Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Tenth Charges Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan and the Sixth Charges Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan, 2289-2291 [E8-348]
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CFR 240.14e–1–240.14e–8) and related
Schedule 14D–9 (17 CFR 240.14d–101)
require information important to
security holders in deciding how to
respond to tender offers. Schedule 14D–
9 takes approximately 258 hours per
response to prepare and is filed by 600
companies annually. We estimate that
25% of the 258 hours per response (64.5
hours) is prepared by the company for
an annual reporting burden of 38,700
hours (64.5 hours per response × 600
responses).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether these collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
January 3, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
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Extension:
Schedule TO; OMB Control No. 3235–
0515; SEC File No. 270–456.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
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of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Schedule TO (17 CFR 240.14d–100)
must be filed by a reporting company
that makes a tender offer for its own
securities. Also, persons other than the
reporting company making a tender
offer for equity securities registered
under section 12 of the Exchange Act
(15 U.S.C. 78l) (which offer, if
consummated, would cause that person
to own over 5% of that class of the
securities) must file Schedule TO. The
purpose of Schedule TO is to improve
communications between public
companies and investors before
companies file registration statements
involving tender offer statements.
Schedule TO takes approximately 43.5
hours per response and is filed by
approximately 2,500 issuers annually.
We estimate that 50% of the 43.5 hours
per response (21.75 hours) is prepared
by the issuer for an annual reporting
burden of 54,375 hours (21.75 hours per
response × 2,500 responses).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden imposed
by the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: January 3, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–57107; File No. SR–CTA/
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Consolidated Tape Association; Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of the Tenth Charges Amendment to
the Second Restatement of the
Consolidated Tape Association Plan
and the Sixth Charges Amendment to
the Restated Consolidated Quotation
Plan
January 7, 2008.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on December
19, 2007,3 the Consolidated Tape
Association (‘‘CTA’’) Plan and
Consolidated Quotation (‘‘CQ’’) Plan
participants (‘‘Participants’’) 4 submitted
to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) proposals
to amend the CTA and CQ Plans
(collectively, the ‘‘Plans’’).5 The
proposals represent the tenth charges
amendment to the Second Restatement
of the CTA Plan (‘‘Tenth Amendment to
the CTA Plan’’) and the sixth charges
amendment to the Restated CQ Plan
(‘‘Sixth Amendment to the CQ Plan’’),
and reflect changes unanimously
adopted by the participants. The Tenth
Amendment to the CTA Plan and the
Sixth Amendment to the CQ Plan
(collectively, the ‘‘Amendments’’) seek
to permanently extend per query pricing
for Network B data to professional
subscribers, following a pilot program
1 15
U.S.C. 78k–1.
CFR 242.608.
3 The proposal was originally filed on November
27, 2007. However, it was refiled on December 7,
2007, and December 19, 2007 to reflect technical
revisions made in response to the Commission’s
staff comments.
4 Each Participant executed the proposed
amendments. The current Participants are the
American Stock Exchange LLC; Boston Stock
Exchange, Inc.; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.;
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(n/k/a the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority);
National Stock Exchange; New York Stock
Exchange LLC; NYSE Arca, Inc.; and Philadelphia
Stock Exchange, Inc.
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787
(May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (order approving CTA
Plan); 15009 (July 28, 1978), 43 FR 34851 (August
7, 1978) (order temporarily approving CQ Plan); and
16518 (January 22, 1980), 45 FR 6521 (order
permanently approving CQ Plan). The CTA Plan,
pursuant to which markets collect and disseminate
last sale price information for listed securities, is a
‘‘transaction reporting plan’’ under Rule 601 under
the Act, 17 CFR 242.601, and a ‘‘national market
system plan’’ under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR
242.608. The CQ Plan, pursuant to which markets
collect and disseminate bid/ask quotation
information for listed securities, is also a ‘‘national
market system plan’’ under Rule 608 under the Act,
17 CFR 242.608.
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that began on June 1, 2006. The pilot
program was originally scheduled to
terminate on May 31, 2007 but was
extended at the May 9, 2007 CTA and
CQ Operating Committee meeting until
such time as the related per query
pricing fee schedule for professional
subscribers was made permanent by
amendment to the CTA Plan and the CQ
Plan.
Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(i) under
the Act,6 the Participants designated the
Amendments as establishing or
changing a fee or other charge collected
on behalf of all of the sponsors and/or
participants in connection with access
to, or use of, any facility contemplated
by the plan or amendment. As a result,
the Amendments have become effective
upon filing with the Commission. At
any time within 60 days of the filing of
the Amendments, the Commission may
summarily abrogate the Amendments
and require that the Amendments be
refiled in accordance with paragraph
(a)(1) of Rule 608 and reviewed in
accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of
Rule 608, if it appears to the
Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or the maintenance of fair and orderly
markets, to remove impediments to, and
perfect the mechanisms of, a national
market system or otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments from
interested persons.
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I. Rule 608(a)
A. Description and Purpose of the
Amendments
The CTA Plan and the CQ Plan both
currently provide, in attached
Schedules A–3, for a usage-based, per
quote fee for non-professional Network
B subscribers. The fee is based on the
number of quotes disseminated during a
month, and is $.0075 per quote for the
first 20 million quotes, $.0050 per quote
for the next 20 million quotes, and
$.0025 for each additional quote
thereafter. This pricing schedule is an
alternative to monthly display charges.
Vendors may cap at $1.00 the per-quotepacket charges payable for any month in
respect of any customer that qualifies as
a non-professional subscriber, regardless
of how many quote-packets the
customer may receive during the month.
Following a pilot program that began
on June 1, 2006, the Amendments
propose to permanently extend the
usage-based, per query pricing schedule
to professional Network B subscribers as
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well. However, the $1.00 monthly cap
described in the preceding paragraph
will not apply to such professional
subscribers. The text of the proposed
Amendments is available on the CTA’s
Web site (https://www.nysedata.com/
cta), at the principal office of the CTA,
and at the Commission’s Public
Reference Room.
B. Additional Information Required by
Rule 608(a)
1. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
d. Dispute Resolution
Not applicable.
II. Rule 601(a)
A. Equity Securities for Which
Transaction Reports Shall Be Required
by the Plan
Not applicable.
B. Reporting Requirements
Not applicable.
2. Implementation of the Amendments
The proposed pricing schedule for
professional Network B subscribers has
previously been implemented under the
pilot program that began on June 1,
2006. The Amendments will make this
per query pricing permanent for
professional subscribers and have
become effective upon filing.7
3. Development and Implementation
Phases
See Item 2 above.
4. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The Amendments will impose no
burden on competition.
5. Written Understanding or Agreements
Relating to Interpretation of, or
Participation in, Plan
Not applicable.
C. Manner of Collecting, Processing,
Sequencing, Making Available and
Disseminating Last Sale Information
Not applicable.
D. Manner of Consolidation
Not applicable.
E. Standards and Methods Ensuring
Promptness, Accuracy and
Completeness of Transaction Reports
Not applicable.
F. Rules and Procedures Addressed to
Fraudulent or Manipulative
Dissemination
Not applicable.
G. Terms of Access to Transaction
Reports
The Participants have no written
understandings or agreements relating
to interpretation of the CTA Plan or the
CQ Plan as a result of the Amendments.
The Network B Participants and the
vendors that the proposed Amendments
would affect have already entered into
the Network B Participants’ standard
form of agreement. No new terms of
access will apply.
6. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance
With Plan
H. Identification of Marketplace
Execution
Under Section XII(b) of the CTA Plan,
each Plan Participant must execute a
written amendment to the CTA Plan
before the amendment can become
effective. Under Section IX(b) of the CQ
Plan, each CQ Plan Participant must
execute a written amendment to the CQ
Plan before the amendment can become
effective. Both Amendments are so
executed.
7. Description of Operation of Facility
Contemplated by the Proposed
Amendment
a. Terms and Conditions of Access
Not applicable.
b. Method of Determination and
Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
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Not applicable.
III. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed
Amendments are 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–CTA–2007–03 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Not applicable.
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100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–CTA/CQ–2007–03. This file
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 Plan Amendments
that are filed with the Commission, and
all written communications relating to
the Plan amendments 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, on official business days between
the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies
of the Amendments also will be
available for inspection and copying at
the principal office of the CTA. 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–CTA/CQ–2007–03 and
should be submitted on or before
February 4, 2008.
combinations, and (3) the company’s
current financial condition.
The Commission is of the opinion that
the public interest and the protection of
investors require a suspension of trading
in the securities of the above-listed
company.
Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to
Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, that trading in the abovelisted company is suspended for the
period from 9:30 a.m. EST January 10,
2008, through 11:59 p.m. EST on
January 24, 2008.
