NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) - ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX Futures), a new fully
electronic futures exchange, received notification from the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff that it had sent the CME Group a
letter dated January 22, 2010 that it had "mischaracterized" the Commodity
Exchange Act and found its arguments "unpersuasive" in informing market
users in a self-certified market Regulatory Advisory notice issued October
19, 2009 that its rules do not permit the execution of the Exchange of
Futures for Futures (EFF) Rule and users would be subject to disciplinary
action.