Listing of Dated to Frontline Brent BALMO Swap Futures and EIA Flat Tax U.S. Retail Gasoline Swap Futures on NYMEX Trading Floor and CME ClearPort®

Effective Sunday, April 11 for trade date Monday, April 12, 2010, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) will list the following two (2) new petroleum futures contracts for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral settlement prices across asset classes. These contracts are listed with NYMEX, and subject to the rules and regulations of NYMEX and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 

Contract, Code, and Rule Chapter:

Valid Contract Months: The first listed month for the Dated to Frontline Brent BALMO Swap Futures contract will be the April 2010 contract month.  The balance-of-month contract will be listed for one month and the following month will be listed 10 business days prior to the start of the contract month.  The first listed month for the EIA Flat Tax U.S. Retail Gasoline Swap Futures will be the May 2010 contract month.  The EIA Flat Tax U.S. Retail Gasoline Swap Futures contract will be listed for 36 consecutive contract months.

Contract Size:

Minimum Price Intervals and Value per Tick:

Termination of Trading:

Trading shall cease on the last business day of the contract month.

Final Settlement Price:

Fees:

Trading and Clearing Hours:

CME ClearPort: Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT).

Open Outcry:    Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT).

For more information please contact Daniel Brusstar at (212) 299-2604.