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SECTION I - CONTRACT RULES: GENERAL PROVISIONS
I.1 Administrative Procedures
I.1B Admission of a Contract to Trading 1
I.2 Other Contracts
I.3 Contract Months or Contract Dates 2
I.3A MiFID II Delivery and Settlement Obligations 3
I.4 General 4
I.5 War or Government Intervention 5
I.6 New Legislation 6
I.7 Arbitration 7
I.8 Governing Law 8
I.9 Contract Security
I.10 Exchange Monitoring
I.11 Directors’ Powers
I.12 Settlement to Market 9
I.13 Application of General Rules and Regulations 10
I.14 Further Amendment of Contract Rules 11
I.14A Regulatory Functions 12
I.15 Trade Emergency Panel 13
I.16 Definitions and Interpretation 14
I.17 Non-Performance of Delivery Obligations 15
I.18 Delivery Disputes 16
I.19 Appeals Procedure 17
I.20 [Not Used] 18
I.21 Environmental Compliance and Liability 19
I.22 Financials and Softs Contracts where tender is required 20
I.23 Currency Events and Economic & Monetary Union or Separation 21
I.24 "Buyer" and "Seller" in the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures 22
I.25 Risk Disclosures 23
I.26 PRIIPs Restrictions 24

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Inserted 12 February 2008, amended 6 July 2022
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Amended 22 May 2006
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Inserted 3 January 2018
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Amended 18 September 2014
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Amended 28 April 1999, 18 September 2014
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Amended 19 August 1999, 18 September 2014
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Amended 18 September 2014
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Amended launch of ICE Clear 2008, 3 September 2014
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Amended 15 December 2003, 22 April 2005, 7 February 2006, 21 April 2006, 12 May 2006, 17 July 2006, 13 October 2006, 21 May 2007,
14 March 2008, 4 December 2008, 3 September 2014, 17 March 2015
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Amended 14 April 1999, 3 September 2014, 5 October 2022
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Inserted 19 August 1999, amended 3 September 2014, 21 October 2020
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Effective 23 September 2003, amended 10 August 2006, 4 June 2014, 5 January 2015, 21 October 2020
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Inserted 23 September 2003, 7 December 2005, amended 10 August 2006, Launch of ICE Clear 2008, 21 October 2020
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Inserted 23 September 2003, 7 December 2005, 17 March 2015, 21 October 2020
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Inserted 19 August 1999, deleted 21 October 2020
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Inserted 10 December 2009, amended 3 September 2014
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Inserted 4 June 2014, amended 3 September 2014, 18 September 2014
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I.1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

All Contracts shall be subject to such Administrative Procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the
Directors, provided always that, if any conflict between Administrative Procedures and the Contract Rules
shall arise, the provisions of the Contract Rules shall prevail and provided further that no Administrative
Procedure shall be adopted other than for the regulation of administrative matters affecting Contracts (which
shall include, without limitation, all such matters as are regulated by the Administrative Procedures first
adopted with this Contract Rule). The Directors may at their discretion at any time revoke, alter or add to
the Administrative Procedures and any such amendment shall be circulated to the Members and shall have
such effect on existing as well as new Contracts as the Directors may direct.

I.1B ADMISSION OF A CONTRACT TO TRADING 25

(a) The Exchange will only admit a Contract to trading if the Exchange believes the Contract satisfies the
requirements of the Recognition Requirements.
(b) The Exchange may suspend or remove from trading any Contract which the Exchange determines does
not comply with the Recognition Requirements and/or Regulations; however, without prejudice to Rule
G.14, the Exchange shall not exercise this power where such step would be likely to cause significant
damage to the interests of investors or the orderly functioning of the financial markets.

I.2 OTHER CONTRACTS

In respect of any Contract (other than one made on the Market or made with the Clearing House, “a main
Contract”) the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures shall be modified (without prejudice to any
other terms of any such Contract) so as to facilitate the performance of a main Contract in accordance with
the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures.

I.3 CONTRACT MONTHS OR CONTRACT DATES

Trading shall be permitted in respect of such spot and forward months (“contract months”) or spot and
forward dates (“contract dates”) in a particular Contract as the Exchange shall determine from time to time,
including such groups of contract months and groups of contracts dates as determined by the Exchange from
time to time.

I.3A MIFID II DELIVERY AND SETTLEMENT OBLIGATIONS 26

The Exchange may perform or provide delivery or settlement management functions in respect of any
Contract that becomes subject to delivery or settlement obligations, including to the extent required for the
Exchange to comply with its obligations under MiFID II in respect of effective settlement arrangements. For
such purposes, the Exchange may take any action permitted under these Regulations or the Clearing House
Rules in respect of the delivery or settlement under any Contract and the Exchange may further act as agent
or service provider to the Clearing House in the exercise of any right or power of the Clearing House under
the Clearing House Rules in respect of the delivery or settlement under any Contract.

I.4 GENERAL 27
(a) The construction of the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures shall not be affected by the
headings thereto which are for convenience only.

(b) In the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures, references to the Exchange in the context of
delivery rights and obligations shall be read as reference to the Clearing House where the context so
dictates, including, without limitation, where there is reference to situations where the Clearing House
becomes counterparty to delivery rights and obligations pursuant to the Clearing Membership
Agreements (as defined in the Clearing House Rules) and/or the Regulations (be this due to a Clearing
Member being declared a defaulter, or following the expiry of an open contract on the market or

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otherwise). For the avoidance of doubt, the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures are not
intended to vary the terms of any Clearing Membership Agreement (as defined by the Clearing House
Rules) and, in the event of any conflict between the terms of such documents/agreements, the terms of
the Clearing Membership Agreement (as defined in the Clearing House Rules) shall prevail over the
Contract Terms and Administrative Procedures.

I.5 WAR OR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION 28

(a) If the Directors after consultation with the Clearing House determine in their absolute discretion that
one of the following conditions is satisfied, that is to say:

(i) a state of war exists, or is imminent or threatened and is likely to affect the normal course of
business;

(ii) a government of any nation, state or territory, or any alliance of government, or any institution
of such government or alliance, has proclaimed or given notice of its intention to exercise
controls which appear likely to affect the normal course of business; or

(iii) The European Union or an institution thereof has introduced, varied, terminated or allowed to
lapse any provision, so as to be likely to affect the normal course of business, or has given
notice of its intention to do so;

then Contracts for such contract months or contract dates as the Directors shall specify (which may if
the Directors so determine include Contracts under which a tender has been made) shall, upon the
Directors’ formal announcement that such condition is satisfied, be invoiced back at the official
quotation in respect of each such contract month or contract date fixed by the Clearing House for the
date of the announcement or for such one of the six Business Days (not counting any day on which
there was no official quotation) immediately preceding the date of the announcement as the Directors
shall in their absolute discretion specify in the announcement.

