Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Extraordinary Margins On Platinum

At the Precious Metals Market Management Committee held on December 12, 2005, the decisions were made to impose Extraordinary Margins for existing and newly established positions on Dec 15 in the platinum market for the time being, if last prices for the platinum on Dec 13 reach the upper price limit (JPY 135 above the previous day's settlement price) for three contract months or more.

Please note that the Extraordinary Margins will not be imposed if the condition specified above is not met.

Commodity	Contract Month	Extraordinary Trading Margin / lot (Proprietary, General Customer, Member Customer)
Platinum	All Contract Months (Existing Positions)	JPY 22,500
	All Contract Months (New Positions)	JPY 45,000

* Existing Positions: Positions which were made before December 15.
* New Positions: Positions newly established on and after December 15.