Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Regarding Clerical Changes to Its Rules, 52727-52729 [2011-21466]
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establish fair procedures for the nomination
and election of members of the Board and
assure fair representation in such
nominations and elections of public
representatives, broker dealer
representatives, bank representatives, and
advisor representatives. Such rules—
(i) Shall provide that the number of public
representatives of the Board shall at all times
exceed the total number of regulated
representatives and that the membership
shall at all times be as evenly divided in
number as possible between public
representatives and regulated representatives;
(ii) Shall specify the length or lengths of
terms members shall serve;
(iii) May increase the number of members
which shall constitute the whole Board,
provided that such number is an odd
number; and
(iv) Shall establish requirements regarding
the independence of public representatives.
minimum number of non-dealer
municipal advisors—at least 30% of the
regulated representatives—is
reasonable, and consistent with the
Exchange Act.
The MSRB believes the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Exchange
Act in that the proposal provides that
the number of public representatives of
the Board shall exceed the total number
of regulated representatives by one so
that the membership shall be as evenly
divided as possible between public
representatives and regulated
representatives—11 to 10. The proposal
specifies the length of term that Board
members will serve—three years—
which is consistent with the length of
the terms served by Board members
prior to the adoption of the Dodd-Frank
Act. The proposal increases the size of
the Board from 15 to 21, consistent with
the size of the Board during the
transitional period that commenced on
October 1, 2010. For the reasons
discussed earlier, the Board believes a
21-member Board is effective and fairly
represents all constituencies referenced
in the Exchange Act, including public
representatives and regulated
representatives. Finally, the proposed
rule change maintains the existing
requirement regarding the
independence of public representatives.
Section 15B(b)(1) of the Exchange Act
further sets forth minimum
representation requirements for certain
categories of public representatives, as
well as for bank dealer, broker-dealer
and municipal advisor representatives.
The proposed rule change complies
with these requirements. The Exchange
Act does not, however, mandate the
specific number of any class of
representative that should serve on the
Board, nor does it set forth maximum
Board composition or representation
requirements. Thus, the MSRB believes
that its proposal does provide for fair
representation of public representatives,
broker-dealers, bank dealers and
municipal advisors under the Exchange
Act, and it believes that providing a
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The Board 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 since it is solely
concerned with the administration of
the MSRB and, in any event, provides
for fair representation on the Board of
public representatives, broker dealer
representatives, bank dealer
representatives and municipal advisor
representatives.
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received on the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
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Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–MSRB–2011–11. 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 website 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
am and 3 pm. Copies of such filing also
will be available for inspection and
copying at the MSRB’s offices. 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–MSRB–2011–11 and should
be submitted on or before September 13,
2011.
Within 45 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period (i)
as the Commission may designate up to
90 days of such date if it finds such
longer period to be appropriate and
publishes its reasons for so finding or
(ii) as to which the self-regulatory
organization consents, the Commission
will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove
such proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.4
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
[FR Doc. 2011–21557 Filed 8–22–11; 8:45 am]
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–MSRB–2011–11 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–65150; File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2011–113]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
a Proposed Rule Change Regarding
Clerical Changes to Its Rules
August 17, 2011.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August 5,
2011, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(‘‘NASDAQ’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II, which Items have been
prepared by NASDAQ. The Commission
is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
NASDAQ proposes to make clerical
corrections to correct cross-references
and a typographical error in Rule 5710
of the NASDAQ rulebook. NASDAQ
proposes to implement the proposed
rule change immediately.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on NASDAQ’s Web site at
https://www.nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com,
at NASDAQ’s principal office, on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.sec.gov, and at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission,
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.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
NASDAQ proposes to make clerical
corrections to update certain crossreferences in Rule 5710 and correct a
typographic error. NASDAQ
inadvertently failed to change these
cross-references when the listing rules
were relocated from the Rule 4000
Series of the NASDAQ Rulebook to the
Rule 5000 Series.3 This rule filing will
correct those cross-references. In
addition, this rule filing will correct a
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59663
(March 31, 2009), 74 FR 15552 (April 6, 2009) (SR–
NASDAQ–2009–018).
typographic error in the Rule. The
Exchange is not making any substantive
changes to Rule 5710.
