

[Federal Register: February 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 38)]
[Notices]               
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-55319; File No. SR-CHX-2007-01]

 
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change 
and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Use of a ``SOLD'' Indicator

February 20, 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 January 30, 2007, the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. (``CHX'' 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 
Exchange. The CHX has filed this proposal pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(5) thereunder,\4\ which 
renders it effective upon filing with the Commission. On February 20, 
2007, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule 
change.\5\ The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments 
on the proposed rule change, as amended, 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).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(5).
    \5\ See Form 19b-4 dated February 20, 2007 (``Amendment No. 
1'').
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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 rules to specify that a ``SOLD'' 
indicator must only be affixed to a trade to the extent required by 
applicable intermarket trade reporting plans.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the CHX's Web 
site at http://www.chx.com, the Exchange's principal office, 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 CHX 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 CHX 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 the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange's institutional brokers may execute transactions in 
the Exchange's Matching System or may report transactions through the 
Exchange's Brokerplex system.\6\ Under Article 17, Rule 3(e) of the 
Exchange's rules, if institutional brokers use the Brokerplex system's 
trade reporting functionality, these brokers are required to use their 
best efforts to report transactions within 10 seconds after execution. 
A ``SOLD'' indicator must be affixed to the trade if this 10-second 
window is exceeded.\7\
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    \6\ The Exchange's Brokerplex system currently can be used by 
CHX institutional brokers to receive and enter orders, manage their 
orders, route orders to the Exchange's Matching System and other 
destinations for execution and report executed trades.
    \7\ A ``SOLD'' indicator is used, when reporting trades in Tape 
A and B securities, to identify trades that are being reported late 
(i.e., after some delay from the time of execution) and out of 
sequence. The Consolidated Tape Association Plan (the ``CTA Plan''), 
which governs trade reporting in Tape A and B securities, provides 
that a market should ``designate as `late' any last sale price not 
collected and reported'' within 90 seconds after the execution 
occurs.
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    The CHX had established this 10-second time frame for affixing the 
``SOLD'' indicator as part of its new trading model rules in the belief 
that the CTA Plan would be amended to contain a similar provision. At 
this point, however, the CTA Plan has not been amended to reflect this 
shorter time frame.\8\
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    \8\ The CTA Plan and specifications currently provide that the 
indicator must be placed on trades reported more than 90 seconds 
after they are executed.
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    This proposal would change the Exchange's rules to specify that the 
``SOLD'' indicator must only be affixed to a trade to the extent that 
the indicator is required by an intermarket trade reporting plan, such 
as the CTA Plan.
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act 
\9\ in general and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) \10\ in 
particular, in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and 
manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade, 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.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition 
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Act.

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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

    Because the proposed rule change does not: (1) Significantly affect 
the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (3) have the effect of limiting 
the access to or availability of an existing order entry or trading 
system of the Exchange, the foregoing rule change has become effective 
immediately pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \11\ and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(5) \12\ thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the 
filing of such 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 the furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act.\13\
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \12\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(5).
    \13\ For the purposes of calculating the 60-day abrogation 
period, the Commission considers the proposed rule change to have 
been filed on February 20, 2007, when Amendment No. 1 was filed.
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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-CHX-2007-01 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CHX-2007-01. 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. Copies of such 
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the 
principal offices of CHX. 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-CHX-2007-01 and should be submitted on or before March 20, 2007.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\14\
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    \14\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-3290 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]

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