In the Matter of Luxeyard, Inc., and SuperDirectories, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading, 60764-60765 [2016-21301]
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Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments regarding whether the
proposal should be approved or
disapproved by September 23, 2016.
Any person who wishes to file a rebuttal
to any other person’s submission must
file that rebuttal by October 7, 2016. The
Commission asks that commenters
address the sufficiency of the
Exchange’s statements in support of the
proposal, which are set forth in the
Notice,22 as modified by Amendment
No. 1 thereto,23 in addition to any other
comments they may wish to submit
about the proposed rule change.
The Commission generally seeks
comment on whether the Exchange’s
representations relating to the proposed
portfolio holdings in Rule 144A
securities are sufficient to prevent the
susceptibility of the Funds to
manipulation and are thereby consistent
with the requirements of section 6(b)(5)
of the Act, which, among other things,
requires that the rules of an exchange be
designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices and to
protect investors and the public interest.
In particular, the Commission seeks
comment on the following:
As described above, the Exchange has
proposed that each Fund be permitted
to include Rule 144A securities within
a Fund’s principal investments in debt
securities. As a result of the proposed
change, each Fund would be permitted
to invest 100% of its principal
investments in Rule 144A securities.
The Exchange also provides that all of
the Rule 144A securities in which a
Fund invests will be corporate debt
securities for which transactions are
reported in TRACE. Rule 144A
securities are restricted securities,
which, as described above, are subject to
legal restrictions on their sale and
generally are sold in privately
negotiated transactions, pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the
Securities Act, or in a registered public
offering. The Exchange has not
proposed additional quantitative criteria
with respect to minimum liquidity or
minimum diversification measures to be
applied to the Rule 144A securities. Do
commenters have views on whether the
specific Rule 144A securities in which
each Fund may invest would be
sufficiently liquid and sufficiently
diversified so as to reduce the extent to
which Managed Fund Shares holding
principally restricted securities may be
susceptible to manipulation?
Affairs, S. Rep. No. 75, 94th Cong., 1st Sess. 30
(1975).
22 See supra note 3.
23 See supra note 6.
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• Send paper comments in triplicate
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submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
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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
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filing also will be available for
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2016. Rebuttal comments should be
submitted by October 7, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.24
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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In the Matter of Luxeyard, Inc., and
SuperDirectories, Inc.; Order of
Suspension of Trading
August 31, 2016.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Luxeyard,
Inc. (CIK No. 1493587), a Delaware
corporation with its principal place of
business listed as Los Angeles,
California, with stock quoted on OTC
Link (previously, ‘‘Pink Sheets’’)
operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc.
(‘‘OTC Link’’) under the ticker symbol
LUXR, because it has not filed any
periodic reports since April 9, 2013. On
August 19, 2015, Luxeyard, Inc. was
sent a delinquency letter by the Division
of Corporation Finance requesting
compliance with its periodic filing
obligations, but did not receive the
delinquency letter due to its failure to
maintain a valid address on file with the
Commission as required by Commission
rules (Rule 301 of Regulation S–T, 17
CFR 232.301 and Section 5.4 of EDGAR
Filer Manual).
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of
SuperDirectories, Inc. (CIK No.
1338624), a delinquent Wyoming
corporation with its principal place of
business listed as Merrill, New York,
with stock quoted on OTC Link under
the ticker symbol SDIR, because it has
not filed any periodic reports since the
period ended June 30, 2014. On
September 25, 2015, SuperDirectories,
Inc. was sent a delinquency letter by the
Division of Corporation Finance
requesting compliance with its periodic
filing obligations, but did not receive
the delinquency letter due to its failure
to maintain a valid address on file with
the Commission as required by
Commission rules (Rule 301 of
Regulation S–T, 17 CFR 232.301 and
Section 5.4 of EDGAR Filer Manual).
The Commission is of the opinion that
the public interest and the protection of
investors require a suspension of trading
in the securities of the above-listed
company.
Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to
Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, that trading in the
securities of the above-listed company is
suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m.
EDT on August 31, 2016, through 11:59
p.m. EDT on September 14, 2016.
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By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
International Securities Exchange,
LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule
Change To Expand the Short Term
Option Series Program
August 29, 2016.
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 August
26, 2016, the International Securities
Exchange, LLC (‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘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 expand the
Short Term Option Series Program to
allow Wednesday expirations for SPY
options.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s Web site
at www.ise.com, at the principal office
of the Exchange, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
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.
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend ISE
Rule 100 and 504 at Supplementary
Material .02 to expand the Short Term
Option Series Program to permit the
listing and trading of options with
Wednesday expirations. The Exchange
also proposes to amend the definition of
Short Term Options Series in Rule
100(47) to conform the rule text to
include Thursday, which is currently
included in the Short Terms Options
Series Program at Rule 504 at
Supplementary Material .02.