2. Statutory Basis
NASDAQ believes that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
provisions of Section 6 of the Act,4 in
general, and with Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act,5 in particular, in that the proposal
is designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in
regulating, clearing, settling, processing
information with respect to, and
facilitating transactions in securities, to
remove impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest. The proposed rule
change is consistent with these
provisions in that it will eliminate
confusion about NASDAQ rules by
updating inaccurate cross-references to
rules that have been renumbered,
without changing the substance of the
rules.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
NASDAQ does not believe that the
proposed rule change will result in any
burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act, as amended.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the
Act 6 and Rule 19b–4(f)(3) thereunder,7
NASDAQ has designated this proposal
as one that is concerned solely with the
administration of the self-regulatory
organization. Accordingly, NASDAQ
believes this proposal should become
immediately effective.
At any time within 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
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U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
7 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(3).
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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:
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–NASDAQ–2011–113 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–NASDAQ–2011–113. 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
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File No. SR–NASDAQ–
2011–113 and should be submitted on
or before September 13, 2011.
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.8
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Order
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule
Change Relating to Alpha Index
Options
August 17, 2011.
I. Introduction
On June 23, 2011, NASDAQ OMX
PHLX LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Phlx’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’),
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 a proposed rule change to list
and trade options on a number of new
Alpha Indexes and to amend Exchange
Rule 1001A, Position Limits, with
respect to certain Alpha Index options.
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on July 8, 2011.2 The
Commission received no comment
letters on the proposed rule change.
This order approves the proposed rule
change.
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II. Description
On February 7, 2011, the Commission
approved the Exchange’s proposed rule
change to list and trade options on a
number of Alpha Indexes.3 Alpha
Indexes measure relative total returns of
one underlying stock or exchange traded
fund (‘‘ETF’’) share against another
underlying stock or ETF share
underlying options which are also
traded on the Exchange (each such
combination of two components is
referred to as an ‘‘Alpha Pair’’). The first
component identified in an Alpha Pair
(the ‘‘Target Component’’) is measured
against the second component identified
in the Alpha Pair (the ‘‘Benchmark
Component’’). Total return measures
performance (rate of return) of price
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 64788
(July 1, 2011), 76 FR 40415 (‘‘Notice’’).
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63860
(February 7, 2011), 76 FR 7888 (February 11, 2011)
(SR–Phlx–2010–176).
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appreciation plus dividends over a
given evaluation period.
The Alpha Index options that the
Commission has previously approved
for listing and trading on the Exchange
are limited to specific Alpha Indexes the
Target Component of which is a single
stock.4 The Exchange proposes to
expand the number of Alpha Indexes on
which options can be listed to include
certain Alpha Indexes based on the
following Alpha Pairs: DIA/SPY, EEM/
SPY, EWJ/SPY, EWZ/SPY, FXI/SPY,
GLD/SPY, IWM/SPY, QQQ/SPY, SLV/
SPY, TLT/SPY, XLE/SPY and XLF/SPY.
In these Alpha Indexes, the Target
Component as well as the Benchmark
Component is an ETF share. The
proposed Alpha Index options will
enable investors to trade the relative
performance of the market sectors
represented by the Target Components
as compared with the overall market
performance represented by the
Benchmark Component SPY.
As with each initial Alpha Index
option, each proposed new Alpha Index
option will meet the criteria set forth in
Exchange Rule 1009A(f).5 Further,
4 The Commission previously approved the
listing and trading of options on Alpha Indexes
based on the following Alpha Pairs: AAPL/SPY,
AMZN/SPY, CSCO/SPY, F/SPY, GE/SPY, GOOG/
SPY, HPQ/SPY, IBM/SPY, INTC/SPY, KO/SPY,
MRK/SPY, MSFT/SPY, ORCL/SPY, PFE/SPY,
RIMM/SPY, T/SPY, TGT/SPY, VZ/SPY and WMT/
SPY. See supra note 3. In connection with its
proposed rule change to list and trade this initial
set of Alpha Index options, the Exchange
represented that it would not list Alpha Index
options on any other Alpha Pairs without filing a
proposed rule change seeking Commission
approval. See id.
5 Rule 1009A(f) requires that options on Alpha
Indexes meet the following criteria: (1) Alpha Index
options will be A.M.-settled. The exercise
settlement value will be based upon the opening
prices of the individual stock or ETF from the
primary listing market on the last trading day prior
to expiration (usually a Friday); (2) at the time of
listing an Alpha Index option, options on each
underlying component of an Alpha Index will also
be listed and traded on the Exchange and will meet
the requirements of Rule 1009, Criteria for
Underlying Securities. Additionally, each
underlying component’s trading volume (in all
markets in which the underlying security is traded)
must have averaged at least 2,250,000 shares per
day in the preceding twelve months; (3) following
the listing of an Alpha Index option, options on
each of the component securities of the Alpha Index
will continue to meet the continued listing
standards set forth by Phlx Rule 1010, Withdrawal
of Approval of Underlying Securities or Options.
