80_FR_60382 80 FR 60190 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Adding Definitions Applicable to Certain Co-Location Services to the Exchange's Price List and Modifying the Fee for Users That Host Their Customers at the Exchange's Data Center

80 FR 60190 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Adding Definitions Applicable to Certain Co-Location Services to the Exchange's Price List and Modifying the Fee for Users That Host Their Customers at the Exchange's Data Center

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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FR Document2015-25174

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-76008; File No. SR-NYSE-2015-40]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change 
Adding Definitions Applicable to Certain Co-Location Services to the 
Exchange's Price List and Modifying the Fee for Users That Host Their 
Customers at the Exchange's Data Center

September 29, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act''),\2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that on September 18, 2015, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'' 
or the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I 
and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. 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\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to add definitions applicable to certain co-
location services to the Exchange's Price List and modify the fee for 
users that host their customers at the Exchange's Data Center. The text 
of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site at 
www.nyse.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 self-regulatory organization 
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 those 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 the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange operates a data center in Mahwah, New Jersey, from 
which it provides co-location services to Users.\4\ The Exchange's co-
location services allow Users to rent space in the data center so they 
may locate their electronic servers in close physical proximity to the 
Exchange's trading and execution system.\5\ The Exchange proposes to 
amend the Exchange's Price List (``Price List'') as it applies to co-
location services to add the definitions of User, Hosting User and 
Hosted Customer. The Exchange also proposes to modify the fee for users 
that host their customers at the Exchange's Data Center, effective 
January 1, 2016.\6\
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    \4\ The Exchange initially filed rule changes relating to its 
co-location services with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') in 2010. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
62960 (September 21, 2010), 75 FR 59310 (September 27, 2010) (SR-
NYSE-2010-56).
    \5\ See id. at 59310.
    \6\ As specified in the Price List, a User that incurs co-
location fees for a particular co-location service pursuant thereto 
would not be subject to co-location fees for the same co-location 
service charged by the Exchange's affiliates NYSE MKT LLC and NYSE 
Arca, Inc. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70206 (August 15, 
2013), 78 FR 51765 (August 21, 2013) (SR-NYSE-2013-59).
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Definitions of User, Hosting User and Hosted Customer
    In 2011, the Exchange changed the definition of the term ``User,'' 
for the purposes of co-location services, to include any market 
participant that requests to receive co-location services directly from 
the Exchange.\7\ As described in the 2011 Release, Users could include 
member organizations, as that term is defined in NYSE Rule 2(b) 
(``Members''); Sponsored Participants, as that term is defined in NYSE 
Rule 123B.30(a)(ii)(B) (``Sponsored Participant''); and non-member 
organization broker-dealers and vendors that request to receive co-
location services directly from the Exchange. At the time, the Exchange 
contemplated that such definition would encompass Users that would 
provide, for example, hosting, service bureau, technical support, risk 
management, order routing and market data delivery services to their 
customers while such Users are co-located in the Exchange's data 
center.
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    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65973 (December 15, 
2011), 76 FR 79232 (December 21, 2011) (SR-NYSE-2011-53) (the ``2011 
Release'').
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    The Exchange proposes to add the current definition of User to the 
Price List, without changes from the 2011 Release, as follows:
    A ``User'' means any market participant that requests to receive 
co-location services directly from the Exchange.
    The proposed definition would, consistent with the 2011 Release, 
encompass Members, Sponsored Participants and non-member broker-
dealers, as well as vendors that provide hosting, service bureau and 
technical support, risk management services, order routing services and 
market data delivery services to their customers while such Users are 
co-located in the Exchange's data center. Any entity that could be a 
User based on the term as described in the 2011 Release would be 
considered a User under the proposed definition.
    The Exchange also proposes to make a non-substantive change to the 
description in the Exchange's Price List of the Exchange's billing 
practice for co-location services received by Users that connect to the 
Exchange and one or more of its affiliates, by replacing the term, 
``user,'' with the defined term, ``User.''
    In the 2011 Release, the Exchange also amended its Price List to 
establish a fee applicable to Users that provide hosting services to 
their customers at the Exchange's data center. As described in the 2011 
Release, ``hosting'' is a service offered by a User to another entity 
in the User's space within the data center and can include, for 
example, a User supporting such other entity's technology, whether 
hardware or software, through the User's co-location space. The 2011 
Release used the term ``Hosted User'' to describe a customer to which a 
User provides hosting services.
    The Exchange now proposes to include the definitions relating to 
hosting services in the Exchange's Price List, as follows:
    A ``Hosting User'' means a User that hosts a Hosted Customer in the 
User's co-location space.
    A ``Hosted Customer'' means a customer of a Hosting User that is 
hosted in a Hosting User's co-location space.
    The proposed definition of ``Hosting User'' incorporates the 
description of a User that hosts customers in its co-location space as 
set forth in the 2011 Release. For the avoidance of doubt, a Hosting 
User must be a User pursuant to the proposed definition of User. Any 
User that could be a Hosting User based on the description of a User 
that hosts customers in the 2011 Release would be considered a Hosting 
User under the proposed definition.

