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Rule 1012

Affiliate Participants and Clearing Members

  1. Participants or Clearing Members are permitted to be Affiliates of the Exchange or Clearinghouse. The Exchange, the Clearinghouse, and Affiliate Participants and Clearing Members, are required to publicly disclose the affiliation.

  2. The Affiliate Participant or Clearing Member shall not receive preferential treatment from the Exchange or Clearinghouse, nor shall it have an inherent advantage over any other Participant or Clearing Member.

  3. The Affiliate Participant or Clearing Member shall not have access to the Exchange or Clearinghouse’s material non-public information, and the Exchange and Clearinghouse shall ensure the Affiliate Participant’s or Clearing Member’s access to information is limited to information available to all Participants or Clearing Members, respectively. Affiliate Clearing Member customers shall not have access to the Exchange or Clearinghouse material non-public information, and the Exchange and Clearinghouse shall ensure the Affiliate Clearing Member’s access to information is limited to information available to all Clearing Members.

  4. The Affiliate Participant or Clearing Member shall be subject to the same access criteria and must abide by the same Rules as all other Participants or Clearing Members, respectively.

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