VOLUME 21 – BULLETIN #231

At the request of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation will waive clearing fees on the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index^SM beginning with its launch on Friday, November 16 until Thursday, February 28, 2002.

The Clearing Corporation has agreed to waive these fees in an effort to facilitate the CBOT in their marketing efforts to successfully launch the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index.

^SM “Dow Jones” and “AIG”, “Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index”, and ”DJ-AIGCI”, are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc and American International Group, Inc. (AIG), as the case may be, and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by the CBOT. The CBOT Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Index futures and futures options are not sponsored, endorsed, or sold by Dow Jones, AIG American International Group, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, and none of Dow Jones, AIG, American International Group, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s).

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