(b) In respect thereof, accounts shall be made up by the Clearing House on that basis for each Member
contracting with it. Settlement of such accounts shall be due immediately and shall be treated as
complete and final notwithstanding any further change of circumstances.

(c) In the case of a contract month or contract date for which there is no official quotation, Contracts shall,
for the purpose of this Rule, be invoiced back at the market value as determined by the Directors.

(d) The Directors’ formal announcement under this Rule shall be made by notice posted on the Market.

(e) The decision of the Directors under this Rule as to the price at which Contracts are invoiced back shall
be binding on both parties and no dispute as to such price may be referred to arbitration but the
completion of invoicing back shall be without prejudice to the right of either party to refer disputes
arising out of a Contract to arbitration under the Arbitration Rules.

I.6 NEW LEGISLATION 29

(a) If the Directors shall, after consultation with the Clearing House, in their absolute discretion determine
that a change of legislative or administrative provisions of the United Kingdom, the European Union,
any country or group of countries, any international organisation or institutions or market
organisations in any country or group of countries, (including without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing a change in respect of duties or taxes) has affected, is affecting or is likely to affect the
normal course of business or the performance of the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures,
the Directors shall have the power (without prejudice to their powers under any other provision of the
Regulations) to vary the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures (including without limitation,
those of any existing Contract) in any way they deem necessary or desirable for the restoration or
preservation of the orderly course of business.

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(b) Such variation may be made notwithstanding that it may affect the performance or value of existing
Contracts (or such existing Contracts as may be specified by the Directors). Without limiting their
powers hereunder, the Directors will use their best endeavours to keep any such variation to the
minimum that they consider reasonably necessary to deal with the situation.

(c) The Directors’ powers under this Rule shall be exercisable by notice posted on the Market. Any
variation made under this provision shall take effect at such time and for such period as the Directors
shall prescribe, but (without prejudice to the preceding paragraph) shall not take effect earlier than the
posting up of the notice on the Market.

(d) Every Contract affected by a variation under this Rule shall remain in full force and effect subject to
such variation and shall not be treated as frustrated or repudiated except so far as may be allowed in
the Directors’ notice.

(e) Any notice published by the Directors under this Rule may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
notice.

I.7 ARBITRATION 30
(a) Subject to any provision in the Contract Rules establishing an alternative forum for dispute resolution
or prior procedural step for resolution of any dispute (which forum or steps shall apply only to disputes
under open Contracts of the relevant kind) or the Clearing House Rules, any dispute arising out of or
in connection with a Contract shall (subject to any contrary provision in the Contract Rules or
Administrative Procedures, including without limit Rules I.18 (a) and (l)) be referred to and finally
resolved by arbitration under Section H.

(b) In any case where an invoicing back price has been fixed in accordance with the Contract Rules or
Administrative Procedures, the fixing of such price shall not limit the jurisdiction of the board of
arbitration to make such award as it deems fit in the circumstances.

(c) All cash settlements and invoicing back prices fixed by the Exchange under the Contract Rules shall
be final and binding on all parties. No dispute arising from or in relation to any cash settlement or
invoicing back price fixed by the Exchange under the Contract Rules shall be referred to arbitration
under Section H but the completion of cash settlement or invoicing back shall be without prejudice to
the right of either party to refer any other dispute arising out of the Contract to arbitration under Section
H or to any action under the Clearing House Rules.

(d) Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed to be a waiver of the exclusion of the Exchange's liability
in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge of its regulatory functions, pursuant to
Section 291 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

I.8 GOVERNING LAW 31

Every Contract and non-contractual rights shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English
law.

I.9 CONTRACT SECURITY

The Clearing House may call for such additional margin at any time and from time to time as may be deemed
necessary to facilitate the security of a Contract.

I.10 EXCHANGE MONITORING

In order to assist the Exchange in monitoring the performance of Contracts (but without obliging it to do so
and without prejudice to any other power which it might have) the Exchange may, at any time and from time
to time, require Members and the Clearing House to supply to it such information as it thinks fit. The
Exchange may require such information to be supplied to it through the Clearing House.

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I.11 DIRECTORS’ POWERS
The provisions of these Contract Rules shall be without prejudice to any powers given to the Directors by
other provisions of the Regulations.

I.12 SETTLEMENT TO MARKET 32

At the request of the Exchange or otherwise, the Clearing House may apply a system of settlement or marking
to market or revaluation to Contracts in accordance with the Clearing House Rules. Accordingly, references
in the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures to:

(a) a Contract shall be construed as including settlement obligations arising in accordance with the
Clearing House’s system;

(b) the price at which the Buyer or Seller contracted to buy or sell shall be construed as the price for the
time being registered on behalf of the Buyer or Seller by the Clearing House under such system;

and all terms of a Contract shall be construed to allow the application of such a system.

I.13 APPLICATION OF GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 33

(a) Each Contract shall be subject to the Articles and the Regulations. Each Contract shall also be subject
to the Clearing House Rules. The Clearing House Rules shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency
between the Clearing House Rules and the Contract Rules. The Clearing House Rules provide that
the Clearing House is a party as principal to each Contract, whether as Buyer or Seller and that its
counterparty is the relevant Clearing Member (or Sponsored Principal and Sponsor acting jointly).
The Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures made under them shall be construed accordingly
and, in particular, references to “Buyer” and “Seller” shall include the Clearing House unless the
context otherwise requires.

(b) The provisions of neither the Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods,
of 1964, nor the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, of 1980,
shall apply to Contracts.

I.14 FURTHER AMENDMENT OF CONTRACT RULES 34

(a) In respect of any Contract the Contract Rules may from time to time be amended in accordance with
the Articles without prejudice to any right contained elsewhere in the Regulations to amend the
Contracts Rules. Such an amendment may according to its terms have effect on existing as well as
new Contracts, and in such case all Contracts declared to be affected shall forthwith (or at such time
as the terms of the amendment shall indicate) automatically be modified in conformity to the
amendment.

