The Green Exchange(TM) Announces Goldman Sachs as Founding Member

NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Green Exchange(TM) today announced
that Goldman, Sachs & Co. has agreed to work toward building The Green
Exchange venture as a founding member.
Introduced in December 2007 by NYMEX Holdings, Inc. with Evolution
Markets, the current anticipated founding member participants in The Green
Exchange are Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Tudor
Investment, Constellation Energy, Vitol and RNK Capital.
The new exchange will offer a comprehensive range of environmental
futures, options and swap contracts for markets focused on solutions to
climate change, renewable energy and other environmental challenges. The
first slate of environmental futures and options contracts were introduced on
the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the world's largest physical
commodities exchange and a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings (NYSE: NMX), on March
17.
"We are pleased to join NYMEX and the other founding members in the
development of a liquid marketplace for emissions products and to support a
market-based solution to environmental challenges," said Vic Simone, Managing
Director and Global Head of Principal Strategic Investments at Goldman Sachs.
About The Green Exchange
The Green Exchange initiative was introduced by the New York Mercantile
Exchange, with Evolution Markets, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan,
Merrill Lynch, Tudor Investment, Constellation Energy, Vitol and RNK Capital.
The new exchange will offer a comprehensive range of environmental futures,
options and swap contracts for markets focused on solutions to climate change,
renewable energy and other environmental challenges. For further information
about The Green Exchange, please visit http://www.greenfutures.com/.
About Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and
investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to
a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations,
financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in
1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm
is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt,
Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.
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SOURCE The Green Exchange

Anu Ahluwalia, +1-212-299-2439, or Keil Decker, +1-212-299-2209, both of NYMEX
Holdings; or Evan A. Ard of Evolution Markets, +1-914-323-0210,
eard@evomarkets.com