Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to The Price Improvement Period To Permit an Initiating Participant To Designate a PIP Surrender Quantity, 76503-76505 [2010-30804]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2010 / Notices Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the filing date of the proposed rule change.8 Pursuant to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) under the Act,9 the Commission may designate a shorter time period if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. At any time within sixty (60) days of the filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend 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. 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: jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 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 No. SR–NSX–2010–15 on the subject line. Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NSX–2010–15. 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 8 As required under Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii), NSX provided the Commission with written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the filing date. 9 17 CFR 19b–4(f)(6)(iii). VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:23 Dec 07, 2010 Jkt 223001 available for Web site viewing and printing 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 NSX. 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–NSX–2010–15 and should be submitted by December 29, 2010. 76503 NASDAQOMXBX/Filings/, at the Commission’s Public Reference Room, and on the Commission’s Web site at https://www.sec.gov/. BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 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 self-regulatory organization 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 self-regulatory organization has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.10 Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–30829 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] [Release No. 34–63416; File No. SR–BX– 2010–083] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to The Price Improvement Period To Permit an Initiating Participant To Designate a PIP Surrender Quantity December 2, 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 November 24, 2010, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule from interested persons. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of the Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to amend Chapter V, Section 18 (The Price Improvement Period (‘‘PIP’’)) of the Rules of the Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC (‘‘BOX’’) to permit an Options Participant initiating a PIP to designate a PIP Surrender Quantity. The text of the proposed rule change is available from the principal office of the Exchange, on the Exchange’s Web site at https://nasdaqomxbx.cchwallstreet.com/ 10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 1 15 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1. Purpose The proposed rule change will amend Chapter V, Section 18 (The Price Improvement Period (‘‘PIP’’)) of the BOX Rules to permit an Options Participant initiating a PIP (‘‘Initiating Participant’’), at its option, to designate a lower amount for which it will retain certain priority and trade allocation privileges upon the conclusion of the PIP auction than the forty percent (40%) of the PIP Order to which the Initiating Participant is entitled as set forth in Chapter V, Sections 18(f)(i) and (f)(ii) of the BOX Rules. In certain instances, Chapter V, Sections 18(f)(i) and (f)(ii) of the BOX Rules allow an Initiating Participant to retain priority and trade allocation privileges for 40% of the size of a PIP Order upon conclusion of the PIP. This proposal will permit an Initiating Participant, when starting a PIP, to submit the Primary Improvement Order to BOX with a designation to identify the total size of the PIP Order that the Initiating Participant is willing to ‘‘surrender’’ to other PIP Participants (‘‘PIP Surrender Quantity’’), resulting in the Initiating Participant potentially being allocated less than the forty percent (40%) to which it may be entitled. For example, when an Initiating Participant submits a PIP Order and a Primary Improvement Order for 100 contracts and a PIP Surrender Quantity of 70 contracts, the Initiating Participant is designating that it is willing to surrender seventy percent (70%) of the PIP Order to other PIP Participants. Therefore, the Initiating Participant is only retaining priority to thirty percent (30%) of the PIP Order, E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM 08DEN1 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 76504 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2010 / Notices rather than the forty percent (40%) it could have received. The Primary Improvement Order shall yield priority to certain competing orders in the circumstances set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f)(iii) of the BOX Rules. The proposed rule change will further provide that in no case shall the Initiating Participant’s use of the Surrender Quantity function result in an allocation to the Initiating Participant that would be greater than the maximum allowable allocation the Initiating Participant would otherwise receive in accordance with the PIP allocation procedures set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f) of the BOX Rules. The proposal specifies that the PIP Surrender Quantity shall not be effective for an amount that is lesser than or equal to sixty percent (60%) of the size of the PIP Order. In such a case, the forty percent (40%) maximum allowable priority allocation to the Initiating Participant would apply. Additionally, the proposed rule change will modify the BOX Trading Host’s trade allocation at the conclusion of the PIP to account for the PIP Surrender Quantity. The proposal specifies that when the BOX Trading Host determines the priority and trade allocation amounts for the Initiating Participant upon the conclusion of the PIP auction, the Trading Host will automatically adjust the trade allocations to the other PIP Participants according to the priority set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(e) of the BOX Rules, providing a total amount to the other PIP Participants up to the PIP Surrender Quantity. The Primary Improvement Order shall be allocated the remaining size