80_FR_28417 80 FR 28322 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Related to Fees for Use of BATS Exchange, Inc.

80 FR 28322 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Related to Fees for Use of BATS Exchange, Inc.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 95 (May 18, 2015)

Page Range28322-28325
FR Document2015-11878

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28322-28325]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11878]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-74938; File No. SR-BATS-2015-35]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Related to 
Fees for Use of BATS Exchange, Inc.

May 12, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on May 1, 2015, BATS Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``BATS'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, 
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The 
Exchange has designated the proposed rule change as one establishing or 
changing a member due, fee, or other charge imposed by the Exchange 
under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) 
thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposed rule change effective upon 
filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange filed a proposal to amend the fee schedule applicable 
to Members \5\ and non-members of the Exchange pursuant to BATS Rules 
15.1(a) and (c). Changes to the fee schedule pursuant to this proposal 
are effective upon filing.
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    \5\ The term ``Member'' is defined as ``any registered broker or 
dealer that has been admitted to membership in the Exchange.'' See 
Exchange Rule 1.5(n).
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    The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange's 
Web site at www.batstrading.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and 
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The 
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in 
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such 
statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to modify its fee schedule in order to: (1) 
Amend the rebate associated with fee code BY; (2) eliminate the NBBO 
Setter and Joiner Tiers; (3) establish a Single MPID Investor Tier; and 
(4) simplify pricing related to Physical Connection Fees.
Fee Code BY
    The Exchange currently provides a rebate of $0.0016 per share for 
Members' orders that yield fee code BY, which routes to BYX and removes 
liquidity using Destination Specific, TRIM, TRIM2, TRIM3, or SLIM 
routing strategies. The Exchange proposes to amend its Fee Schedule to 
decrease the rebate for orders that yield fee code BY to $0.0015 per 
share. The proposed change represents a pass through of the rate BATS 
Trading, Inc. (``BATS Trading''), the Exchange's affiliated routing 
broker-dealer, is provided for routing orders to BYX that remove 
liquidity. The proposed change is in response to BYX's May 2015 fee 
change where BYX decreased its rebate from $0.0016 per share to $0.0015 
per share.\6\ When BATS Trading routes to and removes liquidity from 
BYX, it will now receive a standard rebate of $0.0015 per share. BATS 
Trading will pass through the rebate provided by BYX to the Exchange 
and the Exchange, in turn, will pass through this rate to its Members.
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    \6\ See BYX Exchange Fee Schedule Changes Effective May 1, 2015 
available at http://cdn.batstrading.com/resources/fee_schedule/2015/BATS-BYX-Exchange-BZX-Exchange-EDGA-Exchange-and-EDGX-Exchange-Fee-Schedule-Changes-Effective-May-1-2015.pdf.
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NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
    The Exchange currently offers an additional rebate per share for 
certain orders that establish a new NBBO or that join the NBBO when the 
Exchange is not already at the NBBO. Such additional rebates range from 
$0.0001 per share to $0.0005 per share. The Exchange is proposing to 
eliminate these additional rebates because the rebates have not 
achieved the desired effect, despite being designed to incentivize 
Members to add liquidity that sets or joins the Exchange to the NBBO. 
As such, the Exchange is proposing to eliminate the text in footnote 
four related to the NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers.
Single MPID Investor Tier
    The Exchange proposes to add new text to footnote four to establish 
a new Investor Tier under which a Member can qualify for a rebate of 
$0.0031 per share on an MPID by MPID basis if they meet the following 
criteria: (i) The MPID's ADAV \7\ as a percentage of TCV \8\ is equal 
to or greater than 0.35%; and (ii) the MPID's ADAV as a percentage of 
ADV \9\ is equal to or greater than 90%. The Exchange notes that this 
proposal is substantively identical to the ``Investor Tier'' rebate 
offered on EDGX Exchange, Inc. (``EDGX'').\10\
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    \7\ ``ADAV'' means average daily volume calculated as the number 
of shares added per day.
    \8\ ``TCV'' means total consolidated volume calculated as the 
volume reported by all exchanges to the consolidated transaction 
reporting plan for the month for which the fees apply.
    \9\ ``ADV'' means average daily volume calculated as the number 
of shares added or removed, combined, per day.
    \10\ See EDGX Exchange, Inc. Fee Schedule available at http://www.batstrading.com/support/fee_schedule/edgx/.
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Physical Connection Fees
    The Exchange currently maintains a presence in two third-party data 
centers: (i) The primary data center where the Exchange's business is 
primarily conducted on a daily basis, and (ii) a

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secondary data center, which is predominantly maintained for business 
continuity purposes. The Exchange currently assesses fees to Members 
and non-Members of $1,000 for any 1G physical port connection at either 
data center and of $2,500 for any 10G physical port connection at 
either data center. The Exchange also provides market participants with 
the ability to access the Exchange's network through another data 
center entry point, or Point of Presence (``PoP''), at a data center 
other than the Exchange's primary or secondary data center.\11\ The 
Exchange currently charges $2,000 for any 1G physical port to connect 
to the Exchange in any data center where the Exchange maintains a PoP 
other than the Exchange's primary or secondary data center and $5,000 
per month for each single physical 10G port provided by the Exchange to 
any Member or non-member in any data center where the Exchange 
maintains a PoP other than the Exchange's primary or secondary data 
center.
