46936 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 12, 2008 / Notices 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57757 

(May 1, 2008), 73 FR 26159 (SR–BSE–2008–23) 

(‘‘BSE Governance Proposal Notice’’). 

4 In Amendment No. 1 to the BSE Governance 

Proposal, BSE filed NASDAQ OMX’s Certificate and 

By-Laws, as proposed to be amended in connection 

with the acquisition of BSE by NASDAQ OMX, and 

proposed to make a non-substantive correction in 

the purpose section of the original filing. See infra 

note 104 and accompanying text. 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57762 

(May 1, 2008), 73 FR 26170 (SR–BSE–2008–25) 

(‘‘BOX Transfer Proposal Notice’’). 

6 In Amendment No. 1 to the BOX Transfer 

Proposal, BSE proposes to clarify Section 8.4(g) of 

the BOX LLC Agreement. 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Fiscal Year 2008 Tariff-Rate Quota 

Allocations of Raw Cane Sugar, 

Refined and Specialty Sugar, and 

Sugar-Containing Products; Correction 

AGENCY: USTR. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

August 24, 2007 concerning Fiscal Year 

2008 Tariff-Rate Quota allocations of 

raw cane sugar, refined and specialty 

sugar, and sugar-containing products. 

The document contained incorrect data. 

Correction to Previous Notice 

In the Federal Register of August 24, 

2007, Volume 72, Page 48695, the Office 

of the United States Trade 

Representative published a notice 

entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2008 Tariff-Rate 

Quota Allocations of Raw Cane Sugar, 

Refined and Specialty Sugar, and SugarContaining Products.’’ A correction is 

being made to the information in the 

table in the second column, which 

contains the country-specific allocations 

for raw sugar. The figure for the 

allocation for the country of Nicaragua 

is incorrect. The correct figure is 22,114 

Metric Tons Raw Equivalent (MTRV) 

rather than 22,538 MTRV. All other 

information remains unchanged and 

will not be repeated in this correction. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie O’Connor, Office of Agricultural 

Affairs, telephone: 202–395–6127 or 

facsimile: 202–395–4579. 

Susan C. Schwab, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. E8–18520 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W8–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–58324; File Nos. SR–BSE–

2008–02; SR–BSE–2008–23; SR–BSE–2008–

25; SR–BSECC–2008–01] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston 

Stock Exchange, Incorporated; Boston 

Stock Exchange Clearing Corporation; 

Order Approving Proposed Rule 

Change, as Modified by Amendment 

No. 1, Amending the Certificate of 

Incorporation of Boston Stock 

Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of 

Filing of Amendment No. 1 to a 

Proposed Rule Change Relating to the 

Acquisition of the Boston Stock 

Exchange, Incorporated by The 

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., and Order 

Granting Accelerated Approval of the 

Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1; Notice of Filing of 

Amendment No. 1 to a Proposed Rule 

Change Relating to a Proposal To 

Transfer Boston Stock Exchange, 

Incorporated’s Ownership Interest in 

Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC 

and Order Granting Accelerated 

Approval of the Proposed Rule 

Change, as Modified by Amendment 

No. 1; Notice of Filing of Amendment 

No. 1 to a Proposed Rule Change by 

the Boston Stock Exchange Clearing 

Corporation Relating to Amendment of 

Its Articles of Organization and ByLaws in Connection With the Planned 

Acquisition by The NASDAQ OMX 

Group, Inc., and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of the Proposed 

Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1 

August 7, 2008. 

I. Introduction 

On April 21, 2008, the Boston Stock 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BSE’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘SEC’’) a proposed 

rule change, pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder 2 to: (1) Amend and restate 

the BSE Certificate in its entirety to 

reflect the planned acquisition of BSE 

by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 

(‘‘NASDAQ OMX’’), the parent 

corporation of The NASDAQ Stock 

Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’); (2) replace the 

BSE Constitution in its entirety with 

proposed new BSE By-Laws; (3) adopt a 

written operating agreement for its 

subsidiary, Boston Options Exchange 

Regulation, LLC (‘‘BOXR’’), and amend 

the BOXR By-Laws; (4) obtain approval 

for a change of control of BSX Group, 

LLC (‘‘BSX’’), which would operate, 

upon Commission approval of certain 

proposed rule changes, BSE’s equities 

trading facility, and make related 

amendments to the Operating 

Agreement of BSX; (5) adopt two rules; 

and (6) obtain Commission approval for 

the affiliation between BSE and certain 

broker-dealer subsidiaries of NASDAQ 

OMX (collectively, the ‘‘BSE 

Governance Proposal’’). The BSE 

Governance Proposal was published for 

comment in the Federal Register on 

May 8, 2008.3 The Commission received 

no comments on the BSE Governance 

Proposal. On July 28, 2008, BSE filed 

Amendment No. 1 to the BSE 

Governance Proposal.4 This order 

provides notice of and requests 

comment on Amendment No. 1 to the 

BSE Governance Proposal and approves 

the BSE Governance Proposal, as 

modified by Amendment No. 1, on an 

accelerated basis. 

On April 23, 2008, BSE filed with the 

Commission a proposed rule change 

(‘‘BOX Transfer Proposal’’) to transfer its 

ownership interest in the Boston 

Options Exchange Group, LLC (‘‘BOX’’), 

the operator of BSE’s Boston Options 

Exchange facility (‘‘BOX Market’’), to 

MX U.S. 2, Inc. (‘‘MX US’’), a whollyowned U.S. subsidiary of the Montre ́al 

Exchange Inc. (‘‘MX’’), and to amend the 

BOX LLC Agreement. The BOX Transfer 

Proposal was published for comment in 

the Federal Register on May 8, 2008.5

The Commission received no comments 

on the BOX Transfer Proposal. On July 

28, 2008, BSE filed Amendment No. 1 

to the BOX Transfer Proposal.6 This 

order provides notice of and requests 

comment on Amendment No. 1 to the 

BOX Transfer Proposal and approves 

the BOX Transfer Proposal, as modified 

by Amendment No. 1, on an accelerated 

basis. 

On April 23, 2008, BSE filed with the 

Commission a proposed rule change 

(‘‘BSE Interim Certificate Proposal’’) to 

amend the BSE Certificate to permit BSE 

to make distributions to BSE 

membership owners in connection with 

the transfer of its ownership interest in 


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