March 2, 2006

Welcome to the CME Globex Notices summary for the week of March 2, 2006.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your CME Globex Account Manager at 312.634.8700; or at +44.207.623.2550 in Europe.

Reminder: CME GSCI ER Futures Launch 
Effective Sunday, March 12, 2006 (for trade date March 13), CME is launching CME Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Excess Return Index (GSCI^® ER) futures contracts on the CME Globex electronic trading platform.

CME GSCI ER futures are currently available for testing in the CME certification environment.

More information on the CME GSCI ER futures launch is available online.

Reminder: CME Market Data Change 
CME currently disseminates both the Five Best Bids/Offers (MA) message and the Delete N Lines (MC) and Market Sheet (MF) messages for certain CME futures and options on futures, providing both full-depth and five-deep market data. Effective Sunday, March 19, 2006 (for trade date March 20), to reduce bandwidth utilization, CME is eliminating the MC and MF market data messages for all CME products except:

• CME Russell 2000^® futures
• CME NASDAQ-100^® futures
• CME S&P 500^® futures
• CME S&P MidCap 400^® futures

These products, without the MC and MF messages, will be available for testing in the CME certification environment this Monday, March 6, 2006. This change should have no impact on most customer systems; however, customers are encouraged to verify that their systems do not rely on the MC and MF messages.

More information on this CME market data change is available online.

Reminder: CME E-mini MSCI EAFE Futures Launch 
Effective Sunday, March 19, 2006 (for trade date March 20), CME is launching the CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures, the first futures contract based on the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) Index, the preeminent benchmark for measuring international stock market performance.

The CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures contract will be available for testing in the CME certification environment this Monday, March 6, 2006.

More information on the CME E-mini MSCI EAFE futures launch is available online.

Reminder: CME Market Data API Elimination 
As previously announced, CME is eliminating CME Market Data API (MD API), the legacy market data vehicle, on July 1, 2006. All CME MD API customers must complete the migration to the CME Market Data Platform before July 1.

More information on the CME MD API cut-off and the CME Market Data Platform is available online.

CME FirmSoft Administration Interface 
To provide greater control and flexibility over CME FirmSoft access rights to CME Clearing Firms, CME is introducing the CME FirmSoft Administration interface. Through this browser-based interface on the secure CME portal site, authorized CME Clearing Firm administrators will have the ability to directly add, modify and delete CME FirmSoft access rights for their employees and customers.

More information on the CME FirmSoft Administration Interface is available online.