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 November 16, 2007, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Exchange'' or ``Amex'') 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 Amex. On November 26, 2008, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change, as amended, from interested persons and is approving the proposed rule change on an accelerated basis.
\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(l).
\2\ 17 CFR 240. 19b4.
I. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

The Exchange proposes to adopt Commentary .06 to Amex Rule 918 to permit the sending of Principal Acting as Agent Orders (``P/A Orders'') \3\ th ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23396 Tue, Dec 4 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23399

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 November 20, 2007, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (``Exchange'' or ``CBOE'') 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 Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. \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 amend its Fees Schedule to establish fees [[Page 68227]]
applicable to trading on the Exchange's FLEX Hybrid Trading System. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site ( ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23399 Tue, Dec 4 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23397

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on July 12, 2007, NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change described in Items I, II, and III below, which items have been prepared primarily by Nasdaq. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested parties.
\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
I. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

Nasdaq proposes to clarify that the requirement that all issuers be eligible to participate in the Direct Registration Program (``DRS'') also applies to issuers that are limited partnerships. The text of the proposed rule change is below.\2\
\2\ Changes are to the rule text that appears in the electronic manual of Nasdaq found at ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23397 Tue, Dec 4 2007 11:00:00 GMT