1. Futures Industry Disaster Recovery Test Briefings September 16, 2010 “DR VII” Prepared and Moderated by John Rapa, CBCP Tellefsen and Company, L.L.C.

2. AGENDA I.Introduction and Welcome II.Testing Goals and Objectives III.Review of Testing Protocol IV.Member Firm Readiness Discussion V.Timeline and Next Steps VI.Open Q&A

3. I. INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Our Panelists Today: CBOE Futures Exchange: Todd Furney Bourse de Montreal: Thierry Germain-Bonne CME Group: John Restivo Chicago Climate Exchange : Michael Stern ICE Exchanges / ICE Clear US / ICE Clear EU: Brian Sayler Options Clearing Corp. Tracy Poole ELX Futures: Christopher Curtin Tellefsen and Company: John Rapa Int’l Derivatives Clearing Group: Gerard Kopera / Gino DiCarlo

4. II.TESTING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Test the basic ability to conduct business (order entry through clearing) from alternate/back-up facilities simultaneously Test disaster recovery capabilities among futures commission merchants, back-office service providers, recovery services providers and trading system vendors Test the connectivity between exchanges, clearinghouses and their constituents’ back- up facilities (“back-up to back- up”), and confirm member firms’ ability to send/receive information to/from their back-up facilities/interfaces Test end-to-end processing by exchanges through to, and including clearing houses; process actual test trades, produce test end of day reports with the test data.

5. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES … Continued Enter a small but meaningful sampling of orders and trades, carried out by a limited number of essential personnel from alternate locations Confirm the receipt/transmission of information to/from clearing members Transmit key clearing reports and information to clearing firms to verify “round-trip” communications.

6. III. REVIEW OF TESTING PROTOCOL Exchanges will specify products available for order entry/trading All exchanges will use their electronic trading venues for the test and process test data through to end-of-day reports for clearing members. Testing will take place between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM EDT, unless otherwise specified. The FIA will manage the test via an open conference bridge (conference bridge number to be announced) Member firms will confirm connectivity with their respective exchanges/clearinghouses: –Pre-test connectivity testing will be offered, as applicable Unless so noted, firms will execute a pre-defined script of orders. Firms will use test accounts Exchanges will generate fill reports on the orders All firms will report results and confirm post-test production connectivity to the respective exchanges.

7. CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE (CFE) Will use CBOEdirect back up ETS Trade entry via scripts: –Products to be traded: VIX futures Pre-test requirement - Users must register via the FIA website and establish back-up connectivity to CFE via the CBOE API Client Relations Group Order entry systems will reflect October 23rd trade date: –Will accept either October 22nd or October 23rd trade date on order input.

8. CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE (Cont’d)… The session will open at 9:30 AM EDT Transmission of trades to OCC via MQ Transmission of regulatory data to NFA via SFTP Pre-test connectivity tests will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays in October and on an ad-hoc basis. Please contact us to schedule a date/time Test plans will be distributed by August 31 st. Contact CBOE Client Relations Group with any test related questions: 312 786 7300. Todd Furney contact info: –312 786 7824, furneyt@cboe.comfurneyt@cboe.com

9. CHICAGO CLIMATE FUTURES EXCHANGE (CCFE) CCFE markets (hosted by ICE and SDS) will be available from the Disaster Recovery sites for front end trading application testing The following Markets have been selected for trading and will be in a pre-open state by 6:45am CDT and open at 7:00am CDT Saturday 10/23: CCFE RGGI Futures and Options Contracts CCFE SFI Futures and Options Contracts –Futures and options markets listed above will remain open until 12:00 noon CDT on 10/23 –CCFE’s block trade reporting system will be available to test Who is eligible to Participate? All existing customers with valid trading IDs are welcome to participate; registration is not required –Valid user ID and production password will be used for login

10. CHICAGO CLIMATE FUTURES EXCHANGE (Cont’d) … Can I test connectivity to DR prior to October 23 rd ? Ping Test Overview and Connection Summary: –The DR sites will be available to test login on Saturday, 10/02 from 9:00 AM EDT – 12:00 PM EDT –All futures and options markets will be closed and only system login will be tested: How will the exchange be handling trades submitted on 10/23? Testing Administration and Support: –The CCFE Trader Support lines will be available from 7:00 AM CDT through 12:00 noon CDT –At the end of the DR testing period, all futures and options trade data will be purged by the exchange Clearing Information: –All CCFE trades executed during the test will be submitted to the Clearing Corporation backup site and later purged by TCC. Contact Info: Michael Stern mstern@ccfe.com 312-229-5151mstern@ccfe.com

11. CME GROUP There will not be any Open Outcry testing All communications to CME Group from the firms should be through the GCC (312.456.2391) or CME Group’s Clearing Support Team (312.207.2525). Clearing reports will not be produced on the day of the test. They will be available to firms that wish to see them during the week following the test. Ping testing dates are on Saturdays 9/18 and 10/2.