(b) The Directors shall not propose an amendment under this Rule on terms affecting existing Contracts
if the amendment is in their opinion likely to affect the market price of the product. The restraint
imposed by this paragraph (b) shall not apply in respect of:

(i) contract months which, in the case of the ICE Futures Low Sulphur Gasoil Futures Contract,
the ICE Futures Brent Crude Futures Contract, the ICE Futures West Texas Intermediate Light
Sweet Crude Oil Futures Contract, ICE Futures New York Harbour Heating Oil Futures
Contract, ICE Futures New York Harbour Unleaded Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Futures
Contract, ICE Futures Rotterdam Coal Futures Contract, the ICE Futures Richards Bay Coal
Futures Contract, the ICE Futures globalCOAL Newcastle Futures Contract and the ICE

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Futures Middle East Sour Crude Oil Futures Contract are for the time being more distant than
the ninth forward contract month;

(ii) contract months which, in the case of Futures Contracts for other products (excluding products
mentioned in Sections S, W, Y and II), and in the case of Options Contracts (other than
Emission Options) for all products (excluding products mentioned in Sections S, W, Y and II),
are for the time being more distant than the sixth forward contract month;

(iii) [Deleted 7 February 2006];

(iv) contract dates which, in the case of a Contract containing the terms set out in Section S or W,
fall within a month which is for the time being more distant than the third forward contract
month;

(v) contract months which, in the case of a Contract containing the terms set out in Section Y and
II, are for the time being more distant than the third forward contract month; or

(vi) contract months which, in the case of Emission Options, are for the time being more distant
than the second forward contract month.

(c) In this Rule references to the amendment of the Contract Rules include additions to and the partial
revocation of the Contract Rules.

I.14A REGULATORY FUNCTIONS

(a) Where the Directors consider that circumstances have arisen, or are reasonably likely to arise, in which
it would be desirable for any of the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures to be varied in the
interests of ensuring the orderly operation and evolution of the Market or pursuant to any of the
Exchange's other regulatory functions, the Directors shall have the power (without prejudice to their
powers under any other provision of the Regulations) to vary any of the Contract Rules and/or
Administrative Procedures in any way they deem appropriate to respond to such circumstances in
accordance with the Exchange's regulatory functions. Such circumstances may include, without
limitation:

(i) where the provisions for the specification, pricing, settlement or other aspects of a Contract are
no longer representative of practices in the underlying market to which a Contract relates;

(ii) where, without changes to the provisions for the specification, pricing, settlement or other aspects
of a Contract, there is a risk of material detriment being caused to the market for that Contract,
whether in terms of liquidity, reputation or otherwise;

(iii) where a Contract may, without variation, cease to be a viable hedging tool; or

(iv) where any aspect of the current business on the Market in respect of any Contract is, in light of
any other current or anticipated circumstances, at risk of being conducted otherwise than in an
orderly manner and/or so as to afford proper protection to participants in the Market and such
risk may be addressed by changes to the Contract Rules and/or Administrative Procedures.

(b) Such variation may be made notwithstanding that it may affect the performance or value of existing
Contracts (or such existing Contracts as may be specified by the Directors). Without limiting their
powers hereunder, the Directors will use their reasonable endeavours to keep any such variation to
the minimum that they consider reasonably necessary to respond to the circumstances in question.

(c) The Directors' powers under this Rule shall be exercisable by notice posted on the Market. Any
variation made under this provision shall take effect at such time and for such period as the Directors
shall prescribe, but (without prejudice to the preceding paragraph) shall not take effect earlier than the
posting of the notice on the Market. The Directors shall seek to give Members prior notice but, where
deemed necessary, changes may take effect immediately upon the posting of such notice or at such
other time as the Directors prescribe.

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(d) Every Contract affected by a variation under this Rule shall remain in full force and effect subject to
such variation and shall not be treated as terminated or frustrated or repudiated except so far as may
be allowed in the Directors' notice.

(e) Any notice published by the Directors under this Rule may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
notice.

I.15 TRADE EMERGENCY PANEL 35

(a) In the event of the Exchange, whether by its Compliance Officer or otherwise, identifying or
suspecting the development or possible development of a situation or practice referred to below, it
shall forthwith refer the matter to a panel (the Trade Emergency Panel) being a minimum of (A) any
two of the following people: (i) the Compliance Officer; (ii) the Chief Executive; (iii) the Chief
Operations Officer; (iv) the Head of Regulation & Compliance; (v) a non-executive director of the
Exchange, or in the case of (i)-(v) above, their deputies nominated for this purpose, and (B) a Clearing
House senior executive nominated for this purpose by the Clearing House and/or an executive or non-
executive director of the Clearing House. The Trade Emergency Panel may take such professional
advice as it sees fit in coming to any decision.

(b) If in the opinion of the Trade Emergency Panel an excessive position or unwarranted speculation or
any other undesirable situation or practice affecting or capable of affecting the Market or one or more
Contracts is developing, or has developed, it may take any steps whatsoever to provide for, correct or
check the further development of such situation or practice and may give directions to any Member or
non-Member Sponsored Principal accordingly. Such steps may (without prejudice to the generality
of this Rule), if the Trade Emergency Panel thinks fit, extend to trading which occurred before or on
the date that such step is instigated.

(c) A Member or non-Member Sponsored Principal contravening a direction of the Trade Emergency
Panel under this Rule shall be liable to the same sanctions (including expulsion or suspension from
membership) as if a breach of the Regulations were committed.

I.16 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 36

(a) In this Rule I.16 and in Rules I.17 to I.19, and specific contract terms in other sections of these rules,
unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Party" means the Seller or the Buyer under a Contract,
which shall not include the Clearing House (except where the context otherwise requires).

(b) Any discretion that may be exercised by a Person or body under Rules I.17 and I.18 will be exercised
in the absolute discretion of such Person or body.

I.17 NON-PERFORMANCE OF DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS 37

(a) If it appears to the Clearing House that a Party has, or may have, failed to perform its delivery
obligations under a Contract, the Clearing House may take such steps as it deems appropriate to
achieve an amicable settlement between the Parties to the affected Contracts and may refer the matter
to the Exchange. Subject to Rule I.17(aa), if a reference is made to the Exchange under this Rule
I.17(a), the Exchange will refer such matter to the ARC Committee under Rule I.18(a).

(aa) If a reference is made to the Exchange under Rule I.17(a) but an amicable solution is notified to the
Exchange by the Parties involved prior to the referral of the matter to the ARC Committee under Rule
I.18(a) by the Exchange, the Exchange will either:

(i) refer such matter to the ARC Committee under Rule I.18(a); or

(ii) not refer such matter to the ARC Committee under Rule I.18(a) but make such determination
as it appears to the Exchange, in its discretion, to be expedient concerning the settlement of

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such Contract and shall convey its determination to the Parties and to the Clearing House; such
determination shall be binding on the Parties and the Clearing House and no dispute as to such
determination may be referred to arbitration, but shall be without prejudice to the right of either
Party to refer any other failure (or apparent failure) of a Party in the performance of its
obligations under a Contract or any related dispute to arbitration under the Clearing House
Rules;

(b) If it comes to the attention of the Exchange, other than pursuant to Rule I.17(a), that a Party to a
Contract has, or may have, failed to perform its obligations under a Contract, the Exchange may refer
such matter to the ARC Committee under Rule I.18(a).