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    The proposed definition of ``Hosted Customer'' would be a customer 
of a Hosting User that is hosted in a Hosting User's co-location space, 
and would be consistent with the description of the term ``Hosted 
User'' used in the 2011 Release.\8\ The Exchange proposes to change the 
name of the term from ``Hosted User'' to ``Hosted Customer'' to make it 
clear that the entities that are hosted are customers of the Hosting 
Users that do not, in contrast to Users, have a direct contractual 
relationship with the Exchange vis-[agrave]-vis co-location services. 
For consistency with this proposed change, the Exchange also proposes 
to change the term ``Hosted User'' as used in the ``Hosting Fee'' set 
forth in the Price List, to ``Hosted Customer.'' Since, as noted above, 
only Users can be Hosting Users, a Hosted Customer may not provide 
hosting services to any other entities in the space in which it is 
hosted. Other than the change to the name of the definition, no other 
changes to the definition are intended and all current customers of a 
Hosting User would be ``Hosted Customers'' under the proposed 
definition.
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    \8\ A ``customer of a Hosting User,'' as used in the definition 
of a ``Hosted Customer'' would be any person that has a contractual 
relationship with a Hosting User to use that Hosting User's co-
location space. There is no limitation on the types of persons who 
could be Hosted Customers.
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Hosting Fee
    In the 2011 Release, the Exchange amended its Price List to 
establish a fee charged to Users of $500.00 per month with respect to 
each Hosted Customer (defined as ``Hosted User'' in the 2011 Release) 
that a User hosts in the Exchange's data center (the ``Hosting Fee'').
    Effective January 1, 2016, the Exchange proposes to modify the 
Hosting Fee to provide that the Hosting Fee would be assessed to a 
Hosting User on a per Hosted Customer basis and for each cabinet in 
which the Hosting User hosts the Hosted Customer. This approach to 
hosting fees is comparable to the structure used by the NASDAQ Stock 
Market, Inc. (``NASDAQ'') in its Multi-Firm Cabinets Fee, and would 
similarly mean that a Hosting User would be assessed the Hosting Fee 
for each Hosted Customer that occupies space in a cabinet.\9\ Thus, for 
example, if a Hosting User hosts a Hosted Customer in two of the 
Hosting User's cabinets, the Hosting User would be charged two Hosting 
Fees, one for each cabinet in which the Hosted Customer is hosted. The 
Exchange also proposes to increase the monthly Hosting Fee from $500 
per Hosted Customer to $1,000 per Hosted Customer for each cabinet in 
which the Hosted Customer is hosted, effective January 1, 2016.
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    \9\ See Nasdaq Rule 7034(a) and Securities Exchange Act Release 
No. 71200 (Dec. 30, 2013), 79 FR 677 (Jan. 6, 2014) (SR-NASDAQ-2013-
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    As is the case currently, Users may independently set fees for 
their Hosted Customers and the Exchange would not receive a share of 
any such fees.
General
    As is the case with all Exchange co-location arrangements (i) 
neither a User nor any of the User's customers would be permitted to 
submit orders directly to the Exchange unless such User or customer is 
a Member, a Sponsored Participant or an agent thereof (e.g., a service 
bureau providing order entry services) and (ii) use of the co-location 
services proposed herein would be completely voluntary and available to 
all Users on a non-discriminatory basis.\10\ In addition, a User would 
only incur one charge for the particular co-location service described 
herein, regardless of whether the User connects only to the Exchange or 
to the Exchange and one or both of its affiliates.\11\
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    \10\ As is currently the case, Users that receive co-location 
services from the Exchange will not receive any means of access to 
the Exchange's trading and execution systems that is separate from, 
or superior to, that of others with access to the Exchange's trading 
and execution systems. In this regard, all orders sent to the 
Exchange enter the Exchange's trading and execution systems through 
the same order gateway, regardless of whether the sender is co-
located in the data center or not. In addition, co-located Users do 
not receive any market data or data service product that is not 
available to users that have access to the Exchange's trading and 
execution systems, although Users that receive co-location services 
normally would expect reduced latencies in sending orders to, and 
receiving market data from, the Exchange.
    \11\ See SR-NYSE-2013-59, supra note 6 at 51766. The Exchange's 
affiliates have also submitted substantially the same proposed rule 
change to propose the changes described herein. See SR-NYSEMKT-2015-
67 and SR-NYSEArca-2015-82.
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    The proposed change is not otherwise intended to address any other 
issues relating to co-location services and/or related fees, and the 
Exchange is not aware of any problems that Users would have in 
complying with the proposed change.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\12\ in general, and furthers the 
objectives of Sections 6(b)(5) of the Act,\13\ in particular, because 
it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and 
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster 
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, 
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and 
facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to, and 
perfect the mechanisms of, a free and open market and a national market 
system and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest 
and because it is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposal is not designed to permit 
unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, broker, or dealers. 
First, the proposed addition of the definitions for User, Hosting User 
and Hosted Customer to the Price List, would, by their addition to the 
Price List, make the application of such definitions more accessible 
and transparent. There is no change to the definition of User. There is 
no change to the definition of ``Hosted User'' as described in the 2011 
Release other than to change the name to ``Hosted Customer'' to add 
clarity to the use and the application of the definition. The proposed 
new term, ``Hosting User'' reflects the description of a User that 
hosts customers in its co-location space as set forth in the 2011 
Release. Finally, an entity that could be a User, a User that hosts 
customers and a Hosted User based on the 2011 Release, would be 
considered a User, Hosting User or Hosted Customer, respectively, under 
the proposed definitions. The proposed definitions would be applied 
uniformly for comparable services provided by the Exchange.
    The Exchange believes that the proposal would remove impediments 
to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a free and open market and a 
national market system and, in general, protect investors and the 
public interest because by including definitions in the Price List, the 
proposed change would provide Users with clarity as to the availability 
and application of co-location hosting services and fees.
    The proposed change to the Hosting Fee would be applied uniformly 
for comparable services provided by the Exchange to comparable Hosting 
Users and their customers and would not unfairly discriminate between 
similarly situated Hosting Users. The Exchange notes that assessing a 
fee per Hosted Customer per cabinet is comparable to the approach that 
NASDAQ takes to the same type of services in its Multi-Firm Cabinets 
Fee.\14\ The Exchange also notes that the Hosting Fee has not been 
changed since it was established in

