About the NYSE Arca Bylaws and Rules

What's New - October 2008

NYSE Arca Rules

The following rules are amended:

  Rule 5.3 - Criteria for Underlying Securities

  Rule 6.87 - Obvious Errors and Catastrophic Errors

NYSE Arca Equities

The following rules are amended:

  Rule 5.1(b) - Definitions

  Rule 5.2(j)(2) - Equity Linked Notes ("ELNs")

  Rule 5.2(j)(6) - Equity Index-Linked Securities, Commodity-Linked Securities, Currency-Linked Securities, Fixed Income Index-Linked Securities, Futures-Linked Securities and Multifactor Index-Linked Securities

  Rule 7.31 - Orders and Modifiers

  Rule 8.400 - Paired Trust Shares

  Rule 14.3 - NYSE Arca, L.L.C., and Archipelago Holdings, Inc.