(c) In any case where the failure of a Seller to match settlement instructions or make timely delivery of
securities leads to a penalty being levied on the Clearing House or passed through to the Clearing
House under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (909/2014) or otherwise, the Seller will
indemnify the Clearing House in accordance with Clearing House Rule 111 in respect of such penalty,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Regulations, Contract Rules or Administrative Procedures.

I.18 DELIVERY DISPUTES 38

(a) The Exchange may, in respect of a delivery under a Contract, refer any dispute to the ARC Committee,
but must refer any matter to the ARC Committee:

(i) in the circumstances stated in Rules I.17(a), I.17(aa)(i) and I.17(b); or

(ii) if a Party claims under the relevant Contract Rules that force majeure has occurred hindering
or preventing due performance of its delivery obligations under a Contract.

The Exchange will not refer a dispute or matter in respect of a delivery under a Contract to the ARC
Committee if a Party has been declared a Defaulter under Section D or the default rules of the Clearing
House. The Exchange will notify the Clearing House and each of the Parties to the affected Contracts
that a dispute or matter has been referred to the ARC Committee.

(b) Following the referral of a dispute or matter to the ARC Committee, the ARC Committee shall convene
a panel to determine the dispute or matter ("ARC Delivery Panel"). The ARC Delivery Panel may
either be a Sub-ARC Panel or a Full-ARC Panel, as detailed in Rule C.11, depending on the seriousness
of the dispute or matter, which shall be determined by the ARC Committee at its discretion. The
Exchange may, in its discretion, require both Parties, or either of them, to pay to the Exchange a fee
of £25,000 for convening the ARC Delivery Panel, unless the Exchange determines, in its discretion,
to waive or reduce the fee.

(c) The ARC Delivery Panel may, in its discretion, require the Parties to the affected Contracts to present
written submissions and evidence in support of their claim, to the ARC Delivery Panel by such time
and in such form as the ARC Delivery Panel may direct. An oral hearing will only take place if the
ARC Delivery Panel, in its discretion, considers it to be necessary. A Party may be assisted by or
represented by any person who may be legally qualified at that oral hearing if the ARC Delivery Panel
in its discretion considers it to be necessary. The ARC Delivery Panel will determine the dispute or
matter on such evidence as it thinks is relevant, notwithstanding that such evidence may not be
admissible in a court of law, and make one or more of the directions contemplated by Rule I.18(e)
below.

(d) Following the determination of any dispute or matter pursuant to Rule I.18(e), the ARC Delivery Panel
shall report in writing its findings (which shall include, as may be appropriate, whether a Party has
failed to perform its delivery obligations under a Contract or whether an event of force majeure has
occurred under the relevant Contract Rules, hindering or preventing the performance of its delivery
obligations under a Contract), to the Exchange, the Clearing House and to each of the Parties to the
affected Contracts.

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(e) The ARC Delivery Panel may either at the same time or in advance of its written findings being
available, make any one or more of the following directions, except that if it determines that an event
of force majeure has occurred which has hindered or prevented the performance of a Contract by five
Business Days after the due date for delivery of the product under a Contract, the ARC Delivery Panel
shall only be entitled to make the direction referred to in paragraphs (ii) and (iv) below:

(i) direct a Party as to how delivery under the affected Contracts should proceed;

(ii) make a recommendation to the Clearing House to invoice back one or more of the affected
Contracts at a price to be set by the ARC Delivery Panel in its discretion, taking into account
any information it considers to be relevant for this purpose which may have been supplied by
the Exchange; the price for invoicing back may at the ARC Delivery Panel's discretion take
account of any compensation that it may consider should be paid to or by a Party; in the event
of any delay to the invoicing back process, the ARC Delivery Panel may, at its discretion, in
advance of it setting a price for invoicing back, and in agreement with the Clearing House,
direct the Clearing House to make an interim payment to a party; the amount of the interim
payment will be set by the ARC Delivery Panel at its discretion; and in such an event the price
for invoicing back shall take account of the interim payment as appropriate;

(iii) direct any of the Parties to pay to the other Party any damages (which will, in general, be
assessed based on English law principles for contractual damages, unless otherwise stipulated
in the relevant Contract Rules) or ex gratia payments it considers appropriate; or

(iv) direct any of the Parties to pay to the Exchange costs in an amount determined by the ARC
Delivery Panel in its discretion; such costs may include, but shall not be limited to: the fees and
expenses of members of the ARC Delivery Panel or any expert, any legal costs, and expenses
which the Exchange or the Clearing House may incur or be subjected to in respect of such
dispute or matter.

In the case where the ARC Delivery Panel finds that a Party has failed to perform its delivery
obligations under a Contract, the ARC Delivery Panel may additionally impose a fixed fine, to be paid
on such terms as may be prescribed by the ARC Committee, on that Party as follows:

(v) in the case of an ARC Delivery Panel that is a Sub-ARC Panel, impose a fine up to USD
325,000; and

(vi) in the case of an ARC Delivery Panel that is a Full-ARC Panel, impose a fine of any amount.

(e) The determination of a matter by the ARC Delivery Panel shall be without prejudice to the powers of
the Exchange and the ARC Committee to take such action under Section E as it considers in its
discretion appropriate.

I.19 APPEALS PROCEDURE 39

A Party to an affected Contract or the Exchange may appeal against any finding, determination or direction
made by the ARC Delivery Panel under Rule I.18(e)(i), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) by lodging a notice of appeal.
Such notice of appeal shall be lodged in writing with the Compliance Officer in accordance with the procedure
set out in Rule E.6.

I.20 [NOT USED] 40

I.21 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND LIABILITY 41

(a) In this Rule I.21, the following terms have the following meanings:

(i) [Deleted]

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(ii) The term “CAS” means the Chemical Abstracts Service.

(iii) The term “CLP Regulation” means, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time
(including by another law or instrument), Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging
of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC,
and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

(iv) The term "Commodity" means any kind of property which is capable of being delivered
pursuant to a Contract.

(v) The term “EC Number” means any number or other identification assigned to any chemical,
substance or material through the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical
Substances, the European List of Notified Chemical Substances, the No-Longer Polymers list
or otherwise pursuant to Directive 67/548/EEC of the EU.

(vi) The term “Environment” means all or any of the following media (whether alone or in
combination): air (including the air within buildings or other natural or man-made structures
whether above or below ground), water (including surface water, sub-surface water,
groundwater, coastal, marine or inland waters or waterways, and water within drains, sewers or
other natural or man-made structures), land (including surface land, land under water, soil and
sub-soil), any natural resource and any ecological systems and living organisms supported by
these media.

