FCStone , LLC

FCStone is an integrated commodity risk management company providing risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users and producers. The Company assists primarily middle market customers in optimizing their profit margins and mitigating exposure to commodity price risk. In addition to its risk management consulting services, the Company operates one of the leading independent clearing and execution platforms for exchange-traded futures and options contracts. The Company serves more than 7,500 customers and in the twelve months ended May 31, 2006, executed 44.3 million contracts in the exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets. ( www.fcstone.com )