Additionally, each underlying component’s trading
volume (in all markets in which the underlying
security is traded) must have averaged at least
2,000,000 shares per day in the preceding twelve
months; and (4) no Alpha Index option will be
listed unless and until options overlying each of the
Alpha Index component securities have been listed
and traded on a national securities exchange with
an average daily options trading volume during the
three previous months of at least 10,000 contracts.
Following the listing of an Alpha Index option,
options on each of the component securities of the
Alpha Index must continue to meet this options
average daily volume standard.
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following the listing of these Alpha
Index options, options on each of the
component securities of the Alpha
Index must continue to meet the
continued listing standards set forth by
Exchange Rule 1010, Withdrawal of
Approval of Underlying Securities or
Options.
Position Limits
The Exchange also proposes to amend
section (f) of Exchange Rule 1001A to
establish a 15,000 contract position
limit in options on Alpha Indexes in
which the Target Component is an ETF
share. This 15,000 contract position
limit would apply not only to the
specific Alpha Index options proposed
herein, but also to any options the
Exchange may list in the future on
Alpha Indexes in which the Target
Component is an ETF share.6 For
purposes of determining compliance
with position limits, positions in Alpha
Index options will be aggregated with
positions in equity options on the
underlying securities. All position limit
hedge exemptions will apply.
Clearing
Like the Alpha Index options that are
currently trading, the proposed new
Alpha Index options are ‘‘Strategy Based
Options’’ that will be cleared by the
Options Clearing Corporation.
Surveillance
Surveillance for opening price
manipulation will be in place for the
launch of these new Alpha Index
options and other existing surveillance
patterns will be utilized to monitor
trading in these options. The Exchange
represents that these surveillance
procedures are adequate to monitor the
trading of the new Alpha Index options.
For surveillance purposes, the Exchange
will have complete access to
information regarding trading activity in
the pertinent underlying securities and
options thereon.
Margin
The Exchange will set customer
margin levels for the new Alpha Index
options at the higher of the margin
required for options on the Target
Component or the margin required for
options on the Benchmark Component.
Systems Capacity
Additionally, the Exchange affirms
that it possesses the necessary systems
capacity to support new series that
would result from the introduction of
these new Alpha Index options. The
6 The Exchange will not, however, list options on
any such Alpha Pairs without filing a proposed rule
change seeking Commission approval.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-65150; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2011-113]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change
Regarding Clerical Changes to Its Rules
August 17, 2011.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
[[Page 52728]]
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on August 5, 2011, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``NASDAQ'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II, which Items have been prepared by NASDAQ. 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.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
NASDAQ proposes to make clerical corrections to correct cross-
references and a typographical error in Rule 5710 of the NASDAQ
rulebook. NASDAQ proposes to implement the proposed rule change
immediately.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on NASDAQ's Web
site at https://www.nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com, at NASDAQ's principal
office, on the Commission's Web site at https://www.sec.gov, and at the
Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, 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
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
NASDAQ proposes to make clerical corrections to update certain
cross-references in Rule 5710 and correct a typographic error. NASDAQ
inadvertently failed to change these cross-references when the listing
rules were relocated from the Rule 4000 Series of the NASDAQ Rulebook
to the Rule 5000 Series.\3\ This rule filing will correct those cross-
references. In addition, this rule filing will correct a typographic
error in the Rule. The Exchange is not making any substantive changes
to Rule 5710.
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\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59663 (March 31,
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2. Statutory Basis
NASDAQ believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with
the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\4\ in general, and with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,\5\ in particular, in that the proposal is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote
just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling,
processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions
in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a
free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest. The proposed rule change is
consistent with these provisions in that it will eliminate confusion
about NASDAQ rules by updating inaccurate cross-references to rules
that have been renumbered, without changing the substance of the rules.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
NASDAQ does not believe that the proposed rule change will result
in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as amended.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \6\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(3)
thereunder,\7\ NASDAQ has designated this proposal as one that is
concerned solely with the administration of the self-regulatory
organization. Accordingly, NASDAQ believes this proposal should become
immediately effective.
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At any time within 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:
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-NASDAQ-2011-113 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-NASDAQ-2011-113. 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
available publicly. All submissions should refer to File No. SR-NASDAQ-
2011-113 and should be submitted on or before September 13, 2011.
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For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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