Effective Sunday, September 24, 2006 (trade date Monday, September 24, 2006), NYMEX will offer a spread between its physically delivered light sweet crude oil and Brent crude oil futures contracts on CME Globex.  This new spread (commodity code CL:BB), will replace the spread between the financially settled crude oil futures and Brent crude oil futures (WS:BB), which will be de-listed from CME Globex at the close of business on Friday, September 22, 2006.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact:

Marilee Radecki                                312.930.8193                        mradecki@cme.com

Kevin Brady                                      312.648.3653                        kbrady@cme.com

Thank you.