UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 

In the Matter of: 

Moore Capital Management, LP, 

Moore Capital Advisors, LLC and 

Moore Advisors, Ltd., 

Respondents. 

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CFTC Docket No. 10-09 ~ ·~j (~I 

ORDER INSTITUTING PROCit~~n\rcs PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 6(1,1)ff 6(d) andtn 

Sa OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE 

ACT AND MAKING FINDINGS AND 

IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission») has reason to believe that 

Moore Capital Management, LP ("MCM»), Moore Capital Advisors, LLC ("MCA»), and Moore 

Advisors, Ltd. ("MA") (collectively "Respondents» or "Moore Capital") violated Sections 6( c), 

6(d), and 9(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (the "Act"), as amended, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9, 13b, 

and 13(a)(2) (2006), and that MCM violated Commission Regulation ("Regulation") 166.3, 17 

C.F.R. § 166.3 (2009). Therefore, the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest 

that public administrative proceedings be, and they hereby are, instituted to determine whether 

Respondents engaged in the violations set forth herein, and to determine whether any order 

should be issued imposing remedial sanctions. 

II. 

In anticipation of the institution of an administrative proceeding, Respondents submitted 

an Offer of Settlement ("Offer"\ which the Commission has determined to accept. Without 

admitting or denying any of the findings or conclusions herein, Respondents acknowledge 

service of this Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant to Sections 6(c), 6(d) and 8a of the 

Commodity Exchange Act and Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanctions ("Order").' 

1 Respondents consent to the entry of this Order, the use of these findings in this proceeding and 

in any other proceeding against Respondents brought by the Commission or to which the 

Commission is a party; provided, however, that Respondents do not consent to the use of the 

Offer, or the findings or conclusions consented to in this Order, as the sole basis for any other 

proceeding brought by the Commission, other than in a proceeding in bankruptcy or to enforce 

the terms of this Order. Nor do Respondents consent to the use of the Offer or this Order, or the 

findings or conclusions consented to in the Offer or this Order, by any other party in any other 

proceeding. 
III. 

The Commission finds the following: 

A. Summary 

During the period of at least November 2007 through May 2008 (the "Relevant Period"), 

a former p01ifolio manager for MCM (the "Former PM,) attempted to manipulate the settlement 

prices of palladium and platinum futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange 

("NYMEX"). The Former PM engaged in a trading practice known as "banging the close." 

Specifically, the Former PM caused to be entered market-on-close ("MOC") buy orders that were 

executed in the last ten seconds of the closing period for both contracts in an attempt to exert 

upward pressure on the settlement prices of the futures contracts. The Former PM engaged in 

this trading strategy frequently throughout at least the Relevant Period. 

During the Relevant Period, MCM failed to supervise diligently the Former PM's trading 

on behalf of Respondents and failed to have sufficient policies and procedures designed to detect 

and deter the violations of the Act and Regulations found herein. · 

In accepting Moore Capital's Offer, the Commission recognizes the Respondents' 

significant cooperation during the Division of Enforcement's investigation of this matter and 

their representations concerning the remedial steps undertaken by Respondents during the 

investigation. 

B. Respondents 

Moore Capital Management, LP is a multi-strategy investment management firm with 

headquarters at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York. During the Relevant 

Period, MCM and its affiliates managed several investment funds that invested in a wide variety 

of instruments, including but not limited to commodities, futures, and equities. During the 

Reievant Period, MCM had approximately twenty-five p01ifolio managers trading an estimated 

$15,500,000,000 in assets under management. MCM is registered as a commodity trading 

advisor ("CTA") and is a principal of MCA. MCM is the successor in interest to Moore Capital 

Management, LLC which was a registered CTA. The Former PM was an employee of Moore 

Capital Management, LLC. 

Moore Capital Advisors, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company and a registered 

commodity pool operator ("CPO") and CTA, with headquarters at the same address as MCM. 

MCM is a principaf of MCA. MCA, along with MA, served as the co-general patiner of the 

Moore Macro Fund, LP and the Moore Global Fixed Income Master Fund, LP. 

Moore Advisors, Ltd. is a Bahamian international company and registered as a CPO. 

MA, along with MCA, served as the co-general pminer of the Moore Macro Fund, LP and the 

Moore Global Fixed Income Master Fund, LP. 