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    \11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70199 (August 14, 
2013), 78 FR 51250 (August 20, 2013) (SR-BATS-2013-036) (Order 
Approving a Proposed Rule Change to Introduce a Connectivity Option 
Through Points of Presence).
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    The Exchange proposes to simplify its pricing structure by imposing 
a uniform rate for physical ports regardless of the data center in 
which the port connection is made. Specifically, the Exchange proposes 
to charge $1,000 per month for all 1G physical port connections and 
$2,500 per month for all 10G physical ports in any location where the 
Exchange offers the ability to connect to Exchange systems, including 
the secondary data center and any PoP location. In conjunction with the 
proposed change, the Exchange also proposes minor changes to re-format 
the chart that sets forth physical connection fees and also proposes to 
re-locate such chart and the accompanying text such that physical 
connection fees directly follow logical port fees.
Implementation Date
    The Exchange proposes to implement the amendments to its fee 
schedule effective immediately.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,\12\ in general, and 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4),\13\ in particular, as it is 
designed to provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees and other charges among its Members and other persons using its 
facilities. The Exchange also notes that it operates in a highly-
competitive market in which market participants can readily direct 
order flow to competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular 
venue to be excessive. The Exchange believes that the proposed rates 
are equitable and non-discriminatory in that they apply uniformly to 
all Members.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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Fee Code BY
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to decrease the rebate for 
orders that yield fee code BY represents an equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among Members and other 
persons using its facilities. Prior to the BYX's May 2015 fee change, 
BYX provided BATS Trading a rebate of $0.0016 per share to remove 
liquidity, which BATS Trading passed through to the Exchange and the 
Exchange provided its Members. When BATS Trading routes to BYX, it will 
now be provided a rebate of $0.0015 per share. The Exchange does not 
levy additional fees or offer additional rebates for orders that it 
routes to BYX through BATS Trading. Therefore, the Exchange believes 
that the proposed change to fee code BY is equitable and reasonable 
because it accounts for the pricing changes on BYX, which enables the 
Exchange to provide its Members the applicable pass-through rebate. 
Lastly, the Exchange notes that routing through BATS Trading is 
voluntary and believes that the proposed change is non-discriminatory 
because it would apply uniformly to all Members.
NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
    The Exchange believes that the proposed elimination of the NBBO 
Setter and Joiner Tiers represents an equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among Members and other 
persons using its facilities because, as described above, the 
additional rebates offered under these tiers are not affecting Members' 
behavior in the manner originally conceived by the Exchange. While the 
Exchange acknowledges the benefit of Members entering orders that set 
or join the NBBO, the Exchange has generally determined that it is 
providing additional rebates for liquidity that would be added on the 
Exchange regardless of whether the tiers existed. By paying these 
rebates, the Exchange is not only offering rebates for orders that 
would set or join the NBBO without being incentivized to do so, but 
also missing out on the opportunity to offer other rebates or reduced 
fees that could incentivize other behavior that would enhance market 
quality on the Exchange, which would benefit all Members. As such, the 
Exchange also believes that the proposed elimination of the NBBO Setter 
and Joiner Tiers would be non-discriminatory in that it currently 
applies equally to all Members and, upon elimination, would no longer 
be available to any Members. Further, it will allow the Exchange to 
explore other ways in which it may enhance market quality for all 
Members.
Single MPID Investor Tier
    The Exchange believes that the proposed addition of the Single MPID 
Investor Tier represents an equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees, and other charges among Members and other persons using its 
facilities because it rewards Members with order flow characteristics 
that contribute meaningfully to price discovery on the Exchange. In 
other words, Members that post a substantial amount of liquidity and 
primarily post liquidity are valuable Members to the Exchange and the 
marketplace in terms of liquidity provision. By applying the tier on a 
single MPID rather than across a Member's entire trading activity, the 
Exchange is also allowing more Members to potentially receive the 
enhanced rebates for their trading activity related to liquidity 
provision. The Single MPID Investor Tier also encourages Members to 
primarily add liquidity in order to satisfy the ADAV as a percentage of 
ADV of at least 90%. Such increased volume increases potential revenue 
to the Exchange, and would allow the Exchange to spread its 
administrative and infrastructure costs over a greater number of 
shares, leading to lower per share costs. These lower per share costs 
would allow the Exchange to pass on the savings to Members in the form 
of higher rebates. The increased liquidity also benefits all investors 
by deepening the Exchange's liquidity pool, offering additional 
flexibility for all investors to enjoy cost savings, supporting the 
quality of price discovery, promoting market transparency and improving 
investor protection. Volume-based rebates such as the ones proposed 
herein have been widely adopted in the cash equities markets, and are 
equitable because they are open to all Members on an equal basis and 
provide discounts that are reasonably related to the value to an 
exchange's market quality associated with higher levels of market 
activity, such as higher levels of liquidity provision and introduction 
of higher volumes of orders into the price and volume discovery 
processes.
