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they are designated for holding.
2. Statutory Basis
NASDAQ believes that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
provisions of Section 6 of the Act,3 in
general, and with Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act,4 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. Specifically, NASDAQ
believes that the proposed rule change
will result in a greater number of orders
being entered prior to commencement of
trading of IPO securities, resulting in a
higher level of order interaction at the
open. Thus, NASDAQ believes that the
change will remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market.
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.
NASDAQ believes that the proposed
rule change will result in a greater
number of orders being entered prior to
commencement of trading of IPO
securities, resulting in a higher level of
order interaction at the open. NASDAQ
believes that this change will enhance
competition by increasing its
attractiveness as a venue for trading IPO
securities.
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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
The proposed rule change is effective
upon filing pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 5 and paragraph
(f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 thereunder,6 in that
the proposed rule change: (i) Does not
3 15
U.S.C. 78f.
U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
6 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
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significantly affect the protection of
investors or the public interest; (ii) does
not impose any significant burden on
competition; and (iii) does not become
operative for 30 days after the date of
the filing, or such shorter time as the
Commission may designate if consistent
with the protection of investors and the
public interest; provided the selfregulatory organization has given the
Commission written notice of its intent
to file the proposed rule change, along
with a brief description and text of the
proposed rule change, at least five
business days prior to the date of filing
of the proposed rule change, or such
shorter time as designated by the
Commission.
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the 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. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or 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 email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2012–038 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 No.
SR–NASDAQ–2012–038. This file
number should be included on the
subject line if email 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
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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–
2012–038 and should be submitted on
or before April 19, 2012.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.7
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–7526 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am]
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[Release No. 34–66646; File No. SR–CME–
2012–06]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule
Change To Amend Certain Credit
Default Swap Clearing Rules
Regarding Guaranty Fund Allocations,
Amendments to Daily Submission
Deadline, Holiday Accrual Processing
and PAI Payment Timeline
March 22, 2012.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder 2
notice is hereby given that on March 9,
2012, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
(‘‘CME’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
the proposed rule change described in
Items I, II, and III below, which items
have been prepared primarily by CME.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
7 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
CME proposes to amend rules related
to its Credit Default Swap clearing rules
regarding guaranty fund allocations,
daily submission deadlines, and holiday
accrual processing and PAI payment
timeline. The text of the proposed rule
change is available at CME’s Web site at
https://www.cmegroup.com/marketregulation/rule-filings.html.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of 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 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.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of Purpose of, and Statutory
Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
CME currently offers clearing services
for certain credit default swap (‘‘CDS’’)
index products. CME proposes to amend
certain rules in its rulebook that would
generally affect its CDS clearing offering
and also make corresponding
amendments to certain sections of its
Manual of Operations for CME Cleared
Credit Default Swaps (‘‘CDS Manual’’).
The proposed changes to text in the
CME rulebook would amend current
requirements found in CME Rule
8H07.1 applying to the allocation of the
CDS guaranty fund among CDS clearing
members. Currently the CDS Guaranty
Fund is calculated monthly and is
proportionally allocated to each CDS
Clearing Member on the basis of its 90day trailing average of its potential
residual loss and 90-day trailing average
of its gross notional open interest
outstanding at CME. CME is proposing
to change the measurement period from
90 days to 30 days in order for the CDS
Guaranty Fund to more quickly react to
a CDS Clearing Member’s current
activity and to align the measurement
period with the frequency of CDS
Guaranty Fund calculations.
The proposed changes also include a
number of purely operational changes
that would be reflected in the CDS
Manual (and would not be reflected in
CME’s rulebook). The proposed
operational amendments to the CDS
Manual include: Changes to CME’s daily
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submission deadlines for CDS;
amendments to current CDS holiday
accrual processing; adoption of changes
to relating to price alignment interest
(‘‘PAI’’) payments; and changes that
relate to end of day valuation issues.
These proposed changes are
summarized below:
1. Operations Timeline and Reports.
CME would move up the trade
submission deadline for current day
trades from 7:59 p.m. ET to 6:59 p.m.
ET.
2. Position Management, Money
Calculations, and Collateral. No accrual
processing would occur on bank
holidays in the country in which the
swap is denominated (Independence
Day for U.S. Dollar denominated CDS
contracts) and would be included in the
processing for the next business day.
CME would calculate and pay price
alignment interest for CDS contracts on
a daily basis as opposed to monthly.
3. End of Day Valuations. The price
quality auction used to arrive at the
settlement price for CDS contracts
would be amended to require bid prices
for contracts only where the CDS
Clearing Member maintains open
interest and to limit the price quality
cross mechanism to contracts where the
CDS Clearing Member has open interest.
