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at least five business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time 

as designated by the Commission. The Exchange 

has satisfied this requirement. 

15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

5See Exchange Act Release No. 61152 (Dec. 10, 

2009), 74 FR 66699 (Dec. 16, 2009). 

days of the filing of such proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend 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. 

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. 

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 SR–CBOE–2010–096 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 SR–CBOE–2010–096. 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 Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, 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 SR–CBOE– 

2010–096 and should be submitted on 

or before November 18, 2010. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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[Release No. 34–63164; File No. SR–C2– 

2010–005] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; C2 

Options Exchange, Incorporated; 

Notice of Filing and Immediate 

Effectiveness of Proposed Rule 

Change To Modify Rule 6.12 

October 22, 2010. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on October 

14, 2010, C2 Options Exchange, 

Incorporated (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by the Exchange. The 

Exchange filed the proposal as a ‘‘noncontroversial’’ proposed rule change 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of 

the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) 

thereunder.4 The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to modify the 

wording of Rule 6.12 relating to the C2 

matching algorithm. The text of the 

proposed rule change is available on the 

Exchange’s Web site (http:// 

www.cboe.org/Legal), at the Exchange’s 

Office of the Secretary, at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

and on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.sec.gov. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, C2 

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 those 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

In 2009, C2 was registered as a 

national securities exchange under 

Section 6 of the Exchange Act.5 C2 has 

yet to commence trading options, 

however a launch is anticipated in 

October 2010. The central purpose of 

this filing is to streamline Rule 6.12 

relating to order execution and priority. 

Currently Rule 6.12 allows C2 to select 

a base matching algorithm and 

subsequently overlay certain priorities 

over the selected base algorithm. There 

are currently two base algorithms: pricetime (often referred to as first in, first 

out or FIFO) in which trading interest at 

a given price point is ranked based on 

time priority, and pro-rata in which 

trading interest at a given price point is 

ranked based on the size of each order/ 

quote at that price. The priority overlays 

allowed under Rule 6.12 are public 

customer priority (priority to nonbroker-dealer orders), trade 

participation right priority (priority, up 

to a designated percentage, for 

qualifying Preferred Market-Makers), 

and market turner priority (priority, up 

to a designated percentage, for 

participants that are first to improve the 

market price on C2). 

C2 seeks to simplify Rule 6.12 to 

allow for 3 choices of matching 

algorithms: price-time, pro-rata, and 

price-time with first priority going to 

public customers and second priority 

pursuant to the trade participation right. 

The first two of these options are 

unchanged. C2 believes that adding the 

third, which is achievable under 

existing C2 Rule 6.12 and which is the 

intended algorithm of choice for the C2 

launch, makes C2 matching rules clearer 

for C2 users. Thus, the filing is not in 


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6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

10 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 

19b–4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory 

organization to provide the Commission with 

written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule 

change, along with a brief description and text of 

the proposed rule change, at least five business days 

prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule 

change, or such shorter time as designated by the 

Commission. C2 has satisfied this requirement. 

11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

any way adding new matching 

functionality, it is streamlining the 

wording of Rule 6.12 (in the process, it 

is eliminating certain matching 

‘‘options’’ available under the current 

rule, but C2 has no intention to use a 

matching algorithm other than the three 

set forth in the revised rule). Further, as 

proposed, the new Rule would continue 

to allow for a market turner overlay. The 

Exchange represents that market turner 

priority would only be applicable and 

would only be utilized when the prorata algorithm is in place. This is 

because the market turner overlay gives 

priority to the participant that is first in 

time at an improved price point, 

something that price-time priority 

already accomplishes. 

The filing also proposes to correct two 

mistaken references in the definitions of 

Professional and Voluntary Professional 

in Rule 1.1. Specifically those 

definitions mistakenly reference Rule 

6.13(c)(5) as 6.13(c)(v). 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 6 and the rules and regulations 

thereunder and, in particular, the 

requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.7

Specifically, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the Section 6(b)(5) 8 requirements that 

the rules of an exchange be designed to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts, to remove 

impediments to and to perfect the 

mechanism for a free and open market 

and a national market system, and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest. Streamlining the C2 

matching rules will assist users seeking 

to better understand the matching 

alternatives available on C2. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

C2 does not believe that the proposed 

rule change will impose any burden on 

competition not necessary or 

appropriate in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposal. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Because the foregoing proposed rule 

change: (1) Does not significantly affect 

the protection of investors or the public 

interest; (2) does not impose any 

significant burden on competition; and 

(3) by its terms does not become 

operative for 30 days after the date of 

this filing, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate if consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest, the proposed rule 

change has become effective pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 9 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.10

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend 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. 

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. 

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 SR–C2–2010–005 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 SR–C2–2010–005. 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 Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, 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 SR–C2– 

2010–005 and should be submitted on 

or before November 18, 2010. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27242 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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[Release No. 34–63161; File No. SR–EDGA– 

2010–15] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGA 

Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend EDGA Rule 

11.5 

October 22, 2010. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on October 

20, 2010, the EDGA Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or the ‘‘EDGA’’) 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 


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