Document ID: SEC-2012-2086-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Posted Date: 2012-12-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75228-75229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30496]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-68423; File No. SR-C2-2012-041]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change 
To Amend the Fees Schedule

 December 13, 2012.
    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 December 6, 2012, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated 
(``Exchange'' or ``C2'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in 
Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-
regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend its Fees Schedule. The text of the 
proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site (http://www.c2exchange.com/Legal/), at the Exchange'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 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. The Exchange 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
    On September 2, 2011, the Commission approved a proposed rule 
change filed by the Exchange to permit on a pilot basis the listing and 
trading on C2 of Standard & Poor's 500 Index (``S&P 500'') options with 
third-Friday-of-the-month (``Expiration Friday'') expiration dates for 
which the exercise settlement value will be based on the index value 
derived from the closing prices of component securities (``SPXPM'').\3\ 
On September 28, 2011, the Exchange filed an immediately-effective rule 
change to adopt fees associated with the anticipated trading of SPXPM 
(the ``Initial SPXPM Fees Filing'').\4\ In the Initial SPXPM Fees 
Filing, the Exchange adopted an SPXPM Tier Appointment Fee of $4,000 
which would be charged to any Market-Maker Permit holder that has an 
appointment (registration) in SPXPM at any time during a calendar 
month, but the Exchange also waived that fee through November 30, 2011. 
On November 23, the Exchange extended that waiver through December 31, 
2011.\5\ The Exchange then extended that waiver again through February 
29, 2012,\6\ May 31, 2012,\7\ August 31, 2012,\8\ and

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December 31, 2012.\9\ The Exchange hereby proposes continuing that 
waiver through March 31, 2013. The purpose of this waiver extension is 
to allow more time for the SPXPM market to develop and allow and 
encourage Market-Makers to join in and elect for an SPXPM Tier 
Appointment.
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-65256 (September 
2, 2011), 76 FR 55969 (September 9, 2011) (SR-C2-2011-008).
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-65471 (October 3, 
2011), 76 FR 62491 (October 7, 2011) (SR-C2-2011-026).
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-65874 (December 
2, 2011), 76 FR 76785 (December 8, 2011) (SR-C2-2011-037).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-66140 (January 
12, 2012), 77 FR 2772 (January 19, 2012) (SR-C2-2012-002).
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-66472 (February 
27, 2012), 77 FR 12898 (March 2, 2012) (SR-C2-2012-008).
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-67023 (May 18, 
2012), 77 FR 31418 (May 25, 2012) (SR-C2-2012-013).
    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-67723 (August 23, 
2012), 77 FR 52377 (August 29, 2012) (SR-C2-2012-029).
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2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the 
Act,\10\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) 
\11\ of the Act in particular, in that it is designed to provide for 
the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges 
among C2 Trading Permit Holders and other persons using Exchange 
facilities. Continuing the waiver of the SPXPM Tier Appointment Fee is 
reasonable because it will allow Market-Makers with an SPXPM Tier 
Appointment to avoid paying the Tier Appointment Fee for a further 3-
month period, and is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because 
all Market-Makers with an SPXPM Tier Appointment will be able to avoid 
paying the SPXPM Tier Appointment Fee through March 31, 2013.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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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 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

    The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the 
proposed rule change.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) \12\ of the Act and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 \13\ 
thereunder. 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.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \13\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).
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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 email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-C2-2012-041 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-C2-2012-041. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email 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 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 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 publicly available. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-C2-2012-041and should be 
submitted on or before January 9, 2013.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\14\
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    \14\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-30496 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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