Effective July 31, 2026, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, please be advised that the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX” or “Exchange”) will amend references to the Fastmarkets Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate LiOH.H2O, 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price CIFcif China, Japan & Korea assessment (available under code MB-LI-0033; the “Hydroxide Assessment”) and its Lithium Carbonate, 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices cif China, Japan & Korea assessment (code MB-LI-0029; the “Carbonate Assessment”) as noted for the Lithium Hyrdoxide CIF CJK (Fastmarket) Futures and Lithium Hydroxide CIF CJK (Fastmarkets) Average Price Option contracts listed in the Table 1. below (the “Contracts”) for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.

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