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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–61686; File No. SR–Phlx–
2010–41]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
a Proposed Rule Change Relating to
Fees and Rebates for Adding and
Removing Liquidity
March 10, 2010.
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 March 1,
2010, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.
(‘‘Phlx’’ 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. Phlx has designated
this proposal as one establishing or
changing a member due, fee, or other
charge imposed under Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(2) thereunder,4 which renders the
proposal effective upon filing with the
Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
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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 the
Exchange’s Fee Schedule to: (i) Increase
the number of options to be included in
the Exchange’s current schedule of
transaction fees and rebates for adding
and removing liquidity; (ii) increase the
Firm per contract transaction fee for
adding liquidity; and (iii) other
clarifying technical amendments to the
Fee Schedule.
While changes to the Fee Schedule
pursuant to this proposal are effective
upon filing, the Exchange has
designated these changes to be operative
for transactions settling on or after
March 1, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s Web site
at https://nasdaqtrader.com/
micro.aspx?id=PHLXfilings, at the
principal office of the Exchange, at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
and on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.sec.gov.
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
2 17
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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
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to increase
liquidity and to attract order flow by
increasing the number of options to be
included in the Exchange’s current
schedule of transaction fees and rebates
for adding and removing liquidity.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to
add the following options: Apple, Inc.
(AAPL); Allstate Corp., (ALL),
Amazon.com, Inc. (‘‘AMZN’’), Bank of
America Corporation (‘‘BAC’’); Dell, Inc.
(‘‘DELL’’), Diamonds Trust Series 1
(‘‘DIA’’), DryShips, Inc. (‘‘DRYS’’),
Eastman Kodak, Co. (‘‘EK’’), Market
Vectors Gold Miners ETF (‘‘GDX’’),
General Electric Company (‘‘GE’’),
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘‘GS’’),
Microsoft Corporation (‘‘MSFT’’),
Qualcomm, Inc. (‘‘QCOM’’), Research In
Motion Ltd. (‘‘RIMM’’), Starbucks Corp.
(‘‘SBUX’’), UltraShort Financials
ProShares (‘‘SKF’’), iShares Silver Trust
(‘‘SLV’’), Semiconductor HOLDRs
(‘‘SMH’’), United States Natural Gas
(‘‘UNG’’), United States Oil Fund LP
Units (‘‘USO’’), Ultra Financials
ProShares (‘‘UYG’’), WynnResorts Ltd.
(‘‘WYNN’’), and Financial Select Sector
SPDR (‘‘XLF’’), collectively (‘‘the
options’’). The options would be subject
to the fees and rebates for adding and
removing liquidity.
Additionally, the Exchange proposes
to increase the fee for adding liquidity
assessed to Firms from its current rate
of $0.35 to $0.45. The Exchange is
amending this rate to equate it to the
rate assessed on Broker-Dealers for
adding liquidity.
Currently, the Exchange assesses a
per-contract transaction charge in
Standard and Poor’s Depositary
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Receipts/SPDRs (‘‘SPY’’) 5, the
PowerShares QQQ Trust (‘‘QQQQ’’)®;
Ishares Russell 2000 (‘‘IWM’’) and
Citigroup Inc. (‘‘C’’) options on five
different categories of market
participants that submit orders and/or
quotes that remove, or ‘‘take,’’ liquidity
from the Exchange. The per-contract
transaction charge depends on the
category of market participant
submitting an order or quote to the
Exchange that removes liquidity.6
The market participants are as
follows: (i) Specialists, Registered
Options Traders (‘‘ROTs’’), Streaming
Quote Traders (‘‘SQTs’’) 7 and Remote
Streaming Quote Traders (‘‘RSQTs’’); 8
(ii) customers; 9 (iii) specialists, ROTs
[sic], SQTs and RSQTs that receive
Directed Orders (‘‘Directed
Participants’’ 10 or ‘‘Directed Specialists,
RSQTs, or SQTs’’ 11); (iv) Firms; and (v)
broker-dealers.