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C. Facts 

1. NYMEX Palladium and Platinum Futures Contracts 

Palladium and platinum futures contracts are traded on the NYMEX. During the 

Relevant Period, the majority of trades in NYMEX palladium and platinum futures contracts 

were executed on the electronic trading platform, GLOBEX, rather than on the floor. The 

number of traders in the palladium and platinum pit on the NYMEX floor was fewer than ten on 

any given date. 

The settlement prices of both the NYMEX palladium and platinum futures contracts are 

calculated based on the volume-weighted average price of all transactions conducted both on the 

trading floor and on Globex, during the two-minute closing period for the contracts. The closing 

period for trading palladium futures contracts is from 12:58 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the closing 

period for trading platinum futures contracts is from 1:03 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. Globex and the 

trading pit trade side-by-side through the close; Trading continues on Globex after the close of 

trading in the pit. 

Trading in both contracts was relatively illiquid, and the Former PM's trading in the 

contracts on the close frequently accounted for a significant portion of the volume. 

The Former PM's trading strategy took advantage of these key characteristics of these 

two futures markets - thinly traded, illiquid, and volume-weighted average settlement price 

calculations- to attempt to manipulate the daily settlement prices. 

2. The Manipulative Scheme 

During at least the Relevant Period, the Former PM frequently engaged in a trading 

strategy in an attempt to manipulate upward the settlement prices of the palladium and platinum 

futures contracts. The platinum and palladium trades executed by the Former PM were placed in 

two Moore Capital investment funds, the Moore Macro Fund, LP and the Moore Global Fixed 

Income Master Fund, LP. MCA and MA acted as the CPOs for these two funds and MCM was 

the trading advisor. 

During at least the Relevant Period, the Former PM either directly or through Moore 

Capital execution clerks, placed MOC buy orders in platinum and palladium futures contracts 

through an associated person (the "AP") of a futures commission merchant ("FCM"). The FCM 

then relayed the Former PM's orders to the floor through a NYMEX floor clerk. The Former 

PM's MOC buy orders executed on the floor during the close generally ranged from 20 to 100 

contracts, which were relatively large orders for the relatively illiquid palladium and platinum 

markets. Typically, the Former PM's orders constituted a large percentage of the volume of 

trading on the close. 

The Former PM or his execution clerk routinely submitted MOC buy orders in platinum 

and platinum futures to. the AP tlu·ough Instant Messages ("IMs"), among other means. The 

Former PM often placed MOC orders with the FCM's AP with directions that indicated that he 

wanted to push the settlement prices higher. 

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To effectuate the Former PM's manipulative scheme, the AP waited until the last ten 

seconds of the closing periods of platinum and palladium futures trading to place the Former 

PM's buy orders with the floor clerk, who worked in the NYMEX trading pit. 

The Former PM engaged in this manipulative strategy throughout the Relevant Period. 

3. MCM's Supervision of the Former PM 

During the Relevant Period, MCM failed to supervise diligently the Former PM's manner 

of trading on behalf of Respondents and failed to have sufficient policies and procedures 

designed to detect and deter the violations of the Act and Regulations found herein. While 

MCM's policies prohibited manipulative trading, MCM did not have adequate procedures to 

detect and deter possible manipulative trading. For instance, MCM did not monitor or review 

the communications of the Former PM and the executing clerks or the Former PM's end-of-day 

tradihg to identify possible manipulative schemes. 

Also, while MCM's written policy required violations to be reported to compliance, that 

policy did not provide sufficient guidance or means to ensure that possible violations were 

reported. For example, in one instance, an execution clerk was concerned about the Former 

PM's trading on the close but failed to bring his concerns to compliance because he felt 

intimidated by the Former PM's aggressive management style. 

D. Legal Discussion 

1. Respondents' Employee Attempted to Manipulate the Settlement Prices of 

NYMEX Palladium and Platinum Futures Contracts 

Together, Sections 6( c), 6( d), and 9(a)(2) of the Act prohibit acts of attempted 

manipulation. Section 9(a)(2) of the Act makes it unlawful for "[a]ny person to manipulate or 

attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery 

on or subject to the rules of any registered entity." Sections 6(c) and 6(d) oftheAct authorize the 

Commission to serve a complaint and provide for the imposition of, among other things, Civil 

monetary penalties and cease and desist orders if the Commission "has i·eason to believe that any 

person ... has manipulated or attempted to manipulate the market price of any commodity, in 

interstate commerce or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any registered entity . , . or 

otherwise is violating or has violated any of the .provisions of [the] Act." 

