CME Group Announces Launch of Coal Contracts Settled Against Indexes Published by Argus and IHS McCloskey

LONDON and CHICAGO, August 24, 2010 - CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for four new swap
futures and options on swap futures contracts (www.cmegroup.com/coal).
These new contracts are settled against the API 2* and API 4* indexes
published in the Argus/McCloskey's Coal Price Index Report. Trading will be
available on the New York trading floor and CME ClearPort(R)
(www.cmegroup.com/clearport), a set of flexible clearing services
open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate
counterparty risk and provide neutral settlement prices across asset classes.
Trading and clearing are scheduled to begin on September 12 for trade date
September 13. These contracts will be listed by NYMEX and subject to the
rules and regulations of NYMEX and CME.

The indexes used for clearing and settlement are compilations of prices
for steam coal, which is used for the production of electrical power, and are
jointly calculated and published by Argus and IHS McCloskey, part of IHS
(NYSE: IHS). The API 2 index is the international price benchmark for coal
imported to northwestern Europe. The API 4 index is the international price
benchmark for coal exported from the Richards Bay terminal in South Africa.

"Coal, which we have listed since 2003, continues to be an essential
global commodity that our customers use to meet future energy needs," said
Joe Raia, CME Group Managing Director of Energy Products and Services. "Coal
processors, producers, commercials and banks who lend money to international
coal operations all have price exposure, but trading in international coal
still represents less than 20 percent of the total coal consumed. Swap
futures on these new coal contracts, which clear as regulated futures
contracts, can be used as a means to hedge their activity related to these
markets in an environment in which counterparty credit risk is mitigated."

"The API 2 and API 4 price assessments are the key benchmarks for the
international coal industry and are used heavily in spot, term and derivative
contracts," said Adrian Binks, chairman and chief executive of Argus Media.
"As 95 percent of the world's traded coal derivatives are settled on the API
2 and API 4 indexes, it makes sense for CME Group to develop their new
trading instruments around these key prices. We wish CME Group every success
with their new contracts, which will add to the portfolio of risk management
services available to coal market participants."

"We are delighted that the world's oldest, and one of the most prominent,
futures and options exchanges is to list coal contracts for trading and
clearing that are settled against the API 2 and API 4 indexes," said John
Howland, Publisher, IHS McCloskey. "We are confident that this will enhance
liquidity in all API 2 and API 4 related markets by bringing these risk
management tools to new players. IHS McCloskey was one of the first to launch
international coal indexes nearly two decades ago and today the vast majority
of the world's internationally traded coal derivatives use the API 2 and API
4 indexes for price settlement."

The four new financially settled listings beginning with the October 2010
contract month include:

    - Coal (API 2) cif ARA (Argus/McCloskey) Swap Futures
    - Coal (API 2) cif ARA (Argus/McCloskey) Option
    - Coal (API 4) fob Richards Bay (Argus/McCloskey) Swap Futures
    - Coal (API 4) fob Richards Bay (Argus/McCloskey) Option

The monthly futures contracts will be 1,000 metric tons in size, with a
minimum price fluctuation of $0.05 (5 cents) per metric ton. CME Group
customers who trade the recently launched Dry Freight contracts will be
eligible for capital efficiencies by cross margining against the coal index
contracts. For more information on the contracts, please go to
www.cmegroup.com/coal.

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Argus Media

Argus is a leading provider of price assessments, business intelligence
and market data on the global crude and products, natural gas, coal,
electricity, emissions and transportation industries. It is headquartered in
London and has offices in Houston, Washington, New York, Portland, Calgary,
Johannesburg, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Sydney, Moscow, Astana, Kiev,
Santiago and other key centres of the energy industry. Argus was founded in
1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. Learn more at
www.argusmedia.com.

IHS McCloskey is part of IHS (www.ihs.com)

IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading source of information and insight in pivotal
areas that shape today's business landscape: energy, economics, geopolitical
risk, sustainability and supply chain management. Businesses and governments
around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent
analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions
and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business
since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock
Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS employs more
than 4,200 people in more than 30 countries around the world.

*Trademark and copyright notice

API 2 and API 4 are trademarks of and are used under license from Argus
Media Limited and IHS Global Limited. All copyrights and database rights in
the API 2 and API 4 indexes belong exclusively to Argus Media Limited and IHS
Global Limited and are used herein under license. Argus and IHS take no
position on the purchase or sale of CME Group's financially settled listings.

Argus, the Argus logo and Argus Media are trademarks of Argus Media
Limited.

IHS, the IHS logo and McCloskey are trademarks of IHS Global Limited.

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