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[Release No. 34–54104; File No. SR–Amex–
2006–47]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and
Amendment No. 2 Thereto Relating to
the Member Firm Guarantee for FLEX
Equity Options
July 5, 2006.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on May 12,
2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC
(‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by the Amex. The Amex filed
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule
change on June 5, 2006 and
subsequently withdrew Amendment No.
1. The Amex filed Amendment No. 2 to
the proposed rule change on June 12,
2006.3 The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change, as amended, from
interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
Amex Rule 904G(e)(iii) to change the
current member firm guarantee for FLEX
equity options to 40%. The text of the
proposed rule change is available on the
Amex’s Web site (https://
www.amex.com), at the Amex’s Office of
the Secretary, and at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Amex included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. The Amex has
prepared summaries, set forth in
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant aspects of such statements.4
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 In Amendment No. 2, the Amex made technical
corrections to the rule text of the proposed rule
change.
4 Pursuant to discussions with Amex staff, the
Commission made clarifying changes to the purpose
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
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1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to revise the current
participation or member firm
guarantee 5 for FLEX equity options
traded on the Exchange. Currently, the
member firm guarantee provides that a
Submitting Member or Submitting
Member firm—an Exchange member
deemed eligible by the Exchange to
trade FLEX options—who has indicated
an intention to cross or act as principal
on the trade and who has matched or
improved the best bid or offer entered
in response to the Submitting Member’s
initial request for quotes (the ‘‘BBO,’’ as
defined for purposes of Amex rules
regarding FLEX options) with respect to
FLEX equity options, is entitled to a
participation guarantee of 25%. The
Amex is proposing to amend Rule
904G(e)(iii) so that Submitting Members
and Submitting Member firms would
receive a guaranteed participation of
40% of an order, which is the current
standard applicable to non-FLEX
options.6
In April 2003,7 the Exchange received
permanent approval of a pilot program
relating to the member firm guarantee
for non-FLEX options initially approved
by the Commission on June 2, 2000.8
Commentary .02(d) to Amex Rules
950(d) and 950–ANTE(d) permits
facilitation cross transactions in equity
options and sets forth the member firm
guarantee percentages.9 The member
section of the proposed rule change. Telephone
conversation between Caroline McCaffery, Assistant
General Counsel, Amex, and Ira Brandriss, Special
Counsel, and Kate Robbins, Attorney, Division of
Market Regulation, Commission, on June 29, 2006.
5 A ‘‘member firm guarantee’’ provides, under
certain conditions, the ability to cross a specified
percentage of a customer order on behalf of a
member firm before specialists and/or registered
options traders in the crowd can participate in the
transaction. The member firm guarantee for FLEX
equity options is set forth in Amex Rule 904G(e).
The member firm guarantee for non-FLEX options
is set forth in Rule 950(d) and 950–ANTE(d). The
provision for non-FLEX options generally applies to
orders of 400 contracts or more; however, the
Exchange is permitted to establish smaller eligible
order sizes, on a class-by-class basis, provided that
size is not for fewer than 50 contracts.
6 The text of Amex Rule 904G(e)(iii) provides that
the Submitting Member is permitted to participate
‘‘to the extent of at least 25% of the trade’’ (40%
under the proposal). The Submitting Member may
participate in more than its guaranteed percentage
to the extent that the trading crowd chooses not to
trade against the remaining portion of the order.
7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 47643
(April 7, 2003), 68 FR 17970 (April 14, 2003).
8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 42894
(June 2, 2000), 65 FR 36850 (June 12, 2000).
