Notice to Members
Notice No. 31 01/24/2002
NYMEX Holdings, Inc.: Annual Meeting of Members SEC Compliance with Proxy Rules
As of April 30, 2001, NYMEX Holdings, Inc. ("Company") became subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation 14A. Candidates seeking election to the Board of Directors, and any other individual who solicits proxies/votes from the Company's stockholders, must comply with the following provisions of Regulation 14A: all written materials ("solicitation materials") used to solicit votes from stockholders must be filed with the SEC before you send them to stockholders; the Company will file, on a one-time basis, all of the candidate's solicitation materials with the SEC, when the Company files its Proxy Statement on or about February 28, 2002; for filing with the SEC, candidates must submit their solicitation materials to the Office of the Corporate Secretary by February 8, 2002; no solicitation materials, filed by the Company, can be sent to stockholders by the candidate until the candidate has been notified that the Company has filed the materials with the SEC; if a candidate intends to send additional, non-filed, solicitation materials to stockholders, they must personally file the documents with the SEC; no solicitation of proxies/votes shall be made by means of false or misleading statements of material facts or omissions of material facts; no person shall solicit any undated or post-dated proxies; and candidates must use the list of stockholders, as of the record date (February 25, 2002), to solicit proxies/votes. A stockholder list can be obtained upon written request to the Membership Department.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com