12. CME GROUP - GLOBEX Will use GLOBEX via remote data center Firms must register via the FIA website Questions may be directed to CME Group’s Business Continuity Team – BCP@cmegroup.comBCP@cmegroup Members should call the GLOBEX Control Center at (312) 456-2391 to report any trading problems encountered throughout the test Trades will be processed through to the appropriate clearing organization.

13. CME GROUP GLOBEX (Cont’d)… Verify firm connectivity: –All GLOBEX Markets will be open at approximately 7:30 AM EDT. –Any trades done prior to the start of the test will not be captured –October 22nd or October 23rd are valid order entry dates. –All fills will be sent back to the Firms with the trade date of October 22nd. –Firms can send a test order in any market they wish.

14. CME GROUP GLOBEX (Cont’d)… Order entry via test script as follows: –Enter bids as customer and offers as house at the settlement price in the market you choose –Enter about 10 trades –Firms may use any market they want. Firms should send orders in on ‘Floor Only Contracts, like the SPH1 that will be listed on GLOBEX for the test –Firms may receive crossed trades and/or trades with other counterparties Trade reporting to firms’ back office systems: –Should be verified and then deleted.

15. CME GROUP - CLEARING Change FTP IP address to CME’s remote site IP address to connect to CME FTP server via RDC: –Using Friday’s data, FTP the PCS and Large Trader reports –CME staff will verify receipt and then delete them CME will transmit Thursday’s Trade Register and SPAN files –Firms will verify receipt of these files and delete them Connect to RDC URL and enter a block trade for: –5000 EDH @9900.0 CME staff will verify receipt of the block trades and then delete them CME staff will submit a series of OTC trades via ClearPort

16. CME GROUP CLEARING (Cont’d)… Contact CME Clearing Support (CCS) team at (312) 207-2525 to obtain CME Production IP address, RDC IP address or RDC URL address Switch back to CME production site IP address at test conclusion Finally, firms should contact the GCC at (312) 456-2391 to recap the test results.

17. ELX FUTURES (ELX) ELX will be conducting the test from multiple locations Firms should verify connectivity via Ping testing. Contact ELX Support to set up a ping test with ELX. Trade date will be October 22 nd Testing will occur 9:00am – 12:00 pm ET on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 All ELX UST and Eurodollar futures products will be available via eSpeed or supported API’s – No BLK or EFP type trades will be accepted. OCC will provide an end-of-day file for ELX test trades Specific testing guidelines will be provided to registrants – script will be a simple enter bid – hit bid scenario Post-Testing: Testers should confirm transmission of trades via the OCC to their respective back offices. ELX Support will be available to confirm trade details via EIS system All questions should be directed to the ELX Support - 212-294-7771, 877-359-6610 (U.S. only) or support@elxfutures.com

18. ICE EXCHANGES The ICE Exchange will be available from the Disaster Recovery site in Atlanta for front end trading application testing –Markets will enter a pre-open state by 12:00 AM EDT and open at 9:00 AM EDT on Saturday 10/23: ICE Futures US Sugar11 ICE Futures US Russell 2000 ICE Futures Europe WTI ICE Futures Canada Canola –Note: All OTC and NGX markets will be open and running in production mode throughout the testing ALL TRADES IN OTC MARKETS WILL BE HONORED No test trading in any OTC markets permitted during FIA test –Futures markets listed above will remain open until 12:00 PM EDT on 10/23 –Non-trading applications will be available during testing All ICE web reporting (deal reports, position reports, etc) accurate based on test trading activity –ICE Block will be available during testing

19. ICE EXCHANGES (Cont’d) … All existing customers with valid trading IDs are welcome to participate; registration is not required –Valid user ID and production password will be used for login Ping Test Overview and Connection Summary: –Atlanta DR site will be available to test login on Saturday, 10/02 from 9:00 AM EDT – 12:00 PM EDT –All futures markets will be closed and only system login will be tested: OTC markets will be open for production trading – no test trades permitted –Review the connection guidelines for the disaster recovery site: https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/technology/ICE_Firewall_ Proxy_Requirements.pdfhttps://www.theice.com/publicdocs/technology/ICE_Firewall_ Proxy_Requirements.pdf –No network, DNS, or IP changes will be required to connect to the DR site during the ping test or the FIA DR Test All connection types will be available for ping and DR tests: –Connections to DR will be available by 12:00 AM EDT on the day of the test

