RICI® Index Adds NYSE Liffe’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa Futures Contracts

London – NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, today announced that the Exchange’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa Futures contracts will be added to the Rogers International Commodity Index® (RICI®) for the first time. The changes will be implemented during the January roll period, at the end of January 2013. These new contracts will replace the existing Intercontinental Exchange’s Arabica Coffee and Cocoa contracts and will give NYSE Liffe’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa contracts weightings of 2% and 1% respectively.

The index was designed to meet the need for consistent investing in a broad-based international vehicle; it represents the value of a basket of commodities consumed in the global economy, ranging from agricultural to energy and metals products. The value of this basket is tracked via futures contracts on 37 different exchange traded physical commodities, quoted in five different currencies, (soon to be six with Sterling) listed on twelve exchanges in five countries.

Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings and founder of the Rogers International Commodity Index®, said: “We’re pleased to include NYSE Liffe’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa Futures contracts in the Rogers International Commodity Index®. We continue to review and maintain the Index to reflect the underlying market, which is a key reason why the RICI®is one of the most diverse, stable, and globally successful commodity indices in the market.”

Nicholas Kennedy, Head of Business Development FICC, NYSE Liffe, said: “We are delighted with the decision of the RICI® Committee. This inclusion follows that of NYSE Liffe’s Milling Wheat and Rapeseed Futures contracts, which have already been incorporated into the index, and firmly underlines the global benchmark status that our main commodity contracts have within the trading community.”



About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company’s exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext’s equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world’s second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.