CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE ("CME")/ EMERGING MARKETS TRADERS ASSOCIATION ("EMTA") DAILY RUSSIAN PER .S. DOLLAR REFERENCE RATE METHODOLOGY

On Thursday, August 27, 1998, representatives from the non-deliverable forward ("NDF") Russian ruble per U.S. dollar market participated in a telephone conference call with EMTA and the CME to discuss the problems associated with a lack of a fixing for Russian ruble per U.S. dollar trading at the Interbank Exchange ("MICEX"). This rate is the standard "settlement rate" for NDF contracts for Russian per U.S. dollar and the rate the CME uses to settle its Russian Ruble futures and options contract.

As a result of the telephone conference call, the CME was asked in collaboration with EMTA to conduct a daily survey to produce a daily reference rate. This reference rate ("CME/EMTA Reference Rate") will be published on a daily basis for informational purposes only via page 'EMTA", and the CME will also distribute the CME/EMTA Reference Rate through its normal quote distribution channels. The CME/EMTA Reference Rate will be published on a daily basis as long as a minimum of five bid and offer quotes are received from survey participants. Please note that the CME has extensive experience in conducting surveys for the purposes of final settlement of its cash settled contracts. It has been the practice of the CME to keep the names of the survey participants confidential in order to insure the integrity of the survey.

The CME Clearing House will conduct the CME/EMTA Russian Ruble survey at 11:00 AM Moscow time (usually 8:00 AM London time, 3:00 AM New York time, 2:00 AM Chicago time). The CME Clearing House will randomly select eight market participants from a survey of at least 12 market participants, consisting of a selection of foreign subsidiaries with banking licenses in Moscow (authorization to deal spot ruble/dollar on a principal basis) and larger Russian banks based in Moscow. These market participants in will be surveyed simultaneously. These market participants will be asked to provide their view of the current prevailing bid and offer of Russian rubles per U.S. dollars in the Moscow marketplace. The CME will calculate midpoints of these bids and offers, throw out the two highest and two lowest midpoints and average the remaining four midpoints to three decimal places (which is the normal cash market procedure). The resulting rate will be published at the conclusion of the survey and calculation procedures as the daily CME/EMTA Reference Rate. Also, the CME/EMTA Reference Rate will become the Russian Ruble futures Final Settlement Price for the CME contract in the event that MICEX does not publish a Russian ruble per U.S. dollar rate.

At the request of market participants, in the event that the CME/EMTA survey procedures result in less than eight but at least five responses, the CME/EMTA Reference Rate will still be published. The CME will calculate the midpoints, and the highest and lowest of such midpoints shall be eliminated.

The CME and EMTA disclaim liability for the CME/EMTA Reference Rate, and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made concerning the CME/EMTA Reference Rate (including, without limitation, the Methodology for its determination and its suitability for any particular use).

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For informational purposes, please see the proposed rule amendments in the next section for details of the CME Russian Ruble futures backup survey procedures. Proposed additions are underlined and proposed deletions are bracketed.

(Proposed Rule Amendments are Pending CFTC Approval.)

3025. RUSSIAN RUBLE.-

(Rules 3025. A. through 3025. E. are unchanged.)

F. Cash Settlement Procedures

All Russian Ruble futures contracts remaining open after the close of trading on the termination of trading day shall be liquidated by cash settlement at a price equal to the Final Settlement Price. The CME Russian Ruble futures contract Final Settlement Price shall be equal to the reciprocal of the exchange rate of Russian Rubles per U.S. Dollar determined by the 10:00 AM, Moscow time, spot market fixing at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), rounded to six decimal places. This rate is the same Russian Ruble per U.S. Dollar spot exchange rate determined and used by MICEX to cash settle its U.S. Dollar futures contract. All open positions shall be cash settled to the reciprocal of this rate on the termination of trading day.

