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(Nobody won the $25,000 because apparently it didn’t count if an opposing player hit the sign, which is completely ridiculous How cheap can Subway be I mean come on. KANSAS CITY, Mo.(Business Wire)FCStone Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSX), a commodity risk-management firm, todayannounced that it has acquired Elders Risk Management Pty Ltd, anAustralian-based company that specializes in risk management for the producersand users of agricultural commodities, including grains, livestock, cotton andwool. Elders Risk Management Pty Ltd had been a part of Elders Limited, anagribusiness services organization headquartered in Adelaide, Australia that, inturn, is a subsidiary of Futuris Corporation Ltd (Australian Stock Exchange:FCL), Australias largest agribusiness holding company Elders Risk Management Pty Ltd. has changed its corporate name to FCStoneAustralia Pty Ltd, and will join FCStones other offices and divisionsthroughout the world, including its offices in China, Brazil, Ireland, andCanada, in providing its clients with access to global risk-managementcapabilities.

"We see this acquisition as a natural geographic extension of our core domesticand overseas risk-management business," commented Pete Anderson, FCStones ChiefExecutive Officer. Anderson added, "As the agricultural industry becomes increasinglyinternationalized and interconnected, we intend to stay ahead of the curve byincreasing our capabilities in the worlds major agricultural regions. Australiais a key part of that strategy because it is one of the worlds most importantproducers of a wide range of agricultural commodities. "As FCStone continues to expand its presence across the globe," Anderson said,"FCStone Australia will put us in position to provide more extensiverisk-management services to agribusiness organizations throughout Asia andOceania, as well as provide new opportunities to our existing clients around theworld." Elders decision to sell the risk management operations to FCStone is a resultof a shift back to the core services of Australias leading agribusiness serviceprovider.

"Elders is refocusing on what is does best, that is the provision ofagricultural inputs, technical services and marketing options for our coreagricultural markets," said John Molenaar, Elders Rural Services Head ofAustralia Mr. We think organizations should focus on what they are good at. Eldersclients, I believe, will benefit from this partnership while we continue to addvalue in our areas of expertise." About FCStone Group, Inc.FCStone Group, Inc., along with its affiliates, is an integrated commodity riskmanagement company providing risk management consulting and transactionexecution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users andproducers. The firm assists primarily middle market customers in optimizingtheir profit margins and mitigating exposure to commodity price risk. FCStone Group, Inc., serves more than 8,000customers and in the 12 months ended August 31, 2008, executed 100.0 millionderivative contracts in the exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets. TheFCStone Group companies work in all the major commodity areas includingagriculture, energy, renewable fuels, foods, forestry, cotton and textile, dairyand currency exchange.

Headquartered in the Midwest, it has offices locatedthroughout the world and is a clearing member of all major North Americanfutures exchanges. FCStone Group, Inc., trades on the NASDAQ Global SelectMarket under the symbol "FCSX." Forward Looking StatementsThis press release may include forward-looking statements regarding, among otherthings, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. Allstatements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in thispress release are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect,""anticipate," "should," "plan," "will," "may," "could," "intend," "estimate,""predict," "potential," "continue" or the negative of these terms and similarexpressions, as they relate to FCStone Group, Inc., are intended to identifyforward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our currentexpectations and projections about future events and financial trends that webelieve may affect our financial condition, results of operations, businessstrategy and financial needs. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions,including the risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in the Company'sfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of these risks,uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking statements in this pressrelease may not occur and actual results could differ materially from thoseanticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.