[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33422-33424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16260]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-40080; File No. SR-CBOE-98-24]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate 
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options 
Exchange, Inc., Relating to ILX Fees

June 9, 1998.
    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 2, 1998, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. (``CBOE'' or 
``Exchange''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in 
Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the CBOE. 
The Commission

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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 CBOE proposes to revise the monthly fees for ILX optional 
features available to members. These fees are currently set forth in 
Regulatory Circular 95-74. The CBOE will issue a new regulatory 
circular, as set forth below. Proposed new language is in italics; 
proposed deleted language is in brackets.
REGULATORY CIRCULAR [RG 95-74] RG 98-    
DATE: [September 8, 1995] ____________________
TO: CBOE [Member Firms] Members/Member Firms
FROM: [Department of Trading Operations] Market Operations Systems 
Operations
RE: [Monthly Fees for Optional ILX Features/Entitlements] Revised 
Monthly ILX Fees for Optional Features/Entitlements
    The following is a listing of optional features or entitlements now 
available from ILX, in addition to the basic ILX package [covered by 
the $350.00 monthly fee].* The optional features fees below are stated 
on a monthly, per ILX terminal basis.

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      New Feature Available:                                                FEE/month                                             Each addl. terminal   
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Firse Call Analysis Estimate......  $25.00...................................................................................  same                     
[NOW AVAILABLE:                                                                                                                                         
    Options Analytics (OPA).......  $50.00...................................................................................  same                     
    Intermediate Charts CIT.......  $20.00...................................................................................  ``                       
    CTI real time intraday          $35.00...................................................................................  ``]                      
     charting (CTI).                                                                                                                                    
[FEATURE:] Feature:                                                                                                                                     
    Block Ticker [(BLT)]..........  $10.00...................................................................................  ['']same                 
    [Business Pulse (BPP..........  $10.00...................................................................................  ``]                      
    Futures Montage [(FUT)].......  $25.00...................................................................................  [``] same                
    Market Guide [(MGD)]..........  [$70.00] $50.00..........................................................................  [``] $20.00              
    NASDAQ Static Level II........  $35.00...................................................................................  same                     
    NASDAQ Dynamic Level II.......  $175.00..................................................................................  same                     
    Options Analytics w/            $25.00...................................................................................  same                     
     Intermediate Charts.                                                                                                                               
    Options on Futures Montage      $25.00...................................................................................  [``] same                
     [(OFM)].                                                                                                                                           
    Portfolio Watch [(PTF)].......  [$125.00] $25.00.........................................................................  [$25.00] same            
    Select Ticker (additional       $10.00...................................................................................  same                     
     window fee) [(SLT)].                                                                                                                               
    Ticker [(TKR)]................  $10.00...................................................................................  [``] same                
    Traders Portfolio [(TRP)].....  [$125.00] $40.00.........................................................................  [$40.00] same            
[CHARTS:] Charts:                                                                                                                                       
    [Basic Historical (HST).......  $25.00...................................................................................  same                     
    Real Time/Intraday (CHI)......  $45.00...................................................................................  ``                       
    Advanced (WCA)................  $60.00...................................................................................  ``                       
    Additional Windows (CHT)......  $10.00...................................................................................  ``]                      
    Windows Advanced Historical...  $60.00...................................................................................  same                     
    Windows Advanced Historical &   $100.00..................................................................................  same                     
     Real-Time.                                                                                                                                         
[NEWS:] News:                                                                                                                                           
    [Dow Jones & Reuters..........  $101.00..................................................................................  ``]                      
    Dow Jones Headlines &           $79.00...................................................................................  ``                       
     Retrieval.                                                                                                                                         
    Reuters Headlines & Retrieval.  $35.00...................................................................................  ``                       
[EXCHANGES:] Exchanges:                                                                                                                                 
    Chicago Board of Trade [(CBT)]  $66.00...................................................................................  [$11.50] $12.00          
    Commodities Exchange Center     $100.00..................................................................................  [21.00] $11.00           
     [(CEC)].                                                                                                                                           
    Kansas City Board of Trade      [$11.50] $14.50..........................................................................  [$1.50] $3.25            
     [(KCB)].                                                                                                                                           
    Mid-America Commodity Exchange  $9.50 per user (additional user windows at no charge)....................................                           
    NASDAQ-Level II...............  $50......................................................................................  same                     
    New York Commodity Exchange...  $63.00...................................................................................  $12.00                   
    New York Mercantile [(NYM)]...  [$62.50]$63.00...........................................................................  [$11.50] $12.00          
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    Members who wish to [receive] access optional ILX features on ILX 
kiosk terminals, or member firms who wish to receive optional ILX 
features at their ILX workstation terminals may direct any questions to 
Steve Pawloski at 786-7789 in Trading Operations.
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    *[The first Select Ticker window will be no charge, each 
additional window will be the rate shown.] The basic package now 
includes at no additional cost a Business Pulse window (several 
economic/business reports for the current day) and one Select Ticker 
window (combined NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, US Options and US Equities 
trades throughout the day).
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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 CBOE 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 CBOE 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 CBOE proposes to revise monthly fees for optional ILX news and 
information services available to members on the CBOE trading floor. 
ILX Systems is an information vendor. The proposed changes result from 
ILX's recently announced changes to features and/or fees.

