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Tokyo Commodity Exchange Margins For May 2009

Date 23/04/2009

4.21.2009

Margins to be applied for the trades in May 2009 are as follows (Unit: JPY):

Commodity

Contract Month

Initial*1 Spot Month*2 Extra-ordinary*3

Rubber

MAY'09

67,500
67,500

-

JUN'09
-NOV'09

67,500 -

-

Gold
(Standard)

JUN'09

135,000 135,000

-

AUG'09
-APR'10

135,000 -

-

Gold
(Mini)

JUN'09
-APR'10

18,000 -

-

Gold Options

All series

67,500 -

-

-

Silver

JUN'09

94,500 94,500

-

AUG'09
-APR'10

94,500 -

-

Platinum

JUN'09

127,500 127,500

-

AUG'09
-APR'10

127,500 -

-

Platinum
(Mini)

JUN'09
-APR'10

34,000 -

-

Palladium

JUN'09

37,500 37,500

-

AUG'09
-APR'10

37,500 -

-

Crude Oil

MAY'09
-OCT'09

195,000 -

-

Gasoline

JUN'09

195,000 195,000

-

JUL'09
-DES'09

195,000 -

-

Kerosene

JUN'09

195,000 195,000

-

JUL'09
-DES'09

195,000 -

-

Aluminum

JUN'09

60,000 60,000

-

AUG'09
-APR'10

60,000 -

-

*1 Initial : Maintenance Amount for Initial Clearing Margin
*2 Spot Month : Spot Month Additional Clearing Margin
*3 Extraordinary : Extraordinary Clearing Margin
*4 EPR : Executable Price Range
*5 RP: Reference Price
*6 WPR: Warning Point Range

<Spot Month Additional Clearing Margin>  
* For the Jun 2009 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 67,500) shall be required on and after May 26, 2009.  
* For the Jul 2009 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (Gasoline: JPY 195,000, Kerosene: JPY 195,000) shall be required on and after May 26, 2009.