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Aug 29, 2014

Eurex Clearing

Clarification of the Own Issues and Close Links Rule for margin collateral and principal collateral

Eurex Clearing only accepts collateral with high credit quality (i.e. investment grade). In order to prevent unfavourable impacts on the collateral value in case of a Clearing Member default, a prudent concentration and wrong way risk framework has been introduced with Eurex Clearing circular 121/13.

As announced in aforementioned circular, Eurex Clearing restricts Clearing Members to deposit securities as collateral which are classified as “Own Issues” or “Close Links”. This applies to margin collateral as well as to principal collateral of centrally cleared repo transactions including GC Pooling®.

In reply to several inquiries by Clearing Members, Eurex Clearing hereby clarifies its “Own Issues” and “Close Links” handling and defines certain exceptions to the rules.

We kindly ask you to forward this circular to all involved departments within your company.