Order Providing Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Listing of Cash-Settled Futures on Individual Equity Securities

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is issuing an order pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) that provides exemptive relief from the Commission's opening price settlement requirement for security futures products in connection with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.'s (“CME”) plans to list cash-settled futures on individual equity securities for trading pursuant to its registration as a designated contract market and notice registration as a national securities exchange.