Notice to Members
Notice No. 124 04/05/2001
Special Meeting of NYMEX Holdings,INC. Stockholders - Filling of Board of Directors Vacancies
The Board of Directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. has called a special meeting of the NYMEX Holdings, Inc. stockholders for the purpose of filling vacancies on the Board of Directors. This meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. in Board Room 1010 of the Exchange, One North End Avenue, New York City. For your convenience, however, ballots will also be accepted until 4:00 p.m. in the Members' Lounge on the third floor of the Exchange. At the special meeting, the following vacancies will be filled as follows: *The three Equity Holders Representatives will be elected as follows: of the three elected candidates, the candidate receiving the most votes will be elected to the term expiring 2004, the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes will be elected to the term expiring 2003, and the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes will be elected to the term expiring 2002. The Office of the Corporate Secretary will accept written recommendations of proposed nominees from stockholders for the vacancies on the Board of Directors not later than 5:00 p.m., MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001. A stockholder may not recommend more than one candidate per category. After Monday, April 16, 2001, a list of the recommendations of proposed nominees will be posted. ONLY PERSONS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATE SECRETARY BY 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 WILL BE PERMITTED TO STAND FOR ELECTION. Please note that in order to qualify as a Public Director, a person must be knowledgeable of futures trading or financial regulation or otherwise capable of contributing to the deliberations of the Board of Directors and may not be a member of the Exchange or affiliated with any member of the Exchange or an employee of the Exchange. After Monday, April 16, 2001, the Membership Subcommittee ("Subcommittee") will convene to make its determination as to the eligibility of the proposed nominees to run in the category for which he was proposed or otherwise. Such determination will be immediately posted. Should the Subcommittee determine that a proposed candidate is ineligible to run in the category for which he was recommended, written notice thereof shall immediately be submitted to that person. To assist the Subcommittee, NYMEX members may submit information regarding the eligibility of a proposed nominee to the Subcommittee. All such submissions must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2001 at the Office of the Corporate Secretary. In addition, a proposed nominee may appeal the Subcommittee's categorization. Such appeal must be made by 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2001. The Subcommittee will consider the appeal and make a final ruling no later than April 23, 2001. At that time, the Subcommittee will assign the proposed nominees to the proper categories, regardless of the category for which the proposed nominee was originally recommended. TO BE OFFICIALLY NOMINATED, EACH PROPOSED NOMINEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILE WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATE SECRETARY A DECLARATION WHICH STATES THAT CATEGORY IN WHICH THE PERSON INTENDS TO STAND FOR ELECTION. FAILURE TO SUBMIT A DECLARATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATE SECRETARY BY 5:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001 WILL RENDER THE PROPOSED NOMINEE INELIGIBLE TO RUN IN ANY CATEGORY. Please note: only those persons who were proposed by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2001 will be permitted to be officially nominated. The Record Date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote will be April 25, 2001. The Candidates' Forum will be held on May 9, 2001. Proxy statements and ballots will be mailed on or about May 1, 2001. The election will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2001.
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