The per-contract transaction charges
are assessed on participants who submit
proprietary quotes and/or orders that
remove liquidity from the Exchange’s
market in options listed on the Fee
Schedule. The Exchange also assesses a
transaction charge to Firms and brokerdealers that add liquidity.
Additionally, the Exchange has in
place a per-contract rebate relating to
transaction charges for orders or
quotations that add liquidity to the
Exchange’s market in options listed on
the fee schedule. The amount of the
rebate depends on the category of
5 SPY options are based on the SPDR exchangetraded fund (‘‘ETF’’), which is designed to track the
performance of the S&P 500 Index.
6 See SR–Phlx–2010–33.
7 An SQT is an Exchange Registered Options
Trader (‘‘ROT’’) who has received permission from
the Exchange to generate and submit option
quotations electronically through an electronic
interface with AUTOM via an Exchange approved
proprietary electronic quoting device in eligible
options to which such SQT is assigned. See
Exchange Rule 1014(b)(ii)(A).
8 An RSQT is an ROT that is a member or member
organization with no physical trading floor
presence who has received permission from the
Exchange to generate and submit option quotations
electronically through AUTOM in eligible options
to which such RSQT has been assigned. An RSQT
may only submit such quotations electronically
from off the floor of the Exchange. See Exchange
Rule 1014(b)(ii)(B).
9 This applies to all customer orders, directed and
non-directed.
10 For purposes of this fee, a Directed Participant
is a Specialist, SQT, or RSQT that executes a
customer order that is directed to them by an Order
Flow Provider and is executed electronically on the
Exchange’s electronic trading platform for options,
PHLX XL II.
11 See Exchange Rule 1080(l), ‘‘* * * The term
‘Directed Specialist, RSQT, or SQT’ means a
specialist, RSQT, or SQT that receives a Directed
Order.’’ A Directed Participant has a higher quoting
requirement as compared with a specialist, SQT or
RSQT who is not acting as a Directed Participant.
See Exchange Rule 1014.
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participant whose order or quote was
executed as part of the Phlx
disseminated Best Bid and/or Offer.
The Exchange also proposes to amend
the Fee Schedule to make technical
amendments such as changing the name
of the category of fees and other
clarifying amendments to make
reference to other fees, and to options
affected by these fees.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its
proposal to amend its Fee Schedule is
consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act 12
in general, and furthers the objectives of
Section 6(b)(4) of the Act 13 in
particular, in that it is an equitable
allocation of reasonable fees and other
charges among Exchange members. The
impact of the proposal upon the net fees
paid by a particular market participant
will depend on a number of variables,
including its monthly volumes, the
order types it uses, and the prices of its
quotes and orders (i.e., its propensity to
add or remove liquidity). The rate
increase to Firms for adding liquidity in
the various symbols including the
additional Symbols is the same rate that
is currently being assessed on BrokerDealers.
Accordingly, the Exchange also
believes that the addition of the options
to this portion of the Fee Schedule is
equitable in that it will apply to all
categories of participants in the same
manner.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed rule change will impose
any burden on competition 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 either
solicited or received.
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act 14 and
paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 15
thereunder. At any time within 60 days
of the filing of the proposed rule change,
the Commission may summarily
12 15
U.S.C. 78f(b).
U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
14 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
15 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
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abrogate such rule change if it appears
to the Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.16
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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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–Phlx–2010–41 on the
subject line.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–61685; File No. SR–Phlx–
2010–39]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
a Proposed Rule Change Relating to
Certain Exchange Fees
March 10, 2010.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
Paper Comments
notice is hereby given that on March 1,
2010, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.
• Send paper comments in triplicate
(‘‘Phlx’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Station Place, 100 F Street, Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
change as described in Items I, II and III
All submissions should refer to File
below, which Items have been prepared
Number SR–Phlx–2010–41. This file
by the Exchange. Phlx has designated
number should be included on the
subject line if e-mail is used. To help the this proposal as one establishing or
changing a member due, fee, or other
Commission process and review your
charge imposed under Section
comments more efficiently, please use
3
only one method. The Commission will 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act and Rule 19b–
4(f)(2) thereunder,4 which renders the
post all comments on the Commission’s
proposal effective upon filing with the
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
Commission. The Commission is
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
publishing this notice to solicit
submission, all subsequent
comments on the proposed rule change
amendments, all written statements
from interested persons.