9 A facilitation cross transaction occurs when a
floor broker representing the order of a public
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firm guarantee for non-FLEX options
was subsequently extended to index
options in September 2004 10and to
index options in the Amex New Trading
Environment System (‘‘ANTE’’) in
February 2005.11 The amount of the
guaranteed participation percentage for
non-FLEX options is currently 40%,
provided that the order trades at or
between the best bid or offer given by
the trading crowd in response to the
floor broker’s request for a market.12
Under the instant proposal, a
Submitting Member or a Submitting
Member firm trading FLEX equity
options will be entitled to cross up to
40% of an order provided the order
trades at a price that matches or
improves upon the BBO. As with nonFLEX equity options, it is believed that
providing Submitting Members or
Submitting Member firms who are
eligible to trade FLEX options and are
seeking to cross or facilitate a trade with
an across-the-board 40% member firm
guarantee will provide additional
incentive for such Submitting Member
or Submitting Member firm to bring
large FLEX option orders to the floor of
the Amex rather than to the floor of
another options exchange or to the overthe-counter (‘‘OTC’’) market.
Additionally, the liquidity provided by
such Submitting Member or Submitting
Member firm seeking to facilitate their
orders gives the Exchange the ability to
provide deep liquid markets for
investors.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with
Section 6 of the Act 13 in general and
furthers the objectives of Section
6(b)(5) 14 in particular in that it is
designed to prevent fraudulent and
customer of a member firm crosses that order with
a contra side order from the firm’s proprietary
account.
10 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50326
(September 7, 2004), 69 FR 55479 (September 14,
2004).
11 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51275
(February 28, 2005), 70 FR 10709 (March 4, 2005).
12 Prior to February 2005, the member firm
guarantee for non-FLEX options provided that a
floor broker was entitled to a participation
guarantee of 20% if the order was traded at the best
bid or offer given by the trading crowd in response
to a floor broker’s request for a market or 40% if
the order was traded at a price that improved the
market, i.e., at a price between the crowd’s best bid
or offer. This rule was revised in February 2005 so
that floor brokers receive 40% of an order (after
public customer orders on the specialist’s book or
represented by a floor broker in the crowd have
been filled) if such order trades at a price that
matches or improves the market. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 51275 (February 28,
2005), 70 FR 10709 (March 4, 2005).
13 15 U.S.C. 78f.
14 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in
facilitating transactions in securities,
and to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market and a national market
system.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The proposed rule change does not
impose any burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 35 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period (i)
as the Commission may designate up to
90 days of such date if it finds such
longer period to be appropriate and
publishes its reasons for so finding or
(ii) as to which the Amex consents, the
Commission will:
(A) By order approve such proposed
rule change, or
(B) Institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change, as amended, is consistent with
the Act. Comments may be submitted by
any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–Amex–2006–47 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–Amex–2006–47. This file
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number should be included on the
subject line if e-mail is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for inspection and copying in
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room. Copies of such filing also will be
available for inspection and copying at
the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted
without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying
information from submissions. You
should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–Amex–2006–47 and should
be submitted on or before August 2,
2006.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.15
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
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deletions are in [brackets].
[Release No. 34–54105; File No. SR–BSE–
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Boston Options Exchange Facility
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston
Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of
Proposed Rule Change and
Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to
Changes to the Minimum Activity
Charge
(as of July 2006)
July 6, 2006.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on June 23,
2006, the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘BSE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by the Exchange. On June 30,
2006, the Exchange filed Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change.3 The
Exchange filed the proposal pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act 4 and
Rule 19b–4(f)(2) thereunder,5 which
renders the proposal effective upon
filing with the Commission. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change, as amended, from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
With respect to the BOX Fee
Schedule, the Exchange proposes to (a)
amend the Minimum Activity Charge
(‘‘MAC’’) for certain classes of options,
(b) exempt new BOX Market Makers
from the MAC for the first three months
as a BOX participant, (c) change the
frequency at which the MAC
classifications will be adjusted
annually, and (d) change the indexing of
the MAC Applicable Rates from overall
market share to class-by-class market
share. The text of the proposed rule
change is below. Proposed new
Fee Schedule
Sec. 1 through Sec. 2 No Change.
Sec. 3 Market Maker Trading Fees
a. No Change.
b. Minimum Activity Charge (‘‘MAC’’)
The ‘‘notional MAC’’ per options class
(see table below) is the building block
for the determination of the BOX Market
Maker’s monthly total MAC which is
payable at the end of each month if the
per contract fee of $ 0.20 per contract
traded, when multiplied by the Market
Maker’s actual trade executions for the
month, does not result in a total trading
fee payable to BOX at least equal to the
monthly total MAC.