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2011. The Exchange believes the proposed Hosting Fee is reasonable in 
that the fee is designed to reflect the expenses and resources expended 
by the Exchange in connection with hosting services. In addition, while 
Hosting Users may independently set fees for their Hosted Customers, 
and the Exchange would not receive a share of any such fees, the 
Hosting Fee on a per Hosted Customer per cabinet basis continues to be 
lower than the fees a Hosted Customer would pay for co-location space 
purchased directly from the Exchange.
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    \14\ See supra note 9.
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    The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\15\ in particular, because 
it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 
other charges among its Members, issuers and other persons using its 
facilities and does not unfairly discriminate between customers, 
issuers, brokers or dealers. Overall, the Exchange believes that the 
proposed change is consistent with the Act because the Exchange offers 
the co-location services described herein as a convenience to Users, 
but in so doing incurs certain costs, including costs related to the 
data center facility, hardware and equipment and costs related to 
personnel required for initial installation and ongoing monitoring, 
support and maintenance of such services.
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    For the reasons above, the proposed change would not unfairly 
discriminate between or among market participants that are otherwise 
capable of satisfying any applicable co-location fees, requirements, 
terms and conditions established from time to time by the Exchange.
    Finally, the Exchange believes that it is subject to significant 
competitive forces, as described below in the Exchange's statement 
regarding the burden on competition.
    For these reasons, the Exchange believes that the proposal is 
consistent with the Act.