    In addition, the rebate is also reasonable in that other exchanges

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likewise employ similar pricing mechanisms. For example, EDGX offers a 
substantively identical investor tier that provides enhanced rebates 
for its members that meet certain thresholds that are based on the same 
metrics proposed by the Exchange, which are designed to encourage price 
discovery and market transparency. As stated above, EDGX's investor 
tier is substantively identical to the Single MPID Investor Tier 
proposed by the Exchange except that on EDGX a member will receive a 
$0.0032 per share rebate for orders that add liquidity where the member 
has an ADAV of at least 0.15% of TCV and an ADAV as a percentage of ADV 
of at least 85%. Finally, the Exchange also believes that the proposed 
Single MPID Investor Tier is non-discriminatory in that it would apply 
equally to all Members.
Physical Connection Fees
    The Exchange believes that providing uniform rates for all 1G and 
10G physical connections to Exchange is reasonable because such change 
represents a reduction in fees for any Member that connects to the 
Exchange at a PoP location and no change to fees for any Member located 
in the Exchange's primary or secondary data center. The Exchange also 
believes that the proposal is equitably allocated and not unreasonably 
discriminatory because, as proposed, market participants will be able 
to access the Exchange at uniform rates regardless of whether such 
access is at the Exchange's primary or secondary data center location 
or another location where the Exchange offers access.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe its proposed amendments to its fee 
schedule would impose any burden on competition that is not necessary 
or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Fee Code BY
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to pass through the amended 
rebate for orders that yield fee code BY would increase intermarket 
competition because it offers customers an alternative means to route 
to BYX for the same rebate that they would be provided if they entered 
orders on that trading center directly. The Exchange believes that its 
proposal would not burden intramarket competition because the proposed 
rebate would apply uniformly to all Members.
NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
    The Exchange does not believe that its proposal to eliminate the 
NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers would burden competition, but, rather, 
enhance the Exchange's ability to compete with other market centers. As 
described above, the Exchange believes that it is offering enhanced 
rebates for orders that would be submitted to the Exchange without the 
enhanced rebate, which prevents the Exchange from being able to offer 
other rebates or reduced fees that might be able to enhance market 
quality to the benefit of all Members. As such, eliminating the NBBO 
Setter and Joiner Tiers will allow the Exchange other opportunities to 
enhance market quality on the Exchange and ultimately, better compete 
with other market centers.
Single MPID Investor Tier
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to adopt the Single MPID 
Investor Tier would increase intramarket competition by rewarding 
Members with order flow characteristics that contribute meaningfully to 
price discovery on the Exchange. In other words, the proposal is a 
competitive proposal in that it is designed to incentivize the entry of 
orders to the Exchange that will provide liquidity to other Members. 
The Exchange does not believe that its proposal would burden 
intramarket competition because the proposed rebate would apply 
uniformly to all Members that achieve the objective criteria of the 
Single MPID Investor Tier.
Physical Connection Fees
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed change to physical 
port fees represents a significant departure from previous pricing 
offered by the Exchange or pricing offered by the Exchange's 
competitors. Rather, as described above, the Exchange is simply 
normalizing its fees for physical access to the Exchange regardless of 
the location where a physical connection is made. The offering is 
consistent with the Exchange's own economic incentives to facilitate as 
many market participants as possible in connecting to its market. 
Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe that the proposed change 
will impair the ability of Members or competing venues to maintain 
their competitive standing in the financial markets. The Exchange does 
not believe that its proposal would burden intramarket competition 
because the fees for physical connections would apply uniformly to all 
Members.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit, 
comments on this proposed rule change. The Exchange has not received 
any written comments from members or other interested parties.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \14\ and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 
thereunder.\15\ At any time within 60 days of the filing of the 
proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend 
such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is 
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of 
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \15\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-BATS-2015-35 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BATS-2015-35. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help 
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the

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Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from 
the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 
available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 on official 
business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of 
such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the 
principal offices of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted 
without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying 
information from submissions. You should submit only information that 
you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to 
File Number SR-BATS-2015-35, and should be submitted on or before June 
8, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
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    \16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                    Washington, DC 20549 on official                         I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     response to BYX’s May 2015 fee change
                                                    business days between the hours of                       Statement of the Terms of Substance of                where BYX decreased its rebate from
                                                    10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                   the Proposed Rule Change                              $0.0016 per share to $0.0015 per share.6
                                                    filing also will be available for                           The Exchange filed a proposal to                   When BATS Trading routes to and
                                                    inspection and copying at the principal                  amend the fee schedule applicable to                  removes liquidity from BYX, it will now
                                                    office of the Exchange. All comments                     Members 5 and non-members of the                      receive a standard rebate of $0.0015 per
                                                    received will be posted without change;                  Exchange pursuant to BATS Rules                       share. BATS Trading will pass through
                                                    the Commission does not edit personal                    15.1(a) and (c). Changes to the fee                   the rebate provided by BYX to the
                                                    identifying information from                             schedule pursuant to this proposal are                Exchange and the Exchange, in turn,
                                                                                                             effective upon filing.                                will pass through this rate to its
                                                    submissions. You should submit only
                                                                                                                The text of the proposed rule change               Members.