20. ICE EXCHANGES (Cont’d) … Testing Administration and Support: –All participants MUST clean up all backend system data after testing –No futures trades performed during testing hours will be valid. –All OTC and NGX markets are open and all trades are live – NO TEST TRADING IN OTC MARKET –The ICE Helpdesk will be available from 8:00 AM EDT through 1:00 PM EDT at the main phone number listed on the ICE website –At the end of the DR testing period, all futures trade data will be deleted from the ICE Exchange and databases and no record of the day’s transactions will persist Clearing Information: –All ICE Futures US trades will be submitted to the ICE Clear US backup site –All ICE Futures Canada trade submission to the KCBOT backup site being evaluated –ICE Futures Europe and OTC cleared trades will not be submitted to ICE Clear Europe.

21. ICE CLEAR US Firms must register via the FIA website Trade date will be Saturday, October 23rd Clearing members will use production URLs for the following clearing applications: - AFTS- ECS - PTMS/ACT- eReports (Crystal) TIPS uses a different DR URL and hostname – see the documentation distributed to clearing members prior to the test MQ changes will be completed prior to the start of the test.

22. ICE CLEAR US (Cont’d)… Ping Testing Clearing members must verify connection to online clearing applications, using production URL’s. Ping testing will be conducted on Saturday, October 2 from 9-12 EDT These applications include: - AFTS- TIPS - PTMS/ACT- ECS - MQ- eReports For MQ, Clearing members must verify connection by sending an MQ ping through their channel.

23. ICE CLEAR US (Cont’d)… ICE Clear US applications will be available at 8:00 AM EDT on Saturday, October 23rd BCP/DR support staff will be available up to and including test day. Please direct any questions to ICEClearUS@theice.comICEClearUS@theice.com ICE will make a conference bridge available to clearing members on test day. Details will be distributed to registered CM participants prior to the test day. Beginning at 1:00 pm EDT ICE will revert all trading and clearing applications, including MQ channels, back to production. An advisory will be sent to test participants and announced on the ICE and FIA bridge call. Clearing members are strongly encouraged to confirm their reconnection to production at the conclusion of the testing.

24. ICE CLEAR US (Cont’d)… Test Cases – Test Day - Clearing members will use the post trade management systems (PTMS/ACT and TIPS) to accept test trades passed through to clearing by the ETS and option trades loaded by the exchange. -Clearing Members will login to ECS and eReports to verify connectivity Test Files & Messages –FIXML trade messages will be sent to CMs via MQ –CMs will access AFTS to deliver and receive files (production files from Friday, October 22nd) PCS and Large Trader Match off files Clearing Reports (latest instance only eReports and AFTS) SPAN file (available through AFTS and CME web site) CM’s are required to complete and submit the checklist of results.

25. ICE CLEAR EUROPE Firms must register via the FIA website Verification of connectivity between firm and DR site via ping testing is scheduled for Saturday, October 2nd from 9-12 PM EDT Trade date will be Saturday, October 23rd Clearing members will use production URLs for the following clearing applications: ECS (https://euclearing.theice.com/trade/login)https://euclearing.theice.com/trade/login AFTS (https://euafts.theice.com and SFTP)https://euafts.theice.com Crystal Reports (https://euclearingreports.theice.com)https://euclearingreports.theice.com

26. ICE CLEAR EUROPE (Cont’d)… ICE Clear Europe applications will be available at 8:00 AM EDT on Saturday, October 23rd No IP address changes will be necessary to connect to ICEU applications, including: - ECS - AFTS - Crystal Reports BCP/DR support staff will be available up to and including test day. Please direct any questions to ICEClearEurope@theice.comICEClearEurope@theice.com ICE will make a conference bridge available to clearing members on test day. Details will be distributed to registered CM participants prior to the test day. At 1:00 PM ICE will revert all trading and clearing applications back to production. An advisory will be sent to test participants and announced on the ICE conference bridge call.

