Chicago Board Of Trade Postpones Special Meeting For CME Merger

CBOT Holdings and the CBOT intend to announce a new meeting date once it has been established, and to provide updated proxy materials to CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members at that time.

The merger agreement with CME remains in effect.

The Board of Directors of CBOT Holdings, its Special Transaction Committee and the Board of Directors of CBOT have not withdrawn, modified or qualified their respective recommendations that the stockholders of CBOT Holdings vote in favor of the merger agreement with CME and that the members of CBOT vote in favor of certain related matters.

CBOT Holdings does not intend to comment further on ICE's proposal until CBOT Holdings' Board of Directors, its Special Transaction Committee and Chicago Board Of Trade's Board of Directors have completed their reviews of the proposal. -- www.cbot.com