of the PIP Order, if any. If the aggregate size of other PIP Participants’ contra orders is not equal to or greater than the PIP Surrender Quantity, then the remaining PIP Surrender Quantity shall be left unfilled and the Primary Improvement Order shall be allocated the remaining size of the PIP Order as set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f) of the BOX Rules. For example, an Initiating Participant submits a PIP Order and a Primary Improvement Order for 100 contracts and a PIP Surrender Quantity of 70 contracts. During the PIP auction only one Improvement Order for 25 contracts is received. Even though the Initiating Participant was willing to surrender 70 contracts to the other PIP Participants, there is not enough competing size in this instance to allocate 70 contracts to someone else. Therefore, the Primary Improvement Order’s requirement to completely fill the PIP Order takes precedence, and the Initiating VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:23 Dec 07, 2010 Jkt 223001 Participant is allocated the remaining 75 contracts. BOX will provide Options Participants with three (3) business days notice, via Information Circular, about the implementation date of the PIP Surrender Quantity prior to its implementation in the BOX trading system. 2. Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act,3 in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,4 in particular. Specifically, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism for a free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. In particular, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will benefit investors and Options Participants by allowing an Initiating Participant the flexibility to designate a lower amount for which it will retain certain priority and trade allocation privileges upon the conclusion of the PIP auction than the forty percent (40%) of the PIP Order to which the Initiating Participant is entitled, while providing other PIP Participants increased trade allocations. 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 Regarding the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others The Exchange has neither solicited nor received comments on the proposed rule change. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 3 15 4 15 PO 00000 U.S.C. 78f(b). U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will: (A) By order approve or disapprove the 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 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–BX–2010–083 on the subject line. Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–BX–2010–083. 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 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–BX– E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM 08DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2010 / Notices 2010–083 and should be submitted on or before December 29, 2010. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.5 Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–30804 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–63414; File No. SR– NASDAQ–2010–153] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC To Clarify the Exclusion of Partial Trading Days From Certain Calculations Within the Investor Support Program December 2, 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 November 24, 2010, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (‘‘NASDAQ’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change NASDAQ is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) a proposal for the NASDAQ Options Market (‘‘NOM’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) to clarify that partial trading days will not be counted toward the calculation of certain Investor Support Program (‘‘ISP’’) credit eligibility requirements pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of the rule. The text of the proposed rule change is available from NASDAQ’s Web site at https://nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com/ Filings/, at NASDAQ’s principal office, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. 5 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 1 15 VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:23 Dec 07, 2010 Jkt 223001 II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, NASDAQ 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. NASDAQ 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 Exchange is proposing to amend Rule 7014 to clarify that partial trading days will not be counted toward the calculation of certain ISP credit eligibility requirements pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of the rule, particularly the average daily number of shares of liquidity provided in orders entered by the member through its ISP-designated ports and executed in the Nasdaq Market Center during the month. The Exchange established an Investor Support Program that enables NASDAQ members to earn a monthly fee credit for providing additional liquidity to NASDAQ and increasing the NASDAQtraded volume of what are generally considered to be retail and institutional investor orders in exchange-traded securities (‘‘targeted liquidity’’).3 The goal of the ISP is to incentivize members to provide such targeted liquidity to the NASDAQ Market Center.4 The Exchange noted in the ISP Filing that maintaining 3 For a detailed description of the Investor Support Program, see Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63270 (November 8, 2010), 75 FR 69489 (November 12, 2010) (NASDAQ–2010–141) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness) (the ‘‘ISP Filing’’). 4 The Commission has recently expressed its concern that a significant percentage of the orders of individual investors are executed at over the counter (‘‘OTC’’) markets, that is, at off-exchange markets; and that a significant percentage of the orders of institutional investors are executed in dark pools. Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61358 (January 14, 2010), 75 FR 3594 (January 21, 2010) (Concept Release on Equity Market Structure, ‘‘Concept Release’’). See also Mary L. Schapiro, Strengthening Our Equity Market Structure (Speech at the Economic Club of New York, Sept. 7, 2010) (‘‘Schapiro Speech,’’ available on the Commission Web site) (comments of Commission Chairman on what she viewed as a troubling trend of reduced participation in the equity markets by individual investors, and that nearly 30 percent of volume in U.S.