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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:
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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
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.
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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/.
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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
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/
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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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
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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
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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–
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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
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–30804 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am]
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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.
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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.
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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,
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).
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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.
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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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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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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.
[FR Doc. 2010-30804 Filed 12-7-10; 8:45 am]
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