July 10, 2009

Beginning on Sunday, July 19, 2009, for trade date Monday, July 20, the Exchange will dually list on the New York trading floor and through CME ClearPort, financially settled “Crack Spread” Average Price Options contracts on the differentials between RBOB Gasoline/Crude Oil, Gasoil/Brent Crude Oil - Last Day, and New York Harbor Heating Oil/Crude Oil contracts.

These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

Commodity Codes, Rule Chapters and Underlying Futures:

Options Classification
Average Price Options (Financially settled only on expiration day)

Financial Settlement
A long call options will be financially settled on expiration day by the final settlement price for the underlying futures less the strike price, or zero, whichever is greater. A long put will be financially settled on expiration day by the strike price less the final settlement price for the underlying futures contract, or zero, whichever is greater.

Strike Price Intervals
Ten strike prices in increments of $0.25 per barrel above and below the at-the-money strike price, for a total of at least 21 strike prices. Strike price boundaries are adjusted according to futures price movements.

Expiration Dates
The expiration date is the last business day of the underlying month of the futures contract.

Minimum Price Fluctuation
$0.01 (1¢) per Barrel

Contract Size
1,000 Barrels

Trading Months
For all three options contracts, the first contract months to be listed will be the August 2009 delivery months.

• Heating Oil Crack Spread Average Price Options: 36 consecutive monthly contracts through June 2012
• RBOB Crack Spread Average Price Options: Consecutive months for the balance of the current year plus 3 additional years through December 2012
• Gasoil Crack Spread Average Price Options: 60 consecutive monthly contracts through June 2014

Fee Schedule

For additional information, please contact the Energy and Metals marketing hotline at (212) 299-2301, or email exchangeinformation@cmegroup.

On Sunday, July 19, 2009, for trade date Monday, July 20, the Exchange will list six new physically delivered natural gas liquid (NGL) futures contracts for trading and clearing through CME ClearPort.

These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

The LDH propane (3N) contract will be physically delivered at the LDH facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The Non-LDH propane contract as well as the other four (4) physical NGL contracts will be delivered at the Enterprise facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas.

The first listed month for these contracts will be the August 2009 contract month. The physical LDH propane (3N) and Non-LDH propane (3P) contracts will be listed for 48 consecutive months. The physical Normal Butane (3M), Natural Gasoline (3R), Iso-Butane (3L) and Ethane (3Q) contracts will be listed for 36 consecutive months.

Fee Schedule

Block fees do not apply.

Trading Hours

6:00 p.m. Sunday until 5:15 p.m. Friday (New York prevailing time). There is a 45-minute halt in trading each day between 5:15 p.m. (current trade date) and 6:00 p.m. (next trade date).

The Exchange will allow exchange of futures for physical (EFP) and exchange of futures for swap (EFS) transactions to be submitted through CME ClearPort clearing. The EFP and EFS transactions in this futures contract will be governed by the provisions of Exchange Rules 6.21 and 6.21A, respectively.

For further information, please contact Daniel Brusstar at (212) 299-2604.

Please note CME ClearPort codes correction below.

Futures will launch on CME Globex and through CME ClearPort on Sunday, July 12, 2009, for trade date Monday, July 13. Options will be available through CME ClearPort and on the New York trading floor, on XX for trade date July 27. All transactions benefit from the safety and security of CME Clearing.

Please be advised that this futures contract will be listed for the current year through Vintage year 2014 instead of through Vintage year 2020 as reported in SER-4917.

The commodity codes are listed below for your convenience.

Additionally, on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, the Exchange will launch a new SO2 Emission 25 Allowance Options contract for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for clearing on CME ClearPort.

Fee Schedule
SO2 Emission 25 Allowance Futures and Options contracts.

Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact Brad Leach at (212) 299-2609.

As previously announced, firms may begin using the new combined SPAN files today, July 10. The separate SPAN files being replaced – the "ccl" files containing data for CME and CBOT, and the files for COMEX and NYMEX – will be published through Friday, July 31, but will be eliminated thereafter.

Please direct any questions to the CME Group Risk Hotline at (312) 648-3888.

The following enhancement to CME ClearPort will be effective July 13, 2009:

Brokers and Traders
Users will be able to sort all columns in the CME ClearPort® Trade Blotter by selecting the sort icon. Clicking the icon next to the column name will activate the top arrow, , which will sort the column alphabetically, numerically or by date in ascending order. If you wish to sort in descending order, please select the sort icon again to activate the bottom arrow.

Traders
Automatic email notification informing customers of being a party to CME ClearPort submissions will now be sent from custcare@cmegroup.com instead of NYMEX clearport@nymex.com. Please be sure to add this email to your company’s "safe sender" list to avoid any interruption in receiving these emails, or to modify any email rules you may have in place accordingly.

Articles in this issue include:

• The potential role of central counterparty clearing in restoring participant confidence in over-the-counter markets
• Independent software vendor perspectives on the latest technology trends
• The impact of weather, technology and rising standards of living on agricultural commodity markets.