October 6, 2009

Beginning on Sunday, October 11, 2009, for trade date Monday, October 12, 2009, the Exchange will list for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for clearing through CME ClearPort, financially settled average price option contracts on four Natural Gas Liquid contracts as listed below. These option contracts are virtually identical to previously-listed average price option contracts except that they will trade in one-thousandth of a cent ($.00001) per gallon as opposed to the previous contracts, which traded in one-hundredth of a cent ($.0001) per gallon. These new average price option contracts will also trade in strike increments of one-hundredth cent per gallon ($.0001/gallon).

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

Contract Specifications

Option Classification
Average Price Option (financially settled only on expiration day).

Financial Settlement
A long call option 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
Twenty strike prices in increments of $.0001 per gallon above and below the at-the-money strike price, for a total of at least 41 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
$0.00001 (1¢) per gallon.

Contract Size
42,000 gallons.

Trading Months
36 consecutive monthly contracts beginning with the October 2009 contract month.

Fee Schedule

On Monday, September 21, 2009, the Exchange delisted the inactive contracts referenced below. Please note that these products were listed on the NYMEX trading floor and were available through CME ClearPort.

For further information, please contact Nadine Brown at (212) 299-2223.

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