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Barchart.com, Inc. Acquires FuturesBoard.com, LLC

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CHICAGO, IL – September 12, 2007 – Barchart.com, Inc., a leading provider of futures, equity and foreign exchange market data and information, today announced the completed acquisition of FuturesBoard.com, LLC for an undisclosed amount.

FuturesBoard.com, LLC is the entity which owned the futures market interactive community website www.futuresboard.com. FuturesBoard.com is one of the fastest growing community websites for traders to discuss the markets and access user-generated content. The site features extensive discussion forums on major futures markets, as well as related industry topics. FuturesBoard.com also includes unique market commentary contributed by trusted industry experts. Additionally, the site features sections for industry firms to maintain their own pages or channels within FuturesBoard. The site continues to rapidly expand and add additional content like live audio reports from traders. Barchart currently provides the market data for quotes and charts on the site.

"FuturesBoard compliments our existing network of financial and trading websites like Barchart.com as we now offer an interactive community,” said Eero Pikat, President of Barchart.com, Inc. “User-generated content is a major force behind the internet and with the dominance of electronic futures trading, providing an online community venue for interacting with other traders is a needed service,” said Pikat.

FuturesBoard.com is free to join and members can also create and host their own blogs through the site. Additional features include member profiles, a powerful search tool, member-to-member messaging, alerts and industry event listings. Barchart plans to promote FuturesBoard.com through its well-known financial website Barchart.com (www.barchart.com) and other Barchart owned websites such as InsideFutures.com (www.insidefutures.com). Barchart is also planning additional new features and enhancements to the site.

The acquisition of FuturesBoard.com, LLC is another example of how Barchart continues to serve the financial community. The Barchart suite of products and services extends to financial websites, third-party web-content solutions like integrated quotes and charts, real-time and delayed market data feeds, fundamental data, front-end trading applications, historical data and publications through the Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) division, such as CRB PriceCharts, Futures Market Service, Trends in Futures, CRB Commodity Yearbook, CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices, and long-term wall charts and desk sets.

About Barchart.com, Inc.
With a heritage dating back to 1934, Barchart.com, Inc. has substantial experience in meeting the informational needs of the financial industry. A full-service provider of futures, equity and foreign exchange financial market data from all major exchanges, Barchart also provides comprehensive fundamental data, historical market data and research, custom web content, complex real-time charting applications, an extensive array of market tools and analytics, retail products and educational services. As an established leader in an industry that demands accuracy and innovation, Barchart’s goal is to form partnerships that deliver comprehensive solutions for success.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information, contact Mark Haraburda, Managing Director of Business Development at Barchart.com, Inc. 330 S. Wells, Sixth Floor, Chicago, IL 60606. Phone: (312) 506-8705. Email: haraburda@barchart.com.