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          PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.   )

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                             NYMEX HOLDINGS, INC.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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                                  VOTE: SAITTA

HE SUPPORTS:

- Open Outcry

- Member Benefits

- Self-Regulation

- Trading Community

- Selective Corporate Expansion and Profitability

- Enhanced Board Communication with Members



I Richard Saitta am the beneficial owner of 1 share of common stock of NYMEX
Holdings, Inc. and 1 Class A membership in New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.

A Proxy statement containing important information about the election of
directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. and other matters will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to the stockholders of NYMEX
Holdings' Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for March 16, 2004. You are
encouraged to read the proxy statement when it becomes available. When it is
filed with the SEC, the proxy statement, as well as all of NYMEX Holdings' SEC
filings, can be obtained free of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Copies may also be obtained free of charge from the Office of Corporate
Governance of NYMEX Holdings.