-listed equities is executed in venues that do not display their liquidity or make it generally available to the public). PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76505 and increasing the proportion of orders in exchange-listed securities executed on a registered exchange (rather than relying on any of the available offexchange execution methods) would help raise investors’ confidence in the fairness of their transactions and would benefit all investors by deepening NASDAQ’s liquidity pool, supporting the quality of price discovery, promoting market transparency and improving investor protection. Partial trading days are not excluded from the average daily number of shares of liquidity provided and executed pursuant to certain ISP credit eligibility criteria in the rule and the Exchange now proposes a change to do so.5 To further the ISP goal of attracting certain targeted retail and institution liquidity, the ISP limits ISP credit eligibility to targeted liquidityenhancing orders in large part by: Establishing a monthly ISP Execution Ratio 6 of 10 or above (subsection (c)(1)); and a monthly cap of 10 million for the average daily number of shares of liquidity provided in orders entered by the member through its ISP-designated ports and executed in the NASDAQ Market Center during the month (subsection (c)(2)). As noted, in the ISP Filing the Exchange did not exclude partial trading days from the calculation of order numbers pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of the rule. The Exchange believes that the inclusion of partial trading days 7 may serve to improperly skew the operative calculations. As such, the Exchange proposes to add new section (c)(3) that states that for purposes of determining the average daily number of shares of liquidity provided pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this Rule, any day that the market is not open for the entire trading day will be excluded from such calculation.8 5 NASDAQ notes that exclusion of partial trading days would be consistent with how the Exchange treats partial trading days for tabulation of pricing tiers under Rule 7018(j). 6 The term ‘‘ISP Execution Ratio’’ is defined as: The ratio of (i) the total number of liquidityproviding orders entered by a member through its ISP-designated ports during the specified time period to (ii) the number of liquidity-providing orders entered by such member through its ISPdesignated ports and executed (in full or partially) in the NASDAQ Market Center during such time period (provided that: (i) No order shall be counted as executed more than once; (ii) no Pegged Orders, odd-lot orders, or MIOC or SIOC orders shall be included in the tabulation; and (iii) no order shall be included in the tabulation if it executes but does not add liquidity). Rule 7014 (d)(3). 7 A partial trading day may occur, as an example, immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday. 8 There have been no partial trading days in the month of November previous to the date of submission of the filing and it would therefore not be retroactive in effect. E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM 08DEN1

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63416; File No. SR-BX-2010-083]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to The Price Improvement Period 
To Permit an Initiating Participant To Designate a PIP Surrender 
Quantity

December 2, 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 November 24, 2010, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (the ``Exchange'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed 
rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been 
prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is 
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule from 
interested persons.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the 
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend Chapter V, Section 18 (The Price 
Improvement Period (``PIP'')) of the Rules of the Boston Options 
Exchange Group, LLC (``BOX'') to permit an Options Participant 
initiating a PIP to designate a PIP Surrender Quantity. The text of the 
proposed rule change is available from the principal office of the 
Exchange, on the Exchange's Web site at https://nasdaqomxbx.cchwallstreet.com/NASDAQOMXBX/Filings/, 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 self-regulatory organization 
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 self-regulatory organization 
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 proposed rule change will amend Chapter V, Section 18 (The 
Price Improvement Period (``PIP'')) of the BOX Rules to permit an 
Options Participant initiating a PIP (``Initiating Participant''), at 
its option, to designate a lower amount for which it will retain 
certain priority and trade allocation privileges upon the conclusion of 
the PIP auction than the forty percent (40%) of the PIP Order to which 
the Initiating Participant is entitled as set forth in Chapter V, 
Sections 18(f)(i) and (f)(ii) of the BOX Rules. In certain instances, 
Chapter V, Sections 18(f)(i) and (f)(ii) of the BOX Rules allow an 
Initiating Participant to retain priority and trade allocation 
privileges for 40% of the size of a PIP Order upon conclusion of the 
PIP. This proposal will permit an Initiating Participant, when starting 
a PIP, to submit the Primary Improvement Order to BOX with a 
designation to identify the total size of the PIP Order that the 
Initiating Participant is willing to ``surrender'' to other PIP 
Participants (``PIP Surrender Quantity''), resulting in the Initiating 
Participant potentially being allocated less than the forty percent 
(40%) to which it may be entitled. For example, when an Initiating 
Participant submits a PIP Order and a Primary Improvement Order for 100 
contracts and a PIP Surrender Quantity of 70 contracts, the Initiating 
Participant is designating that it is willing to surrender seventy 
percent (70%) of the PIP Order to other PIP Participants. Therefore, 
the Initiating Participant is only retaining priority to thirty percent 
(30%) of the PIP Order,

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rather than the forty percent (40%) it could have received. The Primary 
Improvement Order shall yield priority to certain competing orders in 
the circumstances set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f)(iii) of the BOX 
Rules.
