NOREXECO Rulebook Appendix 1 Product Specification and Trading Schedule
Table of Contents General provisions... 3 Common descriptions... 3 Product Specifications... 5 Product Specifications for Options... 7 Attachment 1: Trading days in 2015 and 2016... 10 Attachment 2: Schedule for Listed Products 2015 and 2016... 11 Attachment 3: Specified Trading and Clearing Schedule... 13 Page 2 of 13
General provisions The terms of this Product Specification and Trading Schedule will apply to all Products listed at NOREXECO. In the event of any conflict between the Rulebook and the terms in this Appendix 1, the Rulebook shall prevail. Common descriptions 1.1 Months, Quarters and Calendars All Products are Listed and Traded as single Month, Quarter or Calendar Products. All Trades are Cleared as single Months. A Trade in a Listed Product is only completed when all single Months of the Listed Product have been Cleared. A Quarter Product consists of three single Month Products bundled together and is legally a Trade in each individual month only after all three Month Products have been Cleared: Q1 January, February and March Q2 April, May and June Q3 July, August and September Q4 October, November and December. A Calendar Product consists of the months January through December of a calendar year bundled together and is legally a trade in each individual month of the calendar year only after all 12 Month Products have been Cleared. 1.2 Listing of Products The Listing of Products will consist of 6 single Month Products, 6 Quarter Products and up to one Calendar year Product, altogether maximum 20 months on the curve, On the Last Index day in a month, the current Month Product will be de-listed and a new Month Product will be added to the far end of the curve on the next Trading Day. On the last index day of the first month in a quarter, the Quarter Product for current quarter is de-listed and a new Quarter Product is added to the far end of the curve on the next Trading Day. A Calendar Product for next calendar year is added on the first Trading Day in May. The Calendar Product is de-listed on the last Index Day of January of the calendar year. Page 3 of 13
1.3 Contract Price The Contract Price is for all months included in a traded Quarter or Calendar Product. A Contract Price of X for a Quarter or Calendar Product means that the Contract price for the months included in the Quarter or Calendar year all have a Contract Price of X. 1.4 Contract Volume The Contract Volume is the volume per each month in the traded Quarter or Calendar Product. A Contract volume of Y lots means that the volume of each months included in the Quarter or Calendar year all have a Contract volume of Y lots. 1.5 Notional value The Notional value of a Trade is: Contract Price * Lots per month * Lot size * number of months in the Contract 1.6 Index Days (weeks) in the months The Indices are published on each Index Day. In general, every Tuesday is an Index Day. If a Tuesday is not a Finnish business day, then the next Finnish business day becomes the Index Day. Publication time is at 12:00 am Helsinki time (CET+1) on each Index Day. Each month consist of 4 or 5 Index Days. See Figure 1 in this appendix. 1.7 Variation margin All futures Products are subject to daily payment of Variation Margin. Page 4 of 13
