The Hungarian Forint and Hungarian Forint/Euro cross-rate currency delivery will occur on Thursday, March 16, 2006 instead of Wednesday, March 15,2006 due to a national holiday in Hungary. According to CME rule 26702.A. Delivery Days – Delivery shall be made on the third Wednesday of the contract month.  If that day is not a business day in the country of delivery or is a bank holiday in either Chicago or New York City, then delivery shall be made on the next day which is a business day in the country of delivery and is not a bank holiday in Chicago or New York City.

By 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, long clearing firms receiving delivery of Hungarian Forint must pay by wire transfer or submit an order-to-pay for the dollar value of the Hungarian Forint to Citibank, New York. Long clearing firms receiving Euro of the Hungarian Forint/Euro cross-rate must submit a Euro denominated OTP to Citibank, New York.

If there are any questions, please call the Deliveries Unit at (312) 930-3172.