By the Commission.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–57106; File No. SR–Amex–
2007–36]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and
Amendment No. 1 To Eliminate a
Volume Add-on to Amex Options
Specialist Financial Requirements
January 4, 2008.
[File No. 500–1]
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 April 10,
2007, 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
substantially prepared by Amex. On
December 12, 2007, the Exchange filed
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule
change. The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change, as amended, from
interested persons.
In the Matter of Aampro Group, Inc.;
Order of Suspension of Trading
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.8
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Aampro
Group, Inc. (‘‘Aampro’’) because of
questions regarding the adequacy and
accuracy of information in Aampro’s
public filings concerning, among other
things: (1) The company’s business
operations, (2) the company’s business
The Exchange proposes to amend the
Amex options specialist financial
requirements to eliminate the add-on of
$25,000 for each option class in excess
of the initial twenty-five issues in which
the specialist is registered. The text of
the proposed rule change is available on
the Amex’s Web site at https://
www.amex.com and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
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8 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(27).
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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
Exchange 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
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and the
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Amex is proposing to amend Rule
950–ANTE(h). Rule 950–ANTE(h)
currently requires an option specialist to
maintain minimum tentative net capital
in the amount of $1,000,000 plus
$25,000 for each option issue (option
class) in excess of the initial twenty-five
issues in which the specialist is
registered. The amendment would
eliminate the $25,000 add-on for each
option class in excess of the initial
twenty-five option classes.
Amex member firms are subject to
both the Amex and the Commission’s
net capital rule.3 The multiple listing of
options across markets, as well as
quoting obligations of registered options
traders, remote registered options
traders, and supplemental registered
options traders now provides multiple
sources of liquidity in each options
class, which diminishes the role and
need to highly capitalize any one
liquidity provider. Therefore, the
benefits of requiring Amex options
specialists to maintain net capital
beyond the Commission’s net capital
rule have been greatly reduced.
Reducing the amount of capital required
to be held under the Amex net capital
rule also would allow options
specialists to use funds previously
maintained to meet Amex net capital
requirements for other purposes,
lowering their cost of business and
helping to ensure that they can continue
to function as options specialists on the
Exchange.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with
3 Rule
15c3–1 under the Act (17 CFR 240.15c3–
1).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-57107; File No. SR-CTA/CQ-2007-03]
Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of the Tenth Charges Amendment to the Second Restatement
of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan and the Sixth Charges
Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan
January 7, 2008.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 608 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on December 19, 2007,\3\ the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'')
Plan and Consolidated Quotation (``CQ'') Plan participants
(``Participants'') \4\ submitted to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') proposals to amend the CTA and CQ Plans
(collectively, the ``Plans'').\5\ The proposals represent the tenth
charges amendment to the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan (``Tenth
Amendment to the CTA Plan'') and the sixth charges amendment to the
Restated CQ Plan (``Sixth Amendment to the CQ Plan''), and reflect
changes unanimously adopted by the participants. The Tenth Amendment to
the CTA Plan and the Sixth Amendment to the CQ Plan (collectively, the
``Amendments'') seek to permanently extend per query pricing for
Network B data to professional subscribers, following a pilot program
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that began on June 1, 2006. The pilot program was originally scheduled
to terminate on May 31, 2007 but was extended at the May 9, 2007 CTA
and CQ Operating Committee meeting until such time as the related per
query pricing fee schedule for professional subscribers was made
permanent by amendment to the CTA Plan and the CQ Plan.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
\2\ 17 CFR 242.608.
\3\ The proposal was originally filed on November 27, 2007.
However, it was refiled on December 7, 2007, and December 19, 2007
to reflect technical revisions made in response to the Commission's
staff comments.
\4\ Each Participant executed the proposed amendments. The
current Participants are the American Stock Exchange LLC; Boston
Stock Exchange, Inc.; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated;
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (n/k/a the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority);
National Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange LLC; NYSE Arca,
Inc.; and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
\5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787 (May 10,
1974), 39 FR 17799 (order approving CTA Plan); 15009 (July 28,
1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 7, 1978) (order temporarily approving CQ
Plan); and 16518 (January 22, 1980), 45 FR 6521 (order permanently
approving CQ Plan). The CTA Plan, pursuant to which markets collect
and disseminate last sale price information for listed securities,
is a ``transaction reporting plan'' under Rule 601 under the Act, 17
CFR 242.601, and a ``national market system plan'' under Rule 608
under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608. The CQ Plan, pursuant to which
markets collect and disseminate bid/ask quotation information for
listed securities, is also a ``national market system plan'' under
Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608.