The following two elements are required to prove an attempted manipulation: (1) an 

intent to affect the market price, and (2) an overt act in furtherance of that intent. See In re 

1-Iohenberg Bros. Co. [1975-77 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 20,271 at 21,477 

(CFTC Feb. 18, 1977); CFTCv. Bradley, 408 F. Supp. 2d 1214 (N.D. Okla. 2005). 

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Here, MCM's Former PM entered or caused to be entered MOC buy orders during the 

close of trading in the palladium and platinum futures contracts with the intent to move higher 

the settlement prices of the platinum and palladium futures contracts. 2 

By this conduct, Respondents, through the acts of the Former PM, violated Sections 6( c), 

6(d) and 9(a)(2) oftheAct (2006). 3 

2. MCM Had Inadequate Systems and Procedures to Supervise Its Business as 

a Registrant 

Regulation 166.3 requires that every Commission registrant (except APs who have no 

supervisory duties) supervise diligently the handling by its partners, employees and agents of all 

of its commodity interest accounts and activities relating to its business as a registrant. In order 

to prove a violation of Regulation 166.3, it must be demonstrated that either: (1) the registrant's 

supervisory system was generally inadequate; or (2) the registra1,1t failed to perform its 

supervisory duties diligently. In re Murlas Commodities, [1994-1996 Transfer Binder] Comm. 

Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 26,485 at 43,161 (CFTC Sept. 1, 1995); In re Paragon Futures Ass 'n, 

[1990-1992 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 25,266 at 38,850 (CFTC Apr. 1, 

1992); Bunch v. First Commodity Corp. of Boston, [1990-1992 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut.. L. 

Rep. (CCH) ~ 25,352 at 39,168-69 (CFTC Aug. 5, 1992). 

Under Regulation 166.3, a tegistrant has a "duty to develop procedures for the detection 

and deterrence of possible wrongdoing by its agents.» Samson Refining Co, v. Drexel Burnham 

Lambert, Inc., [1987-1990 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 24,596 at 36,566 

(CFTC Feb. 16, 1990) (quoting Lobb v. J.T. McKerr & Co., [1987-1990 Transfer Binder] Comm. 

Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 24,568 at 36,444 (CFTC Dec. 14, 1989)). "A showing that the registrant 

lacks an adequate supervisory system can be sufficient» to ystablish a breach of duty under 

Regulation 166.3. In re Collins, [1996-1998 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) 

~ 27,194 at 45,744 (CFTC Dec. 10, 1997). The lack of an adequate supervisory system can be 

established by showing that the registrant failed to develop proper procedures for the det.ection of 

wrongdoing. CFTC v. Trinity Fin. Group Inc:., [1996-1998 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. 

(CCH) 'if 27,179 at 45,635 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 29, 1997), aff'd in relevant part, vacated in part and 

remanded sub nom. Sidoti v. CFTC, 178 F.3d 1132 (11th Cir. 1999). The existence of violations 

2 In re DiPlacido, [2007-2009 Transfer Binder] Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ~ 30,970 at 62,484 

(CFTC Nov. 5, 2008), aff'd, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22692 (2d Cir. Oct. 16, 2009), cert. denied, 

2010 U.S. LEXIS 2461 (March 22, 201 O)("[S]ettlement prices are market prices that can be 

manipulated."). 

3 Respondents are liable for the actions of the Former PM who acted as their employee and/or 

agent in trading on behalf of Moore Capital funds. Under Section 2(a)(l)(B) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 

§ 2(a)(l)(B), and Regulation 1.2, 17 C.F.R. § 1.2 (2009), the act, omission, or failure of 

any official, agent or other person acting for any individual, association, partnership, corporation, 

or trust within the scope of his employment or office shall be deemed the act, omission, or failure 

of such individual, association, partnership, corporation or trust. 

