SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-180

Organization: The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (“CBOT”)

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 04/12/23 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of Amendments 

Related to Product Terms and Conditions (Week of April 3, 2023)

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Organization Rules and Rule Amendments 

Certification § 40.6(a)

Approval § 40.5(a)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Advance Notice of SIDCO Rule Change § 40.10(a)

SIDCO Emergency Rule Change § 40.10(h)

Rule Numbers:

New Product Please note only ONE product per Submission.

Certification § 40.2(a) 

Certification Security Futures § 41.23(a)

Certification Swap Class § 40.2(d)

Approval § 40.3(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.23(b)

Novel Derivative Product Notification § 40.12(a)

Swap Submission § 39.5

Official Product Name: 

Product Terms and Conditions (product related Rules and Rule Amendments)

Certification § 40.6(a) 

Certification Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.6(a)

Certification Security Futures § 41.24(a)

Delisting (No Open Interest) § 40.6(a) 

Approval § 40.5(a)

Approval Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.5(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.24(c)

Approval Amendments to enumerated agricultural products § 40.4(a), § 40.5(a)

“Non-Material Agricultural Rule Change” § 40.4(b)(5)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Official Name(s) of Product(s) Affected: See filing.

Rule Numbers: See filing. 
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Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

April 12, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Mr. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(d) Notification. The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.

(“CBOT” or “Exchange”) Weekly Notification of Amendments Related to Product 

Terms and Conditions.

CBOT Submission No. 23-180

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) Regulation 40.6(d), the 

Exchange submits this weekly notification of the following amendments related to product terms and 

conditions made effective during the week of April 3, 2023.

On April 3, 2023, the Exchange was notified that Harvest Rice, Inc., a regular firm for delivery of Rough 

Rice, changed its name to Harvest Rice, LLC. The marketplace was alerted of the change via MKR #04-

03-23, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

In accordance with the changes above, the Exchange updated the CBOT Rulebook Chapter 7 “Facilities” 

spreadsheet (“Spreadsheet”) for “Rough Rice.” The Spreadsheet is attached under separate cover, in 

blackline format, as Exhibit B.

If you require any additional information, please contact the undersigned at (212) 299-2200 or via e-mail at 

CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Attachments: Exhibit A – MKR #04-03-23

Exhibit B – CBOT Rulebook Chapter 7 – Facilities (attached under separate cover) 

(blackline format)
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Exhibit A

DATE: April 3, 2023

MKR#: 04-03-23

SUBJECT: Regular Firm Name Change 

The Exchange was notified that Harvest Rice, Inc., a regular firm for delivery of Rough Rice, has changed 

its name to Harvest Rice, LLC. The change is a result of an ownership change. 

This name change is effective immediately. 

Please refer questions on this subject to: 

Market Surveillance

Kyle Miller Kyle.Miller@cmegroup.com (312) 341-3436

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will be notified of this name change during the week of 

April 10, 2023 via the weekly notification procedures set out in part 40 of the CFTC Regulations. 
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Exhibit B

CBOT Rulebook 

Chapter 7 

“Facilities”

(additions underlined, deletions overstruck) 

(attached under separate cover)