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

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\16\ the Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change would not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act because any market participants that are otherwise 
capable of satisfying any applicable co-location fees, requirements, 
terms and conditions established from time to time by the Exchange 
could have access to the co-location services provided in the data 
center. This is also true because, in addition to the services being 
completely voluntary, they are available to all Users on an equal basis 
(i.e., the same range of products and services are available to all 
Users).
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    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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    The Exchange believes that incorporating the definitions of User, 
Hosting User and Hosted Customer into the Price List, the change to the 
Hosting Fee and the change to the application of the Hosting Fee will 
not impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in further of the purposes of the Act because the 
definitions have been previously filed with the Commission \17\ and 
their inclusion in the Price List will provide further clarity in the 
application of the fees. The Exchange believes that the changes to the 
Hosting Fee will not impose any burden on competition that is not 
necessary or appropriate in further of the purposes of the Act because 
they are designed to reflect the expenses and resources expended by the 
Exchange in connection with hosting services and because NASDAQ takes 
the same approach to the same type of services in its Multi-Firm 
Cabinets Fee.\18\
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    \17\ See 2011 Release, supra note 7.
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    Finally, the Exchange notes that it operates in a highly 
competitive market in which market participants can readily favor 
competing venues if, for example, they deem fee levels at a particular 
venue to be excessive or if they determine that another venue's 
products and services are more competitive than on the Exchange. In 
such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider 
adjusting, the services it offers as well as any corresponding fees and 
credits to remain competitive with other exchanges. For the reasons 
described above, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change 
reflects this competitive environment.

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

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

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

    Because the foregoing 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, it has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \19\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\20\
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \20\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) equires a 
self-regulatory organization to provide the Commission with written 
notice of its 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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    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 change 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-NYSE-2015-40 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-NYSE-2015-40. 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

