Important: Final 4 weeks for Russell 2000 contracts

Clearing House Advisory Notices

To	Clearing Member Firms; Chief Financial Officers; Back Office Managers
From	CME Clearing
Subject	Important: Final 4 weeks for Russell 2000 contracts
Notice Date	2008-08-19
Notice Number	08-187
Effective Date	2008-09-19
On September 19, 2008, CME Group’s contractual listing rights to the Russell 2000 index contracts end, and these products no longer will be available at CME Group. Although we appreciate your continued support of the contracts at CME Group (currently at 96 percent of volume and a similar share of open interest), we want to ensure that you’re informed of all of the resources available to ease the migration to other CME Group products or to the other market center. Over the last year, we’ve taken several steps to help minimize the impact on customers who need to transition open interest. For the full text of this advisory...