Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Options Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rules in Order To Implement the Upcoming Change to Friday Expiration Processing and Eventual Transition to Friday Expiration for All Monthly Expiration Contracts, 59998-60001 [2013-23686]

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• SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59998-60001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23686]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-70488; File No. SR-BOX-2013-45]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Options Exchange LLC; Notice 
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
Exchange Rules in Order To Implement the Upcoming Change to Friday 
Expiration Processing and Eventual Transition to Friday Expiration for 
All Monthly Expiration Contracts

September 24, 2013.
    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 September 19, 2013, BOX Options Exchange LLC (``BOX'' or 
``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 Exchange. 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 Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange rules in order to 
implement the upcoming change to Friday expiration processing and 
eventual transition to Friday expiration for all monthly expiration 
contracts. The text of the proposed rule change is available from the 
principal office of the Exchange, at the Commission's Public Reference 
Room and also on the Exchange's Internet Web site at https://boxexchange.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 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 the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend certain rules in order to implement 
the upcoming change to Friday expiration processing and eventual 
transition to Friday expiration for all monthly expiration contracts. 
Specifically, this proposal is based on a recent filing by The Options 
Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') and is designed to conform the 
Exchange's rules to the changes implemented by the OCC.\3\ The Exchange 
believes that the industry must remain consistent in expiration dates, 
and, thus, is proposing to update its rules to remain consistent with 
those of OCC. The Exchange understands that other exchanges have and 
will be filing similar rules to effect this industry-wide initiative. 
Additionally, these changes are based on a proposal recently submitted 
by NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'').\4\
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69772 (June 17, 
2013), 78 FR 37645 (June 21, 2013)(Order approving SR-OCC-2013-04).
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70372 (September 11, 
2013)(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of SR-NYSEARCA-
2013-88).
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OCC Proposal
    Most option contracts (``standard expiration contracts'') currently 
expire at the ``expiration time'' (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time) on the 
Saturday following the third Friday of the specified expiration month 
(the ``expiration date'').\5\ As a result of the OCC's rule change, the 
expiration date for monthly expiration contracts would be changed to 
the third Friday of the expiration month. The expiration time would 
continue to be 11:59 p.m. ET on the expiration date. The expiration 
date change would apply only to monthly expiration contracts expiring 
after February 1, 2015, and, in this regard, the Exchange does not 
propose to change the expiration date for any outstanding option 
contract.
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    \5\ See, e.g., the definition of ``expiration time'' in Article 
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    The change will apply only to series of option contracts opened for 
trading after the effective date of the OCC rule change and having 
expiration dates later than February 1, 2015. Option contracts having 
non-standard expiration dates (``non-standard expiration contracts'') 
will be unaffected by this proposed rule change, except that flexibly 
structured (``FLEX'') options having expiration dates later than 
February 1, 2015 cannot expire on a Saturday unless they are specified 
by OCC as grandfathered.
    In order to provide a smooth transition to the proposed Friday 
expiration, the Exchange, together with other option exchanges and the 
OCC, began moving the expiration exercise procedures to Friday for all 
monthly expiration contracts on June 21, 2013, even though the 
contracts will continue to expire on Saturday. After February 1, 2015, 
virtually all monthly expiration contracts would actually expire on 
Friday. The only monthly expiration contracts that would expire on a 
Saturday after February 1, 2015 would be certain options that were 
listed prior to the effectiveness of the OCC's proposal, and a limited 
number of options that may be listed prior to necessary systems changes 
of the Exchange and the other options exchanges, which were completed 
in August 2013. The Exchange, along with other option exchanges, has 
agreed that, once these systems changes are made, it will not list any 
additional options with Saturday expiration dates falling after 
February 1, 2015.
Background
    Saturday was established as the monthly expiration date for OCC-
cleared options primarily in order to allow sufficient time for 
processing of option exercises, including correction of errors, while 
the markets were closed and positions remained fixed. However, 
improvements in technology and long experience have rendered Saturday 
expiration processing inefficient. Indeed, many non-monthly expiration 
contracts are currently traded with business day expiration dates. 
These include FLEX options and quarterly, monthly, and weekly options. 
Expiration exercise processing for these non-monthly expiration 
contracts occurs on a more compressed timeframe and with somewhat 
different procedures than Saturday expiration processing for monthly 
expiration contracts.
    It has been a long-term goal of OCC and its clearing members to 
move the expiration process for all monthly expiration contracts from 
Saturday to Friday night. Eliminating Saturday expirations will allow 
OCC to streamline the expiration process for all monthly expiration 
contracts and increase operational efficiencies for OCC and its 
clearing members. Furthermore, it will compress the operational 
timeframe for processing the options expirations such that clearing 
members will be required to reconcile options trades on the trade date, 
which will enhance intra-day risk management of cleared trades by the 
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and promote real-time trade date reconciliation and position balancing 
by clearing members.