In the event that the "exchange rate of Russian Rubles per U.S. Dollar" for spot delivery is not determined and/or disseminated by MICEX on the termination of trading day, the Exchange shall determine a Final Settlement Price based on [its own] the CME/EMTA survey of financial institutions [both] inside [and outside of] the Russian Federation that are active participants in the Russian Ruble per U.S. dollar spot and/or non-deliverable forward (NDF) markets. The Clearing House shall select at random 8 reference institutions from a list of no less than 12 institutions who are active participants in the market for spot and/or NDF Russian Rubles. Beginning at [12:30 PM] 11:00 AM Moscow Time1 [for Russian based institutions, which is usually either 9:30 AM or 10:30 AM London Time for London based institutions], each participant shall be requested to provide its view of the current prevailing bid and offer for typically sized Russian Ruble per U.S. dollar spot transactions in the Moscow marketplace. Before a quote is officially accepted, it must be confirmed either by telex, facsimile, or other hard-copy confirmation, or by recorded telephone message. The midpoint of each bid-offer pair shall be determined, and the two lowest and two highest such midpoints shall be eliminated. The Clearing House shall then compute the arithmetic mean of the remaining 4 midpoints. The reciprocal of this arithmetic mean of the Russian Ruble per U.S. dollar spot exchange rate will then be calculated and rounded to the nearest $.000001 per Russian Ruble. This number shall become the Final Settlement Price for

1 This is usually [3:30]2:00 AM Chicago Time, but may be either [2:30]1:00 AM or [4:30]3:00 AM Chicago Time when Daylight Savings Time is in effect in either, but not both, Moscow or Chicago.

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the termination of trading day. If for any reason there is difficulty in obtaining a quote within a reasonable time interval from one of the participants in the sample, that participant shall be dropped from the sample, and another shall be randomly selected to replace it. The Exchange President or his designated representative shall determine by 1 0:00 AM Chicago Time on the business day following the termination of trading whether the "Russian Ruble per U.S. Dollar spot exchange rate' was not determined and/or disseminated by MICEX on the termination of trading day. In such event, the Exchange shall determine the Final Settlement Price based on [its own] the CME/EMTA survey of financial institutions as described above.

In the event that the CME/EMTA survey procedures result in less than eight but at least five responses, the CME Clearing House shall select at random as appropriate five, six, or seven reference institutions from a list of no less than 12 institutions who are active participants in the market for spot and/or .NDF Russian rubles. The midpoint of each bid-offer pair shall be determined, and the lowest and highest of such midpoints shall be eliminated. The Clearing House shall then compute the arithmetic mean of the remaining 3, 4, or 5 midpoints as appropriate. The reciprocal of this arithmetic mean of the Russian_ Ruble per U.S. dollar spot exchange rate will then be calculated and rounded to the nearest $.000001 per Russian Ruble. This number shall become the Final Settlement Price for the termination of trading day.

However, in the event that the Exchange President determines that the "Russian Ruble per U.S. Dollar spot exchange rate" is not determined and/or disseminated by MICEX, and the Clearing House is not able to conduct [its own] the CME/EMTA survey to determine the "U.S. Dollar per Russian Ruble spot exchange rate," then Rule 3025. J. shall apply to determine the Final Settlement Price.

(Rules 3025. G. through 3025. 1. are unchanged.)

J. Emergencies, Acts of Government, Acts of God

If the Exchange President determines that the calculation of the Final Settlement Price is prevented by strike, fire, accident, act of government, or act of God, he shall call a special meeting of the Board of Directors and arrange for the presentation of evidence respecting the emergency condition. If the Board determines that an emergency exists, it shall take such action as it deems necessary under the circumstances and its decision shall be binding upon all parties to the contract. For example, and without in any way limiting the Board's power, it may: 1) accelerate or extend the Termination of Trading datc, 2) set the Final Settlement Price equal to the previous day's settlement price, and/or 3) determine a Final Settlement Price based on information at its disposal.

End of rule.

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