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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-NYSE-2015-40 and should be submitted on or before 
October 26, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\21\
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    \21\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                  A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                         List, without changes from the 2011
                                                  COMMISSION                                               Statement of the Purpose of, and the                      Release, as follows:
                                                                                                           Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                       A ‘‘User’’ means any market
                                                  [Release No. 34–76008; File No. SR–NYSE–                 Change                                                    participant that requests to receive co-
                                                  2015–40]                                                                                                           location services directly from the
                                                                                                           1. Purpose
                                                                                                                                                                     Exchange.
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; New                          The Exchange operates a data center                       The proposed definition would,
                                                  York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of                       in Mahwah, New Jersey, from which it                      consistent with the 2011 Release,
                                                  Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of                    provides co-location services to Users.4                  encompass Members, Sponsored
                                                  Proposed Rule Change Adding                              The Exchange’s co-location services                       Participants and non-member broker-
                                                  Definitions Applicable to Certain Co-                    allow Users to rent space in the data                     dealers, as well as vendors that provide
                                                  Location Services to the Exchange’s                      center so they may locate their                           hosting, service bureau and technical
                                                  Price List and Modifying the Fee for                     electronic servers in close physical                      support, risk management services,
                                                  Users That Host Their Customers at                       proximity to the Exchange’s trading and                   order routing services and market data
                                                  the Exchange’s Data Center                               execution system.5 The Exchange                           delivery services to their customers
                                                                                                           proposes to amend the Exchange’s Price                    while such Users are co-located in the
                                                  September 29, 2015.                                      List (‘‘Price List’’) as it applies to co-                Exchange’s data center. Any entity that
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                 location services to add the definitions                  could be a User based on the term as
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                     of User, Hosting User and Hosted                          described in the 2011 Release would be
                                                  ‘‘Act’’),2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                   Customer. The Exchange also proposes                      considered a User under the proposed
                                                  notice is hereby given that on                           to modify the fee for users that host                     definition.
                                                  September 18, 2015, New York Stock                       their customers at the Exchange’s Data                       The Exchange also proposes to make
                                                  Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’ or the                            Center, effective January 1, 2016.6                       a non-substantive change to the
                                                  ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities                                                                            description in the Exchange’s Price List
                                                                                                           Definitions of User, Hosting User and
                                                  and Exchange Commission (the                                                                                       of the Exchange’s billing practice for co-
                                                                                                           Hosted Customer
                                                  ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                                                                                  location services received by Users that
                                                  change as described in Items I and II                       In 2011, the Exchange changed the                      connect to the Exchange and one or
                                                  below, which Items have been prepared                    definition of the term ‘‘User,’’ for the                  more of its affiliates, by replacing the
                                                  by the self-regulatory organization. The                 purposes of co-location services, to                      term, ‘‘user,’’ with the defined term,
                                                  Commission is publishing this notice to                  include any market participant that                       ‘‘User.’’
                                                  solicit comments on the proposed rule                    requests to receive co-location services                     In the 2011 Release, the Exchange also
                                                  change from interested persons.                          directly from the Exchange.7 As                           amended its Price List to establish a fee
                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                        described in the 2011 Release, Users                      applicable to Users that provide hosting
                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of                   could include member organizations, as                    services to their customers at the
                                                  the Proposed Rule Change                                 that term is defined in NYSE Rule 2(b)                    Exchange’s data center. As described in
                                                                                                           (‘‘Members’’); Sponsored Participants,                    the 2011 Release, ‘‘hosting’’ is a service
                                                     The Exchange proposes to add                          as that term is defined in NYSE Rule                      offered by a User to another entity in the
                                                  definitions applicable to certain co-                    123B.30(a)(ii)(B) (‘‘Sponsored                            User’s space within the data center and
                                                  location services to the Exchange’s Price                Participant’’); and non-member                            can include, for example, a User
                                                  List and modify the fee for users that                   organization broker-dealers and vendors                   supporting such other entity’s
                                                  host their customers at the Exchange’s                   that request to receive co-location                       technology, whether hardware or
                                                  Data Center. The text of the proposed                    services directly from the Exchange. At                   software, through the User’s co-location
                                                  rule change is available on the                          the time, the Exchange contemplated                       space. The 2011 Release used the term
                                                  Exchange’s Web site at www.nyse.com,                     that such definition would encompass                      ‘‘Hosted User’’ to describe a customer to
                                                  at the principal office of the Exchange,                 Users that would provide, for example,                    which a User provides hosting services.
                                                  and at the Commission’s Public                           hosting, service bureau, technical                           The Exchange now proposes to
                                                  Reference Room.                                          support, risk management, order routing                   include the definitions relating to
                                                                                                           and market data delivery services to                      hosting services in the Exchange’s Price
                                                  II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       their customers while such Users are co-                  List, as follows:
                                                  Statement of the Purpose of, and                         located in the Exchange’s data center.                       A ‘‘Hosting User’’ means a User that
                                                  Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                                                                              The Exchange proposes to add the                       hosts a Hosted Customer in the User’s
                                                  Change
                                                                                                           current definition of User to the Price                   co-location space.
                                                    In its filing with the Commission, the                                                                              A ‘‘Hosted Customer’’ means a
                                                  self-regulatory organization included                       4 The Exchange initially filed rule changes            customer of a Hosting User that is
                                                  statements concerning the purpose of,                    relating to its co-location services with the             hosted in a Hosting User’s co-location
                                                                                                           Securities and Exchange Commission                        space.
                                                  and basis for, the proposed rule change                  (‘‘Commission’’) in 2010. See Securities Exchange
                                                  and discussed any comments it received                   Act Release No. 62960 (September 21, 2010), 75 FR            The proposed definition of ‘‘Hosting
                                                  on the proposed rule change. The text                    59310 (September 27, 2010) (SR–NYSE–2010–56).             User’’ incorporates the description of a
                                                  of those statements may be examined at                      5 See id. at 59310.                                    User that hosts customers in its co-
                                                  the places specified in Item IV below.                      6 As specified in the Price List, a User that incurs
                                                                                                                                                                     location space as set forth in the 2011
                                                                                                           co-location fees for a particular co-location service
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                                                  The Exchange has prepared summaries,                                                                               Release. For the avoidance of doubt, a
                                                                                                           pursuant thereto would not be subject to co-location
                                                  set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                 fees for the same co-location service charged by the      Hosting User must be a User pursuant
                                                  of the most significant parts of such                    Exchange’s affiliates NYSE MKT LLC and NYSE               to the proposed definition of User. Any
                                                  statements.                                              Arca, Inc. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.        User that could be a Hosting User based
                                                                                                           70206 (August 15, 2013), 78 FR 51765 (August 21,          on the description of a User that hosts
                                                                                                           2013) (SR–NYSE–2013–59).
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                    7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65973        customers in the 2011 Release would be
                                                    2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                       (December 15, 2011), 76 FR 79232 (December 21,            considered a Hosting User under the
                                                    3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                    2011) (SR–NYSE–2011–53) (the ‘‘2011 Release’’).           proposed definition.


