Document ID: SEC-2007-1306-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Posted Date: 2007-09-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 184)]
[Notices]               
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-56458; File No. SR-CBOE-2007-107]

 
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, 
Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 
Rule Change Regarding Continuation of Temporary Membership Status From 
and After Commission Approval of a Pending Rule Interpretation 
Concerning Exercise Right Eligibility

September 18, 2007.
    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 September 10, 2007, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated 
(``CBOE'' or ``Exchange'') 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 substantially 
prepared by the CBOE. The Exchange has designated this proposal as one 
constituting a stated policy, practice, or interpretation with respect 
to the meaning, administration, or enforcement of an existing rule 
under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(1) 
thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposal effective upon filing with 
the Commission. 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(i).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(1).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    CBOE proposes to adopt new Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE 
Rule 3.19 that continues the temporary membership status provided to 
certain persons under existing Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE 
Rule 3.19 from and after any approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106.\5\ The text 
of proposed Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 is set 
forth below (since Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 is 
completely new, its text is italicized).
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    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55190 (January 29, 
2007), 72 FR 5472 (February 6, 2007). The Exchange filed SR-CBOE-
2006-106 on December 12, 2006. On January 17, 2007, the Exchange 
filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change. Numerous comments 
were received, and the Exchange responded to those comments on June 
15, 2007. On June 29, 2007, the Exchange filed a partial amendment, 
Amendment No. 2, to the proposed rule change.
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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Rules

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    Rule 3.19. No change.

* * * Interpretations and Policies:

    .01 No change.
    .02 A person (``Temporary Member'') who has been granted temporary 
membership (``Temporary Membership'') status at the Exchange pursuant 
to Interpretation and Policy .01 of this Rule 3.19 shall continue in 
that Temporary Membership status after the Commission's approval of SR-
CBOE-2006-106, if and only if such person (i) has not previously 
terminated that Temporary Membership status and remains in good 
standing as of the close of business on the trading day immediately 
before the date of that approval, (ii) thereafter remains in good 
standing and continues to pay all applicable fees, dues, assessments 
and other like charges that are assessed against CBOE members, and 
(iii) pays to the Exchange a monthly access fee set by the Exchange, 
which shall be due and payable in accordance with the provisions of the 
Exchange Fee Schedule. Such access fee shall be paid directly to the 
Exchange and shall not be escrowed.
    The Temporary Membership status granted to a Temporary Member 
pursuant to this Interpretation and Policy .02 shall terminate upon the 
earlier of (i) the voluntary termination of that Temporary Membership 
status by the Temporary Member, (ii) the approval by the Commission of 
a further proposed rule change that provides for the termination of 
that status and the granting of trading permits or another form of 
trading access to Temporary Members, or (iii) the consummation of a 
transaction pursuant to which either CBOE is converted into a stock 
corporation or memberships in CBOE are converted into stock. Temporary 
Members shall be subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of CBOE under 
the Act, the Constitution and the Rules, including CBOE's disciplinary 
jurisdiction under Chapter XVII.
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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, CBOE 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. CBOE 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
    The Exchange filed this proposed rule change with the Commission to 
continue the temporary membership (``Temporary Membership'') status, 
including trading access, of persons (``Temporary Members'') who 
currently enjoy that status pursuant to Interpretation and Policy .01 
of CBOE Rule 3.19 from and after the time their current Temporary 
Membership status would otherwise terminate if the Commission were to 
approve SR-CBOE-2006-106. The underlying purpose of this proposed rule 
change is to ensure fair and orderly markets at the Exchange when as 
many as 229 former exerciser members cease to be eligible to remain 
members of the Exchange under Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE 
Rule 3.19, upon an approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106 by the Commission.\6\
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    \6\ According to the Exchange, there currently are 229 former 
exerciser members that qualify for temporary membership status under 
Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE Rule 3.19.
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Continuation of Temporary Membership Status

    In SR-CBOE-2006-106, CBOE proposed an interpretation of paragraph 
(b) of Article Fifth of the CBOE Certificate of Incorporation 
(``Article Fifth(b)'') to address the impact of the then-proposed 
acquisition of The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. 
(``CBOT'') by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (``CME 
Holdings'') on the eligibility of persons who were members of CBOE 
(``exerciser members'') pursuant to Article Fifth(b) (the right 
provided under this provision is sometimes referred to as the 
``exercise right'').\7\ Under that interpretation, the consummation of 
the CME/CBOT Transaction resulted in no person any longer qualifying as 
a member of the CBOT within the meaning of Article Fifth(b) and 
therefore resulted in the elimination of any person's eligibility to 
qualify thereafter to become or remain an exerciser member of the 
Exchange.

