• NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

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      • NYMEX-13-9462-BC
      • Effective Date
      • 01 May 2014
    • FILE NO.:

      NYMEX 13-9462-BC

      NON-MEMBER:

      Somitekno Ltd.

      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 Somitekno Ltd. (“Somitekno”) presented at a hearing on April 29, 2014, in which Somitekno neither admitted nor denied the rule violation upon which the penalty is based, a Panel of the NYMEX Business Conduct Committee (“Panel”) found it has jurisdiction over Somitekno pursuant to NYMEX Rules 400 and 418 and that, on May 28, 2013, Somitekno entered into an EFRP transaction which did not contain documentation of the related swap transaction and, therefore, was not a bona fide EFRP transaction.

      The Panel found that as a result, Somitekno violated Rule 538.H.

      PENALTY:

      In accordance with the settlement offer, the Panel ordered Somitekno to pay a fine to the Exchange in the amount of $15,000

      EFFECTIVE DATE:

      May 1, 2014