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                                                     The proposed definition of ‘‘Hosted                  is hosted. The Exchange also proposes                    and coordination with persons engaged
                                                  Customer’’ would be a customer of a                     to increase the monthly Hosting Fee                      in regulating, clearing, settling,
                                                  Hosting User that is hosted in a Hosting                from $500 per Hosted Customer to                         processing information with respect to,
                                                  User’s co-location space, and would be                  $1,000 per Hosted Customer for each                      and facilitating transactions in
                                                  consistent with the description of the                  cabinet in which the Hosted Customer                     securities, to remove impediments to,
                                                  term ‘‘Hosted User’’ used in the 2011                   is hosted, effective January 1, 2016.                    and perfect the mechanisms of, a free
                                                  Release.8 The Exchange proposes to                         As is the case currently, Users may                   and open market and a national market
                                                  change the name of the term from                        independently set fees for their Hosted                  system and, in general, to protect
                                                  ‘‘Hosted User’’ to ‘‘Hosted Customer’’ to               Customers and the Exchange would not                     investors and the public interest and
                                                  make it clear that the entities that are                receive a share of any such fees.                        because it is not designed to permit
                                                  hosted are customers of the Hosting                                                                              unfair discrimination between
                                                                                                          General
                                                  Users that do not, in contrast to Users,                                                                         customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
                                                  have a direct contractual relationship                     As is the case with all Exchange co-                     The Exchange believes that the
                                                  with the Exchange vis-à-vis co-location                location arrangements (i) neither a User                 proposal is not designed to permit
                                                  services. For consistency with this                     nor any of the User’s customers would                    unfair discrimination between
                                                  proposed change, the Exchange also                      be permitted to submit orders directly to                customers, issuers, broker, or dealers.
                                                  proposes to change the term ‘‘Hosted                    the Exchange unless such User or                         First, the proposed addition of the
                                                  User’’ as used in the ‘‘Hosting Fee’’ set               customer is a Member, a Sponsored                        definitions for User, Hosting User and
                                                  forth in the Price List, to ‘‘Hosted                    Participant or an agent thereof (e.g., a                 Hosted Customer to the Price List,
                                                  Customer.’’ Since, as noted above, only                 service bureau providing order entry                     would, by their addition to the Price
                                                  Users can be Hosting Users, a Hosted                    services) and (ii) use of the co-location                List, make the application of such
                                                  Customer may not provide hosting                        services proposed herein would be                        definitions more accessible and
                                                  services to any other entities in the                   completely voluntary and available to                    transparent. There is no change to the
                                                  space in which it is hosted. Other than                 all Users on a non-discriminatory                        definition of User. There is no change to
                                                  the change to the name of the definition,               basis.10 In addition, a User would only                  the definition of ‘‘Hosted User’’ as
                                                  no other changes to the definition are                  incur one charge for the particular co-                  described in the 2011 Release other than
                                                  intended and all current customers of a                 location service described herein,                       to change the name to ‘‘Hosted
                                                  Hosting User would be ‘‘Hosted                          regardless of whether the User connects                  Customer’’ to add clarity to the use and
                                                  Customers’’ under the proposed                          only to the Exchange or to the Exchange                  the application of the definition. The
                                                  definition.                                             and one or both of its affiliates.11                     proposed new term, ‘‘Hosting User’’
                                                                                                             The proposed change is not otherwise                  reflects the description of a User that
                                                  Hosting Fee                                             intended to address any other issues                     hosts customers in its co-location space
                                                     In the 2011 Release, the Exchange                    relating to co-location services and/or                  as set forth in the 2011 Release. Finally,
                                                  amended its Price List to establish a fee               related fees, and the Exchange is not                    an entity that could be a User, a User
                                                  charged to Users of $500.00 per month                   aware of any problems that Users would                   that hosts customers and a Hosted User
                                                  with respect to each Hosted Customer                    have in complying with the proposed                      based on the 2011 Release, would be
                                                  (defined as ‘‘Hosted User’’ in the 2011                 change.                                                  considered a User, Hosting User or
                                                  Release) that a User hosts in the                                                                                Hosted Customer, respectively, under
