NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

FILE NO.:

COMEX 12-9183-BC

MEMBER FIRM:

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

NYMEX RULE VIOLATIONS: 536. RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS FOR PIT, GLOBEX, AND NEGOTIATED TRADES

D. Customer Type Indicator (CTI) Codes (in part)

Each clearing member must identify each transaction executed on the trading floor or on the Globex platform on the record of transactions submitted to the Exchange with the correct customer type indicator (CTI) code.

FINDINGS:

Pursuant to an offer of settlement in which Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) neither admitted nor denied the rule violations upon which the penalty is based, on May 28, 2014, a Panel of the COMEX Business Conduct Committee (“Panel”) found that for the time periods of July 25, 2012, through August 8, 2012, and September 24, 2012, through October 7, 2012, Credit Suisse submitted numerous instances of incorrect CTI codes.

The Panel concluded that Credit Suisse violated NYMEX Rule 536.D.

PENALTY:

In accordance with the settlement offer, the Panel fined Credit Suisse $1000.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

May 30, 2014