    Industry groups, clearing members and the option exchanges have 
been active participants in planning for the transition to the Friday 
expiration. In March 2012, OCC began to discuss moving monthly 
expiration contracts to Friday expiration dates with industry groups, 
including two Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association 
(``SIFMA'') committees, the Operations and Technology Steering 
Committee and the Options Committee, and at two major industry 
conferences, the SIFMA Operations Conference and the Options Industry 
Conference. OCC also discussed the project with the Intermarket 
Surveillance Group and at an OCC Operations Roundtable. In each case, 
the initiative received broad support.
    Friday expiration processing is also consistent with the long-
standing rules and procedures of the options exchanges and the 
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA''), which generally 
provide that exercise decisions with respect to expiring monthly 
expiration contracts must be made by, and exercise instructions may not 
be accepted from customers after, 5:30 p.m. ET on the business day 
preceding expiration (usually Friday).\6\ Brokerage firms may set 
earlier cutoff times for customers submitting exercise notices. 
Clearing members of OCC are permitted to submit exercise instructions 
after the cutoff time (``supplementary exercises'') only in case of 
errors or other unusual situations, and may be subject to fines or 
disciplinary actions.\7\ The Exchange believes that the extended period 
between cutoff time and expiration of options is no longer necessary 
given modern technology.
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    \6\ See, e.g., FINRA Rule 2360(b)(23)(A)(iii), which provides 
that ``[o]ption holders have until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (`ET') on 
the business day immediately prior to the expiration date to make a 
final exercise decision to exercise or not exercise an expiring 
option. Members may not accept exercise instructions for customer or 
noncustomer accounts after 5:30 p.m. ET.''
    \7\ See OCC Rule 805(g).
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Transition Period
    Based on significant dialogue between the Exchange, other option 
exchanges, the OCC and its clearing members regarding the move to 
Friday expiration, the Exchange believes that the adoption of Friday 
expiration for monthly expiration contracts is best accomplished 
through an appropriate transition period, during which processing 
activity for all options, whether expiring on Friday or Saturday, has 
moved to Friday, followed by a change in the expiration day for new 
series of options. In May 2012, it was determined that Friday, June 21, 
2013, would be an appropriate date on which to move expiration 
processing from Saturday to Friday night.
    Accordingly, and based on the OCC's related proposal, beginning 
June 21, 2013, Friday expiration processing is in effect for all 
expiring monthly expiration contracts, regardless of whether the 
contract's actual expiration date is Friday or Saturday. However, for 
contracts having a Saturday expiration date, exercise requests received 
after Friday expiration processing is complete, but before the Saturday 
contract expiration time, will continue to be processed, without fines 
or penalties, so long as they are submitted in accordance with OCC's 
procedures governing such requests. After the transition period and the 
expiration of all existing Saturday-expiring options, expiration 
processing would be a single operational process and would run on 
Friday night for all monthly expiration contracts.
Friday Expiration Processing Schedule
    Previously, expiration processing for monthly expiration contracts 
began on Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. Central Time (``CT'') and was 
completed at approximately noon CT when margin and settlement reports 
are available. The window for submission of instructions in accordance 
with OCC's exercise-by-exception procedures under OCC Rule 805(d) was 
open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. CT on Saturday morning.\8\ As proposed 
by OCC, the window for submission of exercise-by-exception instructions 
is now open from 6:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. CT on Friday evening.\9\ Friday 
expiration processing for monthly expiration contracts therefore now 
begins at 6:00 p.m. CT on Friday evening and ends at approximately 2:00 
a.m. CT on Saturday morning when margin and settlement reports would be 
available.\10\
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    \8\ OCC's exercise-by-exception procedures are described in OCC 
Rule 805(d), which generally provides that each clearing member will 
automatically be deemed to have submitted an exercise notice 
immediately prior to the expiration time for all in-the-money option 
contracts unless the clearing member has instructed OCC otherwise in 
a written exercise notice.
    \9\ See supra, note 3. The exercise-by-exception window for 
weekly and quarterly expiration options is from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 
p.m. CT.
    \10\ The new expiration schedule for Friday expiration 
processing is similar to the expiration schedule for weekly options, 
which begins at 6:00 p.m. CT on Friday evening and ends at 11:30 
p.m. CT on Friday evening. All timeframes would be set forth in 
OCC's procedures and subject to change based on OCC's experience 
with Friday expiration processing.