                                                                                                          2. Statutory Basis                                       the proposed definitions. The proposed
                                                  Exchange’s data center (the ‘‘Hosting
                                                  Fee’’).                                                    The Exchange believes that the                        definitions would be applied uniformly
                                                     Effective January 1, 2016, the                       proposed rule change is consistent with                  for comparable services provided by the
                                                  Exchange proposes to modify the                         Section 6(b) of the Act,12 in general, and               Exchange.
                                                  Hosting Fee to provide that the Hosting                 furthers the objectives of Sections                         The Exchange believes that the
                                                  Fee would be assessed to a Hosting User                 6(b)(5) of the Act,13 in particular,                     proposal would remove impediments to,
                                                  on a per Hosted Customer basis and for                  because it is designed to prevent                        and perfect the mechanisms of, a free
                                                  each cabinet in which the Hosting User                  fraudulent and manipulative acts and                     and open market and a national market
                                                  hosts the Hosted Customer. This                         practices, to promote just and equitable                 system and, in general, protect investors
                                                  approach to hosting fees is comparable                  principles of trade, to foster cooperation               and the public interest because by
                                                  to the structure used by the NASDAQ                                                                              including definitions in the Price List,
                                                  Stock Market, Inc. (‘‘NASDAQ’’) in its                     10 As is currently the case, Users that receive co-   the proposed change would provide
                                                  Multi-Firm Cabinets Fee, and would
                                                                                                          location services from the Exchange will not receive     Users with clarity as to the availability
                                                                                                          any means of access to the Exchange’s trading and        and application of co-location hosting
                                                  similarly mean that a Hosting User                      execution systems that is separate from, or superior
                                                  would be assessed the Hosting Fee for                   to, that of others with access to the Exchange’s
                                                                                                                                                                   services and fees.
                                                                                                          trading and execution systems. In this regard, all          The proposed change to the Hosting
                                                  each Hosted Customer that occupies
                                                                                                          orders sent to the Exchange enter the Exchange’s         Fee would be applied uniformly for
                                                  space in a cabinet.9 Thus, for example,                 trading and execution systems through the same           comparable services provided by the
                                                  if a Hosting User hosts a Hosted                        order gateway, regardless of whether the sender is
                                                                                                                                                                   Exchange to comparable Hosting Users
                                                  Customer in two of the Hosting User’s                   co-located in the data center or not. In addition, co-
                                                                                                          located Users do not receive any market data or data     and their customers and would not
                                                  cabinets, the Hosting User would be
                                                                                                          service product that is not available to users that      unfairly discriminate between similarly
                                                  charged two Hosting Fees, one for each                  have access to the Exchange’s trading and execution      situated Hosting Users. The Exchange
                                                  cabinet in which the Hosted Customer                    systems, although Users that receive co-location
                                                                                                          services normally would expect reduced latencies
                                                                                                                                                                   notes that assessing a fee per Hosted
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                                                    8 A ‘‘customer of a Hosting User,’’ as used in the    in sending orders to, and receiving market data          Customer per cabinet is comparable to
                                                  definition of a ‘‘Hosted Customer’’ would be any        from, the Exchange.                                      the approach that NASDAQ takes to the
                                                  person that has a contractual relationship with a          11 See SR–NYSE–2013–59, supra note 6 at 51766.
                                                                                                                                                                   same type of services in its Multi-Firm
                                                  Hosting User to use that Hosting User’s co-location     The Exchange’s affiliates have also submitted            Cabinets Fee.14 The Exchange also notes
                                                  space. There is no limitation on the types of persons   substantially the same proposed rule change to
                                                  who could be Hosted Customers.                          propose the changes described herein. See SR–            that the Hosting Fee has not been
                                                    9 See Nasdaq Rule 7034(a) and Securities              NYSEMKT–2015–67 and SR–NYSEArca–2015–82.                 changed since it was established in
                                                                                                             12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
                                                  Exchange Act Release No. 71200 (Dec. 30, 2013), 79
                                                  FR 677 (Jan. 6, 2014) (SR–NASDAQ–2013–157).                13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                                14 See   supra note 9.



