another PR: Happy New Year from OneChicago! As we look forward to another year of growing volumes and open interest at the Exchange, we also wanted to look back at 2003 and thank you for your business during OneChicago's first full year of operations. We announced on Friday that 2003 ended with an active month of trading in December. OneChicago traded a record 342,227 contracts last month, a 178% increase over December 2002. At year-end, open interest stood at 153,866 contracts. During all of 2003, OneChicago traded more than 1.6 million contracts, the top 5 of which were: -- DIAMONDS® Trust ETF (DIA1C) with 127,424 contracts traded -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT1C) 114,915 -- Amgen Inc. (AMGN1C) 43,801 -- Dell Inc. (DELL1C) 41,294 -- Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO1C) 36,429 Click here for the full announcement: http://www.onechicago.com/060000_press_news/press_news_2004/01022004.html Click here for OneChicago's December 2003 volume report including end of year totals: http://www.onechicago.com/060000_press_news/press_news_2004/images/Dec03VolumeReport.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- EVENTS IN EARLY 2004 -- MEET WITH ONECHICAGO We hope to see you at the following events: * International Traders Expo February 14-17, 2004 Marriott Marquis Hotel New York, NY http://www.tradersexpo.com/ Registration before Feb. 5, 2004 is free to the Traders' Expo: http://www.tradersexpo.com/main/main.asp?site=nyot04&cid=default&sCode=002719 Or call 800-970-4355 and mention priority code #002719 * 20th Annual Risk Management Conference February 22-25, 2004 Hyatt Coconut Point Resort and Spa Bonita Springs, FL http://www.cboe.com/rmc/2004/index.htm