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Thus, if the Commission were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106, and in the 
absence of any provision for continuing the membership status of such 
persons on a temporary basis after that approval, former exerciser 
members would cease to be entitled, among other things, to trade on the 
Exchange.
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    \7\ CME Holdings proposed to acquire CBOT by merging CME 
Holdings with CBOT Holdings, Inc. (``CBOT Holdings''), of which CBOT 
was a wholly-owned subsidiary (the ``CME/CBOT Transaction''). The 
CME/CBOT Transaction was consummated on July 12, 2007.
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    In SR-CBOE-2006-106, the Exchange stated that it was prepared to 
maintain the status quo for some period of time after the exercise 
right was terminated, in order to control the risk that the loss of 
exerciser members upon the termination of the exercise right might 
adversely affect liquidity in CBOE's market. The Exchange also stated 
that this result would be accomplished by staying, for an interim 
period of time, the impact of the termination of the exercise right on 
the trading access of those individuals who were exerciser members of 
CBOE on a designated cut-off date, and that this action would permit 
those individuals to continue to trade on CBOE in the capacity of CBOE 
members during that interim period. The Exchange indicated that this 
decision to stay the effectiveness of what otherwise would result in a 
termination of trading access was analogous to the right of the 
Exchange under CBOE Rule 3.19. The Exchange also indicated that this 
interim period would continue for so long as necessary to avoid any 
disruption to the market as a result of the loss of exerciser members, 
which could involve the Exchange adopting a plan to provide some form 
of trading access to such persons in the absence of the exercise right. 
In other words, the Exchange envisioned that this interim period would 
start upon the approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106, with the Exchange 
initially maintaining the status quo for former exerciser members, and 
could eventually involve the adoption of a plan to provide some form of 
trading access to former exerciser members through trading permits or 
some other form of substitute trading access rights, at which point the 
interim period would terminate and trading access would be provided 
under such substitute trading access rights. SR-CBOE-2006-106 
contemplated that any such substitute trading access rights would 
require the approval of CBOE members under Section 2.1 of the 
Exchange's Constitution, and would be subject to the approval of the 
Commission under Section 19(b) of the Act.\8\
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b).
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    While SR-CBOE-2006-106 was pending before the Commission, the 
Exchange was faced with a situation that was not addressed in that 
filing, when the CME/CBOT Transaction was consummated before the 
Commission had acted on SR-CBOE-2006-106. In response to that impending 
situation, the Exchange adopted Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE 
Rule 3.19 to provide temporary trading access to certain former 
exerciser members. Under that interpretation, these Temporary Members 
have been granted continued membership status on a temporary basis--
including the right to trade--following the consummation of the CME/
CBOT Transaction on July 12, 2007. However, under the express terms of 
that interpretation, that Temporary Membership status will terminate 
upon any approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106.\9\ The Exchange also indicated 
in the rule filing adopting Interpretation and Policy .01 that, as 
contemplated in SR-CBOE-2006-106, there would be a different temporary 
access plan to address transitional issues that would arise from the 
approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106.\10 \
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    \9\ Interpretation and Policy .01 allows a Temporary Member to 
maintain Temporary Membership status at the Exchange if and only if 
such person (i) remains in good standing and continues to pay all 
applicable fees, dues, assessments and other like charges that are 
assessed against CBOE members, and (ii) pays to the Exchange a 
monthly access fee. A person who has voluntarily terminated a 
Temporary Membership is no longer a member in good standing, and 
consequently would cease to be eligible for the Temporary Membership 
status provided under that interpretation. If that person seeks to 
access the Exchange as a member of the Exchange after such a 
termination, that person will need to lease or purchase a 
transferable Exchange membership.
    \10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56016 (July 5, 
