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Filed by Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (CBOT)
Subject Company -- Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
File No. 132-01854
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The following letter was distributed to CBOT members entitled to vote after
business hours on October 6, 2000.
October 6, 2000
REMINDER NOTICE
TO: FULL & ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
RE: OCTOBER 12 MEMBERSHIP VOTE
A membership vote will be held THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2000 on a proposition to
reduce the size of the CBOT Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.
Holders of record of Full and Associate Memberships as of September 27, 2000 may
vote on this proposition using any of the alternatives outlined below.
1) Deliver or mail a completed Proxy Ballot to the Secretary's Office. (A Proxy
Ballot was included in the ballot materials sent previously to all eligible
voting members.) Proxy Ballots submitted in this way must be received at the
Secretary's Office before 2:30 p.m. on October 12.
2) Deposit a completed Proxy Ballot in the Ballot Box which will be located in
the CBOT 4th Floor Lobby between 8:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. on October 12, 2000.
(Proxy Ballot forms will be available for this purpose in the 4th Floor Lobby
on October 12).
2) Vote in person at the Special Meeting of the Membership which will be held
for this purpose on October 12, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. Central Time in the Fifth
Floor Visitor Center Theater.
Returning your completed Proxy Ballot will not prevent you from voting in person
at the Special Meeting of the Membership if you are present and wish to vote.
Please note, however, that if you vote by Proxy Ballot, you will not need to
attend the Special Meeting of the Membership, or take any further action in
connection with the proxy voting at the Special Meeting, because you already
will have directed the Proxy how you wish to vote with respect to the
proposition. You may revoke your Proxy Ballot at any time before the Special
Meeting of the Membership by providing written notice to the Secretary or by
submission of a later-dated Proxy Ballot.
If you have any questions concerning this letter or the voting process on this
proposition, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretary's Office at (312)
435-3605.
Sincerely,
/s/Paul J. Draths
Paul J. Draths
Vice President and Secretary
The CBOT urges you to read the Registration Statement on Form S-4, including the
proxy statement/prospectus contained within the Registration Statement,
regarding the CBOT restructuring, when it becomes available, as well as the
other documents that the CBOT has filed or will file with the SEC, because they
contain or will contain important information. CBOT members and membership
interest holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus, when
it becomes available, and other documents filed by the CBOT at the Commission's
website at www.sec.gov, or from the CBOT by directing such request in writing or
by telephone to: Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc., 141 W. Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, Attention: Office of the Secretary, Telephone:
(312) 435-3605, Facsimile: (312) 347-3827. This communication shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall
there by any sale of securities in any state in which offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state. No offering of securities shall be made
except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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The following letter was distributed to CBOT members and membership interest
holders through the CBOT's intranet site, Membernet, on October 6, 2000.
FROM: CBOT Lessor Committee
Veda Kaufman Levin - Chairman
C.C. Odom II - Vice Chairman
Charles Bloomfield
Norman Friedman
William Fritz
Sidney Hamper
Lawrence Israel
William Power
Louis Skydell
DATE: October 5, 2000
RE: Proposal to reduce the size of the CBOT Board of Directors and the
Nominating Committee
Vote by Thursday, October 12, 2000
The Lessor's Committee unanimously supports the initiative to reduce the size of
the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee.
We urge CBOT(R) members and membership interest holders to read the Registration
Statements on Form S-4, including the proxy statement/prospectus contained
within the Registration Statements, regarding the CBOT(R) restructuring referred
to herein or in connection herewith, when it becomes available, as well as the
other documents that the CBOT(R) has filed or will file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, because they contain or will contain important information.
CBOT(R) members and membership interest holders may obtain a free copy of the
proxy statement/prospectus, when it becomes available, and other documents filed
by the CBOT(R) at the Commission's web site at www.sec.gov, or from the CBOT(R)
by directing such request in writing or by telephone to: Board of Trade of the
City of Chicago, 141 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-2994, Attention:
Office of the Secretary, Telephone: (312) 435-3605, Facsimile: (312) 347-3827.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state in which
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state. No offering of
securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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