• New Listing Cycle for Lean Hog Futures – Effective on December 12, 2008

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      • Clearing Member Firms; Chief Financial Officers; Back Office Managers
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      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 08-354
      • Notice Date
      • 20 November 2008
      • Effective Date
      • 12 December 2008
    • Effective Friday, December 12, 2008, a new listing cycle for Lean Hogs futures will be implemented beginning with listings made after the expiration of the December 2008 contracts. This is a permanent change to the cycle and not a one-time change.
       
      The new listing cycle will be:
       
      Futures expiration
      Futures to be added
      Total Futures Months
      Dec 2008
      May 2010 and June 2010
      12
       
      Feb 2009
      July 2010
      12
      April 2009
      Aug 2010
      12
      May 2009
      Oct 2010
      12
      June 2009
      Dec 2010
      12
      July 2009
      No new month added
      11
      Aug 2009
      Feb 2011
      11
      Oct 2009
      April 2011
      11
      Dec 2009
      May 2011 and June 2011
      12
      Cycle is repeated
      for later months
      Cycle is repeated
      for later months
       
       
       
      The options listing cycle will remain as a total of 8 contract months.

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