(vii) The term “Environmental Law” means, as in force from time to time, any national, federal,
supranational, state, regional, provincial, local or other law, treaty, directive or other lawful
requirement, including, without limitation, of the EU or any of its member states, and including,
without limitation, common law, any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, lawful
requirement, guidance, statutory guidance note, published practice or concession, order,
judgment or ruling of any Governmental Authority, in each case governing or relating to
pollution, the protection of the Environment, noise, nuisance, health, safety or natural resources,
or the use, sale, delivery, registration, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.

(viii) The term “Environmental Permit” means any licence, approval, authorisation, permission,
certificate, certification, registration, notification, waiver, order or exemption that is issued,
granted or required under Environmental Law.

(ix) The term "Governmental Authority" means any Regulatory Authority and any national, federal,
supranational, state, regional, provincial, local or other government, government department,
ministry, governmental or administrative authority, regulator, agency, commission, secretary
of state, minister, court, tribunal, judicial body or arbitral body or any other Person exercising
judicial, executive, interpretative, enforcement, regulatory investigative, fiscal, taxing or
legislative powers or authority anywhere in the world with competent jurisdiction.

(x) The term “Hazardous Material” means all chemicals, materials, substances, preparations or
articles, whether natural or man-made and whether solid, liquid or gaseous, which are defined
or regulated as toxic, hazardous, noxious, radioactive, flammable, corrosive or caustic or as a
pollutant, contaminant or waste or words of similar import under any Environmental Law or
Environmental Permit, or which may otherwise be capable, whether alone or in combination,
of causing harm to any human or other living organism or the Environment.

(xi) The term "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, body corporate, association, trust,
unincorporated organisation or other entity.

(xii) The term “REACH” means, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time (including
by another law or instrument), Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restriction of Chemicals, establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive

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1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives
91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006). For the
avoidance of doubt, “REACH” includes Directive 2006/121/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 18 December 2006 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the
approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification,
packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to REACH.

(xiii) The term "Regulatory Authority" means any Governmental Authority which exercises a
regulatory or supervisory function under the laws of any jurisdiction in relation to financial
services, the financial markets, Exchanges or Clearing Organisations (including, without
limitation, the FCA, any Person given powers under the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000, the Bank of England, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Office of Fair Trading, the US
Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission).

(xiv) The term “Safety Data Sheet” has the meaning given to such term by REACH, the Chemicals
(Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009 of the United Kingdom, as
amended, or any other Environmental Law.

(xv) [Deleted]

(xvi) The term “Transferee” means a Person nominated by a Buyer to whom a transfer or delivery is
to be made under a Contract and includes reference to the Buyer where transfer or delivery is
to be made to the Buyer.

(xvii) The term "Transferor" means a Person nominated by a Seller by whom a transfer or delivery is
to be made under a Contract and includes reference to the Seller where transfer or delivery is
to be made by the Seller.

(b) Without prejudice to Rule A.7 of the Regulations, and without prejudice to Rule 111 of the Clearing
House Rules, neither the Exchange, nor the Clearing House, is responsible for, and neither shall have
any liability whatsoever in respect of, any application, notification, reporting, data or information
sharing, registration, certification, authorisation, investigation, remediation or the taking or not taking
of any other action or thing that may be required by any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit
in respect of any Commodity or Contract. In particular but without limitation, neither the Exchange,
nor the Clearing House, shall be responsible for, or have any liability whatsoever in respect of, the
taking or not taking of any of the following actions:

(i) any pre-registration, registration or other action pursuant to REACH in connection with any
Hazardous Material or other substance, preparation, article or material that is the subject of, or
part of, any Commodity or Contract;

(ii) any preparation, reporting or delivery of any Safety Data Sheet in connection with any
Hazardous Material or other substance, preparation, article or material that is the subject of, or
part of, any Commodity or Contract;

(iii) any procurement, registration, notification or reporting of any CAS or EC number in connection
with any Hazardous Material or other substance, preparation, article or material that is the
subject of, or part of, any Commodity or Contract; or

(iv) any classification, re-classification, labelling or packaging, pursuant to the CLP Regulation or
other Environmental Law, of any Hazardous Material or other substance, preparation, article or
material that is the subject of, or part of, any Commodity or Contract.

(c) Without prejudice to Rule A.7 of the Regulations, and without prejudice to Rule 111 of the Clearing
House Rules, neither the Exchange, nor the Clearing House, is responsible for, and neither shall have
any liability whatsoever in respect of:

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(i) the condition, safety or compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law or
Environmental Permit, or

(ii) the presence of any Hazardous Material or occurrence of any contamination related to, or

(iii) any other liability or obligation arising under Environmental Law or Environmental Permit
related to,

any barge, installation, equipment, vehicle, land, water or other location or area used in connection
with the sale, delivery, registration, handling, transportation, treatment, management, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of any Commodity. Further, neither the Exchange, nor the Clearing House, shall
be responsible for, or have any liability whatsoever in respect of the condition or safety of any
Commodity delivered pursuant to any Contract.

(d) Each person subject to the Regulations (other than the Clearing House) delivering a Commodity
pursuant to a Contract shall comply, and shall be deemed to represent and warrant that it has complied,
fully with any application, notification, reporting, data or information sharing, registration,
certification, authorisation, investigation, remediation or the taking or not taking of any other action
or thing required by any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit and applicable to such
Commodity, including, without limitation, as related to the condition or safety of such Commodity. In
particular but without limitation, each person subject to the Regulations (other than the Clearing
House) shall comply, and shall be deemed to represent and warrant that it has complied, fully with any
and all requirements specified in clauses (b)(i) through (iv) of this Rule I.21 to the extent applicable to
such Commodity.

(e) Neither the Buyer nor the Seller, nor their Transferees or Transferors, shall have any claim against the
Exchange or the Clearing House, whether in contract, tort or restitution, as a fiduciary or under any
other cause of action, for any loss, liability, cost, damage or expense incurred or suffered as a result of
any non-compliance with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, the condition of or any
hazard posed by any Commodity, or the presence of any Hazardous Material or occurrence of any
contamination.

I.22 FINANCIALS AND SOFTS CONTRACTS WHERE TENDER IS REQUIRED42

(a) This Rule I.22 shall only apply to Financials and Softs Contracts where tender is required.

(i) [Deleted]

(ii) A Clearing Counterparty, as Seller in respect of a Financials and Softs Contract shall give a tender to the
Exchange, together with such other documents as may be required by the Contract Rules by the time
specified in respect of a Financials and Softs Contract for a particular delivery month, and in the form
and manner prescribed by the Contract Rules. The Clearing House shall give a tender to the Buyer,
together with such other documents as may be required by the Contract Rules by the time specified in
respect of a Financials and Softs Contract for a particular delivery month, and in the form and manner
prescribed by the Contract Rules.

