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Via Electronic Mail November 20, 2006

Ms. Eileen A. Donovan

Acting Secretary of the Commission
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20581

SUBJECT: Rule Certification

Dear Ms. Donovan:

Pursuant to Commodity Exchange Act (“CEAct”) Section 5c(c)(1) and Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (“Commission”) Regulation 40.6(a), the Minneapolis Grain
Exchange (“MGEX” or “Exchange”) hereby certifies that the attached amended
Resolution 2020.00. complies with the CEAct and the regulations thereunder. Additions
have been underlined while deletions have been marked through.

The purpose for amending the Resolution is to update Exchange service fees.

Pursuant to the authority of MGEX Rule 231.00., the Board of Directors unanimously
approved amending the Resolution. The MGEX plans to implement the change
effective January 2, 2007.

If there are any questions regarding this submission, please contact me at (612) 321-
7190. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely, _
Sandra S. Sullivan

Director, Market Regulation
Enclosure

cc: Anne Reuter

Department of Audits and Investigations 130 Grain Exchange Building 400 South 4th Street Minneapolis, MN 55415-1413
800.827.4746 612.321.7165 Fax: 612.321.7180 equal opportunity employer


RESOLUTION 2020.00.

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board of Directors has adopted the following schedule of
Exchange service fees to be paid to the Corporation for each contract of Minneapolis Grain
Exchange Futures bought, sold, exchanged for physical or risk, transferred, delivered, accepted
for delivery or cash settled, or for each contract of Minneapolis Grain Exchange Options
bought, sold, transferred, exercised or assigned.

Qpen Outcry

Type 1 rates $0.00
Member rate $0.30
Non-Member rate $0.4560.

MGEXpress

First 15,000 Contracts per month
Member rate $0.80
Non-Member rate $1.60

Next 15,000 Contracts per month
Member rate $0.60
Non-Member rate $1.40

Each Additional Contract per month
Member rate $0.45
Non-Member rate $1.25

The maximum combined Exchange and Clearing service fees for Open Outcry Type 1 rates is
five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.

For purposes of computing fees, a “member” is the individual listed as the record holder of a
membership and trades Exchange contracts for their own account. Further, member rates
apply to a firm or corporation which is a record owner of a membership. Member rates do not
apply to employees, associated persons, affiliate companies, subsidiary corporations or parent
corporations of a member firm or corporation unless they also are a record owner of a
membership.

Approved by the Board-dtly+3November 8, 2006, effectiveAugust+ 2006 January 2, 2007.


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TO: Clearing Members, Members DATE: November 20, 2006
and Market Participants

FROM: Sandra Sullivan, Director, Market Regulation

SUBJECT: Updated service fees

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board of Directors has approved a resolution that
changed the exchange service fees for non-member, open outcry transactions from
$0.45 to $0.60. The change will be effective January 2, 2007.

Department of Audits and Investigations 130 Grain Exchange Building 400 South 4th Street Minneapolis, MN 55415-1413
800.827.4746 612.321.7165 Fax: 612.321.7180 equal opportunity employer