                                                    information that you wish to make
                                                    available publicly. All submissions                      is available at the Exchange’s Web site               NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
                                                    should refer to File Number SR–CBOE–                     at www.batstrading.com, at the
                                                                                                             principal office of the Exchange, and at                 The Exchange currently offers an
                                                    2015–046 and should be submitted on                                                                            additional rebate per share for certain
                                                    or before June 8, 2015.                                  the Commission’s Public Reference
                                                                                                             Room.                                                 orders that establish a new NBBO or
                                                      For the Commission, by the Division of                                                                       that join the NBBO when the Exchange
                                                    Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated               II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    is not already at the NBBO. Such
                                                    authority.25                                             Statement of the Purpose of, and                      additional rebates range from $0.0001
                                                                                                             Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                per share to $0.0005 per share. The
                                                    Robert W. Errett,
                                                                                                             Change                                                Exchange is proposing to eliminate
                                                    Deputy Secretary.                                                                                              these additional rebates because the
                                                                                                                In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–11877 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am]                                                                    rebates have not achieved the desired
                                                                                                             Exchange included statements
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                                                                                                             concerning the purpose of and basis for               effect, despite being designed to
                                                                                                             the proposed rule change and discussed                incentivize Members to add liquidity
                                                                                                             any comments it received on the                       that sets or joins the Exchange to the
                                                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                  proposed rule change. The text of these               NBBO. As such, the Exchange is
                                                    COMMISSION                                               statements may be examined at the                     proposing to eliminate the text in
                                                                                                             places specified in Item IV below. The                footnote four related to the NBBO Setter
                                                    [Release No. 34–74938; File No. SR–BATS–                 Exchange has prepared summaries, set                  and Joiner Tiers.
                                                    2015–35]                                                 forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of               Single MPID Investor Tier
                                                                                                             the most significant parts of such
                                                    Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS                      statements.                                              The Exchange proposes to add new
                                                    Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and                                                                           text to footnote four to establish a new
                                                    Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed                    A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     Investor Tier under which a Member
                                                                                                             Statement of the Purpose of, and                      can qualify for a rebate of $0.0031 per
                                                    Rule Change Related to Fees for Use
                                                                                                             Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                share on an MPID by MPID basis if they
                                                    of BATS Exchange, Inc.
                                                                                                             Change                                                meet the following criteria: (i) The
                                                    May 12, 2015.                                            1. Purpose                                            MPID’s ADAV 7 as a percentage of TCV 8
                                                       Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                                                                         is equal to or greater than 0.35%; and
                                                                                                                The Exchange proposes to modify its                (ii) the MPID’s ADAV as a percentage of
                                                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934                          fee schedule in order to: (1) Amend the
                                                    (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                                                                        ADV 9 is equal to or greater than 90%.
                                                                                                             rebate associated with fee code BY; (2)               The Exchange notes that this proposal is
                                                    notice is hereby given that on May 1,                    eliminate the NBBO Setter and Joiner                  substantively identical to the ‘‘Investor
                                                    2015, BATS Exchange, Inc. (the                           Tiers; (3) establish a Single MPID                    Tier’’ rebate offered on EDGX Exchange,
                                                    ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BATS’’) filed with the                 Investor Tier; and (4) simplify pricing               Inc. (‘‘EDGX’’).10
                                                    Securities and Exchange Commission                       related to Physical Connection Fees.
                                                    (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed                                                                       Physical Connection Fees
                                                                                                             Fee Code BY
                                                    rule change as described in Items I, II,                                                                          The Exchange currently maintains a
                                                    and III below, which Items have been                        The Exchange currently provides a                  presence in two third-party data centers:
                                                    prepared by the Exchange. The                            rebate of $0.0016 per share for Members’              (i) The primary data center where the
                                                    Exchange has designated the proposed                     orders that yield fee code BY, which                  Exchange’s business is primarily
                                                    rule change as one establishing or                       routes to BYX and removes liquidity                   conducted on a daily basis, and (ii) a
                                                    changing a member due, fee, or other                     using Destination Specific, TRIM,
                                                    charge imposed by the Exchange under                     TRIM2, TRIM3, or SLIM routing                           6 See BYX Exchange Fee Schedule Changes

                                                    Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act 3 and                 strategies. The Exchange proposes to                  Effective May 1, 2015 available at http://
                                                                                                             amend its Fee Schedule to decrease the                cdn.batstrading.com/resources/fee_schedule/2015/
                                                    Rule 19b–4(f)(2) thereunder,4 which                                                                            BATS-BYX-Exchange-BZX-Exchange-EDGA-
                                                                                                             rebate for orders that yield fee code BY
                                                    renders the proposed rule change                                                                               Exchange-and-EDGX-Exchange-Fee-Schedule-
                                                                                                             to $0.0015 per share. The proposed                    Changes-Effective-May-1-2015.pdf.
                                                    effective upon filing with the
                                                                                                             change represents a pass through of the                 7 ‘‘ADAV’’ means average daily volume calculated
                                                    Commission. The Commission is                            rate BATS Trading, Inc. (‘‘BATS                       as the number of shares added per day.
