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Bulletin Heading VOLUME 28 – BULLETIN #025

TO:

ALL CLEARING PARTICIPANTS

FROM:

CLIENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT

DATE:

April 14, 2008

SUBJECT:

Expiration of April 2008 Option Contracts

The following April 2008 option contracts on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange will officially expire this month:

CCFE Product

Product Code

Last Trade Date

Sulfur Dioxide

KS

April 15, 2007

Carbon Financial Index

WC

April 28, 2007

Clearing participants should note that all option positions that are in-the-money will be automatically exercised. Clearing participants that wish to submit an exercise cancellation instruction or an out-of-the-money exercise instruction can do so prior to the 5:00 p.m. expiration deadline through Position Management. Please note; an authorization code is required when submitting special option instructions through Position Management. Clearing participants that need to verify their authorization code can do so by contacting Client Services and Support at (312) 786-5718.

Clearing participants are reminded that all unmatched transfer and give-up transactions for expiring option contracts should be reconciled prior to the 5:00 p.m. deadline on the last day of trading.

To aid clearing participants in the reporting of final open interest in expiring options contracts as well as the verification special option instructions, TCC will provide clearing participants with the following reports through Web Report Distribution:

Report Name

Report ID

Available

Option Expiration Report by Firm and Contract

CLR00054

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Option Expiration Report by Firm

CLR00164

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

A column that appears within these reports titled ‘Current Positions’ will display a clearing participant’s current gross position within each contract. These positions are calculated by using the applicable clearing participant’s incoming position and adding the current day’s gross trading activity to this position. Clearing participants can compare the current calculated position against the positions the clearing participant intends to report as Final Open Interest either via FTP or through Position Management. If a clearing participant determines that an open interest reporting discrepancy exist should contact Client Services and Support at (312) 786-5718.

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange Option Expiration Schedule

Option Expiration Day

 
   

3:00 p.m.

Trading stops in expiring sulfur option contracts.

   

4:30 p.m.

Option Expiration reports will be available through WRD.

   

5:00 p.m.

Deadline for submission of exercise cancellation and out of the money exercise instructions. Option Expiration reports will be available through WRD.

   

5:30 p.m.

Option Expiration reports will be available through WRD.

   

7:00 p.m.

Final clearing processing begins.

   

8:00 p.m

Deadline to receive clearing participant’s final open interest in expiring option contracts

Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Client Services and Support Representatives:

John Compall

 

john.compall@clearingcorp.com

Richard Crilly

312-786-3842

richard.crilly@clearingcorp.com

Marc MacQuarrie

312-786-5732

marc.macquarrie@clearingcorp.com

     

Client Services and Support

312-786-5718

css@clearingcorp.com

Clearing Corporation Web Site

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