    The proposed rule change will further provide that in no case shall 
the Initiating Participant's use of the Surrender Quantity function 
result in an allocation to the Initiating Participant that would be 
greater than the maximum allowable allocation the Initiating 
Participant would otherwise receive in accordance with the PIP 
allocation procedures set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f) of the BOX 
Rules. The proposal specifies that the PIP Surrender Quantity shall not 
be effective for an amount that is lesser than or equal to sixty 
percent (60%) of the size of the PIP Order. In such a case, the forty 
percent (40%) maximum allowable priority allocation to the Initiating 
Participant would apply.
    Additionally, the proposed rule change will modify the BOX Trading 
Host's trade allocation at the conclusion of the PIP to account for the 
PIP Surrender Quantity. The proposal specifies that when the BOX 
Trading Host determines the priority and trade allocation amounts for 
the Initiating Participant upon the conclusion of the PIP auction, the 
Trading Host will automatically adjust the trade allocations to the 
other PIP Participants according to the priority set forth in Chapter 
V, Section 18(e) of the BOX Rules, providing a total amount to the 
other PIP Participants up to the PIP Surrender Quantity. The Primary 
Improvement Order shall be allocated the remaining size of the PIP 
Order, if any. If the aggregate size of other PIP Participants' contra 
orders is not equal to or greater than the PIP Surrender Quantity, then 
the remaining PIP Surrender Quantity shall be left unfilled and the 
Primary Improvement Order shall be allocated the remaining size of the 
PIP Order as set forth in Chapter V, Section 18(f) of the BOX Rules. 
For example, an Initiating Participant submits a PIP Order and a 
Primary Improvement Order for 100 contracts and a PIP Surrender 
Quantity of 70 contracts. During the PIP auction only one Improvement 
Order for 25 contracts is received. Even though the Initiating 
Participant was willing to surrender 70 contracts to the other PIP 
Participants, there is not enough competing size in this instance to 
allocate 70 contracts to someone else. Therefore, the Primary 
Improvement Order's requirement to completely fill the PIP Order takes 
precedence, and the Initiating Participant is allocated the remaining 
75 contracts.
    BOX will provide Options Participants with three (3) business days 
notice, via Information Circular, about the implementation date of the 
PIP Surrender Quantity prior to its implementation in the BOX trading 
system.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with the 
requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act,\3\ in general, and Section 
6(b)(5) of the Act,\4\ in particular. Specifically, the Exchange 
believes the proposed rule change is designed to prevent fraudulent and 
manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism 
for a free and open market and a national market system and, in 
general, to protect investors and the public interest. In particular, 
the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will benefit 
investors and Options Participants by allowing an Initiating 
Participant the flexibility to designate a lower amount for which it 
will retain certain priority and trade allocation privileges upon the 
conclusion of the PIP auction than the forty percent (40%) of the PIP 
Order to which the Initiating Participant is entitled, while providing 
other PIP Participants increased trade allocations.
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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 Regarding the 
Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received comments on the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) By order approve or disapprove the 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 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-BX-2010-083 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BX-2010-083. 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 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-BX-

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2010-083 and should be submitted on or before December 29, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\5\
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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