80 FR 28335 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Change the Name of “ConnectEdge” Product Offering Under Rule 13.9 to “BATS Connect”

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28335-28336]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11876]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-74935; File No. SR-EDGX-2015-19)


Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Change 
the Name of ``ConnectEdge'' Product Offering Under Rule 13.9 to ``BATS 
Connect''

May 12, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on April 28, 2015, EDGX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``EDGX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and 
II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange 
has designated this proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule 
change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder,\4\ which renders it 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).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange is proposing to change the name of ``ConnectEdge'' 
under Rule 13.9 to ``BATS Connect''.
    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
    In early 2014, the Exchange and its affiliate, EDGA Exchange, Inc. 
(``EDGA''), received approval to effect a merger (the ``Merger'') of 
the Exchange's parent company, Direct Edge Holdings LLC, with BATS 
Global Markets, Inc., the parent of BZX and BYX (together with BZX, 
EDGA, and EDGX, the ``BGM Affiliated Exchanges'').\5\ The Exchange 
proposes to change the name of ``ConnectEdge'' under Rule 13.9 to 
``BATS Connect'' to more closely align with the Exchange's parent 
company, BATS Global Markets, Inc.
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    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71449 (January 30, 
2014), 79 FR 6961 (February 5, 2014) (SR-EDGX-2013-043; SR-EDGA-
2013-034).
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    ConnectEdge is a communication and routing service that provides 
Members an additional means to receive market data from and route 
orders to any destination connected to the Exchange's network. 
ConnectEdge does not affect trade executions and would not report 
trades to the relevant Securities Information Processor. The servers of 
the Member need not be located in the same facilities as the Exchange 
in order to subscribe to ConnectEdge. Members may also seek to utilize 
ConnectEdge in the event of a market disruption where other alternative 
connection methods become unavailable.\6\ The Exchange does not propose 
to amend the content or services available via the ConnectEdge 
offering. The proposal only seeks to change the name of ``ConnectEdge'' 
under Rule 13.9 to ``BATS Connect''.
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    \6\ This service is an alternative to a service that the 
Exchange already provides to its Members -- current order-sending 
Members route orders through access provided by the Exchange to the 
Exchange that either check the Exchange for available liquidity and 
then route to other destinations or, in certain circumstances, 
bypass the Exchange and route to other destinations. See Exchange 
Rule 11.11(g) (setting forth routing options whereby Members may 
select their orders be routed to other market centers). See also 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73780 (December 8, 2014), 79 FR 
73942 (December 12, 2015) (SR-EDGX-2014-28) (proposing to amend 
Exchange Rule 13.9 for immediate effectiveness relating to a 
communication and routing service known as ConnectEdge).
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    Lastly, the Exchange proposes to correct a typographical error 
within Rule 13.9 by inserting the word ``the'' before ``Exchanges 
network.''
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 
6(b) of the Act \7\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 
6(b)(5) of the Act \8\ in particular, in that it is designed to promote 
just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and 
coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in 
securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest. The Exchange does not 
propose to amend the content or services available via the renamed BATS 
Connect offering. It simply proposes to change the name of 
``ConnectEdge'' to ``BATS Connect'' under Rule 13.9 and to correct a 
typographical error. Therefore, the Exchange believes the proposed rule 
change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \9\ because the 
new name will avoid investor confusion by more closely aligning the 
BATS Connect product with the Exchange's parent company, BATS Global 
Markets, Inc.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \9\ Id.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change will not affect competition as it is not 
designed to amend the content or services available via the renamed 
BATS Connect offering. It is simply intended to correct a typographical 
error and more closely align the renamed BATS Connect product with the 
Exchange's parent company, BATS Global Markets, Inc.

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

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on 
the proposed rule change.

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

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act\10\ and Rule

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19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\11\ Because the proposed rule change does not: 
(i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public 
interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) 
become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or 
such shorter time as the Commission may designate, the proposed rule 
change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 
and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\12\
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \11\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \12\ In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) requires the Exchange to 
give the Commission written notice of the Exchange's intent to file 
the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of 
the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the 
date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as 
designated by the Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this 
requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally does 
not become operative for 30 days after the date of filing. However, 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) permits the Commission to designate a shorter 
time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and 
the public interest. The Exchange has asked the Commission to waive the 
30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative 
immediately upon filing. Waiver of the 30-day operative delay would 
permit the Exchange to change the name of ConnectEdge to BATS Connect 
prior to the inclusion of the product offering on the Exchange's fee 
schedule effective May 1, 2015. Based on the foregoing, the Commission 
believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest.\13\ The Commission 
hereby grants the Exchange's request and designates the proposal 
operative upon filing.
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    \13\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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    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. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.

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-EDGX-2015-19 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGX-2015-19. 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 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 the filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office 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-EDGX-2015-19 and should be 
submitted on or before June 8, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\14\
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    \14\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-11876 Filed 5-15-15; 8:45 am]
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