Common use of Clearing Agreement Clause in Contracts

Clearing Agreement. Each of CME Holdings and CBOT Holdings agrees that upon the signing of this Agreement, the Clearing Services Agreement between CBOT and CME, effective April 16, 2003 and as amended on March 1, 2004 (the “Clearing Agreement”) shall be amended without any further action on the part of any party thereto by deleting Section 2 thereof in its entirety and replaced with the following: “This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms, shall terminate on January 10, 2009 (the “Initial Term”). CBOT may, in its sole discretion, extend this Agreement for an additional one-year term by notifying CME in writing at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of the Initial Term of its decision to extend. Except as otherwise expressly modified or amended by this Section 6.17 all terms and conditions contained in the Clearing Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are not altered by this Section 6.17.