NYMEX PLATINUM FUTURES CONTRACT

Supplement No. 5

APPROVED BRANDS
ACCEPTABLE ON THE LONDON PLATINUM and PALLADIUM MARKET
COMPUTER
COUNTRY/PRODUCER MOST RECENT MARKS CODE
SOUTH AFRICA
Impala Platinum Limited Company symbol only Impala PLAT
Animal Head
Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited Rustenburg in a rectangle RPML
Wester Platinum Refinery Limited W.P.L. Platinum WPRL
SWITZERLAND
Argor-Heraeus SA Argor-Heraeus SA AHSA
Metaux Precieux SA Metalor M.P. Assayeur Fondeur MPSA
Valcambi SA Valcambi S.A. Balerna-Suisse VABS
Pamp S.A. PAMP individual letters in cylinder PAMP
followed by the word Switzerland
FORMER REFINERS

The following organizations have ceased the production and refining of good delivery material
or have changed the markings of their ingots or plates. However, previously produced ingots
and plates continue to be accepted as good delivery.

COMPUTER
COUNTRY/PRODUCER FORMER MARKINGS CODE
UNITED STATES
Engelhard-Clal Engelhard-CLAL New York ECNY
Engelhard Metals Corporation, Carteret “E” symbol in octagon EMCC

PGP Industries Inc. PGP ina circle of dots PGPI


NYMEX PLATINUM FUTURES CONTRACT

Supplement No. 5

APPROVED BRANDS
ACCEPTABLE ON THE LONDON PLATINUM and PALLADIUM MARKET

COMPUTER

COUNTRY/PRODUCER MOST RECENT MARKS CODE

ITALY

Engelhard s.r.1.

(from serial number R501 onwards) “JER” in octagon ESRL

JAPAN

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co. Limited Ishifuku Tokyo IMIL

Matsuda Sangyo Co. Limited Matsuda Tokyo Assayer Melter MSCL

Tanaka Kinkinzoku Kogyo K.K. Tanaka Tokyo TKKK

Tokuriki Honten Co. Limited Tokuriki Tokyo THCL

Asahi Pretec Corp AKK in a diamond ASPC

Furuya Metal Co. Ltd FKF overlays Furuya Metal Tokyo FMCL

in a circle

NETHERLANDS

H. Drijfhout & Zoon’s H. Drijfhout & Zoon Amsterdam DZAM

Edelmetaalbedrijven B.V. Melters

RUSSIA

Ekaterinburg POCCHA in an oval & company symbol EKAT

Krasnoyarsk Made in Russia (with K and a flower) KRAS

Novosibirsk Refining Factory POCCHA inan oval & company symbol NOVO

Prioksk POCCHA in an oval & company symbol PRIO


NYMEX PLATINUM FUTURES CONTRACT

Supplement No. 5

APPROVED BRANDS
ACCEPTABLE ON THE LONDON PLATINUM and PALLADIUM MARKET
FORMER REFINERS
COMPUTER

COUNTRY/PRODUCER FORMER MARKINGS CODE
FRANCE
Compagnie des Metaux Precieux SA “Compagnie des Metaux Paris CMP” CMPP
Comptoir Lyon — Alemand Louyot “Comptoir-Lyon-Alemand Louyot Paris CLAL

Affineur Fondeur” in octagon
Engelhard SA “Engelhard” in parallelogram and ENSA

“Comptoir-Lyon-Alemand Louyot Paris

Affineur Fondeur” in octagon

GERMANY
Degussa AG Degussa with half sun & quarter DEAG

moon in a diamond
GREAT BRITAIN
Engelhard Limited “Engelhard London” and “E” ELGB

in parallelogram
RUSSIA
State Refinery Made in USSR with hammer & sickle RUSS
SOUTH AFRICA
Impala Platinum Limited Company symbol IMPL
SWITZERLAND

Argor SA Argo S.A. Chiasso ARSA


January 13, 2006

BY EMAIL AND AIR BORNE EXPRESS
Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

Re: Rule Certification. Notification of an Approved Amendment to Supplement
No. 5, “Approved brands Acceptable on the London Platinum and Palladium
Market” of the Platinum Futures Contract. NYMEX Submission 06-15.

Dear CFTC Commissioners:

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. ("NYMEX" or the "Exchange") is notifying the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) of an approved
amendment to Supplement No. 5, “Approved Brands Acceptable on the London Platinum and
Palladium Market” of the Platinum Futures Contract to be implemented effective Friday, January
20, 2006. The approved amendment adds the platinum brand produced by Furuya Metal Co.
Ltd, Japan as acceptable for delivery against the Platinum Futures Contract. In correspondence
dated November 21, 2005, the London Platinum and Palladium Market (““LPPM”) informed the
Exchange that the platinum ingots produced by Furuya Metal Co. Ltd, Japan have been accepted
as good delivery with effect since November 28, 2005 in accordance with the rules of the LPPM.
Please refer to Exchange Submission No. 00-140 dated November 3, 2000 and approved by the
Commission on November 21, 2000 for background information.

Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”) and CFTC Rule 40.6, the
Exchange hereby certifies that the attached rule amendment complies with the Act, including
regulations under the Act. The approved amendment will go into effect on Friday, January 20,
2006.


Should you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Albert J. Getz at (212) 299-
2608.

Very truly yours,

Robert A. Levin
Senior Vice President - Research

cc: Christopher K. Bowen, Esq.

Attached: Approved amendment to Supplement No. 5, “Approved Brands Acceptable on the
London Platinum and Palladium Market” of the Platinum Futures Contract.


Approved Amendment :
Underlining indicates additions: Strikethreugh indicates deletions

NYMEX PLATINUM FUTURES CONTRACT

Supplement No. 5

APPROVED BRANDS
ACCEPTABLE ON THE LONDON PLATINUM and PALLADIUM MARKET
COMPUTER
COUNTRY/PRODUCER MOST RECENT MARKS CODE
UNITED STATES
Engelhard Corporation, Carteret “E” Symbol in octagon ECCA
Heraeus Metal Processing Inc. Heraeus with HMP surrounded by a sun HPMI
Johnson Matthey Inc. Johnson Matthey Made in U.S.A. JMUS
Sabin Metal Corporation SMC SMC
FRANCE
Engelhard-Clal Paris Engelhard-CLAL Paris ECLP
GERMANY
Umicore AG & Co. KG Degussa with half sun & quarter OMGA
moon in a diamond
W.C. Heraeus GmbH H surrounded by a sun & the word WCHG
Heraeus
GREAT BRITAIN
Engelhard-Clal (UK) Limited E-C in a parallelogram ECUK
Inco Europe Limited Inco INCO

Johnson Matthey ple Company logo & Made in England JMUK