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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83317 

(May 24, 2018), 83 FR 25074. 

4 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Penny Pilot Program has been in effect on 

the Exchange since its inception in May 2012. See 

Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 66871 (April 

27, 2012), 77 FR 26323 (May 3, 2012) (File No. 10– 

206, In the Matter of the Application of BOX 

Options Exchange LLC for Registration as a 

National Securities Exchange Findings, Opinion, 

and Order of the Commission), 67328 (June 29, 

2012), 77 FR 40123 (July 6, 2012) (SR–BOX–2012– 

007), 68425 (December 13, 2012), 77 FR 75234 

(December 19, 2013) (SR–BOX–2012–021), 69789 

(June 18, 2013), 78 FR 37854 (June 24, 2013) (SR– 

BOX–2013–31), 71056 (December 12, 2013), 78 FR 

76691 (December 18, 2013) (SR–BOX–2013–56), 

72348 (June 9, 2014), 79 FR 33976 (June 13, 2014) 

(SR–BOX–2014–17), 73822 (December 11, 2014), 79 

FR 75606 (December 18, 2014) (SR–BOX–2014–29), 

75295 (June 25, 2015), 80 FR 37690 (July 1, 

2015)(SR–BOX–2015–23), 78172 (June 28, 2016), 81 

FR 43325 (July 1, 2016)(SR–BOX–2016–24), 79429 

(November 30, 2016), 81 FR 87991 (December 6, 

2016)(SR–BOX–2016–55); 80828 (May 31, 2017), 82 

FR 26175 (June 6, 2017) (SR–BOX–2017–18) and 

82353 (December 19, 2017), 82 FR 61087 (December 

26, 2017). The extension of the effective date and 

the revision of the date to replace issues that have 

been delisted are the only changes to the Penny 

Pilot Program being proposed at this time. 

Public Representative: Gregory Stanton; 

Comments Due: July 2, 2018. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13930 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

International Product Change—Global 

Expedited Package Services—NonPublished Rates 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add Global 

Expedited Package Services—NonPublished Rates 14 (GEPS–NPR 14) to 

the Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of notice: June 28, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle 

R. Coppin, 202–268–2368. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642, on June 22, 2018, it filed with the 

Postal Regulatory Commission a Request 

of the United States Postal Service to 

add Global Expedited Package 

Services—Non-Published Rates 14 

(GEPS—NPR 14) to the Competitive 

Products List and Notice of Filing 

GEPS—NPR 14 Model Contract and 

Application for Non-Public Treatment 

of Materials Filed Under Seal. 

Documents are available at 

www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2018–186 

and CP2018–260. 

Ruth Stevenson, 

Attorney, Federal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13879 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83499; File No. SR–BOX– 

2018–17)] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX 

Options Exchange LLC; Notice of 

Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change 

To Amend Rules 7150 and 7245 

June 22, 2018. 

On May 14, 2018, BOX Options 

Exchange LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant 

to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 1 and Rule 19b– 

4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule change 

to amend Rules 7150 and 7245 to 

provide certain account type 

information in its Price Improvement 

Period and Complex Price Improvement 

Period auction notifications. The 

proposed rule change was published for 

comment in the Federal Register on 

May 31, 2018.3 The Commission 

received no comment letters on the 

proposal. On June 20, 2018, the 

Exchange withdrew the proposed rule 

change (SR–BOX–2018–17). 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.4

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13886 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83500; File No. SR–BOX– 

2018–23] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX 

Options Exchange LLC; Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

a Proposed Rule Change To Amend 

Rule 7260 by Extending the Penny 

Pilot Program Through December 31, 

2018 

June 22, 2018. 

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 June 18, 

2018, BOX Options Exchange LLC (the 

‘‘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 self-regulatory organization. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Rule 7260 by extending the Penny Pilot 

Program through December 31, 2018. 

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 website at http://

boxoptions.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 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to extend the 

effective time period of the Penny Pilot 

Program that is currently scheduled to 

expire on June 30, 2018, until December 

31, 2018.3 The Penny Pilot Program 

permits certain classes to be quoted in 

penny increments. The minimum price 

variation for all classes included in the 

Penny Pilot Program, except for 

PowerShares QQQ Trust (‘‘QQQQ’’)®, 

SPDR S&P 500 Exchange Traded Funds 

(‘‘SPY’’), and iShares Russell 2000 Index 

Funds (‘‘IWM’’), will continue to be 

$0.01 for all quotations in options series 

that are quoted at less than $3 per 

contract and $0.05 for all quotations in 

options series that are quoted at $3 per 

contract or greater. QQQQ, SPY, and 


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