Currently, under the Short Term
Option Series Program, the Exchange
may open for trading on any Thursday
or Friday that is a business day series
of options on that class that expire on
each of the next five consecutive
Fridays, provided that such Friday is
not a Friday in which monthly options
series or Quarterly Options Series expire
(‘‘Short Term Option Series’’). The
Exchange is now proposing to amend its
rule to permit the listing of options
expiring on Wednesdays. Specifically,
the Exchange is proposing that it may
open for trading on any Tuesday or
Wednesday that is a business day, series
of options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Trust (SPY) to expire on any Wednesday
of the month that is a business day and
is not a Wednesday in which Quarterly
Options Series expire (‘‘Wednesday SPY
Expirations’’) 3 The proposed
Wednesday SPY Expiration series will
be similar to the current Short Term
Option Series, with certain exceptions,
as explained in greater detail below. The
Exchange notes that having Wednesday
expirations is not a novel proposal.
Specifically, BOX recently received
approval to list Wednesday SPY
expirations for SPY options.4
In regards to Wednesday SPY
Expirations, the Exchange is proposing
to remove the current restriction
preventing the Exchange from listing
Short Term Option Series that expire in
the same week in which monthly option
series in the same class expire.
Specifically, the Exchange will be
allowed to list Wednesday SPY
Expirations in the same week in which
monthly option series in SPY expire.
The current restriction to prohibit the
expiration of monthly and Short Term
Option Series from expiring on the same
3 See
ISE Rule 504 at Supplementary Material .02.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78668
(SR–BOX–2016–28) (pending publication in the
Federal Register).
4 See
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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trading day is reasonable to avoid
investor confusion. This confusion will
not apply with Wednesday SPY
Expirations and standard monthly
options because they will not expire on
the same trading day, as standard
monthly options do not expire on
Wednesdays. Additionally, it would
lead to investor confusion if Wednesday
SPY Expirations were not listed for one
week every month because there was a
monthly SPY expiration on the Friday
of that week.
Under the proposed Wednesday SPY
Expirations, the Exchange may list up to
five consecutive Wednesday SPY
Expirations at one time. The Exchange
may have no more than a total of five
Wednesday SPY Expirations listed. This
is the same listing procedure as Short
Term Option Series that expire on
Fridays. The Exchange is also proposing
to clarify that the five series limit in the
current Short Term Option Series
Program Rule will not include any
Wednesday SPY Expirations.5 This
means, under the proposal, the
Exchange would be allowed to list five
Short Term Option Series expirations
for SPY expiring on Friday under the
current rule and five Wednesday SPY
Expirations. The interval between strike
prices for the proposed Wednesday SPY
Expirations will be the same as those for
the current Short Term Option Series.
Specifically, the Wednesday SPY
Expirations will have $0.50 strike
intervals.
Currently, for each Short Term Option
Expiration Date, the Exchange is limited
to opening thirty (30) series for each
expiration date for the specific class.
The thirty (30) series restriction does
not include series that are open by other
securities exchanges under their
respective short term option rules; the
Exchange may list these additional
series that are listed by other
exchanges.6 The thirty (30) series
restriction shall apply to Wednesday
SPY Expiration series as well. In
addition, the Exchange will be able to
list series that are listed by other
exchanges, assuming they file similar
rules with the Commission to list SPY
options expiring on Wednesdays.
As is the case with current Short
Term Option Series, the Wednesday
SPY Expiration series will be P.M.settled. The Exchange does not believe
5 ISE may open for trading on any Thursday or
Friday that is a business day series of options on
that class that expire on each of the next five
Fridays that are business days and are not Fridays
in which monthly options series or Quarterly
Options Series expire (‘‘Short Term Option
Expiration Dates’’). See ISE Rule 504 at
Supplementary Material .02.
6 See ISE Rule 504 at Supplementary Material .02.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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In the Matter of Luxeyard, Inc., and SuperDirectories, Inc.;
Order of Suspension of Trading
August 31, 2016.
It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is
a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of
Luxeyard, Inc. (CIK No. 1493587), a Delaware corporation with its
principal place of business listed as Los Angeles, California, with
stock quoted on OTC Link (previously, ``Pink Sheets'') operated by OTC
Markets Group, Inc. (``OTC Link'') under the ticker symbol LUXR,
because it has not filed any periodic reports since April 9, 2013. On
August 19, 2015, Luxeyard, Inc. was sent a delinquency letter by the
Division of Corporation Finance requesting compliance with its periodic
filing obligations, but did not receive the delinquency letter due to
its failure to maintain a valid address on file with the Commission as
required by Commission rules (Rule 301 of Regulation S-T, 17 CFR
232.301 and Section 5.4 of EDGAR Filer Manual).
It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is
a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of
SuperDirectories, Inc. (CIK No. 1338624), a delinquent Wyoming
corporation with its principal place of business listed as Merrill, New
York, with stock quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol SDIR,
because it has not filed any periodic reports since the period ended
June 30, 2014. On September 25, 2015, SuperDirectories, Inc. was sent a
delinquency letter by the Division of Corporation Finance requesting
compliance with its periodic filing obligations, but did not receive
the delinquency letter due to its failure to maintain a valid address
on file with the Commission as required by Commission rules (Rule 301
of Regulation S-T, 17 CFR 232.301 and Section 5.4 of EDGAR Filer
Manual).
The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the
protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the
securities of the above-listed company.
Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the securities of the
above-listed company is suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m. EDT on
August 31, 2016, through 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 14, 2016.
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By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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