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that should have been detected by a diligent system of supervision is independent proof of a 

failure to supervise. See Paragon Futures Ass'n, ~ 25,266 at 38,850. 

Based upon the supervisory failures described above, MCM failed to have an adequate 

supervisory system and procedures in place designed to both detect and deter the violations of 

the Commission's laws and Regulations found herein. MCM failed to have adequate policies 

and procedures in place to monitor trading and to supervise the acts of its employees, officers or 

agents. 

By these acts, failures and omissions, MCM violated Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. § 166.3 

(2009). 

IV. 

FINDINGS OF VIOLATIONS 

Based on the foregoing, the Commission finds that Respondents attempted to manipulate 

the settlement prices of palladium and platinum futures contracts traded on the NYMEX in 

violation of Sections 6(c), 6(d), and 9(a)(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9, 13b, and 13(a)(2) (2006). 

The Commission further finds that MCM failed to have an adequate supervisory system and 

procedures designed to detect and deter potentially manipulative practices in violation of 

Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. § 166.3 (2009). 

v. 

OFFER OF SETTLEMENT 

Respondents have submitted an Offer in which they acknowledge service of this Order 

and admit the jurisdiction of the Commission with respect to the matters set forth in this Order 

and waive: (1) the filing and service of a complaint and notice of hearing; (2) a hearing; (3) all 

post-hearing procedures; (4) judicial review by any comi; (5) any and all objections to the 

pa1iicipation by any member of the Commission's staff in the Commission's consideration of the 

Offer; (6) any and all claims that they may possess under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 

5 U.S.C. § 504 (2006) and 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (2006), and/or Part 148 of the Regulations, 17 

C.F.R. §§ 148.1, et seq. (2009), relating to or arising fl'om this action; (7) any and all claims that 

they may possess under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Pub. 

L. 104-121, §§ 201-253, 110 Stat. 847, 857-68 (1996), as amended by Pub. L. No. 110-28, § 

8302, 121 Stat. 112, 204-205 (2007), relating to or arising from this action; and (8) any claim of 

double jeopardy based upon the institution of this proceeding or the entry in this proceeding of 

any order imposing a civil monetary penalty or any other relief. 

Respondents stipulate that the record basis on which this Order is entered consists of this 

Order and the findings in this Order consented to in their Offer. Respondents consent to the 

Commission's issuance of this Order that: (1) makes findings that Respondents each violated 

Sections 6(c), 6(d), and 9(a)(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9, 13b, and 13(a)(2) (2006), and that 

MCM also violated Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. § 166.3 (2009); (2) orders Respondents to cease 

and desist from violating Sections 6(c), 6(d), and 9(a)(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9, 13b, and 

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13(a)(2) (2006); (3) orders MCM to cease and desist from violating' Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. 

§ 166.3 (2009); (4) orders Respondents to pay, jointly and severally, a civil monetary penalty in 

the amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000), plus post-judgment interest; (5) 

restricts Respondents' registrations as CPOs and/or CTAs for a period of three years from the 

date of this Order by requiring Respondents and their successors and assigns to each comply 

with the undertakings consented to in the Offer and set forth below; and ( 6) orders Respondents 

comply with the conditions and undertakings as set forth in the Offer and incorporated in this 

Order. 

Upon consideration, the Commission has determined to accept Respondents' Offer. 

VI. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Respondents shall cease and desist from violating Sections 6(c), 6(d), and 9(a)(2) 

of the Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9, 13b, and 13(a)(2) (2006), and MCM shall further cease 

and desist from violating Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. § 166.3 (2009). 

2. Respondents shall pay, jointly and severally, a civil monetary penalty in the 

amount of Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000), plus post-judgment 

interest, within ten (10) days ofthe date ofthe entry ofthis Order. Post judgment 

interest shall accrue beginning eleven (11) days after entty of this Order and shall 

be determined by using the Treasury Bill rate prevailing on the date of entry of 

this Order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. Respondents shall pay their civil 

monetary penalty by making electronic funds transfer, U.S. postal money order, 

certified check, bank cashier's check, or banlc money order. If payment is to be 

made by other than electronic funds transfer, the payment shall be made payable 

to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and sent to the address below: 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

