading floors will have normal trading hours on this day.

Please view the New Year’s Holiday Schedule for the Trading Floor and Globex at:

http://www.cme.com/trading/res/cch/2007newyears5490.html for additional information.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact:

Marilee Radecki                    mradecki@cme.com            312.930.8193                                                           

Kevin Brady                          kbrady@cme.com               312.648.3653                        

Thank you & Happy New Year!!