• NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

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      • COMEX 13-9480-BC-2
      • Effective Date
      • 01 June 2015
    • NON-MEMBER:

      EXANE DERIVATIVES

      LEGACY EXCHANGE RULE: 538.H. Documentation

      Parties to any EFRP transaction must maintain all documents relevant to the Exchange contract and the cash, OTC swap, OTC option, or other OTC derivatives, including all documents customarily generated in accordance with relevant market practices and any documents reflecting payment and transfer of title. Any such documents must be provided to the Exchange upon request, and it shall be the responsibility of the carrying clearing member firm to provide such requested documentation on a timely basis.

      FINDINGS:

      Pursuant to an offer of settlement Exane Derivatives (“Exane”) presented at hearing on May 28, 2015, in which Exane neither admitted nor denied the rule violations upon which the penalty is based, a Panel of the COMEX Business Conduct Committee (“Panel”) found that it had jurisdiction over Exane pursuant to Exchange Rules 402 and 418, and that on trade date May 8, 2013, Exane entered into an EFRP transaction that did not contain documentation of the corresponding cash position, and therefore was not a bona fide EFRP.

      The Panel found that as a result, Exane violated Legacy Exchange Rule 538.H.

      PENALTY:

      In accordance with the settlement offer, the Panel ordered Exane to pay a fine to the Exchange in the amount of $7,500.