New Market Maker’s activity will be
subject to the standard Market Maker
per contract charge. However, new
Market Makers to BOX will be exempt
from the MAC during the first three
months as a BOX market participant.
The MAC is totaled across all classes
assigned to a Market Maker so that
volume for one class is fungible against
other classes for that Market Maker. As
a result, although the volume on a given
class needed to reach an implicit cost of
$0.20 a contract may not be achieved,
this can be compensated by volume in
excess of the MAC on another class.
1. MAC ‘‘Levels’’
a. For Classes that have been trading
on any options exchange for at least six
calendar months.
The table below provides the MAC for
each of the six ‘‘categories’’ of options
classes listed by BOX. The category for
each class is determined by its total
trading volume across all U.S. options
exchanges as determined by OCC data.
The classifications will be adjusted at
least [twice] annually (in January [and
July], based on the average daily volume
for the preceding [six month period]
year).
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Class
OCC average daily volume
(number of contracts)
Category:
A ..................................................
B ..................................................
C ..................................................
D ..................................................
E ..................................................
>100,000 ........................................................................................................
50,000 to 99,999 ............................................................................................
25,000 to 49,999 ............................................................................................
10,000 to 24,999 ............................................................................................
5,000 to 9,999 ................................................................................................
15 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange (a) clarified
in the proposed rule text that all Boston Options
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Exchange (‘‘BOX’’) Market Makers would be
continually subject to the standard per contract
charge, (b) made non-substantive, formatting
changes to conform the proposed rule text with the
current provisions of the Fee Schedule, and (c)
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MAC per Market Maker per
appointment per month
[$15,000] $10,000
[$3,000] $3,500
[$2,000] $2,500
$750
$250
clarified the purpose and scope of the proposed rule
change.
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
5 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-54104; File No. SR-Amex-2006-47]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 2 Thereto
Relating to the Member Firm Guarantee for FLEX Equity Options
July 5, 2006.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on May 12, 2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II,
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Amex. The Amex
filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change on June 5, 2006 and
subsequently withdrew Amendment No. 1. The Amex filed Amendment No. 2
to the proposed rule change on June 12, 2006.\3\ The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change,
as amended, from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ In Amendment No. 2, the Amex made technical corrections to
the rule text of the proposed rule change.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend Amex Rule 904G(e)(iii) to change the
current member firm guarantee for FLEX equity options to 40%. The text
of the proposed rule change is available on the Amex's Web site (http:/
/www.amex.com), at the Amex's Office of the Secretary, and at the
Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Amex included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Amex has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections
A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.\4\
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\4\ Pursuant to discussions with Amex staff, the Commission made
clarifying changes to the purpose section of the proposed rule
change. Telephone conversation between Caroline McCaffery, Assistant
General Counsel, Amex, and Ira Brandriss, Special Counsel, and Kate
Robbins, Attorney, Division of Market Regulation, Commission, on
June 29, 2006.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise the current
participation or member firm guarantee \5 \for FLEX equity options
traded on the Exchange. Currently, the member firm guarantee provides
that a Submitting Member or Submitting Member firm--an Exchange member
deemed eligible by the Exchange to trade FLEX options--who has
indicated an intention to cross or act as principal on the trade and
who has matched or improved the best bid or offer entered in response
to the Submitting Member's initial request for quotes (the ``BBO,'' as
defined for purposes of Amex rules regarding FLEX options) with respect
to FLEX equity options, is entitled to a participation guarantee of
25%. The Amex is proposing to amend Rule 904G(e)(iii) so that
Submitting Members and Submitting Member firms would receive a
guaranteed participation of 40% of an order, which is the current
standard applicable to non-FLEX options.\6 \
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\5\ A ``member firm guarantee'' provides, under certain
conditions, the ability to cross a specified percentage of a
customer order on behalf of a member firm before specialists and/or
registered options traders in the crowd can participate in the
transaction. The member firm guarantee for FLEX equity options is
set forth in Amex Rule 904G(e). The member firm guarantee for non-
FLEX options is set forth in Rule 950(d) and 950-ANTE(d). The
provision for non-FLEX options generally applies to orders of 400
contracts or more; however, the Exchange is permitted to establish
smaller eligible order sizes, on a class-by-class basis, provided
that size is not for fewer than 50 contracts.