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Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(i) under the Act,\6\ the Participants
designated the Amendments as establishing or changing a fee or other
charge collected on behalf of all of the sponsors and/or participants
in connection with access to, or use of, any facility contemplated by
the plan or amendment. As a result, the Amendments have become
effective upon filing with the Commission. At any time within 60 days
of the filing of the Amendments, the Commission may summarily abrogate
the Amendments and require that the Amendments be refiled in accordance
with paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 608 and reviewed in accordance with
paragraph (b)(2) of Rule 608, if it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the
protection of investors, or the maintenance of fair and orderly
markets, to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a
national market system or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of
the Act. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments
from interested persons.
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\6\ 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(i).
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I. Rule 608(a)
A. Description and Purpose of the Amendments
The CTA Plan and the CQ Plan both currently provide, in attached
Schedules A-3, for a usage-based, per quote fee for non-professional
Network B subscribers. The fee is based on the number of quotes
disseminated during a month, and is $.0075 per quote for the first 20
million quotes, $.0050 per quote for the next 20 million quotes, and
$.0025 for each additional quote thereafter. This pricing schedule is
an alternative to monthly display charges. Vendors may cap at $1.00 the
per-quote-packet charges payable for any month in respect of any
customer that qualifies as a non-professional subscriber, regardless of
how many quote-packets the customer may receive during the month.
Following a pilot program that began on June 1, 2006, the
Amendments propose to permanently extend the usage-based, per query
pricing schedule to professional Network B subscribers as well.
However, the $1.00 monthly cap described in the preceding paragraph
will not apply to such professional subscribers. The text of the
proposed Amendments is available on the CTA's Web site (https://
www.nysedata.com/cta), at the principal office of the CTA, and at the
Commission's Public Reference Room.
B. Additional Information Required by Rule 608(a)
1. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
2. Implementation of the Amendments
The proposed pricing schedule for professional Network B
subscribers has previously been implemented under the pilot program
that began on June 1, 2006. The Amendments will make this per query
pricing permanent for professional subscribers and have become
effective upon filing.\7\
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3. Development and Implementation Phases
See Item 2 above.
4. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The Amendments will impose no burden on competition.
5. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of,
or Participation in, Plan
The Participants have no written understandings or agreements
relating to interpretation of the CTA Plan or the CQ Plan as a result
of the Amendments.
6. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance With Plan
Under Section XII(b) of the CTA Plan, each Plan Participant must
execute a written amendment to the CTA Plan before the amendment can
become effective. Under Section IX(b) of the CQ Plan, each CQ Plan
Participant must execute a written amendment to the CQ Plan before the
amendment can become effective. Both Amendments are so executed.
7. Description of Operation of Facility Contemplated by the Proposed
Amendment
a. Terms and Conditions of Access
Not applicable.
b. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
Not applicable.
c. Method of Frequency of Processor Evaluation
Not applicable.
d. Dispute Resolution
Not applicable.
II. Rule 601(a)
A. Equity Securities for Which Transaction Reports Shall Be Required by
the Plan
Not applicable.
B. Reporting Requirements
Not applicable.
C. Manner of Collecting, Processing, Sequencing, Making Available and
Disseminating Last Sale Information
Not applicable.
D. Manner of Consolidation
Not applicable.
E. Standards and Methods Ensuring Promptness, Accuracy and Completeness
of Transaction Reports
Not applicable.
F. Rules and Procedures Addressed to Fraudulent or Manipulative
Dissemination
Not applicable.
G. Terms of Access to Transaction Reports
The Network B Participants and the vendors that the proposed
Amendments would affect have already entered into the Network B
Participants' standard form of agreement. No new terms of access will
apply.
H. Identification of Marketplace Execution
Not applicable.
III. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed
Amendments are 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-CTA-2007-03 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission,
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100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CTA/CQ-2007-03. This
file 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 Plan Amendments that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the Plan amendments 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, on official business
days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the Amendments
also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal
office of the CTA. 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-CTA/
CQ-2007-03 and should be submitted on or before February 4, 2008.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
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\8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(27).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-348 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]
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