7.22 Margins of Third Parties

7.22.1

A Clearing Member shall procure initial margins from its Third Parties (including Customers), and ensure that its Third Parties comply with maintenance margins for such amounts as required by the Clearing House.

Amended on 27 March 2006 27 March 2006 and 22 September 2006 22 September 2006.

7.22.1A [Deleted]

Deleted on 25 January 2017 25 January 2017.

7.22.2

A Clearing Member may accept cash, government securities, common stocks, bank certificates of deposit, bank guarantees, bank letters of credit, gold bars, gold certificates and such other instruments as the Clearing House permits from its Third Parties (including Customers) for meeting their initial margins and maintenance margins requirements. Valuation of such instruments shall be in accordance with procedures specified by the Clearing House. The following are not acceptable forms of margins under this Rule:

7.22.2.1 bank guarantees or letters of credit issued by a Third Party, or a Third Party's related corporation which is a bank, for trades incurred in that Third Party's account;

7.22.2.2 bank guarantees and letters of credit other than those issued by a bank that holds a valid licence and operates in Singapore under the Banking Act 1970; and

7.22.2.3 currency and financial instruments denominated in currencies which are subject to exchange controls such that they are illegal tender outside the currency's home country or are restricted by any form of capital controls.

Amended on 27 March 2006 27 March 2006, 22 September 2006 22 September 2006 and 18 January 2022.

7.22.3

Except for trades which reduce a Third Party's maintenance margins requirements, a Clearing Member shall not accept orders or new trades for clearing from any Third Party (including any Customer) unless:

7.22.3.1 the minimum initial margins for the new trades are deposited or are forthcoming within a reasonable period from the trade date; and

7.22.3.2 the Third Party's total net equity complies with the maintenance margins for its existing open positions and in relation to potential Flat Rate adjustment applicable to freight forward contracts for tanker voyage routes or additional margins to be posted pursuant to Rule 7.22.4 are forthcoming within a reasonable period from the trade date.

For settlement currency denominated in Japanese Yen, "reasonable period" in Rule 7.22.3.1 or 7.22.3.2 means a period which shall not exceed three (3) Trading Days from the trade date (T+3). For all other settlement currencies it means a period which shall not exceed two (2) Trading Days from the trade date (T+2).

7.22.3.3 Credits in excess of required initial margins on all open positions and in relation to any potential Flat Rate adjustment applicable to freight forward contracts for tanker voyage routes of a Third Party (including a Customer), may be utilised by a Clearing Member as initial margins on a new position of the same Third Party (including a Customer).

Amended on 27 March 2006 27 March 2006, 22 September 2006 22 September 2006 and 25 January 2017 25 January 2017.

7.22.4

A Clearing Member shall call for additional margins from a Third Party (including a Customer) for whom the Clearing Member provides carrying and/or clearing services if at any time the Third Party's total net equity falls below the maintenance margins. Such additional margins posted should be sufficient to bring the relevant account up to the initial margins level, within a reasonable period. Nothing herein prohibits a Clearing Member from making a call for additional margins or imposing a stricter settlement period as it sees fit.

For settlement currency denominated in Japanese Yen, "reasonable period" in this Rule 7.22.4 means a period which shall not exceed three (3) Trading Days from the date that the Third Party's total net equity falls below the maintenance margins. For all other settlement currencies it means a period which shall not exceed two (2) Trading Days from the date that the Third Party's total net equity falls below the maintenance margins.

Amended on 22 September 2006 22 September 2006.

7.22.5

If the Clearing Member is unable to effect personal contact with a Third Party (including a Customer) for whom the Clearing Member provides carrying and/or clearing services, a written notice sent to the Third Party at the most recent address furnished by it to the Clearing Member shall be deemed sufficient.

7.22.6

In the event of a Clearing Member's failure to obtain margins from the relevant Third Parties (including Customers) as required under Rule 7.22, the Clearing House may order such Clearing Member to immediately close out all or such part of the positions of such Third Parties on its books so as to correct the deficiency notwithstanding that the Clearing Member itself has sufficient margins placed with the Clearing House for the support of such positions in Contracts. Nothing herein prohibits a Clearing Member from taking such necessary actions to rectify the deficiency as it sees fit.

Amended on 27 March 2006 27 March 2006 and 22 September 2006 22 September 2006.