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                                                    publishing this notice to solicit                        Trading’’), the Exchange’s affiliated                   8 ‘‘TCV’’ means total consolidated volume
                                                    comments on the proposed rule change                     routing broker-dealer, is provided for                calculated as the volume reported by all exchanges
                                                    from interested persons.                                 routing orders to BYX that remove
                                                                                                                                                                   to the consolidated transaction reporting plan for
                                                                                                                                                                   the month for which the fees apply.
                                                                                                             liquidity. The proposed change is in                    9 ‘‘ADV’’ means average daily volume calculated
                                                      25 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                                                                                   as the number of shares added or removed,
                                                      1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                   5 The term ‘‘Member’’ is defined as ‘‘any           combined, per day.
                                                      2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
                                                                                                             registered broker or dealer that has been admitted      10 See EDGX Exchange, Inc. Fee Schedule
                                                      3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
                                                                                                             to membership in the Exchange.’’ See Exchange         available at http://www.batstrading.com/support/
                                                      4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).                              Rule 1.5(n).                                          fee_schedule/edgx/.



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                                                    secondary data center, which is                         other persons using its facilities. The               Exchange, which would benefit all
                                                    predominantly maintained for business                   Exchange also notes that it operates in               Members. As such, the Exchange also
                                                    continuity purposes. The Exchange                       a highly-competitive market in which                  believes that the proposed elimination
                                                    currently assesses fees to Members and                  market participants can readily direct                of the NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
                                                    non-Members of $1,000 for any 1G                        order flow to competing venues if they                would be non-discriminatory in that it
                                                    physical port connection at either data                 deem fee levels at a particular venue to              currently applies equally to all Members
                                                    center and of $2,500 for any 10G                        be excessive. The Exchange believes                   and, upon elimination, would no longer
                                                    physical port connection at either data                 that the proposed rates are equitable and             be available to any Members. Further, it
                                                    center. The Exchange also provides                      non-discriminatory in that they apply                 will allow the Exchange to explore other
                                                    market participants with the ability to                 uniformly to all Members.                             ways in which it may enhance market
                                                    access the Exchange’s network through                                                                         quality for all Members.
                                                                                                            Fee Code BY
                                                    another data center entry point, or Point
                                                                                                              The Exchange believes that its                      Single MPID Investor Tier
                                                    of Presence (‘‘PoP’’), at a data center
                                                    other than the Exchange’s primary or                    proposal to decrease the rebate for                      The Exchange believes that the
                                                    secondary data center.11 The Exchange                   orders that yield fee code BY represents              proposed addition of the Single MPID
                                                    currently charges $2,000 for any 1G                     an equitable allocation of reasonable                 Investor Tier represents an equitable
                                                    physical port to connect to the Exchange                dues, fees, and other charges among                   allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and
                                                    in any data center where the Exchange                   Members and other persons using its                   other charges among Members and other
                                                    maintains a PoP other than the                          facilities. Prior to the BYX’s May 2015               persons using its facilities because it
                                                    Exchange’s primary or secondary data                    fee change, BYX provided BATS                         rewards Members with order flow
                                                    center and $5,000 per month for each                    Trading a rebate of $0.0016 per share to              characteristics that contribute
                                                    single physical 10G port provided by                    remove liquidity, which BATS Trading                  meaningfully to price discovery on the
                                                    the Exchange to any Member or non-                      passed through to the Exchange and the                Exchange. In other words, Members that
                                                    member in any data center where the                     Exchange provided its Members. When                   post a substantial amount of liquidity
                                                    Exchange maintains a PoP other than                     BATS Trading routes to BYX, it will                   and primarily post liquidity are valuable
                                                    the Exchange’s primary or secondary                     now be provided a rebate of $0.0015 per               Members to the Exchange and the
                                                    data center.                                            share. The Exchange does not levy                     marketplace in terms of liquidity
                                                       The Exchange proposes to simplify its                additional fees or offer additional                   provision. By applying the tier on a
                                                    pricing structure by imposing a uniform                 rebates for orders that it routes to BYX              single MPID rather than across a
                                                    rate for physical ports regardless of the               through BATS Trading. Therefore, the                  Member’s entire trading activity, the
                                                    data center in which the port                           Exchange believes that the proposed                   Exchange is also allowing more
                                                    connection is made. Specifically, the                   change to fee code BY is equitable and                Members to potentially receive the
                                                    Exchange proposes to charge $1,000 per                  reasonable because it accounts for the                enhanced rebates for their trading
                                                    month for all 1G physical port                          pricing changes on BYX, which enables                 activity related to liquidity provision.
                                                    connections and $2,500 per month for                    the Exchange to provide its Members                   The Single MPID Investor Tier also
                                                    all 10G physical ports in any location                  the applicable pass-through rebate.                   encourages Members to primarily add
                                                    where the Exchange offers the ability to                Lastly, the Exchange notes that routing               liquidity in order to satisfy the ADAV as
                                                    connect to Exchange systems, including                  through BATS Trading is voluntary and                 a percentage of ADV of at least 90%.
