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– Specifications –
1. Definitions
2. Underlying commodity
Special crystal sugar, with a minimum of 99.7º (ninety nine point seven) degrees of
polarization, maximum 0.08% (eight one hundredths of a percent) moisture, color
maximum 150 ICUMSA, maximum 0.07% (seven one hundredths of a per cent) ash.
3. Price quotation
Brazilian Reals per 50 (fifty)-net kilogram bag, to two decimal places, tax free.
4. Tick size
BRL 0.01 (one cent of a Brazilian Real) per 50 (fifty)-net kilogram bag.
BM&FBOVESPA may alter the price fluctuation limit applicable to any contract month at
any time, even during a trading session, by communicating this to the market with a 30
minute-advance notice.
6. Contract size
508 (five hundred and eight) bags of 50 (fifty)-net kilograms or 25.4 (twenty five point
four) metric tons.
7. Contract months
February, April, June, September and December.
9. Business day
For the purposes of cash settlement and for meeting margin calls, as referred to in items
11, 12, 13.1 and 18.2, a day that is not a banking holiday in New York, USA, and on which
there is a trading session at BM&FBOVESPA shall be considered a business day.
Where:
ADt = the variation margin value, in Brazilian Reals, corresponding to date “t”;
PAt = the day’s settlement price, in Brazilian Reals, on day “t,” for the relevant
contract month;
PO = the trading price, in Brazilian Reals;
n = the number of contracts;
PAt-1 = the settlement price on the business day preceding day “t,” in Brazilian
Reals, for the relevant contract month.
The variation margin value (ADt), calculated as shown above, if positive, shall be credited
to the buyer and debited from the seller. Should the calculation above present a negative
value, it shall be debited from the buyer and credited to the seller.
Where:
POi = the traded price relating to the settlement by price index, expressed in
Brazilian Reals per 50 kg (fifty kilogram) bag (net);
IASantost = the BM&FBOVESPA Crystal Sugar Price Indicator – Port of Santos
(SP), expressed in Brazilian Reals per bag, calculated by a renowned institution
specialized in price collections, as defined in Circular Letters and published on the
BM&FBOVESPA Website;
d – 4 = the fourth business day preceding the last trading day;
d = the contract’s expiration date and last trading day.
The amounts resulting from the settlement of positions by price index shall be cash settled
on the business day following the trading session corresponding to the last trading day.
non-resident customers, if the subsequent business day is a banking holiday in New York
margin shall be due on the first day after the opening of the position on there is no banking
holiday on that marketplace.
When the conversion of cash collateral is necessary, it shall be subject to the provisions set
forth in item 18, where applicable.
15. Form of payment and the receipt of amounts relative to cash settlement and the
conversion of margin requirement amounts and of trading costs
The following shall apply to the cash settlement of day trades, the daily settlement of
accounts, as well as the conversion of collateral:
15.1 Residents
The amounts shall be in Brazilian Reals, in accordance with the procedures of the
BM&FBOVESPA Derivatives Clearinghouse.
15.2 Nonresidents
The amounts shall be payable and receivable in United States Dollars in New
York, USA, through the settlement banks appointed by BM&FBOVESPA.
When the conversion of amounts paid and received is necessary, the
BM&FBOVESPA exchange rate benchmark verified on a specific date according
to the nature of each payment shall be used as follows:
(a) Amounts resulting from day trades: the BM&FBOVESPA exchange rate
benchmark verified on the trade date;
(b) Amounts resulting from variation margin requirements: the
BM&FBOVESPA exchange rate benchmark to which the variation margin
refers;
(c) Amounts resulting from cash settlement on expiration: the
BM&FBOVESPA exchange rate benchmark verified on the business day
preceding the cash settlement date.
(d) Amounts resulting from margin requirements: the BM&FBOVESPA
exchange rate benchmark verified on the trade date;
The conversion of amounts related to the trading costs expressed in
Brazilian Reals shall be by the PTAX rate.
Should there be situations not covered by this contract, as well as governmental measures
and any other fact affecting the formation, calculation or disclosure of its variables, or
which imply their discontinuity, BM&FBOVESPA may at its sole discretion take the
measures it deems necessary for the contract’s cash settlement or continuity on an
equivalent basis.