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Commission, and all written
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
communications relating to the
the Proposed Rule Change
proposed rule change between the
The Exchange proposes to: (i) Increase
Commission and any person, other than
the options transaction charge for
those that may be withheld from the
Registered Options Traders (‘‘ROTs’’)
public in accordance with the
and Specialists to $.22; (ii) increase the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
Options Surcharge in options on the
available for Web site viewing and
Russell 2000® Index (the ‘‘Full Value
printing in the Commission’s Public
Russell Index’’ or ‘‘RUT’’), options on the
Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
one-tenth value Russell 2000® Index 5
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of 10
16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
also will be available for inspection and
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
copying at the principal office of the
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
Exchange. All comments received will
5 Russell 2000® is a trademark and service mark
be posted without change; the
of the Frank Russell Company, used under license.
Commission does not edit personal
Neither Frank Russell Company’s publication of the
identifying information from
Russell Indexes nor its licensing of its trademarks
submissions. You should submit only
for use in connection with securities or other
financial products derived from a Russell Index in
information that you wish to make
any way suggests or implies a representation or
publicly available. All submissions
opinion by Frank Russell Company as to the
should refer to File Number SR–Phlx–
attractiveness of investment in any securities or
2010–41 and should be submitted on or other financial products based upon or derived
Continued
before April 8, 2010.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-61686; File No. SR-Phlx-2010-41]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating
to Fees and Rebates for Adding and Removing Liquidity
March 10, 2010.
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 March 1, 2010, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. (``Phlx'' 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. Phlx has designated this
proposal as one establishing or changing a member due, fee, or other
charge imposed under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \3\ and Rule
19b-4(f)(2) thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposal effective upon
filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
\4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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 the Exchange's Fee Schedule to: (i)
Increase the number of options to be included in the Exchange's current
schedule of transaction fees and rebates for adding and removing
liquidity; (ii) increase the Firm per contract transaction fee for
adding liquidity; and (iii) other clarifying technical amendments to
the Fee Schedule.
While changes to the Fee Schedule pursuant to this proposal are
effective upon filing, the Exchange has designated these changes to be
operative for transactions settling on or after March 1, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
Web site at https://nasdaqtrader.com/micro.aspx?id=PHLXfilings, at the
principal office of the Exchange, at the Commission's Public Reference
Room, and on the Commission's Web site at https://www.sec.gov.
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
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to increase liquidity and to attract order
flow by increasing the number of options to be included in the
Exchange's current schedule of transaction fees and rebates for adding
and removing liquidity.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to add the following options:
Apple, Inc. (AAPL); Allstate Corp., (ALL), Amazon.com, Inc. (``AMZN''),
Bank of America Corporation (``BAC''); Dell, Inc. (``DELL''), Diamonds
Trust Series 1 (``DIA''), DryShips, Inc. (``DRYS''), Eastman Kodak, Co.
(``EK''), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (``GDX''), General Electric
Company (``GE''), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (``GS''), Microsoft
Corporation (``MSFT''), Qualcomm, Inc. (``QCOM''), Research In Motion
Ltd. (``RIMM''), Starbucks Corp. (``SBUX''), UltraShort Financials
ProShares (``SKF''), iShares Silver Trust (``SLV''), Semiconductor
HOLDRs (``SMH''), United States Natural Gas (``UNG''), United States
Oil Fund LP Units (``USO''), Ultra Financials ProShares (``UYG''),
WynnResorts Ltd. (``WYNN''), and Financial Select Sector SPDR
(``XLF''), collectively (``the options''). The options would be subject
to the fees and rebates for adding and removing liquidity.
Additionally, the Exchange proposes to increase the fee for adding
liquidity assessed to Firms from its current rate of $0.35 to $0.45.
The Exchange is amending this rate to equate it to the rate assessed on
Broker-Dealers for adding liquidity.
