4th Quarter - Report

THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION for OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION

Period 4th Quarter 2008 Filed Jan 9, 2009 Signed by Susan Milligan, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Communications

Official filing
Firm
THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION
Client
OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION
Income
—
Expenses
$250,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

P.L. 91-598, Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, seeking an amendment to portfolio margining; H.R. 6513, Securities Act of 2008, Section 8, Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 Amendments, seeking an amendment to portfolio margining; Clearing and risk management for over-the-counter derivatives; The Department of the Treasury Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure March 2008, futures and securities regulatory restructuring

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRADLEY EDGELL —
SUSAN MILLIGAN —
GREG W THOMAS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 6513 (110th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.