Division of Enforcement 

ATTN: Marie Bateman- AMZ-300 

DOT/FAA/MMAC 

6500 S. MacArthur Blvd. 

Oklahoma City, OK 73169 

Telephone 405-954-6569 

If payment by electronic transfer is chosen, Respondents shall contact Marie 

Bateman or her successor at the above address to receive payment instructions 

and shall fully comply with those instructions. Respondents shall accompany 

payment of the penalty with a cover letter that identifies Respondents and the 

name and docket number of this proceeding. Respondents shall simultaneously 

submit a copy of the cover letter and the form of payment to: (1) the Director, 

Division of Enforcement, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at the 

following address: 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581; and (2) the 

Chief, Office of Cooperative Enforcement, Division of Enforcement, Commodity 

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Futures Trading Commission, at the same address. In accordance with 

Section 6(e)(2) of the Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 9a(2) (2006), if this amount is 

not paid in full within fifteen (15) days of the due date, Respondents shall be 

prohibited automatically from the privileges of all registered entities, and, if 

registered with the Commission, such registration shall be suspended 

automatically until it has shown to the satisfaction of the Commission that 

payment of the full amount of the penalty with interest thereon to the date of the 

payment has been made. 

3. Respondents' registrations as CTAs and CPOs shall be restricted insofar as 

Respondents shall comply with the undertakings set forth below for a period of 

three (3) years from the date of this Order. Respondents represent that they have 

already undertaken and are implementing certain compliance enhancements. 

a. ' Respondents shall institute, update and/or strengthen policies and 

procedures designed to detect, deter, discipline, and correct potential 

wrongdoing and violations of the Act and Regulations, including the type 

of violative conduct found by the Commission in this matter, and that are 

reasonably designed to provide diligent supervision in accordance with 

Regulation 166.3. Such policies and procedures shall include but not be 

limited to: 

i. policies and procedures regarding supervision of execution, trading 

and back office personnel, and p01tfolio managers, including but 

not limited to reviews of trading desks and pottfolio managers 

relating to order entry and trading practices for commodity futures, 

options on commodity futures, commodity options, and foreign 

currency subject to the Act and Regulations, with the reviews and 

results being documented; 

ii. policies and procedures to ensure that questionable, unusual or 

unlawful activity is promptly and directly reported to, and 

addressed and investigated by, Moore Capital's compliance or 

legal personnel; and 

iii. policies and procedures requiring periodic review of electronic 

communications and audio recordings as described in 

subparagraphs b and c below; such review will include the opening 

and closing periods of markets and expiration oftrading on futures 

contracts; and 

b. Respondents shall implement a policy requmng that any person 

communicating in writing (e.g., text messages, facsimile, chat, Instant 

Messaging, electronic mail) concerning non-equity (with the exception of 

exchange traded funds based on commodities or commodity futures) 

trading, transactions, prices and/or trading strategies shall use digital or 

electronic media which is recorded and maintained by Respondents. 

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Respondents shall record and maintain a record of all such 

communications for a period of at least two (2) years, unless otherwise 

required to be retained for five (5) years pursuant to Regulation 1.31. 

c. Respondents shall implement a policy requiring that any person engaging 

in audio communications reflecting non-equity (with the exception of 

exchange traded funds based on commodities or commodity futures) order 

placement, execution or handling shall use digital or electronic media 

which is recorded and maintained by Respondents. Respondents' policy 

shall also require that all non-privileged, business related telephonic 

communications occurring through each execution desk handling nonequity trading shall be recorded and maintained by Respondents. 

Respondents shall maintain such recorded audio and 

telephonic communications for a period of at least six (6) months. 

d. Respondents shall either implement a system of trade recording to include 

all elements of the transactions, such as order entry and execution time, or 

in its report to the Division explain why such system is not commercially 

feasible or practicable. 

e. Respondents shall ensure that compliance persmmel have experience and 

lmowledge of commodity futures and options trading, regulation and 

compliance. 

f. Respondents shall enhance and continue to provide mandatory training 

programs, which shall be updated annually, addressing the ethics, 

compliance and legal requirements of the Act and Regulations, including 

abusive and manipulative trading practices and indicators of such 

practices, to be given to Moore Capital professional staff, including all 

directors, officers, managers, portfolio managers, traders, associated 

persons, execution desk personnel, compliance personnel, and employees 

involved in any aspect of Moore Capital's commodity and/or commodity 

derivatives businesses. Such training programs will be provided within 

120 days of the date of the employee's start date in one of the 

aforementioned positions and on an annual basis. Respondents will create 

and maintain documentation that the required individuals noted above 

have fulfilled their compliance training. 