CME notes that it has also submitted
the proposed rule changes that are the
subject of this filing to its primary
regulator, the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’).
CME believes the proposed rule
changes are consistent with the
requirements of the Act, particularly
Section 17A of the Act. Currently, the
only swaps CME clears are CFTCregulated swaps and therefore the
proposed rule changes will only directly
affect CME’s swaps clearing activities
pursuant to its registration as a
derivatives clearing organization under
the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’)
at this point in time. CME notes that the
policies of the CEA with respect to
clearing are comparable to a number of
the policies underlying the Act, such as
promoting market transparency for overthe-counter derivatives markets,
promoting the prompt and accurate
clearance of transactions, and protecting
investors and the public interest. CME
believes the proposed rule changes
accomplish these objectives by more
accurately aligning the allocation of its
CDS Guaranty Fund to each CDS
Clearing Member’s current activity.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
CME does not believe that the
proposed rule change will have any
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impact or impose any burden on
competition.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
CME has not solicited and does not
intend to solicit comments regarding
this proposed rule change. CME has not
received any unsolicited written
comments from interested parties.
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 may be
submitted by using the Commission’s
Internet comment form (https://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml), or send
an email to rule-comment@sec.gov.
Please include File No. SR–CME–2012–
06 on the subject line.
• Paper comments should be sent 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–CME–2012–06. This file
number should be included on the
subject line if email 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
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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 CME
and on CME’s Web site at https://www.
cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rulefilings.html. 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–CME–2012–06 and should
be submitted on or before April 19,
2012.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.3
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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NYSEAMEX–2012–18]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Amex LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change Amending Its Option
Trading Rules To Extend the Operation
of Its Pilot Program Regarding
Minimum Value Sizes for Flexible
Exchange Options Until March 29, 2013
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March 23, 2012.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on March 12,
2012, NYSE Amex LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’
or ‘‘NYSE Amex’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Exchange has
designated the proposed rule change as
constituting a rule change under Rule
19b–4(f)(6) under the Act,3 which
renders the proposal effective upon
filing with the Commission. The
3 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend its
option trading rules to extend the
operation of its pilot program (‘‘Pilot
Program’’) regarding minimum value
sizes for flexible exchange options
(‘‘FLEX Options’’), currently scheduled
to expire on March 30, 2012, until
March 29, 2013. The text of the
proposed rule change is available at the
Exchange, the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, and www.nyse.com.
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 those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
of the most significant parts of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange hereby proposes to
amend its option trading rules to extend
the operation of its Pilot Program
regarding minimum value sizes for
FLEX Options, currently scheduled to
expire on March 30, 2012,4 until March
29, 2013. This filing does not propose
any substantive changes to the Pilot
Program and contemplates that all other
terms of FLEX Options will remain the
same. The Exchange believes that
extending the Pilot Program will benefit
public customers and other market
participants who will be able to use
FLEX Options to manage risk for smaller
portfolios.
In support of the proposed extension
of the Pilot Program, and as required by
the terms of the Pilot Program’s
implementation,5 the Exchange has
submitted to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) a Pilot Program Report
4 See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 64107
(March 22, 2011), 76 FR 17178 (March 28, 2011)
(SR–NYSEAmex–2011–15).
5 Id.
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that provides an analysis of the Pilot
Program covering the period during
which the Pilot Program has been in
effect. This Pilot Program Report
includes (i) data and analysis on the
open interest and trading volume in (a)
FLEX Equity Options that have opening
transactions with a minimum size of 0
to 249 contracts and less than $1 million
in underlying value; (b) FLEX Index
Options that have opening transactions
with a minimum opening size of less
than $10 million in underlying
equivalent value; and (ii) analysis on the
types of investors that initiated opening
FLEX Equity and Index Options
transactions (i.e., institutional, high net
worth, or retail). The report has been
submitted to the Commission on a
confidential basis.
The Exchange believes that there is
sufficient investor interest and demand
in the Pilot Program to warrant
extension for an additional year. The
Exchange believes that the Pilot
Program has provided investors with
additional means of managing their risk
exposures and carrying out their
investment objectives. The Exchange
has not experienced any adverse market
effects with respect to the Pilot Program.
If, in the future, the Exchange
proposes an additional extension of the
Pilot Program, or should the Exchange
propose to make the Pilot Program
permanent, the Exchange will submit,
along with any filing proposing such
amendments to the Pilot Program, an
additional Pilot Program Report
covering the period during which the
Pilot Program was in effect and
including the details referenced above,
along with the nominal dollar value of
the underlying security of each trade.
The Pilot Program Report would be
submitted to the Commission at least
two months prior to the expiration date
of the Pilot Program and would be
provided on a confidential basis.
