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Published Document: 2010-19221 (75 FR 47043)

This document has been published in the Federal Register. Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format.

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 July 26, 2010, BATS Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange” or “BATS”) 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 Exchange. 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 is filing with the Commission a proposal for the BATS Exchange Options Market (“BATS Options”) to designate seventy-five options classes to be added to the Penny Pilot Program (“Penny Pilot”) on August 2, 2010. The Exchange is not proposing to amend any rule text, but simply administering or enforcing an existing rule.[3]

The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange's Web site at http://www.batstrading.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, 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 parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose

The purpose of this filing is to identify the next seventy-five options classes to be added to the Penny Pilot effective August 2, 2010. In the Exchange's filing to adopt rules to govern BATS Options,[4] the Exchange proposed commencing operations for BATS Options by trading all options classes that were, as of such date, traded by other options exchanges pursuant to the Penny Pilot and then expanding the Penny Pilot on a quarterly basis, 75 classes at a time, through August 2010. Each such quarterly expansion would be of the seventy-five most actively traded multiply listed options classes based on the national average daily volume (“ADV”) for the six months prior to selection, closing under $200 per share on the Expiration Friday prior to expansion, except that the month immediately preceding the addition of options to the Penny Pilot would not be used for the purpose of the six month analysis. Index option products would be included in the quarterly expansions if the underlying index levels were under 200.

The Exchange is identifying, in the chart below, seventy-five options classes that it will add to the Penny Pilot on August 2, 2010, based on ADVs for the six months ending June 30, 2010.

2. Statutory Basis

The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder that are applicable to a national securities exchange, and, in particular, with the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.[5] In particular, the Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,[6] because it would promote just and equitable principles of trade, remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of, a free and open market and a national market system, by identifying the options classes to be added to the Penny Pilot in a manner consistent with prior approvals and filings.

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

The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change imposes any burden on competition.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others

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

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

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Act [7] and paragraph (f)(1) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[8] 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.

At any time within the 60-day period beginning on the date 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 proposal is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

Paper Comments

  • Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
July 29, 2010.
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199 MBI MBIA Inc 316 CB Chubb Corp
205 MA Mastercard Inc 320 ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
224 ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp/United States 322 HSY Hershey Co/The
226 YUM Yum! Brands Inc 323 TXT Textron Inc
232 RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 324 GGP General Growth Properties Inc
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238 BPOP Popular Inc 325 NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
248 EK Eastman Kodak Co 326 TWX Time Warner Inc
252 CNX Consol Energy Inc 327 XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
260 DCTH Delcath Systems Inc 328 MYL Mylan Inc/PA
274 MTG MGIC Investment Corp 329 TSO Tesoro Corp
277 PXP Plains Exploration & Production Co 330 CI CIGNA Corp
278 GPS Gap Inc/The 331 ESI ITT Educational Services Inc
280 TSL Trina Solar Ltd 332 NKE NIKE Inc
282 EWW iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund 335 FIS Fidelity National Information Services Inc
283 CRM Salesforce.com Inc 336 SUN Sunoco Inc
286 SWN Southwestern Energy Co 338 BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
287 HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH 340 APWR A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd
288 EOG EOG Resources Inc 341 FWLT Foster Wheeler AG
290 APA Apache Corp 342 LNC Lincoln National Corp
291 VVUS Vivus Inc 343 RSH RadioShack Corp
292 JDSU JDS Uniphase Corp 344 TYC Tyco International Ltd
293 ACI Arch Coal Inc 345 CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
294 NE Noble Corp 346 FXP ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
296 BAX Baxter International Inc 347 NTAP NetApp Inc
297 ADSK Autodesk Inc 348 SO Southern Co
299 KRE SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF 349 PHM Pulte Group Inc
300 XL XL Group Plc 350 HOT Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc
302 WLT Walter Energy Inc 351 QLD ProShares Ultra QQQ
303 IBN ICICI Bank Ltd 352 VRSN VeriSign Inc
305 EWY iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund 353 PCL Plum Creek Timber Co Inc
306 WHR Whirlpool Corp 354 NBR Nabors Industries Ltd
307 BHI Baker Hughes Inc 355 ESRX Express Scripts Inc
308 KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 356 ACAS American Capital Ltd
309 MRO Marathon Oil Corp 357 XLNX Xilinx Inc
310 AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd 358 DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc
311 GIS General Mills Inc 359 CMA Comerica Inc
312 ANR Alpha Natural Resources Inc 360 KEY KeyCorp
314 GENZ Genzyme Corp

All submissions should refer to File No. SR-BATS-2010-019. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the ( printed page 47045) 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 such filing will also 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 No. SR-BATS-2010-019 and should be submitted on or before August 25, 2010.

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.9

Florence E. Harmon,

Deputy Secretary.

Footnotes

3.   See Rule 21.5 regarding the Penny Pilot.

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4.   See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61097 (December 2, 2009), 74 FR 64788 (December 8, 2009) (SR-BATS-2009-031) (Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Establish Rules Governing the Trading of Options on the BATS Options Exchange).

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