New York Mercantile Exchange

Kenneth Shifrin is the Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shifrin joined the Exchange in January 2004 as vice president of finance and most recently served as senior vice president of finance. Previously, he was global controller for two years at Electronic Broking Systems (EBS). Prior to EBS, he held several senior financial roles including chief financial officer of Gateway Logistics, Corp., and chief financial officer and vice president of finance for Hirsch International, Corp. Mr. Shifrin, who has more than 20 years of public and private accounting experience and an extensive background in company operations, also worked as a controller for National Business Products, Inc., and Career Employment Services, Inc. He holds a masters of business administration in accounting from Adelphi University, a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and he is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Rubin is Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Controller of TICC Capital Corp. He is the former Assistant Treasurer & Director of Financial Planning of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the largest physical commodities futures exchange in the world and has extensive experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, treasury operations and SEC reporting requirements. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Rubin was a manager in financial operations for the American Stock Exchange, where he was primarily responsible for budgeting matters. Mr. Rubin began his career in commercial banking as an auditor primarily of the commercial lending and municipal bond dealer areas. Mr. Rubin received his BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University where he also obtained his Masters of Business Administration in Finance.

Howard Gabler is a managing director of Glocap Search, LLC and has twenty-five years of experience in the executive search business. Mr. Gabler was a founding partner and president of G.Z. Stephens Inc., a retainer-based executive search firm specializing in senior level assignments for investment banks, asset managers, broker dealers, and exchanges both domestically and internationally. Prior to that, Mr. Gabler was responsible for the securities and commodities group at Hadley Lockwood, Inc., servicing a similar client group. He is also a certified public accountant. Previously, Mr. Gabler served as NYMEX Exchange s executive vice president and helped develop its energy contracts. Mr. Gabler previously served as a public director of the Company from August 2005 until the end of his term in April 2006. Mr. Gabler serves on the audit, compensation and compliance review committees.

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Mark V. Dimon is the sole proprietor of Dimon Oil Corp, a commodity brokerage business he founded in 1988, and has been a member of the New York Mercantile Exchange for 26 years. Mr. Dimon has been a member of the Florence Township Board of Education for seven years and presently serves on the Community Relations, Finance and Curriculum Committees.