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Amendment to the contract specification of Overnight Interest Rate Futures

(27 January 2010)

TFX has listed Over-Night Call Rate Futures (hereinafter called “Call Rate Futures”) and Spot-Next Repo Rate Futures (hereinafter called “Repo Rate Futures”) as Over-Night Interest Rate Futures since December 2007.
TFX has decided to change the contract specification of its Overnight Interest Rate Futures contracts as follows in order to meet member demands and revitalize the market.

1. Main changes in products
   
 Items   After Change   Current 
 (1)Underlying asset 
 Call Rate Futures   Average Uncollateralized Overnight Call Rate (Final results) released by the Bank Of Japan (BOJ) over the interval between the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Meetings (MPMs)   Average Uncollateralized Overnight Call Rate (Final results) released by the Bank Of Japan over a period of 1 calendar month 
 Repo Rate Futures   Average GC Spot-Next Repo Rate released by BOJ over the interval between the BOJ’s MPMs   Average GC Spot-Next Repo Rate released by Bank Of Japan over a period of 1 calendar month 
 (2)No. of contract months 
 Call Rate Futures &
Repo Rate Futures  
 6 consecutive calendar months   12 consecutive calendar months 


2. Timing of implementation
TFX will list the new Call Rate Futures and Repo Rate Futures by around June this year.

3. Action
Prior to the aforementioned amendment, TFX will suspend trading in the Call Rate Futures and Repo Rate Futures in early April 2010.
Please settle positions arising from Call Rate Futures or Repo Rate Futures before the suspension.


Please see the accompanying documents for details.
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The original of this publication has been prepared in the Japanese language only and the Japanese language texts shall govern for all purposes and in all respects.
Accordingly, all questions that may arise shall be decided in accordance with the Japanese language texts. Whilst reasonable care has been taken to ensure that this translation is accurate and free from errors, no liability is accepted by TFX in any circumstances.

For Contact
Market Planning Group
Market Development Department
Tel:+81 3 4578 2440
Fax:+81 3 3212 5780
Email:info@tfx.co.jp
URL: http://www.tfx.co.jp/en


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