27. ICE CLEAR EUROPE (Cont’d)… Test Cases – Test Day –Trades executed on the test day will not flow into clearing systems, as the TRS/CPS systems are not within the scope of this test. –Members will be able to instruct bank transaction in ECS (banking instructions will NOT be sent to SWIFT), put and take reports and LGTR files from AFTS, and pull reports from eReports (Crystal). –Clearing members must demonstrate their ability to log into AFTS, eReports, and ECS to pass this portion of the test. Test Files: –CMs will submit Large Trader files via AFTS (production files from Friday, October 22nd) –Banking and delivery reports delivered through AFTS –Banking and delivery Reports delivered through Crystal reports –SPAN file (available through AFTS and ICE web site)

28. INTERNATIONAL DERIVATIVES CLEARING GROUP (NFX/IDEX & IDCH) Ping testing should be scheduled by the Member with IDCG. Ping testing will be offered on September 25 th, with an optional date of October 2 nd Will use the IDEX XT trading system from the DR site. Trade orders can be received at IDEX Market Operations. Trades can be reported and automatically matched and executed with a trade date of Saturday, October 23rd Trade confirmations will be generated and transmitted to firms. NFX/IDEX trades will be automatically processed for clearing and settlement to the IDCH. Firms must notify the IDCG Market Operations Group upon completion of the test via phone (212-933-9800) or email marketoperations@idcg.com –Contact information for testing: Gerard Kopera(Director of Operations) 646/867-2537, Gerard.kopera@idcg.com Gino DiCarlo (Principal Network Engineer) 646/867-2533 Gino.DiCarlo@idcg.com

29. KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE (KCBT) Two components of Kansas City Board of Trade test: –Injection of GLOBEX trades into KCBT clearing remote data center –Entry of open outcry trades into KCBT clearing remote data center For GLOBEX portion of test: –Refer to CME Group information for hours and procedures on CME GLOBEX. –Trades will be injected from GLOBEX to KCBT clearing –Trade date sent from GLOBEX will be October 22nd –Enter bids and offers in KCBT Wheat (KE), Value Line (MV) or Wheat Options (OKE) at the previous day’s settlement price (this will ensure your trade matches with other participants). Either October 22 nd or 23rd may be used for trade date, but the KCBT Clearing Corporation will be running on a business date of October 23 rd.

30. KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE (Cont’d) … KCBT open outcry portion of test: –KCBT Clearing will contact designated firm representatives for KCBT and provide details on trades that will need to be entered for open outcry –Request that each firm work with their people responsible for daily interaction/operation at KCBT to ensure continuity of documentation and communication –Clearing login information and instructions have been provided to those responsible for interaction with the KCBT/KCBT Clearing Corp. –Clearing will determine any pre-testing requirements with firms Upon completion of trade entry for GLOBEX and open outcry, trades files will be generated and be made available for download. NOTE: Failover from KCBT primary data center to remote data center uses DNS. Firms requiring explicit IP information should work directly with KCBT Clearing to ensure connectivity.

31. MEFF Trade date will be Saturday October 23rd Will use the MEFF production ETS environment Members will be able to trade During the test MEFF will failover to the backup system Once the failover is complete, members will be able to continue trading Members will be able to get reports of their trades Back office systems will be prevented to enter this test MEFF contacts: –Enric Padro – epadro@meff.com (+34 93 412 1128)epadro@meff.com –Arturo Pinera – apinera@meff.com (+34 91 709 5503)apinera@meff.com

32. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE (MGEX) Firms must register on the FIA website to participate in MGEX clearing test. Firms having technical issues with MGEX clearing may call the MGEX Clearing group at (800)827-4746(option 3 then option 1), for support. Trades entered for MGEX products into the CME GLOBEX platform will be cleared by MGEX Clearing using the MGEX DR Site. There will be no MGEX Open Outcry testing. Trade date should be the previous day’s date (October 22nd). After Trade Entry is completed, trade files (TREX files) will be generated by the MGEX DR Clearing Server and placed on the MGEX DR FTP server. The MGEX DR FTP server is accessible via IP with the same logins and passwords as the production system. Please contact MGEX Clearing group for information or support pertaining to the MGEX DR site.

