Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Securities and Exchange Commission [Release No. 34-49068; File No. SR-BSE-2002-15] I. Introduction On October 31, 2002, the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. (“BSE” or “Exchange”), submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”), pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”), [ 1 ] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, [ 2 ] a proposed rule change to establish trading rules for the proposed Boston Options Exchange (“BOX”)  [ 3 ] facility. On December 18, 2002, the BSE filed Amendment No. 1 that entirely replaced the original rule filing. [ 4 ] On January 9, 2003, the BSE filed Amendment No. 2 that entirely replaced the original rule filing and Amendment No. 1. [ 5 ] Amendment No. 2 was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2003 (“BOX Proposing Release”). [ 6 ] The Commission received 43 comment letters in response to the January 22, 2003, notice. [ 7 ] In response to the comment letters, the BSE filed Amendment No. 3 to the proposal. [ 8 ] The proposed changes were published for comment in the Federal Register on August 22, 2003. [ 9 ] The Commission received 301 comment letters in response to Amendment No. 3. [ 10 ] In response to the comment letters, ( printed page 2776) on January 9, 2004, the BSE filed Amendment No. 4 to the proposed rule change, and a written response to comment letters. [ 11 ] This order approves the BSE's propos…
Citation: 69 FR 2775
