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December 15, 2008

SEC Releases Order Approving Option Clearing Corp.'s Rule Changes

Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Late Exercises
Release No. 34-59046; File No. SR-OCC-2007-16, 12/3/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has approved a proposed rule change (SR-OCC-2007-16) submitted under Rule 19b-4 by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC”) that amends OCC’s rules relating to the submission of late items and the fees associated with filing exercise notices after the start of critical processing.

The rule filing will amend OCC’s (1) Rule 801 to modify the fee applied to exercise notices that are accepted by OCC after the start of critical processing, (2) Rule 805 to make conforming changes to the filing fees applied to the submission of supplementary exercise notices tendered after critical processing, and (3)…

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Harris Associates, L.P.

Banc of America Securities LLC

Citicorp USA, Inc.

Jan Charles Finance S.A.

Park East, Inc.

CIBC World Markets Corp.

Citigroup Inc.

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

Alex Brown, Inc.

Toronto Dominion Texas, LLC f.k.a. Toronto Dominion Texas, Inc.

SG Cowen Securities Corp.

Tellabs, Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Mizuho International PLC

Lydia Capital, LLC

Suntrust Capital Markets, Inc.

Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.

ABN AMRO Inc.

Tribune Company

Fleet Securities, Inc. n.k.a. Bank of America, N.A.

City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement

Staples, Inc.

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

CIBC, Inc.

Citibank, N.A.

Metal Management, Inc.

European Metal Recycling, Ltd.

Salomon Smith Barney Inc. n.k.a. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Calyon Securities (USA), Inc. f.k.a. Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc.

Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.

Calyon New York Branch (successor by operation of law to Credit Lyonnais New York Branch)

Dynex Capital Inc.

Citigroup, Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Merit Securities Corp.

JPMorgan Securities Inc.

Teamsters Local 445 Freight Division Pension Fund

Aetna, Inc.

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.,

Cowen & Co., LLC f.k.a. SG Cowen Securities Corp.

Societe Generale

SunTrust Bank

TD Securities (USA), Inc.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp. n.k.a. Harris Nesbitt Burns Corp.

Consolidated Leasing Hugoton Joint Venture #2

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Professional Corporation

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