FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

XPRESSTRADE ANNOUNCES WEBSITE REDESIGN AND NEW PUBLIC FEATURES

Chicago, IL (May 4, 1999) -- XPRESSTRADE, LLC, the Internet-based futures brokerage firm headquartered in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center, announced this morning the introduction of a redesigned public Website for self-directed futures and option traders. In addition to all of the existing features previously found on the XPRESSTRADE Website, several exciting new enhancements are now available to the general trading public:

• Free, Unlimited Access to FutureSource Charts: The public is invited to use these charts free-of-charge and on an unlimited basis. The charts may be customized, allowing the user to select the chart type, chart horizon, technical studies, and chart size. Most importantly, the charts may be printed, quickly and easily.

• Free, Unlimited Access to Real-Time Financial World News: XPRESSTRADE is pleased to present FWN, the news specialist for the financial and commodity markets, in an easy-to-use keyword format, allowing traders to quickly follow news developments in the markets they're trading.

• Free, Unlimited Access to an Automatically-Updating Margin Table: Futures traders will enjoy unconditional access to XPRESSTRADE'S automatically-updating table of exchange-minimum margins on a variety of futures contracts.

• Free, Unlimited Delayed Futures Quotes: Futures traders will appreciate the ability to go to one Website for complete futures market price data. XPRESSTRADE presents a snapshot of selected delayed futures quotes in the Today's Markets summary area and gives traders the opportunity to retrieve delayed quotes on any domestically-traded futures contract.

XPRESSTRADE places one of the futures industry's most powerful arsenal of tools and services–including Internet trading, quotes/charts/news, and real-time account information–at the fingertips of self-directed futures and option traders, thereby empowering them and giving them unparalleled convenience and control. XPRESSTRADE has created a secure, reliable, personalized trading environment that requires no additional software and that is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere on the globe. Because of efficiencies related to its all-electronic business model, XPRESSTRADE offers one of the lowest commission rate structures in the futures industry. The introduction of XPRESSTRADE'S redesigned public Website, with its new features, solidifies the company's position as one of the futures industry's premier Internet brokers.

XPRESSTRADE is registered with the National Futures Association as an Introducing Broker and is guaranteed by ADM Investor Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, one of the world's largest processors and marketers of agricultural commodities. ADM has been a Chicago Board of Trade member since 1927 and is a Fortune 100 Company, with 1998 sales of $16.1 billion and shareholders' equity of $6.5 billion.

Contacts: Marcia E. Cremin, Philip D. Kepler, or Daniel E. O'Neil