(iii) A Seller or Buyer shall give to the Clearing House such additional documents or information required
by the Contract Rules to be given in respect of a Financials and Softs Contract by the time prescribed by
the Contract Rules and in the form and manner specified therein. The Clearing House shall give such
additional documents or information to the Buyer or Seller under the terms of such Contract.

(iv) The Clearing House shall be under no obligation to check a tender or documents received from a Clearing
Counterparty pursuant to Rules I.22(c) or I.22(d) above. The passing on by the Clearing House of such
tender or such documents received from a Seller (or Buyer as the case may be) pursuant to the terms of
a Financials and Softs Contract, to a Buyer (or Seller as the case may be) pursuant to the terms of a
Financials and Softs Contract, shall not constitute acceptance by the Clearing House of such tender or

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such documents, and if the Clearing Counterparty to whom it passed on such tender or such documents
rejects the same where permitted by Contract Rules, the Clearing House shall be entitled to reject the
same as against the Clearing Counterparty from whom it received such tender or such documents.

(v) Every Buyer who has a Financials and Softs Contract in his name for the applicable or relevant delivery
month shall be bound to accept any tender or documents complying with the Contract Rules which is
given to him by the Clearing House.

(vi) Subject to Rule I.22(e), no tender may be withdrawn or substituted by the Seller once such tender is
received by the Buyer except with the consent of such Buyer or otherwise in accordance with the
Contract Rules.

(vii) Under a Financials and Softs Contract:

(i) the Buyer shall be obliged to pay his buying price to the Seller in the manner and by the time
prescribed by the Contract Rules;

(ii) the Buyer shall be obliged to pay the Seller his selling price in the manner and by the time
prescribed by the Contract Rules;

(iii) subject to the Contract Rules, any compensation, adjusting payment, or other allowance payable
by or to either the Buyer or Seller under the terms of the Financials and Softs Contract shall be
paid to or by the Clearing House

(viii) Every tender and accompanying documents (except documents which, in accordance with the Contract
Rules, a Buyer is obliged to take up and pay for) given by the Clearing House as Seller to a Buyer
pursuant to Rule I.22(c) shall for the purposes of these Rules be deemed to comply with the Contract
Rules unless the Buyer notifies the Clearing House, by 10.00 hours on the Business Day following the
day on which the tender and accompanying documents were given to him by the Clearing House in
accordance with the Contract Rules (and unless otherwise set out in such Contract Rules), that the tender
and accompanying documents do not so comply, and the Clearing House shall be entitled after receiving
such notice, promptly thereafter and notwithstanding that it may do so after 10.00 hours on such Business
Day, to notify the Seller from whom it received such tender and accompanying documents that such
tender and accompanying documents do not so comply.

I.23 CURRENCY EVENTS AND ECONOMIC & MONETARY UNION OR SEPARATION 43

(a) In this Rule I.23, the following terms have the following meanings:

(i) The term "Currency" means the currency or lawful tender for the time being of a State, group
of States or a region within a State, and, where the context admits, the currency of a State, group
of States or a region within a State prior to the introduction of a new or successor currency for
that State, group of States or a region within a State, or the currency of a region prior to such
region becoming a State.

(ii) The term "Market Conventions" includes, without limit, day count conventions, settlement
periods, rate fixing, business day conventions, basis for market quotations and coupon
frequency.

(iii) The term "State" means a state as that concept is understood in public international law.

(b) Without prejudice to any step which has been or may be taken or to the powers of the Exchange under
this Rule I.23, any other Regulation or the terms of a Contract, the Exchange may:

(i) make such changes to the terms of a Contract as the Exchange considers to be necessary or
desirable:

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a. to facilitate the calculation of, trading of, or the payment of amounts under or in
respect of Contracts in a different Currency;

b. to redenominate lots into a different Currency;

c. to reflect changes arising out of or in connection with Market Conventions as a

consequence (direct or indirect) of, the introduction of a new or successor
Currency or the invalidity or disuse of an existing Currency;

d. arising out of or in connection with the trading or quotation in a Currency of

securities which have been designated by the Directors pursuant to the Contract
Rules;

e. to require bids, offers or the minimum price fluctuation to be quoted in a different

Currency,

and shall publish such changes and any applicable exchange rate for relevant Currencies, by
notice posted on the Market. Such changes may, without limitation, include changes to the
currency in which amounts under a contract shall be paid, the lot size, the currency of the
exercise price, Market Conventions and rounding provisions used to calculate the invoicing
amount and shall affect existing as well as new contracts as the Exchange may determine;

(ii) require the discharge, by cash settlement or otherwise, of Contracts which are denominated
in a Currency of a State, group of States or a region within a State, at a price determined by
the Exchange and the making of new Contracts which are denominated in a different
Currency of the same State, group of States or a region within a State, in either case in
accordance with procedures implemented by the Exchange from time to time under this
Rule I.23, in order to achieve the conversion of contracts to contracts denominated in a new
or successor Currency; and

(iii) in connection with taking steps under the procedures referred to in Rule I.23(b)(ii), require a
Member and, through him, one or more clients to enter into one or more contracts which
singly or in aggregate may not give rise to the same economic exposure as the contracts
discharged pursuant to Rule I.23(b)(ii) (without limit, this could occur where, as a result of
implementing conversion procedures, part lots are produced which are rounded up or down
to produce whole lots), to enter into contracts which, in aggregate, may be less than or more
than the number of discharged contracts, or may require cash settlement of whole or part lots
produced as a result of implementing the procedures referred to in Rule I.23(b)(ii).

I.24 "BUYER" AND "SELLER" IN THE CONTRACT RULES AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES 44

(a) Subject to Rule I.24(b), the terms "Buyer" and "Seller" in the Contract Rules and Administrative
Procedures shall be construed as including, in relation to a Contract recorded at the Clearing House in
an Individually Segregated Sponsored Account, both or either of the relevant Sponsor and Sponsored
Principal.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Regulations, Contract Rules or Administrative Procedures:

(i) where an Options Contract or where the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures, make
reference to a "Buyer" in the context of the person who is entitled to exercise the option, the
term "Buyer" shall be construed as including, in relation to an Individually Segregated
Sponsored Account, either the relevant Sponsor or the Sponsored Principal (whichever is
authorised to exercise the option or does actually exercise the option); and

(ii) where the Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures make reference to:

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(A) "Buyer" in the context of a person taking delivery, accepting delivery, accepting
transfer, serving or receiving any notice, making payment or nominating a
"Transferee" (as defined in the relevant Contract Rules and Administrative
Procedures), such term shall be construed as including, in relation to an Individually
Segregated Sponsored Account, either the relevant Sponsor or the Sponsored
Principal (whichever is authorised to take delivery, accept delivery, accept transfer,
serve or receive a notice, make payment or nominate a "Transferee" (as defined in
the relevant Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures) or actually does so).

