Form 3, OMB Control No. 32350104, SEC File No. 270125.

Form 4 , OMB Control No. 32350287, SEC File No. 270126.

Form 5 , OMB Control No. 32350362, SEC File No. 270323.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget requests for extension of the previously approved collections of information discussed below.

Under the Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) Forms 3, 4, and 5 (17 CFR 249.103, 249.104 and 249.105) are filed by insiders of public companies that have a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78l). Form 3 is an initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities, Form 4 is a statement of changes in b ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22510 Mon, Nov 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22511

Extension:

Rule 8c1, SEC File No. 270455 , OMB Control No. 32350514.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget requests for approval of the following rule: Rule 8c1.

Rule 8c1 (17 CFR 240.8c1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) generally prohibits a brokerdealer from using its customers' securities as collateral to finance its own trading, speculating, or underwriting transactions. More specifically, the rule states three main principles: first, that a brokerdealer is prohibited from commingling the securities of different customers as collateral for a loan without the consent of each customer; second, that a brokerdealer cannot commingle customers' secu ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22511 Mon, Nov 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22533

I. Introduction

On September 14, 2007, September 19, 2007, August 29, 2007, August 30, 2007, August 29, 2007, and September 26, 2007, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex''), the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. (``BSE''), the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (``CBOE''), the International Securities Exchange, LLC (``ISE''), the NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca''), and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'') (collectively, ``Participants''), respectively, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') pursuant to section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 608 thereunder \2\ an amendment (``Joint Amendment No. 23'') to the Plan for the Purpose of Creating and Operating an Intermarket Option Linkage (``Linkage Plan'').\3\ In Joint Amendment No. 23, the Participants propose to modify section 7(a)(i) of the Linkage Plan to permit trading on Linkage prior to the opening of trading. The proposed Joint Amendment No ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22533 Mon, Nov 19 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-19-E7-22482

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on August 27, 2007, the American Stock Exchange LLC (the ``Amex'' or the ``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 substantially prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice and order to solicit comments on the proposal from interested persons and to approve the proposed rule change on an accelerated basis.
\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b4.
I. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

The Exchange proposes to list and trade options on shares of the iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund (the ``Fund Options'').