2007), 72 FR 38106 (July 12, 2007) (SR-CBOE-2007-77).
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    The Exchange is filing this proposed rule change to implement its 
original intention, as reflected in SR-CBOE-2006-106, to maintain the 
status quo for former exerciser members by providing them with an 
interim period of trading access after the approval of that filing. The 
Exchange believes that this rule change is appropriate to prevent any 
disruption that might occur in the Exchange's markets if former 
exerciser members suddenly lost all rights to trade on the Exchange if 
the Commission were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106. To avoid the 
possibility of such a disruption, the Exchange proposes to provide 
interim trading access by adopting Interpretation and Policy .02 of 
CBOE Rule 3.19. This interpretation will extend the Temporary 
Membership status provided to Temporary Members under Interpretation 
and Policy .01 of CBOE Rule 3.19.\11\ Under Interpretation and Policy 
.02, this Temporary Membership status will be conditioned on the 
Temporary Member: (i) Not having previously terminated that Temporary 
Membership status and thereafter remaining in good standing, (ii) 
continuing to pay all applicable fees, dues, assessments and other like 
charges that are assessed against CBOE members, and (iii) paying to the 
Exchange a monthly access fee.\12 \
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    \11\ As long as they remain Temporary Members, these persons 
will continue to possess all of the rights, and be subject to all of 
the obligations, of exerciser members prior to the CME/CBOT 
Transaction.
    \12\ Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE Rule 3.19 requires, 
among other things, persons to have been exerciser members of the 
Exchange as of July 1, 2007 to qualify for the Temporary Membership 
status provided under that interpretation. This cut-off date was 
chosen to ensure that only those persons who had a bona fide 
interest in trading on CBOE qualified for the Temporary Membership 
status in Interpretation and Policy .01. For this reason, as well as 
the reasons given for adopting Interpretation and Policy .01, the 
Exchange believes that this cut-off date also is appropriate for 
Interpretation and Policy .02.
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    The interim trading access plan contained in Interpretation and 
Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 addresses the extenuating circumstances 
that would be faced by the Exchange if SR-CBOE-2006-106 were approved 
and, by virtue of that approval, Interpretation and Policy .01 of Rule 
3.19 ceases to apply. Although the Exchange in SR-CBOE-2006-106 
indicated that its decision to stay the effectiveness of the 
termination of trading access upon the approval of that filing was 
``analogous'' to the right of the Exchange under CBOE Rule 3.19, the 
Exchange subsequently has determined that it is appropriate to rely on 
CBOE Rule 3.19 itself to provide trading access to Temporary Members. 
Rule 3.19 allows the Exchange, if the Exchange finds extenuating 
circumstances, to permit a member to retain the member's membership 
status for such period of time as the Exchange deems reasonably 
necessary to enable that person to obtain a membership under those 
extenuating circumstances.
    Because the Exchange's goal in providing interim trading access 
under Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 is to avoid any 
disruption to the Exchange's markets as a result of the sudden loss of 
Temporary Members, the Exchange proposes to continue the Temporary 
Membership status of Temporary Members without requiring any action by 
them and without requiring that they hold any particular interests in 
CBOT. Rather, the Exchange will determine who is an eligible Temporary 
Member under the provisions of this interpretation and will take 
appropriate action to ensure that those persons retain their Temporary 
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course, Temporary Members will be subject to the regulatory 
jurisdiction of CBOE under the Act, the Constitution and the Rules, 
including CBOE's disciplinary jurisdiction under Chapter XVII.
    The Exchange states that Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 
3.19 does not trigger the membership vote provision found in Section 
2.1 of the Exchange's Constitution. That provision applies only when 
the Exchange issues ``new'' memberships. In contrast, Interpretation 
and Policy .02 temporarily preserves the membership rights of existing 
Temporary Members if and as of the time that the Commission approves 
SR-CBOE-2006-106. Because the interpretation would not create any new 
memberships or trading rights, no membership approval is required under 
Section 2.1 of the Exchange's Constitution or otherwise.