(B) "Seller" in the context of a person who is making delivery, making a transfer, serving
or receiving any notice, taking payment or nominating a "Transferor" (as defined in
the relevant Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures) such term shall be
construed as including, in relation to an Individually Segregated Sponsored Account,
either the relevant Sponsor or the Sponsored Principal (whichever is authorised to
make delivery, make a transfer, serve or receive a notice, take payment or nominate
a "Transferor" (as defined in the relevant Contract Rules and Administrative
Procedures) or actually does so).

(c) The Clearing House Rules set out the rights and liabilities of Sponsored Principals and Sponsors. In
particular, Members and non-Member Sponsored Principals should be aware that, notwithstanding
any other provision of the Regulations, Contract Rules or Administrative Procedures:

(i) the relevant Sponsored Principal and Sponsor are each jointly and severally liable, to one
another, in each case as principal and without limitation, to the Clearing House in respect of
all obligations and liabilities arising in connection with the Individually Segregated
Sponsored Account and all Contracts recorded in it;

(ii) whether the Clearing House makes any payment or performs any other obligations in
connection with an Individually Segregated Sponsored Account or Contract to the Sponsor or
the Sponsored Principal or otherwise to the account or to the order of the Sponsored Principal
in accordance with Clearing House Rules 1902(c) and 1902(d): (i) such payment or
performance to the extent made will satisfy and discharge the obligations of the Clearing
House to the Sponsored Principal and any obligations of the Clearing House to the Sponsor;
and (ii) where the Sponsor is a Non-FCM/BD Clearing Member (as defined in the Clearing
House Rules) and payment or performance is made to the Sponsored Principal (or to its
account or order, other than to the account of the Sponsor), such payment or performance to
the extent made will be deemed to be in satisfaction and discharge of any related payment or
performance obligation of the Sponsor pursuant to the related Customer-CM Transaction (as
defined in the Clearing House Rules);

(iii) whether the Sponsor or Sponsored Principal makes any payment or performs any other
obligation in connection with an Individually Segregated Sponsored Account or Contract to
the Clearing House: (i) such payment or performance to the extent made will satisfy and
discharge the obligations of both the Sponsor and the Sponsored Principal to the Clearing
House; and (ii) where the Sponsor is a Non-FCM/BD Clearing Member (as defined in the
Clearing House Rules), such payment or performance to the extent made will be deemed to
be in satisfaction and discharge of any related payment or performance obligation of the
Sponsored Principal pursuant to the related Customer-CM Transaction (as defined in the
Clearing House Rules);

(iv) the Clearing House is entitled to receive and act upon instructions, notifications, notices and
forms (whether in electronic or paper format) in respect of an Individually Segregated
Sponsored Account from either the Sponsor or the Sponsored Principal without further
reference to any other party;

(v) each of the Sponsor and Sponsored Principal is entitled as a joint holder of the Individually
Segregated Sponsored Account to give such instructions, notifications, notices and forms and
hereby is deemed to authorise the other to give such instructions, notifications, notices and
forms in respect of the Individually Segregated Sponsored Account for such purposes, subject
to the Clearing House Rules; and

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(vi) the Disciplinary Proceedings set out in Part 10 of the Clearing House Rules, which apply to
Clearing Members (including Sponsors), apply to Sponsored Principals in the same way as
they apply to Clearing Members with no Customers (as defined in the Clearing House Rules).
In addition, Section E of the Regulations and Rule A.9 apply in respect of disciplinary matters.

I.25 RISK DISCLOSURES 45

These disclosures are provided for information purposes only. The statements are not exhaustive and do not
provide all the information that potential users and Members may need to make any decision in relation to
using the Exchange or entering into a Contract.

(a) Potential users of all Contracts should be aware and Members should be mindful when marketing to
clients, of the following: The value of investments may go down as well as up; Past performance is
not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance; Parties to Contracts may not get back their
original investment and could make losses greater than their initial investment or collateral; Exchange
price movements can have a positive or negative impact on the value of Contracts; There are various
risks relating to trading derivatives, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, market risk, leverage risk, tax
risk and political risk. If in any doubt, seek professional advice; Neither the Exchange nor the Clearing
House provides any professional advice; Various Contract Rules and Administrative Procedures
contain particular risk disclaimers for historic reasons, but potential users of all Contracts should be
aware, and Members should be mindful when granting permission(s) to clients to access the Exchange
or when offering the Exchange's products to clients, that the absence of a risk disclaimer in a Contract
Rule or Administrative Procedure should not be interpreted as indicating that there is no particular risk
in relation to the relevant Contract.

(b) Potential users of all Contracts must familiarise themselves with and Members should be mindful,
when marketing to clients of, the following:

(i) the relevant Contract Terms and Administrative Procedures (including Contract Terms and
Administrative Procedures of the underlying Futures Contract where they are users or potential
users of Options Contracts);

(ii) the Regulations, Grading and Warehousekeeping Procedures, Grainstorekeeper Procedures,

notices posted on the Market, Clearing House Rules, Clearing House circulars, Clearing House
procedures, Index (as defined in the relevant Contract Rule) rules and procedures and Index
construction, compilation, calculation and dissemination procedures, as applicable, and any
other relevant materials in respect of a particular Contract;

(iii) the mechanism by the Exchange or any third party (such as a stock exchange for security-based
products) to determine any EDSP (as defined in the relevant Contract Rule) or price which is
used as the reference price for an EDSP or to settle a Contract; relevant stock exchanges for
security-based products may have alternative arrangements for determining such price in
certain circumstances, e.g. due to insufficient liquidity during a closing auction and these
alternative arrangements may tend to be applied more frequently to certain securities than to
others; and

(iv) the controls operating in the cash market during the relevant period (for example, for security-
based products, the parameters set by the London Stock Exchange for use in the intra-day
auction for each of the constituent stocks which determine whether there will be price
monitoring and/or market order extensions), where applicable.

(c) Potential users of all Contracts must consider and Members should be mindful when marketing to
clients of, the risks of holding positions into the expiry of a Contract. Persons holding open positions
during any notice period or at expiry will be subjected to delivery obligations in relation to the relevant
underlying asset or Contract, or settlement obligations. In particular, such persons should consider
their exposure to potentially unfavourable price movements in the expiry and whether to take steps to

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neutralise such exposure; for example, taking into account that there may be relatively limited liquidity
provision, whether to “roll” or close positions prior to expiry.

