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Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.18
Brent J. Fields,
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Amend the Certificate
of Incorporation of Its Parent Company
December 8, 2015.
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 25, 2015, Chicago Board
Options Exchange, Incorporated (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘CBOE’’) 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.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the
certificate of incorporation of its parent
Company, CBOE Holdings, Inc. (‘‘CBOE
Holdings’’). The text of the proposed
rule change is available on the
Exchange’s Web site (https://
www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/
CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx), at
the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary,
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, the
Exchange 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
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
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1. Purpose
On May 21, 2015, CBOE Holdings’
stockholders approved proposed
amendments to the Certificate. On
October 22 [sic], 2015, in accordance
with Article Eleventh of the Certificate,
the Exchange submitted a rule filing
proposing to make the approved
amendments to the Certificate.3 The
Exchange notes however, that it
inadvertently omitted in its rule filing
two changes to the Certificate in the
Exhibit 5 that had been approved by
CBOE Holdings’ shareholders. In order
to conform the current Certificate to the
Certificate approved by CBOE Holdings’
shareholders in May 2015, CBOE
Holdings proposes to correct the
omitted changes. First, in Article Third,
the Exchange had omitted to eliminate
the word ‘‘other’’ from the following
language ‘‘The nature of the business or
purposes to be conducted or promoted
by the Corporation is to engage in any
other lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under
the GCL.’’ The Exchange believes that
the reference to ‘‘other’’ in this section
is unnecessary and that the change is
non-substantive and clarifying in
nature. The Exchange notes that the
proposed change does not affect the
rights of shareholders.
Next, CBOE Holdings proposes to
correct an error related to the ownership
concentration limitation. Particularly,
CBOE Holdings had proposed to remove
references to the 10% ownership
concentration limitation applicable
before CBOE Holdings’ initial public
offering (‘‘IPO’’) in 2010, as discussed in
SR–CBOE–2015–092.4 This change did
not change the current ownership
concentration limitation, which is 20%.
In Article Sixth, subparagraph (b)(iii),
the Exchange inadvertently omitted
references to both 10% and 20%.
Specifically, the language ‘‘10% or 20%
(as applicable at such time)’’ was
eliminated in its entirety. CBOE
Holdings notes that only ‘‘10% or’’ and
‘‘(as applicable at such time)’’ should
have been eliminated (i.e., reference to
20% should have remained).
Accordingly, CBOE Holdings proposes
to add ‘‘20%’’, the current ownership
concentration limitation, back into
Article Sixth, Subparagraph (b)(iii).
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76282
(October 27, 2015), 80 FR 211 [sic] (November 2,
2015) (SR–CBOE–2015–092).
4 Id.
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
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2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’) and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to the Exchange
and, in particular, the requirements of
Section 6(b) of the Act.5 Specifically,
the Exchange believes the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Section
6(b)(5) 6 requirements that the rules of
an exchange be 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.
Additionally, the Exchange believes the
proposed rule change is consistent with
the Section 6(b)(5) 7 requirement that
the rules of an exchange not be designed
to permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
In particular, CBOE Holdings believes
the proposed amendments to its
Certificate are non-substantive and
clarifying in nature, alleviating potential
confusion. Additionally, CBOE
Holdings believes that conforming the
current Certificate to the Certificate
approved by CBOE Holdings’
shareholders on May 21, 2015, alleviates
potential confusion. The alleviation of
potential confusion removes
impediments to and perfects the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, protect investors and the public
interest.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
Because the proposed rule change
relates to the governance of CBOE
Holdings and not to the operations of
the Exchange, 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 on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
The Exchange neither solicited nor
received comments on the proposed
rule change.
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U.S.C. 78f(b).
U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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 for 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 8 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)
thereunder.9
In its filing, CBOE requested that the
Commission waive both the 5 business
day prefiling requirement as well as the
30-day operative delay so that CBOE can
expeditiously obtain effectiveness, as
required by CBOE Holdings’ governing
documents, for two changes approved
by CBOE Holdings’ shareholders to the
Certificate of Incorporation of CBOE
Holdings that CBOE failed to correctly
mark in the recent filing it submitted to
seek effectiveness of the overall package
of shareholder-approved changes.
The Commission believes that
waiving the 5 business day prefiling
requirement and the 30-day operative
delay is consistent with the protection
of investors and the public interest, as
it will allow two non-controversial
proposed conforming edits to the CBOE
Holdings Certificate of Incorporation to
take effect without delay. The
Commission notes CBOE previously
filed to amend the Certificate and that
filing has since become effective. CBOE
represents that the change to Article
Third is non-substantive and noncontroversial. The change to Article
Sixth corrects an obvious typographical
error, as the language continued to
reference the ownership concentration
limit but failed to include the limit’s
numerical expression. That limit is
contained elsewhere in Article Sixth (b),
including in the opening paragraph.
