Notice to Members
Notice No. 26
01/13/2006
Rule 123.06, "Deliverable Metal Specifications" of the Aluminum Futures Contract
The Exchange has complied with regulatory requirements by filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission notification of an approved amendment to Rule 123.06, "Deliverable Metal Specifications" of the Aluminum Futures Contract. The approved amendment increases the weight tolerance of the Low-Profile Sow deliverable against the Aluminum Futures Contract to seventeen hundred thirty-five (1,735) pounds from fifteen hundred seventy-five (1,575). The attached approved rule amendment is effective Wednesday, January 18, 2006.

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ALUMINUM FUTURES CONTRACT


Approved Rule Amendment

Bold-italics indicate additions; bold strikethrough indicates deletions.

Rule 123.06 DELIVERABLE METAL SPECIFICATIONS

(B) Shapes

Aluminum tendered against each contract shall conform to one of the following shapes.
(1) Sows weighing from six hundred (600) to fifteen hundred seventy-five (1,575) seventeen hundred thirty-five (1,735) pounds; or

(2) T-bars weighing from six hundred (600) to seventeen hundred thirty-five (1,735) pounds.
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