Product Specifications NBSK Underlying Product Monthly sequences Lot size Minimum tradable volume Minimum Block size Contract Volume Contract Price Minimum price fluctuation ( tick size ) Trading Days Last Trading Day NOREXECO Pulp NBSK Future PIX Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) Pulp, standard dryness 90 % air dry, standard strength characteristic, brightness 88 and standard ECF/TCF, Price reference CIF North Atlantic or North Sea Port (European Port) denominated in USD. The index price is set before any customer specific rebates. All products traded are legally monthly Products. See Common descriptions above. 1 Lot equals 1 MT. 100 lots per month. 500 lots per month. The Contract Volume is 1 MT NBSK Pulp * number of lots in each month of the Contract. In USD/MT with two decimal places. The minimum price fluctuation is 1.00 USD/MT. Please see fig. 2 in this Appendix. The Last Trading Day is the last Index Day of the month. Please see figure 2 in this Appendix. Page 5 of 13
Final settlement takes place on the first Settlement Day after the Last Trading Day (T+1). Final Settlement Final settlement is based on the monthly NOREXECO Final Settlement Index (NFSI) which will be published at 11.00 CET on the last trading day. NFSI is the arithmetic mean, two decimals rounded, of the weekly PIX Pulp NBSK indices included in the month. See Appendix 7 Final Settlement and Daily Settlement Prices. Daily Settlement Prices Daily Settlement Prices are calculated according to the Rulebook Appendix 7 Final Settlement and Daily Settlement Prices. BHKP Underlying Product Monthly sequences Lot size Minimum tradable volume Minimum Block size Contract Volume Contract Price Minimum price fluctuation ( tick size ) Trading Days NOREXECO Pulp BHKP Future PIX Bleached Hardwood Kraft Pulp (BHKP), standard dryness 90 % air dry, standard strength characteristic, brightness 88 and standard ECF/TCF, Price reference CIF North Atlantic or North Sea Port (European Port) denominated in USD. The index price is set before any customer specific rebates. All products traded are legally monthly Products. See Common descriptions above. 1 Lot equals 1 MT. 100 lots per month. 500 lots per month. The Contract Volume is 1 MT BHKP Pulp * number of lots in each month of the Contract. In USD/MT with two decimal places. The minimum price fluctuation is 1.00 USD/MT. Please see fig. 2 in this Appendix. Page 6 of 13
Last Trading Day The Last Trading Day is the last Index Day of the month. Please see figure 2 in this Appendix. Final settlement takes place on the first Settlement Day after the Last Trading Day (T+1). Final Settlement Final settlement is based on the monthly NOREXECO Final Settlement Index (NFSI) which will be published at 11.00 CET on the last trading day. NFSI is the arithmetic mean, two decimals rounded, of the weekly PIX Pulp BHKP indices included in the month. See Appendix 7 Final Settlement and Daily Settlement Prices. Daily Settlement Prices Daily Settlement Prices are calculated according to the Rulebook Appendix 7 Final Settlement and Daily Settlement Prices. Product Specifications for Options Product structure: Monthly products covering the same Underlying Products and periods as the futures contracts with the same Product structure and trading schedule. Option type: The options traded at NOREXECO are all Ordinary European Put and Call options, for Listed Products. Only cleared options may be traded at NOREXECO. Minimum price fluctuation for Option premium or price quotations: 1.00 USD/ton or 1.00 EUR/ton. Option premium settlement day: The Option premium will be settled on the first Settlement Day following the Trading Day [T+1]. Final Settlement day: The Settlement Day following the Option Expiry Day. Automatic Exercise Option Products are subject to automatic exercise by the Clearing House according to the Clearing House Rulebook on the Option Expiry Day. Page 7 of 13
Option Cash Settlement: The Writer of a Call Option shall pay the Holder the positive difference calculated as the Final Settlement Price less the Exercise Price. The Writer of a Put Option shall pay the Holder the positive difference calculated as the Exercise Price less the Final Settlement Price. Option Expiry Day: All Option Products expire on the Last Trading Day of the month. See figure 2, dates for Last Trading Day. Page 8 of 13