                                                    the secondary data center and any PoP                   believes that the proposed change is                  Such increased volume increases
                                                    location. In conjunction with the                       non-discriminatory because it would                   potential revenue to the Exchange, and
                                                    proposed change, the Exchange also                      apply uniformly to all Members.                       would allow the Exchange to spread its
                                                    proposes minor changes to re-format the                                                                       administrative and infrastructure costs
                                                                                                            NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers
                                                    chart that sets forth physical connection                                                                     over a greater number of shares, leading
                                                    fees and also proposes to re-locate such                   The Exchange believes that the                     to lower per share costs. These lower
                                                    chart and the accompanying text such                    proposed elimination of the NBBO                      per share costs would allow the
                                                    that physical connection fees directly                  Setter and Joiner Tiers represents an                 Exchange to pass on the savings to
                                                    follow logical port fees.                               equitable allocation of reasonable dues,              Members in the form of higher rebates.
                                                                                                            fees, and other charges among Members                 The increased liquidity also benefits all
                                                    Implementation Date                                     and other persons using its facilities                investors by deepening the Exchange’s
                                                       The Exchange proposes to implement                   because, as described above, the                      liquidity pool, offering additional
                                                    the amendments to its fee schedule                      additional rebates offered under these                flexibility for all investors to enjoy cost
                                                    effective immediately.                                  tiers are not affecting Members’                      savings, supporting the quality of price
                                                                                                            behavior in the manner originally                     discovery, promoting market
                                                    2. Statutory Basis                                      conceived by the Exchange. While the                  transparency and improving investor
                                                       The Exchange believes that the                       Exchange acknowledges the benefit of                  protection. Volume-based rebates such
                                                    proposed rule change is consistent with                 Members entering orders that set or join              as the ones proposed herein have been
                                                    the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,12               the NBBO, the Exchange has generally                  widely adopted in the cash equities
                                                    in general, and furthers the objectives of              determined that it is providing                       markets, and are equitable because they
                                                    Section 6(b)(4),13 in particular, as it is              additional rebates for liquidity that                 are open to all Members on an equal
                                                    designed to provide for the equitable                   would be added on the Exchange                        basis and provide discounts that are
                                                    allocation of reasonable dues, fees and                 regardless of whether the tiers existed.              reasonably related to the value to an
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                                                    other charges among its Members and                     By paying these rebates, the Exchange is              exchange’s market quality associated
                                                                                                            not only offering rebates for orders that             with higher levels of market activity,
                                                      11 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70199      would set or join the NBBO without                    such as higher levels of liquidity
                                                    (August 14, 2013), 78 FR 51250 (August 20, 2013)        being incentivized to do so, but also                 provision and introduction of higher
                                                    (SR–BATS–2013–036) (Order Approving a
                                                    Proposed Rule Change to Introduce a Connectivity
                                                                                                            missing out on the opportunity to offer               volumes of orders into the price and
                                                    Option Through Points of Presence).                     other rebates or reduced fees that could              volume discovery processes.
                                                      12 15 U.S.C. 78f.                                     incentivize other behavior that would                    In addition, the rebate is also
                                                      13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).                               enhance market quality on the                         reasonable in that other exchanges


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                                                    likewise employ similar pricing                         NBBO Setter and Joiner Tiers                          C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                    mechanisms. For example, EDGX offers                                                                          Statement on Comments on the
                                                    a substantively identical investor tier                   The Exchange does not believe that its              Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                    that provides enhanced rebates for its                  proposal to eliminate the NBBO Setter                 Members, Participants, or Others
                                                    members that meet certain thresholds                    and Joiner Tiers would burden
                                                                                                            competition, but, rather, enhance the                   The Exchange has not solicited, and
                                                    that are based on the same metrics                                                                            does not intend to solicit, comments on
                                                    proposed by the Exchange, which are                     Exchange’s ability to compete with
                                                                                                                                                                  this proposed rule change. The
                                                    designed to encourage price discovery                   other market centers. As described
                                                                                                                                                                  Exchange has not received any written
                                                    and market transparency. As stated                      above, the Exchange believes that it is
                                                                                                                                                                  comments from members or other
                                                    above, EDGX’s investor tier is                          offering enhanced rebates for orders that
                                                                                                                                                                  interested parties.
                                                    substantively identical to the Single                   would be submitted to the Exchange
                                                    MPID Investor Tier proposed by the                      without the enhanced rebate, which                    III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                    Exchange except that on EDGX a                          prevents the Exchange from being able                 Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                    member will receive a $0.0032 per share                 to offer other rebates or reduced fees                Commission Action
                                                    rebate for orders that add liquidity                    that might be able to enhance market                     The foregoing rule change has become
                                                    where the member has an ADAV of at                      quality to the benefit of all Members. As             effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)
                                                    least 0.15% of TCV and an ADAV as a                     such, eliminating the NBBO Setter and                 of the Act 14 and paragraph (f) of Rule
                                                                                                            Joiner Tiers will allow the Exchange                  19b–4 thereunder.15 At any time within
                                                    percentage of ADV of at least 85%.
