Order Exempting the Trading and Clearing of Certain Products Related to SPDR® Gold Trust Shares

الملخص

On April 23rd, 2008, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or the "Commission") published for public comment in the Federal Register \1\ a proposal to exempt the trading and clearing of products called options on streetTRACKS [supreg] Gold Trust Shares ("ST Gold Options"), proposed to be traded on national securities exchanges, and cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), from the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") \2\ and Commission regulations thereunder to the extent necessary for them to be so traded and cleared. The Commission has determined to issue this Order essentially as proposed. Authority for this exemption is found in Section 4(c) of the CEA.\3\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------