Duration of Temporary Membership Status

    CBOE Rule 3.19 provides CBOE with the authority to allow members to 
retain their membership status for such time as is reasonably necessary 
for such persons to obtain a membership under the extenuating 
circumstances that necessitated application of CBOE Rule 3.19. There 
are several extenuating circumstances that would continue to exist if 
the Commission were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106. Most importantly, but 
for Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19, any approval of 
SR-CBOE-2006-106 would cause the sudden loss of as many as 229 
Temporary Members who then would be providing liquidity to the 
Exchange's markets.\13\ In addition, there is a strong likelihood that 
there will be an insufficient number of transferable Exchange 
memberships available for purchase or lease by Temporary Members upon 
that approval. In accordance with its original plan, as reflected in 
SR-CBOE-2006-106, the Exchange intends to offer trading permits or some 
other form of substitute trading access rights to Temporary Members 
after the approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106. However, given the current 
legal controversy surrounding the effect of that approval on the rights 
claimed by former exerciser members and by persons who assert the right 
to become exerciser members,\14\ the Exchange does not believe it is 
possible at this time to formulate prudently such a trading rights plan 
and to submit it for Exchange membership approval, as required under 
Section 2.1 of the Exchange's Constitution. Instead, the Exchange 
intends to design that trading access rights plan after Commission 
approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106 should such approval be given, and 
possibly other developments, provide the Exchange with appropriate 
guidance about the legal backdrop that may affect the structure of that 
trading access rights plan. In light of these extenuating 
circumstances, the Exchange believes that it is reasonably necessary 
for Temporary Memberships to continue in place until such a well-
defined trading access rights plan could be developed and put in place 
if the Commission were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106. Accordingly, under 
Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19, the Temporary 
Membership status granted to a Temporary Member would continue, absent 
voluntary termination of that Temporary Membership status by the 
Temporary Member, until the earlier of (i) the approval by the 
Commission of a further proposed rule change that provides for the 
termination of that status and for the granting of trading permits or 
other form of substitute trading access rights to Temporary Members or 
(ii) the consummation of a transaction pursuant to which either CBOE is 
converted into a stock corporation or memberships in CBOE are converted 
into stock (collectively, a ``Demutualization Transaction''). Each of 
these events would grant trading permits or other form of substitute 
trading access rights to Temporary Members, and each would be subject 
to the approval of CBOE members under Section 2.1 of the Exchange's 
Constitution and to the approval of the Commission under Section 19(b) 
of the Act.\15\
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    \13\ According to the Exchange, as of September 6, 2007, 
approximately 17 of these Temporary Members were registered to trade 
on behalf of Designated Primary Market-Makers (``DPMs''), while 154 
of them were registered to trade as Market-Makers, and 46 were 
registered to trade as either Remote Market-Makers or on behalf of 
Electronic DPMs.
    \14\ In current litigation, purported representatives of such 
persons have claimed that their rights survive the CME/CBOT 
Transaction and would not be affected by approval of SR-CBOE-2006-
106.
    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b).
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Trading Access Fees

    Currently, pursuant to Interpretation and Policy .01 of CBOE Rule 
3.19 and the Exchange Fee Schedule, Temporary Members are required to 
pay a monthly access fee of $4700 per month.\16\ The amount of this fee 
was based on the then-current monthly lease fees being paid to lessors 
of the interest that CBOT denominates as a full CBOT membership, as 
reflected in published lease fee information. Because the Commission 
has not yet determined whether to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106, those fees 
are being held in an interest-bearing escrow account maintained by the 
Exchange, and will be distributed in a manner consistent with any 
Commission action on SR-CBOE-2006-106.\17\
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    \16\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56197 (August 3, 
2007), 72 FR 44897 (August 9, 2007) (SR-CBOE-2007-91).
    \17\ Under its proposed rule change, the Exchange would retain 
the access fees if the Commission approves SR-CBOE-2006-106, and the 
fees would be returned to the payor with interest if the Commission 
disapproves SR-CBOE-2006-106. See Securities Exchange Act Release 
No. 56016 (July 5, 2007), 72 FR 38106 (July 12, 2007) (SR-CBOE-2007-
77).
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    If the Commission approves SR-CBOE-2006-106, former exerciser 
members no longer would have any right of trading access in the 
capacity of an exerciser member. However, pursuant to Interpretation 
and Policy .02, they would continue to have trading access to the 
Exchange as Temporary Members. Accordingly, it is appropriate that 
these persons pay the Exchange a fee for the temporary continued 
trading access that they will be granted, and an escrow no longer will 
be appropriate because the Commission will have approved SR-CBOE-2006-
106. The Exchange therefore proposes that these monthly access fees be 
paid directly to the Exchange and that they not be escrowed.
    The Exchange will modify the amount of the monthly access fee if 
SR-CBOE-2006-106 is approved. In this regard, absent Interpretation and 
Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19, Temporary Members would need to lease (or 
purchase) transferable Exchange memberships to continue to have trading 
access to the Exchange after the approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106. The 
Exchange therefore believes that the appropriate amount of the monthly 
access fee after such approval should be an amount reasonably related 
to the current lease market rate for transferable Exchange memberships. 
The Exchange will file a rule change relating to that amount in a 
separate proposed rule change that will be filed with the Commission 
under Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act.\18\
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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Filing Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \19\