                                                                                                            other opportunities to enhance market                 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
                                                    Finally, the Exchange also believes that
                                                                                                            quality on the Exchange and ultimately,               change, the Commission summarily may
                                                    the proposed Single MPID Investor Tier
                                                                                                            better compete with other market                      temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                                    is non-discriminatory in that it would
                                                                                                            centers.                                              it appears to the Commission that such
                                                    apply equally to all Members.
                                                                                                            Single MPID Investor Tier                             action is necessary or appropriate in the
                                                    Physical Connection Fees                                                                                      public interest, for the protection of
                                                                                                              The Exchange believes that its                      investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
                                                       The Exchange believes that providing                 proposal to adopt the Single MPID                     the purposes of the Act.
                                                    uniform rates for all 1G and 10G                        Investor Tier would increase
                                                    physical connections to Exchange is                                                                           IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                                                                            intramarket competition by rewarding
                                                    reasonable because such change                          Members with order flow characteristics                 Interested persons are invited to
                                                    represents a reduction in fees for any                  that contribute meaningfully to price                 submit written data, views, and
                                                    Member that connects to the Exchange                    discovery on the Exchange. In other                   arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                    at a PoP location and no change to fees                 words, the proposal is a competitive                  including whether the proposed rule
                                                    for any Member located in the                           proposal in that it is designed to                    change is consistent with the Act.
                                                    Exchange’s primary or secondary data                    incentivize the entry of orders to the                Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                    center. The Exchange also believes that                 Exchange that will provide liquidity to               the following methods:
                                                    the proposal is equitably allocated and                 other Members. The Exchange does not
                                                    not unreasonably discriminatory                                                                               Electronic Comments
                                                                                                            believe that its proposal would burden
                                                    because, as proposed, market                            intramarket competition because the                     • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                    participants will be able to access the                 proposed rebate would apply uniformly                 comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                    Exchange at uniform rates regardless of                 to all Members that achieve the                       rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                    whether such access is at the Exchange’s                                                                        • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                                                                            objective criteria of the Single MPID
                                                    primary or secondary data center                                                                              sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                                                                            Investor Tier.
                                                    location or another location where the                                                                        BATS–2015–35 on the subject line.
                                                    Exchange offers access.                                 Physical Connection Fees                              Paper Comments
                                                    B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                          The Exchange does not believe that                   • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                    Statement on Burden on Competition                      the proposed change to physical port                  to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities
                                                                                                            fees represents a significant departure               and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
                                                      The Exchange does not believe its                     from previous pricing offered by the                  NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                    proposed amendments to its fee                          Exchange or pricing offered by the                    All submissions should refer to File
                                                    schedule would impose any burden on                     Exchange’s competitors. Rather, as                    Number SR–BATS–2015–35. This file
                                                    competition that is not necessary or                    described above, the Exchange is simply               number should be included on the
                                                    appropriate in furtherance of the                       normalizing its fees for physical access              subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                    purposes of the Act.                                    to the Exchange regardless of the                     Commission process and review your
                                                    Fee Code BY                                             location where a physical connection is               comments more efficiently, please use
                                                                                                            made. The offering is consistent with                 only one method. The Commission will
                                                       The Exchange believes that its                       the Exchange’s own economic                           post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                    proposal to pass through the amended                    incentives to facilitate as many market               Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                    rebate for orders that yield fee code BY                participants as possible in connecting to             rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                    would increase intermarket competition                  its market. Accordingly, the Exchange                 submission, all subsequent
                                                    because it offers customers an                          does not believe that the proposed
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                                                                                                                                                                  amendments, all written statements
                                                    alternative means to route to BYX for                   change will impair the ability of                     with respect to the proposed rule
                                                    the same rebate that they would be                      Members or competing venues to                        change that are filed with the
                                                    provided if they entered orders on that                 maintain their competitive standing in                Commission, and all written
                                                    trading center directly. The Exchange                   the financial markets. The Exchange                   communications relating to the
                                                    believes that its proposal would not                    does not believe that its proposal would              proposed rule change between the
                                                    burden intramarket competition because                  burden intramarket competition because
                                                    the proposed rebate would apply                         the fees for physical connections would                 14 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
                                                    uniformly to all Members.                               apply uniformly to all Members.                         15 17   CFR 240.19b–4(f).



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                                                    Commission and any person, other than                       The Office of the Secretary at (202)                rule change so that it has sufficient time
                                                    those that may be withheld from the                       551–5400.                                             to consider the proposed rule change.
                                                    public in accordance with the                               Dated: May 13, 2015.                                  Accordingly, pursuant to Section
                                                    provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                       Brent J. Fields,                                      19(b)(2) of the Act 5 and for the reasons
                                                    available for Web site viewing and                                                                              stated above, the Commission
                                                                                                              Secretary.
                                                    printing in the Commission’s Public                                                                             designates July 5, 2015, as the date by
                                                                                                              [FR Doc. 2015–12067 Filed 5–14–15; 11:15 am]
                                                    Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                               which the Commission should either
                                                    Washington, DC 20549 on official                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                    approve or disapprove, or institute
                                                    business days between the hours of                                                                              proceedings to determine whether to
                                                    10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                                                                         disapprove, the proposed rule change.