33. NASDAQ FUTURES EXCHANGE (NFX) Ping testing will be offered on September 25 th. If required, a follow up test will occur on October 2 nd. Will use the NFX/XL trading system from the primary site Trade orders will be received at NFX/XL Help Desk Trades will be automatically matched and executed with a trade date of Friday, October 22nd Fill reports will be generated and transmitted to firms NFX Trade File will be processed for clearing and settlement Firms will notify the NFX upon completion of the test via Phone (212-231-5052)

34. BOURSE DE MONTREAL (MX) MX will recover to its Toronto Back-Up Site –Firms will verify connectivity and can send/receive messages –No network, DNS, or IP changes will be required to connect to the DR site during the ping test or the FIA DR Test –Firms must register via the FIA website MX Markets will be in Pre-Opening state. This will happen at approximately 10:00 AM EDT –No trades will occur during the Pre-Opening period –MX Market test are completely automated The market will open 10:30 AM EDT –Orders must be entered with a October 23, 2010 Trade Date (day orders only) –Broadcast of trades transmitted to firms via SOLA Trading protocols (HSVF, ATR) –No trades performed during testing hours will be valid –All participants MUST clean up all backend system data after testing –CDCC will not be participating in FIA DR Test

35. BOURSE DE MONTREAL (Cont’d) … Important Dates  Connectivity testing will be offered on September 25, 2010 Contact  Contact Constance Metcalfe with any test related questions: 416-947-4259 constance.metcalfe@tsx.com

36. OPTIONS CLEARING CORP. (OCC) OCC will test from their DR site Pre-testing will take place on October 2 nd. In order to test from your DR/alternate site, OCC requires the following mandatory information: –Identify if you will be testing from DR or Production for the pre-test; the main test –Confirm all connectivity method(s) that apply (e.g., FTP+ Pull/Push, NDM, MQ) –Provide test day contacts for each of the connectivity methods selected above –Provide IP addresses of your DR location (per service/host) –DR Node (NDM and FTP+ Push testers) with login ID and password –Port Number (NDM, FTP+ Push, and MQ testers) –Identify any MQ configuration changes from your production environment –Provide the dataset name you will use for testing outbound (from OCC) transmissions –Do you send inbound transmissions directly to OCC? If Yes: Dataset name you plan to send to test Inbound (to OCC) transmission (if applicable). Please use a production dataset name with a trailing “.test”. If No: No action required.

37. OPTIONS CLEARING CORP. (Cont’d) … Test scripts will be issued to all registered participants All IP addresses and TCP Ports for the OCC will remain the same as they are in production for this test Firms can receive outgoing file transmissions from the OCC. OCC will provide test files as.txt output files. Firms can submit incoming file transmissions to the OCC (only if your firm transmits files to OCC in production). When all testing is complete, email your confirmation to occDRtest@theocc.com occDRtest@theocc.com ENCORE will be available for testing, but is not a requirement to successfully test with OCC Should you have any questions prior to or on the scheduled test day, feel free to contact your Member Services Representative at (800) 621-6072 option 2.

38. EXCHANGE AND CLEARING HOUSE TESTING MATRIX CBOE Futures Exchange and CME will accept either October 22 or October 23 trade dates on order input.. + CME will accept previous day (October 21) large trader report information.

39. EXCHANGE AND CLEARING HOUSE TESTING MATRIX CBOE Futures Exchange and CME will accept either October 22 or October 23 trade dates on order input.. + CME will accept previous day (October 21st) large trader report information

40. PRE-TEST COMMUNICATIONS TESTING SCHEDULE September 18 th :CME Group September 25 th :Clearing Corp., IDCG, Bourse de Montreal October 2 nd :CME Group, ICE Clear US, ICE Clear EU, ICE Exchanges, MX, NASDAQ Futures, OCC Ad hoc testing:CBOE Futures (Tuesdays, Thursdays); IDCG at participant / member request.

41. IV.MEMBER FIRM READINESS Discussion with member firms as to their state of readiness: –Back-up systems/communications links –Order entry and routing –Give up processing –Clearance and settlement –Use of third party service providers Major issues or concerns Info on 2010 SIFMA DR Test Status and Potential Impact of Proposed CFTC Rulemaking on BCM Standards.

42. V.TIMELINE AND KEY DATES Date EventTimeDate September 18Ping Testing - CME Group T-B-DSaturday September 25Ping Testing with Exchanges, Clearing Houses T-B-DSaturday September 30Bi-Weekly Status Call3:00 PM NYTThursday October 2Ping Testing with Exchanges, Clearing Houses T-B-DSaturday October 7Bi-Weekly Status Call3:00 PM NYTThursday October 14Bi-Weekly Status Call3:00 PM NYTThursday October 22All-Hands Call3:00 PM NYTFriday October 23Test DayKickoff Call at 8:30 AM NYT Saturday

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