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    Exercises for monthly expiration contracts with Saturday 
expirations must be allowed under the terms of the contracts. However, 
in order to accommodate the proposed new expiration schedule, the OCC 
also proposed to shorten the period of time in which clearing members 
may submit a supplementary exercise notice under OCC Rule 805(b). In 
addition, OCC amended Rule 801 to eliminate the ability of clearing 
members to revoke or modify exercise notices submitted to OCC. This 
change, along with the change in the processing timeline discussed 
above, more closely aligns OCC's expiration processing procedures with 
self-regulatory organization rules, including those of the Exchange, 
under which exchange members must submit exercise instructions by 5:30 
p.m. ET on Friday and may not accept exercise instructions from 
customers after 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday. Accordingly, this change does 
not represent a departure from current practices for clearing members 
or their customers.
Grandfathering of Certain Options Series
    Certain option contracts have already been listed on participant 
exchanges, including the Exchange, with Saturday expiration dates as 
distant as December 2016. Additionally, until participant exchanges, 
including the Exchange, complete certain systems enhancements, it is 
possible that additional option contracts may be listed with Saturday 
expiration dates beyond February 1, 2015. For these contracts, 
transitioning to a Friday expiration for newly-listed option contracts 
expiring after February 1, 2015 would create a situation under which 
certain option open interest would expire on a Saturday while other 
option open interest would expire on a Friday in the same expiration 
month. OCC clearing members have expressed a clear preference to not 
have a mix of option open interest in any particular month. 
Accordingly, the Exchange and other option exchanges have agreed not to 
permit the listing of, and OCC will not accept for clearance, any new 
option contracts with a Friday expiration if existing option contracts 
of the same series expire on the Saturday following the third Friday of 
the same month. However, Friday expiration processing will be in effect 
for these Saturday expiration contracts. As with monthly expiration 
contracts during the transition period, exercise requests received 
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processing is complete, but before the Saturday contract expiration 
time, will continue to be processed without fines or penalties.
Proposed Amendments to the Exchange's Rules
    In order to implement the change to Friday expiration processing 
and eventual transition to Friday expiration for all monthly expiration 
contracts, the Exchange proposes to amend certain of its rules, as 
described below. The Exchange is also proposing, with this filing, to 
replace any reference in the purpose section of any past Exchange rule 
filings or previously released circulars to any expiration date other 
than Friday for a standard options contract with the new Friday 
standard. Essentially, the Exchange is now proposing to replace any 
historic references to expiration dates to be replaced with the 
proposed Friday expiration.
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 9000 (Exercise of Options 
Contracts) in several areas, each of which is designed to differentiate 
between Friday and Saturday expirations. First, the Exchange proposes 
to specify in Rule 9000(b) that special procedures apply to the 
exercise of equity options on the business day of their expiration 
(i.e., for Friday expirations), or, in the case of an option contract 
expiring on a day that is not a business day, and as is currently the 
case for Saturday expirations, on the last business day before their 
expiration. Second, the Exchange proposes to specify in Rule 9000(c) 
that, regarding exercise cut-off times, option holders have until 5:30 
p.m. ET on the business day of their expiration (i.e., for Friday 
expirations), or, in the case of an option contract expiring on a day 
that is not a business day, and as is currently the case for Saturday 
expirations, on the business day immediately prior to the expiration 
date. Third, the Exchange proposes to specify in Rule 9000(h) that the 
advance notice described therein is applicable if provided by the 
Exchange on or before 5:30 p.m. ET on the business day (i.e., on 
Thursday) immediately prior to the business day of expiration (i.e., 
for Friday expirations), or, in the case of an option contract expiring 
on a day that is not a business day, and as is currently the case for 
Saturday expirations, the business day immediately prior to the last 
business day before the expiration date (i.e., Thursday for Saturday 
expirations). Fourth, the Exchange proposes to specify in Rule 
9000(i)(2) that the reference therein to ``unusual circumstances'' 
includes, but is not limited to, a significant news announcement 
concerning the underlying security of an option contract that is 
scheduled to be released just after the close on the business day the 
option contract expires (i.e., for Friday expirations), or, in the case 
of an option contract expiring on a day that is not a business day, and 
as is currently the case for Saturday expirations, the business day 
immediately prior to expiration. Fifth, the Exchange proposes to 
specify in Rule 9000(l)(8)(ii) that exercises of expiring American-
style, cash-settled index options are not prohibited on the business 
day of their expiration (i.e., for Friday expirations), or, in the case 
of an option contract expiring on a day that is not a business day, and 
as is currently the case for Saturday expirations, on the last business 
day prior to their expiration.
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 6090(c) (Procedures for Adding 
and Deleting Strike Prices) with respect to the permitted timing for 
adding new series of index option contracts so as to differentiate 
between Friday and Saturday expirations. The Exchange proposes to 
specify that new series of index option contracts may be added up to, 
but not on or after, the fourth business day prior to expiration for an 
option contract expiring on a business day (i.e., up to, but not on or 
after, the opening of trading on Monday morning for Friday 
expirations), or, in the case of an option contract expiring on a day 
that is not a business day, and as is currently the case for Saturday 
expirations, the fifth business day prior to expiration.