\6\ The text of Amex Rule 904G(e)(iii) provides that the
Submitting Member is permitted to participate ``to the extent of at
least 25% of the trade'' (40% under the proposal). The Submitting
Member may participate in more than its guaranteed percentage to the
extent that the trading crowd chooses not to trade against the
remaining portion of the order.
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In April 2003,\7\ the Exchange received permanent approval of a
pilot program relating to the member firm guarantee for non-FLEX
options initially approved by the Commission on June 2, 2000.\8\
Commentary .02(d) to Amex Rules 950(d) and 950-ANTE(d) permits
facilitation cross transactions in equity options and sets forth the
member firm guarantee percentages.\9\ The member firm guarantee for
non-FLEX options was subsequently extended to index options in
September 2004 \10\and to index options in the Amex New Trading
Environment System (``ANTE'') in February 2005.\11\ The amount of the
guaranteed participation percentage for non-FLEX options is currently
40%, provided that the order trades at or between the best bid or offer
given by the trading crowd in response to the floor broker's request
for a market.\12\
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\7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 47643 (April 7,
2003), 68 FR 17970 (April 14, 2003).
\8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 42894 (June 2,
2000), 65 FR 36850 (June 12, 2000).
\9\ A facilitation cross transaction occurs when a floor broker
representing the order of a public customer of a member firm crosses
that order with a contra side order from the firm's proprietary
account.
\10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50326 (September 7,
2004), 69 FR 55479 (September 14, 2004).
\11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51275 (February 28,
2005), 70 FR 10709 (March 4, 2005).
\12\ Prior to February 2005, the member firm guarantee for non-
FLEX options provided that a floor broker was entitled to a
participation guarantee of 20% if the order was traded at the best
bid or offer given by the trading crowd in response to a floor
broker's request for a market or 40% if the order was traded at a
price that improved the market, i.e., at a price between the crowd's
best bid or offer. This rule was revised in February 2005 so that
floor brokers receive 40% of an order (after public customer orders
on the specialist's book or represented by a floor broker in the
crowd have been filled) if such order trades at a price that matches
or improves the market. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
51275 (February 28, 2005), 70 FR 10709 (March 4, 2005).
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Under the instant proposal, a Submitting Member or a Submitting
Member firm trading FLEX equity options will be entitled to cross up to
40% of an order provided the order trades at a price that matches or
improves upon the BBO. As with non-FLEX equity options, it is believed
that providing Submitting Members or Submitting Member firms who are
eligible to trade FLEX options and are seeking to cross or facilitate a
trade with an across-the-board 40% member firm guarantee will provide
additional incentive for such Submitting Member or Submitting Member
firm to bring large FLEX option orders to the floor of the Amex rather
than to the floor of another options exchange or to the over-the-
counter (``OTC'') market. Additionally, the liquidity provided by such
Submitting Member or Submitting Member firm seeking to facilitate their
orders gives the Exchange the ability to provide deep liquid markets
for investors.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6 of the Act \13\ in general and furthers the objectives
of Section 6(b)(5) \14\ in particular in that it is designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination
with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities, and to
remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open
market and a national market system.
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\13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
\14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of
the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the
proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to
be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the Amex consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve such proposed rule change, or
(B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change, as amended, is consistent with the Act. Comments may be
submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's Internet comment form (https://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number SR-Amex-2006-47 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Amex-2006-47. This file
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number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/rules/
sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the
principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted
without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying
information from submissions. You should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to
File Number SR-Amex-2006-47 and should be submitted on or before August
2, 2006.
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\15\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\15\
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10921 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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