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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

          - [Release No. 34-60246; File No. SR-BX-2009-031]

                    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, 2009, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (“NASDAQ OMX BX” 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 NASDAQ OMX BX. NASDAQ OMX BX filed the proposed rule change as a “non-controversial” proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act [3]                                          and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder,[4]                                          which renders the proposal effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is                           ( print page 34058)                        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

NASDAQ OMX BX is filing with the Commission a proposed rule change to provide an optional anti-internalization functionality.

The text of the proposed rule change is below. Proposed new language is underlined and proposed deletions are in brackets.

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## 4757. Book Processing 

System orders shall be executed through the Book Process set forth below:

(a) Execution Algorithm-Price/Time—The System shall execute equally priced or better priced trading interest within the System in price/time priority in the following order:

(1)-(2) No Change.

                    (                    *3*)                     *Exception: Anti-Internalization—Market participants may direct that quotes/orders entered into the System not execute against quotes/orders entered under the same MPID. In such a case, the later entered of the quote/orders will be cancelled back to the entering party.*

(b)-(c) No Change.

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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 Exchange 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. NASDAQ OMX BX 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

NASDAQ OMX BX is proposing to provide a voluntary anti-internalization function. Under the proposal, market participants entering quotes/orders under a specific market participant identifier (“MPID”) may voluntarily direct that they not execute against other quotes/orders entered into the System under the same MPID.

Under the proposal, the System, if requested, will not execute quote/orders entered under the same MPID against each other. Instead, the System will execute against all eligible trading interest of other market participants, in time-priority, up to the point where it would interact with a resting order having the MPID and thereupon immediately cancel any remaining portion of the most recently entered of the two same-MPID quote/orders to its entering party.

Anti-internalization functionality is designed to assist market participants in complying with certain rules and regulations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) that preclude and/or limit managing broker-dealers of such accounts from trading as principal with orders generated for those accounts. It can also assist market participants in reducing execution fees potentially resulting from the interaction of executable buy and sell trading interest from the same firm. Nasdaq OMX BX notes that use of the functionality does not relieve or otherwise modify the duty of best execution owed to orders received from public customers. As such, market participants using anti-internalization functionality will need to take appropriate steps to ensure that public customer orders that do not execute because of the use of anti-internalization functionality ultimately receive the same execution price (or better) they would have originally obtained if execution of the order was not inhibited by the functionality.

#### 2. Statutory Basis

                    Nasdaq OMX BX believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,[5]                                          in general, and with Sections [sic] 6(b)(5) of the Act,[6]                                          in particular, in that the proposal is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. Nasdaq OMX BX notes that similar functionality has previously [sic] approved for other trading systems.[7] 

### B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

NASDAQ OMX BX does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in any burden on competition that is 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

Written comments on the proposed rule change were neither solicited nor received.

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

                    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for 30 days after the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act [8]                                          and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.[9] 

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. 

## 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 rule-comments@sec.gov . Please include File Number SR-BX-2009-031 on the subject line.                           ( print page 34059)      

### 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-BX-2009-031. 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, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the NASDAQ OMX BX. 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-BX-2009-031 and should be submitted on or before August 4, 2009.                

                        For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[10] 

Elizabeth M. Murphy, 

Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                    
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2.                             17 CFR 240.19b-4.                    
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3.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).                    
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4.                             17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).                    
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5.                             15 U.S.C. 78f.                    
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6.                             15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                    
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7.                                                     *See*                         SR-NASD-2003-039.                    
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8.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).                    
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9.                             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. The Exchange has fulfilled this requirement.                    
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10.                                 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).                        
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[FR Doc. E9-16553 Filed 7-13-09; 8:45 am] 

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