Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 11981 

1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(3). 

2 17 CFR 242.608. 

3On November 6, 2008, the Commission 

approved the Symbology Plan that was originally 

proposed by the CHX, Nasdaq, FINRA, NSX, and 

Phlx, subject to certain changes. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 58904, 73 FR 67218 

(November 13, 2008) (File No. 4–533). 

4 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(ii). 

5 17 CFR 242.608(b)(2). 

6 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(iii). 7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–59574; File No. 4–533] 

Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing 

and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Amendment No. 2 to the National 

Market System Plan for the Selection 

and Reservation of Securities Symbols 

To Modify Certain Effective Dates in 

Plan, Submitted by NASDAQ OMX BX, 

Inc., the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 

the Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated, the International 

Securities Exchange, LLC., the 

Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc., the National Stock 

Exchange, Inc., the NASDAQ Stock 

Market LLC, the New York Stock 

Exchange LLC, NYSE Alternext U.S. 

LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., and the 

NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. 

March 13, 2009. 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to Section 11A(a)(3) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on March 6, 

2009, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., the 

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’), 

the Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated, the International 

Securities Exchange, LLC., the Financial 

Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

(‘‘FINRA’’), the National Stock 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NSX’’), The NASDAQ 

Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’), the New 

York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE 

Alternext Exchange U.S. LLC, NYSE 

Arca, Inc., and the NASDAQ OMX 

PHLX, Inc. (‘‘Phlx’’) (together, the 

‘‘Parties’’) filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

Amendment No. 2 to the National 

Market System Plan for the Selection 

and Reservation of Securities Symbols 

(‘‘Symbology Plan’’ or ‘‘Plan’’).3 The 

amendment modifies certain effective 

dates in the Symbology Plan. The 

Commission is publishing this notice of 

filing and immediate effectiveness to 

solicit comments on the amendment 

from interested persons. 

II. Description and Purpose of the 

Amendment 

The purpose of Amendment No. 2 is 

to: (i) delay the start of the 30 initial 

symbol reservation period until 145 

days after the Commission’s approval of 

the Plan, and (ii) delay the 

establishment of the Plan as the 

exclusive method of allocating symbols 

of one-, two-, three-, four-, and fivecharacters in length until 175 days after 

the Commission approval of the Plan. 

Pursuant to this Amendment, the initial 

symbol reservation period would now 

commence on April 1, 2009 and the 

Symbology Plan would become the 

exclusive method of allocating symbols 

of one-, two-, three-, four-, and fivecharacters in length on April 30, 2009. 

The purpose of the amendment is to 

give the parties adequate time to 

properly evaluate and select the Plan 

processor and to implement the Plan in 

an organized fashion. 

III. Effectiveness of the Proposed 

Symbology Plan Amendment 

Pursuant to paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of 

Rule 608 under the Act,4 the Parties 

have designated this amendment as one 

that may be put into effect upon filing 

with the Commission as it is concerned 

solely with the administration of the 

Plan. 

The Commission may summarily 

abrogate the amendment within sixty 

days of its filing and require refiling and 

approval of the Amendment by 

Commission order pursuant to Rule 

608(b)(2) 5 under the Act if it appears to 

the Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or the maintenance of fair and orderly 

markets, to remove impediments to, and 

perfect mechanisms of, a national 

market system or otherwise in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act.6

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether Amendment No. 2 is 

consistent with the Act. Comments may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number 4–533 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 

Number 4–533. This file number should 

be included on the subject line if e-mail 

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 (http://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 inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room, on official business days between 

the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 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 4–533 and 

should be submitted on or before April 

10, 2009. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6085 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: [To Be Published] 

STATUS: Closed meeting. 

PLACE: 100 F Street, NE., Washington, 

DC. 

DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

MEETING: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2 

p.m. 

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Additional item. 

The following item has been added to 

the Thursday, March 19, 2009 closed 

meeting agenda: 

Formal order of investigation.