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Attachment 1: Trading days in 2015 and 2016 Rulebook for trading at NOREXECO ASA NOREXECO follows the Norwegian holiday schedule. The updated trading calendar will be available at all times at the NOREXECO webpage, www.norexeco.com. Page 10 of 13
Attachment 2: Schedule for Listed Products 2015 and 2016 The updated schedule of Listed Products will be available at all times at the NOREXECO webpage, www.norexeco.com. Figure 1: PIX Index Days Page 11 of 13
EXPIRY_YEAR EXPIRY_MONTH LAST_TRADING DATE FINAL_SETTLEMENT_DATE LAST_DELIVERY_DATE Settlement Price W1 Settlement Price W2 Settlement Price W3 Settlement Price W4 Settlement Price W5 2015 1 27.01.2015 28.01.2015 06.01.2015 13.01.2015 20.01.2015 27.01.2015 2015 2 24.02.2015 25.02.2015 03.02.2015 10.02.2015 17.02.2015 24.02.2015 2015 3 31.03.2015 01.04.2015 03.03.2015 10.03.2015 17.03.2015 24.03.2015 31.03.2015 2015 4 28.04.2015 29.04.2015 07.04.2015 14.04.2015 21.04.2015 28.04.2015 2015 5 26.05.2015 27.05.2015 05.05.2015 12.05.2015 19.05.2015 26.05.2015 2015 6 30.06.2015 01.07.2015 02.06.2015 09.06.2015 16.06.2015 23.06.2015 30.06.2015 2015 7 28.07.2015 29.07.2015 07.07.2015 14.07.2015 21.07.2015 28.07.2015 2015 8 25.08.2015 26.08.2015 04.08.2015 11.08.2015 18.08.2015 25.08.2015 2015 9 29.09.2015 30.09.2015 01.09.2015 08.09.2015 15.09.2015 22.09.2015 29.09.2015 2015 10 27.10.2015 28.10.2015 06.10.2015 13.10.2015 20.10.2015 27.10.2015 2015 11 24.11.2015 25.11.2015 03.11.2015 10.11.2015 17.11.2015 24.11.2015 2015 12 29.12.2015 30.12.2015 01.12.2015 08.12.2015 15.12.2015 22.12.2015 29.12.2015 2016 1 26.01.2016 27.01.2016 05.01.2016 12.01.2016 19.01.2016 26.01.2016 2016 2 23.02.2016 24.02.2016 02.02.2016 09.02.2016 16.02.2016 23.02.2016 2016 3 29.03.2016 30.03.2016 01.03.2016 08.03.2016 15.03.2016 22.03.2016 29.03.2016 2016 4 26.04.2016 27.04.2016 05.04.2016 12.04.2016 19.04.2016 26.04.2016 2016 5 31.05.2016 01.06.2016 03.05.2016 10.05.2016 17.05.2016 24.05.2016 31.05.2016 2016 6 28.06.2016 29.06.2016 07.06.2016 14.06.2016 21.06.2016 28.06.2016 2016 7 26.07.2016 27.07.2016 05.07.2016 12.07.2016 19.07.2016 26.07.2016 2016 8 30.08.2016 31.08.2016 02.08.2016 09.08.2016 16.08.2016 23.08.2016 30.08.2016 2016 9 27.09.2016 28.09.2016 06.09.2016 13.09.2016 20.09.2016 27.09.2016 2016 10 25.10.2016 26.10.2016 04.10.2016 11.10.2016 18.10.2016 25.10.2016 2016 11 29.11.2016 30.11.2016 01.11.2016 08.11.2016 15.11.2016 22.11.2016 29.11.2016 2016 12 27.12.2016 28.12.2016 06.12.2016 13.12.2016 20.12.2016 27.12.2016 Figure 2: NOREXECO Products specification for 2015 and 2016, Final Settlement Price dates and Last Trading Day for Products. Page 12 of 13
Attachment 3: Specified Trading and Clearing Schedule NOREXECO Products. CET = Central European Time (Oslo) Rulebook for trading at NOREXECO ASA 07:00 CET Start of Clearing Opening Hours. 07:00 CET Daily Cash Settlement invoices available. 07:10 CET Daily Margin Requirements calculated. 09:00 CET Statement of Account available. 09:00 CET Cash Settlement initiated, Account holder must have balance or credit facilities for debit on the Cash Settlement Accounts. 10:30 CET Collateral Deadline. 11:00 CET on Index Days, Tuesday every week, publication of the benchmark Indices (prices). Weekly and Monthly publications various Indices. 12:00 CET on Last Index Day of the month, calculation of Final Settlement Price on Monthly Futures and Options products. 13:00 CET Exchange Opening for Trading. Registration of Block Trades concluded outside Trading Hours. 15:30 CET Start Initiate for Daily Settlement Price. See Appendix 7. 16:00 CET Exchange Closed for Trading. 16:30 CET Daily Settlement Price fixed and published. For further information on clearing schedule, please see www.ecc.de. Page 13 of 13