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    In the past, the Commission approved the basic ILX package fee and 
optional ILX news and information service fees for member firms 
accessing the services from terminals located in trading floor 
booths.\3\ Members can now more readily access optional ILX services 
from numerous CBOE-owned kiosk terminals located throughout the trading 
floor, as well as from firm booth terminals.
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    \3\ In 1994, the CBOE established a monthly $350 fee for the 
basic ILX news package to members with ILX/WDN PC terminals at their 
floor booth locations. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 33983 
(April 29, 1994), 59 FR 23756 (May 6, 1994). In 1995, the CBOE 
established monthly fees for optional ILX news, market data and 
informational features available on terminals at member firm booth 
locations. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 36349 (October 6, 
1995), 60 FR 53651 (October 16, 1995).
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    The revised ILX fees will be outlined in detail in a Regulatory 
Circular which will be issued to the Exchange's membership.\4\ An 
individual member can request optional ILX features to be displayed on 
a CBOE-owned kiosk terminal by submitting to the Exchange an 
Entitlement Request form, and entering an ILX user identification 
number of the kiosk terminal. ILX will then switch on the chose 
feature(s) or ``entitlement(s)'' from a remote location to enable that 
terminal to receive the data.
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    \4\ The Regulatory Circular will list all currently available 
ILX optional features and current fees, although some fees have not 
changed since the 1995 filing referenced in note 3 above.
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    The revised ILX optional fees will be effective retroactive to May 
1, 1998.\5\
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    \5\ In April 1998, the CBOE filed with the Commission a proposed 
rule change to revise the same ILX fees. See SR-CBOE-98-18. In May 
1998, the CBOE withdrew that filing and replaced it with this 
filing, SR-CBOE-98-24, to make technical corrections to the fees. 
Based on SR-CBOE-98-18 becoming effective on filing, the CBOE began 
charging the revised ILX fees (as those fees were stated in SR-CBOE-
98-24) to members as of May 1, 1998.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The CBOE believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with 
Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\6\ in that it is designed to provide for 
the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges 
among CBOE members, issuers, and other persons using CBOE facilities.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The CBOE does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose 
any inappropriate burden on competition.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

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

    The foregoing rule change establishes or changes a due, fee, or 
other charge imposed by the Exchange and, therefore, has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \7\ and 
subparagraph (e)(2) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\8\ At any time within 60 
days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission may 
summarily abrogate 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.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \8\ 17 CFR 204.19b-4(e)(2).
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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. Persons making written submissions 
should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549. 
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 inspection and copying in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, 
DC 20549. Copies of such filing will also be available for inspection 
and copying at the principal office of CBOE. All submissions should 
refer to File No. SR-CBOE-98-24 and should be submitted by July 9, 
1998.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
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    \9\ 17 CFR 200.30-3)a)(12).
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Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16260 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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