                                                                                                              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                    filing also will be available for
                                                                                                              COMMISSION                                              For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                    inspection and copying at the principal
                                                    offices of the Exchange. All comments                                                                           Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                                                                              [Release No. 34–74934; File No. SR–BX–
                                                    received will be posted without change;                                                                         authority.6
                                                                                                              2015–015]
                                                    the Commission does not edit personal                                                                           Robert W. Errett,
                                                    identifying information from                              Self-Regulatory Organizations;                        Deputy Secretary.
                                                    submissions. You should submit only                       NASDAQ OMX BX Inc.; Notice of                         [FR Doc. 2015–11875 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    information that you wish to make                         Designation of Longer Period for                      BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                    available publicly. All submissions                       Commission Action on Proposed Rule
                                                    should refer to File Number SR–BATS–                      Change To Amend and Restate Certain
                                                    2015–35, and should be submitted on or                    Rules That Govern the NASDAQ OMX                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                    before June 8, 2015.                                      BX Equities Market                                    COMMISSION
                                                      For the Commission, by the Division of                  May 12, 2015.
                                                    Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                                                                      [Release No. 34–74926; File No. SR–DTC–
                                                                                                                 On March 20, 2015, NASDAQ OMX
                                                    authority.16                                                                                                    2015–005]
                                                                                                              BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’) filed with the Securities
                                                    Robert W. Errett,                                         and Exchange Commission
                                                    Deputy Secretary.                                         (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section                 Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–11878 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am]               19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act               Depository Trust Company; Notice of
                                                    BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                    of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4                    Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
                                                                                                              thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to                Proposed Rule Change To Make
                                                                                                              amend and restate certain BX rules that               Technical Revisions to the DTC
                                                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                   govern the BX Equities Market in order                Custody Service Guide and the DTC
                                                    COMMISSION                                                to provide a clearer and more detailed                Deposits Service Guide
                                                                                                              description of certain aspects of its                 May 12, 2015.
                                                    Sunshine Act Meeting
                                                                                                              functionality. The proposed rule change
                                                                                                              was published for comment in the                         Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
                                                      Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
                                                                                                              Federal Register on April 6, 2015.3 The               Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’)
                                                    the provisions of the Government in the
                                                                                                              Commission received no comment                        and Rule 19b–4 2 thereunder, notice is
                                                    Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the
                                                                                                              letters regarding the proposed rule                   hereby given that on April 30, 2015, The
                                                    Securities and Exchange Commission
                                                                                                              change.                                               Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’)
                                                    will hold an Open Meeting on
                                                                                                                 Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides             filed with the Securities and Exchange
                                                    Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.,
                                                                                                              that within 45 days of the publication of             Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
                                                    in the Auditorium, Room L–002.
                                                                                                              notice of the filing of a proposed rule               proposed rule change as described in
                                                      The subject matters of the Open                                                                               Items I, II and III below, which Items
                                                    Meeting will be:                                          change, or within such longer period up
                                                                                                              to 90 days as the Commission may                      have been prepared by DTC. DTC filed
                                                      • The Commission will consider                                                                                the proposed rule change pursuant to
                                                    whether to propose new rules and forms                    designate if it finds such longer period
                                                                                                              to be appropriate and publishes its                   Section 19(b)(3)(A) 3 of the Act and Rule
                                                    and amendments to current rules and                                                                             19b–4(f)(4) 4 thereunder. The proposed
                                                    forms to modernize the reporting and                      reasons for so finding or as to which the
                                                                                                              self-regulatory organization consents,                rule change was effective upon filing
                                                    disclosure of information by registered                                                                         with the Commission. The Commission
                                                    investment companies.                                     the Commission shall either approve the
                                                                                                              proposed rule change, disapprove the                  is publishing this notice to solicit
                                                      • The Commission will consider                                                                                comments on the proposed rule change
                                                    whether to propose form and rule                          proposed rule change, or institute
                                                                                                              proceedings to determine whether the                  from interested persons.
                                                    amendments to require investment
                                                    advisers to provide additional                            proposed rule change should be                        I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
                                                    information concerning their operations,                  disapproved. The 45th day for this filing             Terms of Substance of the Proposed
                                                    require the maintenance of performance                    is May 21, 2015.                                      Rule Change
                                                    records, and remove outdated transition                      The Commission is extending the 45-
                                                    provisions from rules.                                    day time period for Commission action                   The proposed rule change consists of
                                                      At times, changes in Commission                         on the proposed rule change. The                      technical revisions to the: (i) DTC
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                                                    priorities require alterations in the                     Commission finds that it is appropriate               Custody Service Guide (‘‘Custody
                                                    scheduling of meeting items.                              to designate a longer period within                   Guide’’) and (ii) DTC Deposits Service
                                                                                                              which to take action on the proposed
                                                      For further information and to                                                                                  5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
                                                    ascertain what, if any, matters have been                                                                         6 17
                                                                                                                1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                     CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).
                                                    added, deleted, or postponed, please                        2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                    contact:                                                    3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74617       2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.

                                                                                                              (March 31, 2015), 80 FR 18473.                          3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
                                                      16 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                              4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).                                4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(4).




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