Accordingly, adding a reference to the
long-standing ‘‘20%’’ back to paragraph
(b)(iii) is a conforming edit to fill an
obvious gap created by a rule text
marking error in CBOE’s recent filing.
The two proposed edits do not raise any
new or novel issues, and allowing these
edits to be made without further delay
will allow CBOE to promptly update the
Certificate of Incorporation of CBOE
Holdings. For this reason, the
Commission designates the proposed
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
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rule change to be operative upon
filing.10
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 Number SR–
CBOE–2015–110 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–CBOE–2015–110. 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 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
operative delay, the Commission has also
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
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 Number SR–CBOE–
2015–110 and should be submitted on
or before January 4,2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.11
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2015–0059]
Advance Notification Regarding
Reporting by State ABLE Programs
Under Section 529A of the Internal
Revenue Code
Social Security Administration.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice provides advance
notification to State Achieving a Better
Life Experience (ABLE) programs of the
general types of information we
anticipate requiring that the State
programs include in their monthly
electronic reports of ABLE account
balances and distributions. We are also
requesting information from the public
and State ABLE programs about these
general types of information and
whether these electronic reports should
include any other information.
DATES: Comments must be received by
January 13, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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comments multiple times or by more
than one method. No matter which
method you choose, please state that
your comments refer to Docket No.
[SSA–2015–0059] so that we may
associate your comments with the
correct document.
Caution: You should be careful to
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publicly available We strongly urge you
not to include in your comments any
personal information, such as Social
Security numbers or medical
information.
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SUMMARY:
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1. Internet: We strongly recommend
that you submit your comments via the
Internet. Please visit the Federal
eRulemaking portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Use the Search
function to find docket number [SSA–
2015–0059]. The system will issue you
a tracking number to confirm your
submission. You will not be able to
view your comment immediately
because we must post each comment
manually. It may take up to a week for
your comment to be viewable.
2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966–
2830.
3. Mail: Address your comments to
the Office of Regulations and Reports
Clearance, Social Security
Administration, 3100 West High Rise
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401.
Comments are available for public
viewing on the Federal eRulemaking
portal at https://www.regulations.gov or
in person, during regular business
hours, by arranging with the contact
person identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Skidmore, Office of Income Security
Programs, Social Security
Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235, (410)
597–1833. For information on eligibility
or filing for benefits, call our national
toll-free number, 1–800–772–1213 or
TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit our
Internet site, Social Security Online at
https://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Stephen Beck, Jr.,
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act
of 2014 (ABLE Act) was enacted on
December 19, 2014, as part of the Tax
Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (Public
Law 113–295). The ABLE Act permits a
State, or an agency or instrumentality of
a State, to establish and maintain a new
type of savings program, called an ABLE
program. Under an ABLE program,
contributions can be made to a taxadvantaged ABLE account that is
established for the purpose of providing
secure funding for disability-related
expenses on behalf of the account’s
designated beneficiary that will
supplement but not supplant benefits
provided through other sources. The
designated beneficiary of an ABLE
account, who is also the owner of the
account, must have been disabled or
blind prior to his or her attaining age 26.
The ABLE Act further provides that the
Social Security Administration will
exclude the first $100,000 in an ABLE
account—for any period when the
designated beneficiary maintains, makes
contributions to, or receives
distributions from his or her ABLE
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account—for purposes of the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
program. We shall also exclude
distributions for qualified non-housingrelated disability expenses for purposes
of the SSI program.
Section 529A(d)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code provides that ‘‘States
shall submit electronically on a monthly
basis to the Commissioner of Social
Security, in the manner specified by the
Commissioner, statements on relevant
distributions and account balances from
all ABLE accounts.’’ Before accepting
these electronic reports, we will enter
into a data exchange agreement with
each State. This agreement will specify
the content, format, and the security and
privacy requirements for these reports.
However, we recognize that general
guidance in advance of entering into
these agreements may be helpful to the
States as they design their ABLE
programs, and we do not want
uncertainty concerning these reports to
delay the States’ implementing their
programs. Therefore, we are issuing this
advance notice to inform State ABLE
programs of the general types of
information we anticipate requesting
they include in their monthly reports of
ABLE account balances and
distributions.
NOTICE: We currently anticipate that
our data exchange agreements will
require that the States provide in their
monthly electronic reports information,
concerning each ABLE account:
• Name of the designated beneficiary;
• Social Security number of the
designated beneficiary;
• date of birth of the designated
beneficiary;
• name of the person who has
signature authority (if different from the
designated beneficiary);
• unique account number assigned by
the State to the ABLE account;
• account opened date;
• account closed date;
• balance as of the first moment of the
month (that is, the balance as of 12:00
a.m. local time on the first of the
month);
• date of each distribution in the
reporting period; and
• amount of each distribution in the
reporting period.
Dated: December 4, 2015.