Currently, the Exchange assesses a per-contract transaction charge
in Standard and Poor's Depositary Receipts/SPDRs (``SPY'') \5\, the
PowerShares QQQ Trust (``QQQQ'')[supreg]; Ishares Russell 2000
(``IWM'') and Citigroup Inc. (``C'') options on five different
categories of market participants that submit orders and/or quotes that
remove, or ``take,'' liquidity from the Exchange. The per-contract
transaction charge depends on the category of market participant
submitting an order or quote to the Exchange that removes liquidity.\6\
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\5\ SPY options are based on the SPDR exchange-traded fund
(``ETF''), which is designed to track the performance of the S&P 500
Index.
\6\ See SR-Phlx-2010-33.
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The market participants are as follows: (i) Specialists, Registered
Options Traders (``ROTs''), Streaming Quote Traders (``SQTs'') \7\ and
Remote Streaming Quote Traders (``RSQTs''); \8\ (ii) customers; \9\
(iii) specialists, ROTs [sic], SQTs and RSQTs that receive Directed
Orders (``Directed Participants'' \10\ or ``Directed Specialists,
RSQTs, or SQTs'' \11\); (iv) Firms; and (v) broker-dealers.
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\7\ An SQT is an Exchange Registered Options Trader (``ROT'')
who has received permission from the Exchange to generate and submit
option quotations electronically through an electronic interface
with AUTOM via an Exchange approved proprietary electronic quoting
device in eligible options to which such SQT is assigned. See
Exchange Rule 1014(b)(ii)(A).
\8\ An RSQT is an ROT that is a member or member organization
with no physical trading floor presence who has received permission
from the Exchange to generate and submit option quotations
electronically through AUTOM in eligible options to which such RSQT
has been assigned. An RSQT may only submit such quotations
electronically from off the floor of the Exchange. See Exchange Rule
1014(b)(ii)(B).
\9\ This applies to all customer orders, directed and non-
directed.
\10\ For purposes of this fee, a Directed Participant is a
Specialist, SQT, or RSQT that executes a customer order that is
directed to them by an Order Flow Provider and is executed
electronically on the Exchange's electronic trading platform for
options, PHLX XL II.
\11\ See Exchange Rule 1080(l), ``* * * The term `Directed
Specialist, RSQT, or SQT' means a specialist, RSQT, or SQT that
receives a Directed Order.'' A Directed Participant has a higher
quoting requirement as compared with a specialist, SQT or RSQT who
is not acting as a Directed Participant. See Exchange Rule 1014.
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The per-contract transaction charges are assessed on participants
who submit proprietary quotes and/or orders that remove liquidity from
the Exchange's market in options listed on the Fee Schedule. The
Exchange also assesses a transaction charge to Firms and broker-dealers
that add liquidity.
Additionally, the Exchange has in place a per-contract rebate
relating to transaction charges for orders or quotations that add
liquidity to the Exchange's market in options listed on the fee
schedule. The amount of the rebate depends on the category of
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participant whose order or quote was executed as part of the Phlx
disseminated Best Bid and/or Offer.
The Exchange also proposes to amend the Fee Schedule to make
technical amendments such as changing the name of the category of fees
and other clarifying amendments to make reference to other fees, and to
options affected by these fees.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its Fee Schedule
is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act \12\ in general, and
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \13\ in
particular, in that it is an equitable allocation of reasonable fees
and other charges among Exchange members. The impact of the proposal
upon the net fees paid by a particular market participant will depend
on a number of variables, including its monthly volumes, the order
types it uses, and the prices of its quotes and orders (i.e., its
propensity to add or remove liquidity). The rate increase to Firms for
adding liquidity in the various symbols including the additional
Symbols is the same rate that is currently being assessed on Broker-
Dealers.
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\12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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Accordingly, the Exchange also believes that the addition of the
options to this portion of the Fee Schedule is equitable in that it
will apply to all categories of participants in the same manner.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition 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 either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \14\ and paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b-4 \15\
thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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\14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
\15\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change 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-Phlx-2010-41 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., Washington,
DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2010-41. 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 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 Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. 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 publicly available. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2010-41 and should be
submitted on or before April 8, 2010.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
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\16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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