(d) Potential users of all Contracts must assess for themselves or take professional advice in relation to,
and Members should be mindful when marketing to clients of, the risks inherent in any investment,
and in particular those having possible impact on a Contract’s pricing or value, including:

(i) Possible influences on price formation in the underlying securities, cash or physical markets
which might affect market movements, the EDSP (as defined in the relevant Contract) or any
reference price used for settling the Contract, particularly prior to expiry or any end of day
trading. Prices may be affected by information disclosures, news, world events or the trends in
other markets.

(ii) Trading activity may be affected by the activity of particular market participants who are
seeking to obtain price convergence between the EDSP (as defined in the relevant Contract
Rule) and prices in securities, cash or physical markets. Such participants might typically seek
to achieve this by unwinding their securities, cash or physical positions during the EDSP period
at prices which will, in turn, be used to determine the final EDSP. A consequence of this
concentrated activity might be that the final EDSP differs from price of any underlying
immediately prior to the commencement of the EDSP period, and, in particular, for security-
based products, the security’s price or Index (as defined in the relevant Contract Rule) figure
immediately following that period.

(iii) For security-based products, the Index (as defined in the relevant Contract Rule) figure used to
calculate the final EDSP (as defined in the relevant Contract Rule) may differ from the Index
level(s) implicit (since the Index is not calculated on a realtime basis) from the prices of relevant
stocks during the immediately preceding period.for security-based products, whether or not
there is a relevant listing authority (UK or otherwise) which imposes obligations in relation to
certain aspects of corporate behaviour or disclosure.

I.26 PRIIPs Restrictions 46

(a) The Exchange understands that certain Members may offer trading and intermediary services related
to PRIIPs Contracts traded on the Exchange to EEA Retail Investors and certain EEA Retail Investors
may also have direct trading access to PRIIPs Contracts traded on the Exchange. The Exchange has
therefore produced Key Information Documents (“KIDs”) in the English language and may at its sole
discretion from time to time produce KIDs in the Specified Languages (defined below) for its PRIIPs
Contracts. To the extent permitted under the PRIIPs Regulation, the Exchange undertakes no duty of
care for the contents of any KIDs and makes no warranty, representation or undertaking as to the
accuracy of any KID. The Exchange has not considered the specific circumstances of any Member or
EEA Retail Investor. Members are responsible for verifying whether the KIDs produced by the
Exchange are sufficient for their purposes or their clients' purposes, for adding any further disclosures
as may be required for their clients and for assessing the appropriateness for their clients of any PRIIPs
Contracts traded on the Exchange. Effective as from 1 January 2018, no Member shall advise on, offer,
sell, distribute or otherwise make available any PRIIPs Contracts to any EEA Retail Investor, unless:

(i) for PRIIPs Contracts offered to EEA Retail Investors in EEA Member States where English
is an official language or where the Exchange has produced a translated KID in an official
language of that EEA Member State: the KID has been provided to the EEA Retail Investor
by the Member in good time and in accordance with the PRIIPs Regulation (together with
any necessary Member-specific disclosures) before such EEA Retail Investor is bound by
any contract or offer relating to a PRIIPs Contract; or

(ii) for PRIIPs Contracts offered to EEA Retail Investors in any other EEA Member States: a key
information document (which may be faithfully and accurately translated from the KID or
otherwise produced in an official language of the EEA Member State in which the EEA Retail
Investor is located) has been provided to such EEA Retail Investor by the Member in good time
and in accordance with the PRIIPs Regulation (together with any necessary Member-specific

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disclosures) before the EEA Retail Investor is bound by any contract or offer relating to a PRIIPs
Contract.

(b) The Exchange will only produce and publish English language KIDs and translated KIDs in other
languages determined by the Exchange at its sole discretion from time to time (“Specified Languages”).
As a result:

(i) the Exchange will not be responsible for producing, publishing or providing EEA Retail Investors
with KIDs in any other official language of an EEA Member State in which an EEA Retail
Investor is located nor for ensuring that any applicable requirements under the PRIIPs Regulation
have been satisfied for any local language key information document produced by Members; and

(ii) the Exchange is not a ‘manufacturer’ of any PRIIPs for the purposes of the PRIIPs Regulation
with respect to any offer to EEA Retail Investors in any EEA Member State other than those in
which English is an official language or otherwise where a translated KID in a Specified
Language is published on its website; and accordingly, any Member or other person offering such
products to EEA Retail Investors in such EEA Member States will itself be the ‘manufacturer’
for the purposes of the PRIIPs Regulation, since PRIIPs Contracts for which no such translation
is provided are not intended by the Exchange for distribution to EEA Retail Investors in such
EEA Member States;

(iii) any Member which produces and makes available to EEA Retail Investors any local language
key information documents for PRIIP Contracts in any language or format that has not been
produced and published by the Exchange agrees to indemnify the Exchange for any losses or
liabilities suffered by the Exchange as a result of the Member publishing and making available
to such EEA Retail Investors such key information documents which are misleading or inaccurate
or are inconsistent with: (A) the English language KID produced by the Exchange for that PRIIP
Contract (or any revised versions of the same); (B) the relevant parts of any legally binding pre-
contractual and contractual documents; or (C) the requirements of Article 8 of the PRIIPs
Regulation.

(c) Members must have adequate systems, controls and policies to ensure compliance with the requirements
of this Rule I.26 and the PRIIPs Regulation, and, at the request of the Exchange, be able to show evidence
of any such systems, controls, policies and, subject to Applicable Law, evidence that those requirements
have been met in relation to any single EEA Retail Investor that is a client of a Member.

(d) Members whose clients offer PRIIPs Contracts to EEA Retail Investors must ensure that all such clients
agree to terms equivalent to those set forth in this Rule I.26 regarding their dealings with EEA Retail
Investors and the position and liability of the Exchange.

(e) In this Rule I.26, the following words and expressions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have
the following meanings:-

"EEA Retail Investor" means a retail investor as defined in Article 4(6) of the PRIIPs Regulation
who is located in a Member State of the European Economic Area;

"Key Information Document" means the key information document drafted by the Exchange (including any
or “KID” non-English language translated version produced by the Exchange at its
discretion) and published on its website (including any revised versions
produced by the Exchange from time to time) for a PRIIPs Contract for
purposes of facilitating compliance with the PRIIPs Regulation. The KIDs
(and any revised versions) published by the Exchange can be found on the
Exchange's website;

"PRIIP" means a packaged retail and insurance-based investment product as defined

in Article 4(3) of the PRIIPs Regulation;

"PRIIPs Contract" means a Contract that is (or is determined by the Exchange from time to time
as likely to be or to have a material risk of being) a PRIIP;

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"PRIIPs Regulation" means Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 November 2014 on Key Information Documents for packaged
retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs), as amended from
time to time, together with any regulatory technical standards adopted by the
European Commission pursuant to the PRIIPs Regulation, as amended from
time to time.”

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