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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3Amendment No. 1 replaced the original filing in 

its entirety. 

4 In Amendment No. 2, the Amex made minor 

revisions to the proposed rule text and clarified that 

the request for expedited review and accelerated 

effectiveness set forth in Amendment No. 1 

includes the revision to concentration limits for 

narrow-based index options. 

5 In Amendment No. 3, the Amex set forth its 

interpretation of the term ‘‘major market data 

vendor’’ in proposed Commentary .02(a)(11) to Rule 

901C to include the Options Price Reporting 

Authority (OPRA) and the Consolidated Tape 

Association (CTA), as well as other securities 

information processors. The Exchange also set forth 

how the term ‘‘vendor’’ is defined in Rule 

600(b)(83) of Regulation NMS under the Act. 

6 In Amendment No. 4, the Amex made minor 

revisions to the proposed rule text. 

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Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 14th day of 

November 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jamnes L. Cameron, 

Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety Region III. 

[FR Doc. E5–6459 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold the following meetings during 

the week of November 28, 2005: 

An Open Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 

November 29, 2005 at 10 a.m. in Room L–

002, the Auditorium, and a Closed Meeting 

will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 

2005 at 10 a.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c),(3), (5), (7), (9)(B), and 

(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a), (3), (5), (7), 

9(ii) and (10) permit consideration of 

the scheduled matters at the Closed 

Meeting. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session. 

The subject matter of the Open 

Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 

November, 29, 2005 will be: 

The Commission will consider whether to 

propose amendments to the proxy rules 

under Section 14 of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934. The proposed amendments 

would provide an alternative model by 

which companies conducting proxy 

solicitations could satisfy the Rule 14a–3 

requirement to furnish proxy materials by 

posting those proxy materials on an Internet 

Web site and providing shareholders with 

notice of the Internet availability of the 

materials. Other soliciting persons also 

would be permitted to follow the proposed 

alternative model. 

The subject matter of the Closed 

Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

November 30, 2005 will be: 

Formal orders of investigations; 

Institution and settlement of injunctive 

actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings of an 

enforcement nature; 

Opinions; and a 

Regulatory matter bearing 

enforcement implications. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact: 

The Office of the Secretary at (202) 

551–5400. 

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–23250 Filed 11–18–05; 4:07 pm] 

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[Release No. 34–52781; File No. SR–Amex–

2005–069] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice 

of Filing and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed 

Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 

2, 3 and 4 Relating to Listing 

Standards for Broad-Based Index 

Options and Concentration Limits for 

Narrow-Based Index Option Listing 

Standards 

November 16, 2005. 

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 24, 

2005, the American Stock Exchange LLC 

(‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘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 Amex. On August 17, 2005, the 

Amex filed Amendment No. 1 to the 

proposed rule change.3 On September 

13, 2005, the Amex filed Amendment 

No. 2 to the proposed rule change.4 On 

September 28, 2005, the Amex filed 

Amendment No. 3 to the proposed rule 

change.5 On September 30, 2005, the 

Amex filed Amendment No. 4 to the 

proposed rule change.6 The Commission 

is publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change, 

as amended, from interested persons 

and is approving the proposal on an 

accelerated basis. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to adopt new 

Commentary .02 to Amex Rule 901C 

and amend Amex Rule 904C to adopt 

generic listing standards and position 

and exercise limits for broad-based 

index options. The Exchange also 

proposes to revise the concentration 

limitation for narrow-based index 

option generic listing standards in 

Commentary .03 to Amex Rule 901C. 

The text of the proposed rule change is 

available on the Amex’s Web site 

(http://www.amex.com), at the Amex’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 

Amex 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 III below. The Amex 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 

Listing and Maintenance Standards and 

Position and Exercise Limits for BroadBased Index Options 

The Amex proposes to adopt new 

Commentary .02(a) to Amex Rule 901C 

to establish initial listing standards for 

broad-based index options. The 

proposal will allow the Amex to list, 

pursuant to Rule 19b–4(e) under the