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Commodity Update

	October 29, 2009

A New Way to Manage the Spread Risk Between Calendar Months

Effective trade date December 7, CME Group will add Calendar Spread Options for Live Cattle and Lean Hog futures. Options on calendar spreads will enable customers to mitigate the risk of changing price differentials between successive futures contract months when rolling from one futures contract month to another. The contracts also offer:

Customization
Precise hedges geared to your exposure to temporal risk
Opportunities
Protection against adverse price moves along with access to favorable moves
Choice of venue
Trading floor or CME Globex electronic platform
Liquidity
Dedicated and active market makers on the trading floor and on CME Globex
Security
Centralized clearing and guaranteed counterparty credit

To learn more, please visit www.cmegroup.com/livestockcso.

For more information, please contact:

Chicago Office
John Harangody
Associate Director
CME Group Products and Services
312-466-4437
john.harangody@cmegroup.com

Chicago Office
Tom Clark
Associate Director
CME Group Products and Services
312-930-4595
thomas.clark@cmegroup.com

London Office
Jeffry Kuijpers
Associate Director
Commodity/Alt. Investment Products
011 (44) 207-796-7108
jeffry.kuijpers@cmegroup.com

Singapore Office
Nelson Low
Director
Commodity Products Asia
11-656-550-9621
nelson.low@cmegroup.com