NEW YORK, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The New York MercantileExchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), todayannounced that it will introduce 15 new financially-settled swap futurescontracts on March 9 for the trade date March 10. These contracts includean EIA on-highway diesel swap, various gasoil swaps, two heating oil swaps,two fuel oil swaps and a Gulf Coast diesel vs. jet fuel swap futurescontract. The new contracts and their commodity codes are: EIA on-highway retaildiesel swap (HI), gasoil (ICE) mini calendar swap (QA), gasoil 0.1 bargesFOB Rotterdam swap (VL), gasoil barges FOB Rotterdam vs. ICE gasoil swap(WQ), gasoil 0.1 cargoes FOB Northwest Europe swap (WR), gasoil 0.1 cargoesFOB Northwest Europe vs. ICE gasoil swap (WT), gasoil 0.1 cargoes CIFNorthwest Europe swap (TW), gasoil 0.1 cargoes CIF Northwest Europe vs. ICEgasoil swap (TU), gasoil 10ppm cargoes CIF Northwest Europe swap (TY),gasoil 10ppm cargoes CIF Northwest Europe vs. ICE gasoil swap (TP), NewYork heating oil (Platts) swap (YF), New York heating oil (Platts) vs.NYMEX heating oil swap (YH), New York 0.3 % fuel oil swap (VQ), New York 1%fuel oil vs. Gulf Coast 3% fuel oil swap (VR), Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) vs.Gulf Coast jet spread swap (VV). The EIA on-highway retail diesel swap, both New York heating oilcontracts, and the Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) vs. Gulf Coast jet spread swapfutures contracts are 42,000 gallons. The gasoil (ICE) mini calendar swapcontract is 100 metric tons and the eight remaining gasoil contracts are1,000 metric tons. The two New York fuel oil swap futures contracts are1,000 barrels in size. The contracts will be available for trading and clearing on NYMEXClearPort and the first listed month will be April 2008. All 15 contractswill be listed until the last business day of the contract month. Information on fees can be found on the NYMEX web site,http://www.nymex.com/. Forward Looking and Cautionary Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements within themeaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect toour future performance, operating results, strategy, and other futureevents. Such statements generally include words such as could, can,anticipate, believe, expect, seek, pursue, and similar words and terms, inconnection with any discussion of future results. Forward-lookingstatements involve a number of assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, anyof which may cause actual results to differ materially from theanticipated, estimated, or projected results referenced in forward-lookingstatements. In particular, the forward-looking statements of NYMEXHoldings, Inc., and its subsidiaries are subject to the following risks anduncertainties: the success and timing of new futures contracts andproducts; changes in political, economic, or industry conditions; theunfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings; the impact and timingof technological changes and the adequacy of intellectual propertyprotection; the impact of legislative and regulatory actions, includingwithout limitation, actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;and terrorist activities and international hostilities, which may affectthe general economy as well as oil and other commodity markets. We assumeno obligation to update or supplement our forward-looking statements.