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 5050 (Series of Options 
Contracts Open for Trading) to differentiate between Friday and 
Saturday expirations. Specifically, the Exchange would specify that 
additional series of individual stock options may be added in unusual 
market conditions until the close of trading on the business day prior 
to expiration in the case of an option contract expiring on a business 
day (i.e., Thursday for a Friday expiration), or, in the case of an 
option contract expiring on a day that is not a business day, and as is 
currently the case for Saturday expirations, until the close of trading 
on the second business day prior to expiration (i.e., until the close 
of trading on Thursday for Saturday expirations).
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 3170 (Other Restrictions on 
Option Transactions and Exercises) with respect to certain timing for 
restrictions on the exercise of option contracts. Specifically, the 
Exchange proposes to specify that the 10-business-day period referenced 
in Rule 3170(a)(2) includes the expiration date for an option contract 
that expires on a business day. The Exchange also proposes to specify 
that, with respect to index options, restrictions on exercise may be in 
effect until the opening of business on the business day of their 
expiration (i.e., for Friday expirations), or, in the case of an option 
contract expiring on a day that is not a business day, and as is 
currently the case for Saturday expirations, on the last business day 
before the expiration date. Finally, the Exchange proposes to specify 
in Rule 3170(a)(3)(B) that exercises of expiring American-style, cash-
settled index options are not prohibited on the business day of their 
expiration (i.e., for Friday expirations), or, in the case of an option 
contract expiring on a day that is not a business day, and as is 
currently the case for Saturday expirations, on the last business day 
prior to their expiration
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with the 
requirements of Section 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\11\ in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\12\ in 
particular, in that it 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 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.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    In particular, the Exchange believes that keeping its rules 
consistent with those of the industry will protect all participants in 
the market by eliminating confusion. The proposed changes thus allow 
for a more orderly market by allowing all options markets, including 
the clearing agencies, to have the same expiration date for standard 
options. In addition, the proposed changes will foster cooperation and 
coordination with persons engaged in regulating clearing, settling, 
processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions 
in securities by aligning a pivotal part of the options processing to 
be consistent industry wide. If the industry were to differ, investors 
would suffer from confusion and be more vulnerable to violate different 
exchange rules. The proposed changes do not permit unfair 
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because they are applied to all Participants equally. In the 
alternative, the Exchange believes that it helps all Participants by 
keeping the Exchange consistent with OCC practices and those of other 
Exchanges.
    The Exchange further believes that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with the Act because the extended period between cutoff time 
and expiration of options is no longer necessary given modern 
technology. In this regard, and based on significant dialogue between 
the Exchange, other option exchanges, the OCC and its clearing members 
regarding the move to Friday expiration, the Exchange believes that the 
adoption of Friday expiration for monthly expiration contracts is best 
accomplished through an appropriate transition period during which 
processing activity for all options, whether expiring on Friday or 
Saturday, has moved to Friday, followed by a change in the expiration 
day for new series of options.

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. In this regard and as indicated 
above, the Exchange notes that the rule change is substantially similar 
to a filing submitted by NYSE Arca.\13\ The Exchange does not believe 
the proposed rule change will impose a burden on intramarket 
competition because it will be applied to all Participants equally. In 
addition, the Exchange does not believe the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden to intermarket competition because it will be applied 
industry wide and apply to all market participants. The proposed rule 
change is not designed to address any aspect of competition, whether 
between the Exchange and its competitors, or among market participants. 
Instead, the proposed rule change is designed to allow OCC to 
streamline the expiration process for all monthly expiration contracts 
and increase operational efficiencies for OCC and its clearing members. 
The proposed rule change also will allow OCC and its clearing members 
to reduce operational risk. Moreover, OCC has coordinated moving to a 
Friday night expiration process with options industry participants, 
including the Exchange, and has also obtained assurance from all such 
participants that they are able to adhere to OCC's Friday night 
expiration implementation schedule. Therefore, the Exchange does not 
believe the proposed rule change would impose a burden on competition.
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received comments on the 
proposed rule change. The Exchange notes, however, that a favorable 
comment was submitted to the OCC filing.

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

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \14\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\15\ 
Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the 
protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 
30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as 
the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \15\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) 
requires the Exchange to give the Commission written notice of the 
Exchange's 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. The 
Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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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. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \16\ to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File No. SR-BOX-2013-45 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-BOX-2013-45. 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 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 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 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-BOX-2013-45 and should be 
submitted on or before October 21, 2013.
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    \17\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\17\
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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