Amendments to Rules 12.66(f), 12.68(f), 12.70(f), and 12.77(f) - with respect to the Payout Criteria for all new Spot Gold, Natural Gas, Silver, and Copper Binary Contracts

Pursuant to Commission Regulation §40.6(a), the HedgeStreet Rule and Instrument Committees have approved certain amendments to the current payout criteria of the above-referenced contracts represented by the Rules referenced above.

These Rule amendments were made effective at the start of business on Thursday, June 1, 2006. Click here to view the rule amendments.