Carolyn W. Colvin,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-76589; File No. SR-CBOE-2015-110]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Certificate of Incorporation of Its
Parent Company
December 8, 2015.
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 25, 2015, Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated (the ``Exchange'' or ``CBOE'') 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 certificate of incorporation of
its parent Company, CBOE Holdings, Inc. (``CBOE Holdings''). The text
of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site
(https://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx), at the
Exchange's Office of the Secretary, 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, the Exchange 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 Exchange 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
On May 21, 2015, CBOE Holdings' stockholders approved proposed
amendments to the Certificate. On October 22 [sic], 2015, in accordance
with Article Eleventh of the Certificate, the Exchange submitted a rule
filing proposing to make the approved amendments to the Certificate.\3\
The Exchange notes however, that it inadvertently omitted in its rule
filing two changes to the Certificate in the Exhibit 5 that had been
approved by CBOE Holdings' shareholders. In order to conform the
current Certificate to the Certificate approved by CBOE Holdings'
shareholders in May 2015, CBOE Holdings proposes to correct the omitted
changes. First, in Article Third, the Exchange had omitted to eliminate
the word ``other'' from the following language ``The nature of the
business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is
to engage in any other lawful act or activity for which corporations
may be organized under the GCL.'' The Exchange believes that the
reference to ``other'' in this section is unnecessary and that the
change is non-substantive and clarifying in nature. The Exchange notes
that the proposed change does not affect the rights of shareholders.
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Next, CBOE Holdings proposes to correct an error related to the
ownership concentration limitation. Particularly, CBOE Holdings had
proposed to remove references to the 10% ownership concentration
limitation applicable before CBOE Holdings' initial public offering
(``IPO'') in 2010, as discussed in SR-CBOE-2015-092.\4\ This change did
not change the current ownership concentration limitation, which is
20%. In Article Sixth, subparagraph (b)(iii), the Exchange
inadvertently omitted references to both 10% and 20%. Specifically, the
language ``10% or 20% (as applicable at such time)'' was eliminated in
its entirety. CBOE Holdings notes that only ``10% or'' and ``(as
applicable at such time)'' should have been eliminated (i.e., reference
to 20% should have remained). Accordingly, CBOE Holdings proposes to
add ``20%'', the current ownership concentration limitation, back into
Article Sixth, Subparagraph (b)(iii).
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2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to the Exchange and, in particular,
the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\5\ Specifically, the
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the
Section 6(b)(5) \6\ requirements that the rules of an exchange be
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. Additionally,
the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the
Section 6(b)(5) \7\ requirement that the rules of an exchange not be
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers,
brokers, or dealers.
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\5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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In particular, CBOE Holdings believes the proposed amendments to
its Certificate are non-substantive and clarifying in nature,
alleviating potential confusion. Additionally, CBOE Holdings believes
that conforming the current Certificate to the Certificate approved by
CBOE Holdings' shareholders on May 21, 2015, alleviates potential
confusion. The alleviation of potential confusion removes impediments
to and perfects the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general, protect investors and the public
interest.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
Because the proposed rule change relates to the governance of CBOE
Holdings and not to the operations of the Exchange, 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 on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
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 for 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 \8\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
thereunder.\9\
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\8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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In its filing, CBOE requested that the Commission waive both the 5
business day prefiling requirement as well as the 30-day operative
delay so that CBOE can expeditiously obtain effectiveness, as required
by CBOE Holdings' governing documents, for two changes approved by CBOE
Holdings' shareholders to the Certificate of Incorporation of CBOE
Holdings that CBOE failed to correctly mark in the recent filing it
submitted to seek effectiveness of the overall package of shareholder-
approved changes.
The Commission believes that waiving the 5 business day prefiling
requirement and the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the
protection of investors and the public interest, as it will allow two
non-controversial proposed conforming edits to the CBOE Holdings
Certificate of Incorporation to take effect without delay. The
Commission notes CBOE previously filed to amend the Certificate and
that filing has since become effective. CBOE represents that the change
to Article Third is non-substantive and non-controversial. The change
to Article Sixth corrects an obvious typographical error, as the
language continued to reference the ownership concentration limit but
failed to include the limit's numerical expression. That limit is
contained elsewhere in Article Sixth (b), including in the opening
paragraph. Accordingly, adding a reference to the long-standing ``20%''
back to paragraph (b)(iii) is a conforming edit to fill an obvious gap
created by a rule text marking error in CBOE's recent filing. The two
proposed edits do not raise any new or novel issues, and allowing these
edits to be made without further delay will allow CBOE to promptly
update the Certificate of Incorporation of CBOE Holdings. For this
reason, the Commission designates the proposed rule change to be
operative upon filing.\10\
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\10\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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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 Number SR-CBOE-2015-110 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CBOE-2015-110. 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
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10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 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 Number SR-CBOE-2015-110 and should be
submitted on or before January 4, 2016.
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\11\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12) and (59).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-31327 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
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