g. Moore Capital shall submit a report to the Commission's Division of 

Enforcement within 120 days of the issuance of this Order. The report 

shall include the steps taken to. comply and the results of its compliance 

with the above undetiakings, including a detailed description of internal 

controls, policies and procedures fonnulated and implemented. 

h. Respondents shall distribute a copy of this Order to all current and future 

employees, principals and officers and shall ensure that all required 

disclosures of the Commission's actions are made. 

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4. Respondents also shall comply with the following conditions and undertakings as 

specified: 

a. Trading Restriction 

Respondents agree not to engage in trading platinum and palladium 

options on commodity futures and commodity futures within fifteen 

minutes of the beginning of the closing period for trading until the end of 

the closing period for trading of those commodities for a period of two (2) 

years from the date of this Order. 

b. Future Cooperation with the Commission 

Respondents shall continue to cooperate fully and expeditiously with the 

Commission, including the Commission's Division of Enforcement 

("DOE"), and all other federal government agencies (hereafter collectively 

refened to as the "Government") in this proceeding, and in any 

investigation, civil litigation, or administrative matter related to the subj eet 

matter of this proceeding or any current or future Govermnent 

investigation related thereto. As part of such cooperation, Respondents 

agree to: 

(1) preserve all records relating to the subject matter of this 

proceeding, including, but not limited to audio files, e-mails, and 

trading records; and 

(2) comply fully, promptly, and truthfully to any inquiries or requests 

for information including but not limited to inquiries or requests: 

(i) for authentication of documents; 

(ii) for any documents within Respondents' possession, 

custody, or control, including inspection and copying of 

documents; 

(iii) to produce any current (as of the time of the request) 

officer, director, employee, or agent of Respondents, 

regardless of the employee's location and at such location 

that minimizes Commission travel resources, to provide 

assistance at any trial, proceeding, or Commission 

investigation related to the subject matter of this 

proceeding, including but not limited to, requests for 

testimony, depositions, and/or interviews, and to encourage 

them to testify completely and truthfully in any such 

proceeding, trial, or investigation; and 

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(iv) for assistance in locating and contacting any prior (as of the 

time of the request) officer, director, or employee of 

Respondents. 

Respondents also agree that they will not undertake any act that would 

limit their ability to fully cooperate with the Commission; provided, 

however, that nothing in this Order shall require Respondents to disclose 

any information that is protected by the attorney-client privilege, the 

attorney work product doctriny, or other legally recognized privilege. 

Respondents designate the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP law 

firm to receive all requests for information pursuant to this undetiaking. 

Should Respondents seek to change the designated person to receive such 

requests, notice shall be given to the DOE of such intention 14 days before 

it occurs. Any person designated to receive such request shall be located in 

the United States. 

c. Public Statements 

Respondents agree that neither they nor any of their agents or employees 

under their authority or control shall take any action or make any public 

statement denying, directly or indirectly, any findings or conclusions in 

this Order, or creating, or tending to create, the impression that this Order 

is without a factual basis; provided, however, that nothing in this provision 

shall affect Respondents': (i) testimonial obligations; or (ii) right to take 

legal positions in other proceedings to which the Commission is not a 

party. Respondents shall undetiake all steps necessary to ensure that all of 

their agents and employees under their authority or control understand and 

comply with this agreement. 

5. Miscellaneous Provisions 

a. This Order shall inure to the benefit and be binding on successors, assigns, 

beneficiaries and administrators ofRespondents. 

b. If any Respondent fails to comply with any of the conditions or 

undertakings of this Order applicable to it, the entity failing to comply 

shall be subject to further proceedings pursuant to Sections 6(c) and 

6(e)(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 9 and 9a(2) for violating a Commission 

Order. 

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The provisions ofthis Order shall be effective as ofthis date. 

By the Commission. 

David A Stawick 

Secretary of the Commission 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

Dated: _aArP-:rL.1L.· JJ.______.<2:...;;9L-__ ) 2010 

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