    The Exchange is filing Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 
3.19 pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act.\20\ As was the case in 
respect of Interpretation and Policy .01, Interpretation and Policy 
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constitutes a stated policy, practice, or interpretation with respect 
to the meaning, administration, or enforcement of an existing rule and 
therefore qualifies for filing under Section 19(b)(3)(A).\21\ According 
to Commission Rule 19b-4(b)(2)(ii),\22\ a ``stated policy, practice or 
interpretation'' means, among other things, ``[a]ny statement made 
generally available to the membership of * * * or to persons having or 
seeking access * * * to the facilities of [the Exchange] * * * with 
respect to * * * the meaning * * * of an existing rule.'' 
Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 is such a statement 
made to the entire membership of CBOE, and to those who are ``seeking 
access'' to CBOE, ``with respect to the meaning of an existing rule''--
namely, CBOE Rule 3.19. CBOE Rule 3.19 provides in general for the 
temporary continuation of a person's membership status when that 
membership status is lost under ``extenuating circumstances'' and 
provides that the membership status may be continued for a period of 
time that the Exchange determines to be ``reasonably necessary'' to 
allow a substitute membership to be obtained. Interpretation and Policy 
.02 applies those general standards to the present situation. In 
particular, as more fully set forth above, the interpretation 
identifies several circumstances that would exist if the Commission 
were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106 as qualifying as ``extenuating 
circumstances'' that make it appropriate to allow Temporary Members to 
continue in that membership status after that approval. In addition, 
the interpretation construes the duration of that continued Temporary 
Membership status that is ``reasonably necessary'' in light of those 
extenuating circumstances. The interpretation of those elements of CBOE 
Rule 3.19 is an interpretation of the ``meaning of an existing rule'' 
and therefore is appropriately submitted under Section 19(b)(3)(A).\23\
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \22\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(b)(2)(ii).
    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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    Although the proposed rule change will be effective upon filing, it 
will not become operative, in accordance with its terms, unless the 
Commission were to approve SR-CBOE-2006-106. Accordingly, the actual 
implementation of Interpretation and Policy .02 of CBOE Rule 3.19 is 
dependent on Commission action on SR-CBOE-2006-106.

General Reasons Supporting the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change preserves fair 
and orderly markets at CBOE by avoiding the sudden loss of as many as 
229 Temporary Members who presently are contributing liquidity to 
CBOE's markets. Moreover, the proposed rule change treats these 
Temporary Members fairly by avoiding the immediate termination of their 
trading access on the Exchange upon the approval of SR-CBOE-2006-106.
2. Statutory Basis
    For the reasons discussed above, the Exchange believes that the 
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act,\24\ in 
general, and furthers the particular objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of 
the Act.\25\ In particular, the proposed rule change is designed to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments 
to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market, and, in 
general, to protect investors and the public interest.
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    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange 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

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to 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) of the Act \26\ and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 
thereunder.\27\ 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.
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    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \27\ 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 e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 

File Number SR-CBOE-2007-107 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CBOE-2007-107. 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, on official business 
days between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm. Copies of the filing also 
will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of 
CBOE. 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-2007-107 and should be submitted on or before October 15, 2007.
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    \28\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\28\
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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