The Exchange notes that any positions
established under this Pilot Program
would not be impacted by the
expiration of the Pilot Program. For
example, a 10-contract FLEX Equity
Option opening position that overlies
less than $1 million in the underlying
security and expires in January 2015
could be established during the Pilot
Program. If the Pilot Program were not
extended, the position would continue
to exist and any further trading in the
series would be subject to the minimum
value size requirements for continued
trading in that series.
2. Statutory Basis
The proposed rule change is
consistent with Section 6(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-66646; File No. SR-CME-2012-06]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Certain Credit
Default Swap Clearing Rules Regarding Guaranty Fund Allocations,
Amendments to Daily Submission Deadline, Holiday Accrual Processing and
PAI Payment Timeline
March 22, 2012.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder \2\ notice is hereby given that
on March 9, 2012, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (``CME'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed
rule change described in Items I, II, and III below, which items have
been prepared primarily by CME. The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
persons.
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\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
CME proposes to amend rules related to its Credit Default Swap
clearing rules regarding guaranty fund allocations, daily submission
deadlines, and holiday accrual processing and PAI payment timeline. The
text of the proposed rule change is available at CME's Web site at
https://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rule-filings.html.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of 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 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 Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
CME currently offers clearing services for certain credit default
swap (``CDS'') index products. CME proposes to amend certain rules in
its rulebook that would generally affect its CDS clearing offering and
also make corresponding amendments to certain sections of its Manual of
Operations for CME Cleared Credit Default Swaps (``CDS Manual'').
The proposed changes to text in the CME rulebook would amend
current requirements found in CME Rule 8H07.1 applying to the
allocation of the CDS guaranty fund among CDS clearing members.
Currently the CDS Guaranty Fund is calculated monthly and is
proportionally allocated to each CDS Clearing Member on the basis of
its 90-day trailing average of its potential residual loss and 90-day
trailing average of its gross notional open interest outstanding at
CME. CME is proposing to change the measurement period from 90 days to
30 days in order for the CDS Guaranty Fund to more quickly react to a
CDS Clearing Member's current activity and to align the measurement
period with the frequency of CDS Guaranty Fund calculations.
The proposed changes also include a number of purely operational
changes that would be reflected in the CDS Manual (and would not be
reflected in CME's rulebook). The proposed operational amendments to
the CDS Manual include: Changes to CME's daily submission deadlines for
CDS; amendments to current CDS holiday accrual processing; adoption of
changes to relating to price alignment interest (``PAI'') payments; and
changes that relate to end of day valuation issues. These proposed
changes are summarized below:
1. Operations Timeline and Reports. CME would move up the trade
submission deadline for current day trades from 7:59 p.m. ET to 6:59
p.m. ET.
2. Position Management, Money Calculations, and Collateral. No
accrual processing would occur on bank holidays in the country in which
the swap is denominated (Independence Day for U.S. Dollar denominated
CDS contracts) and would be included in the processing for the next
business day. CME would calculate and pay price alignment interest for
CDS contracts on a daily basis as opposed to monthly.
3. End of Day Valuations. The price quality auction used to arrive
at the settlement price for CDS contracts would be amended to require
bid prices for contracts only where the CDS Clearing Member maintains
open interest and to limit the price quality cross mechanism to
contracts where the CDS Clearing Member has open interest.
CME notes that it has also submitted the proposed rule changes that
are the subject of this filing to its primary regulator, the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'').
CME believes the proposed rule changes are consistent with the
requirements of the Act, particularly Section 17A of the Act.
Currently, the only swaps CME clears are CFTC-regulated swaps and
therefore the proposed rule changes will only directly affect CME's
swaps clearing activities pursuant to its registration as a derivatives
clearing organization under the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') at
this point in time. CME notes that the policies of the CEA with respect
to clearing are comparable to a number of the policies underlying the
Act, such as promoting market transparency for over-the-counter
derivatives markets, promoting the prompt and accurate clearance of
transactions, and protecting investors and the public interest. CME
believes the proposed rule changes accomplish these objectives by more
accurately aligning the allocation of its CDS Guaranty Fund to each CDS
Clearing Member's current activity.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
CME does not believe that the proposed rule change will have any
impact or impose any burden on competition.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
CME has not solicited and does not intend to solicit comments
regarding this proposed rule change. CME has not received any
unsolicited written comments from interested parties.
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 may be submitted by using the
Commission's Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml), or send an email to rule-comment@sec.gov. Please include
File No. SR-CME-2012-06 on the subject line.
Paper comments should be sent 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-CME-2012-06. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email 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
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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 CME and on CME's Web
site at https://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rule-filings.html.
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-CME-2012-06 and
should be submitted on or before April 19, 2012.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\3\
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\3\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7515 Filed 3-28-12; 8:45 am]
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