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                                                  2011. The Exchange believes the                            by the Exchange could have access to                   interest; (ii) impose any significant
                                                  proposed Hosting Fee is reasonable in                      the co-location services provided in the               burden on competition; and (iii) become
                                                  that the fee is designed to reflect the                    data center. This is also true because, in             operative for 30 days from the date on
                                                  expenses and resources expended by the                     addition to the services being                         which it was filed, or such shorter time
                                                  Exchange in connection with hosting                        completely voluntary, they are available               as the Commission may designate, it has
                                                  services. In addition, while Hosting                       to all Users on an equal basis (i.e., the              become effective pursuant to Section
                                                  Users may independently set fees for                       same range of products and services are                19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 19 and Rule 19b–
                                                  their Hosted Customers, and the                            available to all Users).                               4(f)(6) thereunder.20
                                                  Exchange would not receive a share of                         The Exchange believes that                             At any time within 60 days of the
                                                  any such fees, the Hosting Fee on a per                    incorporating the definitions of User,                 filing of the proposed rule change, the
                                                  Hosted Customer per cabinet basis                          Hosting User and Hosted Customer into                  Commission summarily may
                                                  continues to be lower than the fees a                      the Price List, the change to the Hosting              temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                                  Hosted Customer would pay for co-                          Fee and the change to the application of               it appears to the Commission that such
                                                  location space purchased directly from                     the Hosting Fee will not impose any                    action is necessary or appropriate in the
                                                  the Exchange.                                              burden on competition that is not                      public interest, for the protection of
                                                     The Exchange also believes that the                     necessary or appropriate in further of                 investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
                                                  proposed rule change is consistent with                    the purposes of the Act because the                    the purposes of the Act. If the
                                                  Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,15 in                           definitions have been previously filed                 Commission takes such action, the
                                                  particular, because it provides for the                    with the Commission 17 and their                       Commission shall institute proceedings
                                                  equitable allocation of reasonable dues,                   inclusion in the Price List will provide               to determine whether the proposed rule
                                                  fees, and other charges among its                          further clarity in the application of the              change should be approved or
                                                  Members, issuers and other persons                         fees. The Exchange believes that the                   disapproved.
                                                  using its facilities and does not unfairly                 changes to the Hosting Fee will not                    IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                  discriminate between customers,                            impose any burden on competition that
                                                  issuers, brokers or dealers. Overall, the                  is not necessary or appropriate in                       Interested persons are invited to
                                                  Exchange believes that the proposed                        further of the purposes of the Act                     submit written data, views, and
                                                  change is consistent with the Act                          because they are designed to reflect the               arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                  because the Exchange offers the co-                        expenses and resources expended by the                 including whether the proposed rule
                                                  location services described herein as a                    Exchange in connection with hosting                    change is consistent with the Act.
                                                  convenience to Users, but in so doing                      services and because NASDAQ takes the                  Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                  incurs certain costs, including costs                      same approach to the same type of                      the following methods:
                                                  related to the data center facility,                       services in its Multi-Firm Cabinets                    Electronic Comments
                                                  hardware and equipment and costs                           Fee.18                                                   • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                  related to personnel required for initial                     Finally, the Exchange notes that it
                                                                                                                                                                    comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  installation and ongoing monitoring,                       operates in a highly competitive market
                                                                                                                                                                    rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                  support and maintenance of such                            in which market participants can                         • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                  services.                                                  readily favor competing venues if, for                 sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                     For the reasons above, the proposed                     example, they deem fee levels at a                     NYSE–2015–40 on the subject line.
                                                  change would not unfairly discriminate                     particular venue to be excessive or if
                                                  between or among market participants                       they determine that another venue’s                    Paper Comments
                                                  that are otherwise capable of satisfying                   products and services are more                           • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                  any applicable co-location fees,                           competitive than on the Exchange. In                   to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                  requirements, terms and conditions                         such an environment, the Exchange                      Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                  established from time to time by the                       must continually review, and consider                  Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                  Exchange.                                                  adjusting, the services it offers as well              All submissions should refer to File
                                                     Finally, the Exchange believes that it                  as any corresponding fees and credits to               Number SR–NYSE–2015–40. This file
                                                  is subject to significant competitive                      remain competitive with other                          number should be included on the
                                                  forces, as described below in the                          exchanges. For the reasons described                   subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                  Exchange’s statement regarding the                         above, the Exchange believes that the                  Commission process and review your
                                                  burden on competition.                                     proposed rule change reflects this                     comments more efficiently, please use
                                                     For these reasons, the Exchange                         competitive environment.                               only one method. The Commission will
                                                  believes that the proposal is consistent                                                                          post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                  with the Act.                                              C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                             Statement on Comments on the                           Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                          Proposed Rule Change Received From                     rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                  Statement on Burden on Competition                         Members, Participants or Others                        submission, all subsequent
                                                    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of                                                                           amendments, all written statements
                                                                                                               No written comments were solicited                   with respect to the proposed rule
                                                  the Act,16 the Exchange believes that the                  or received with respect to the proposed
                                                  proposed rule change would not impose                                                                             change that are filed with the
                                                                                                             rule change.                                           Commission, and all written
                                                  any burden on competition that is not
                                                  necessary or appropriate in furtherance                    III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                                                                             Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                      19 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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                                                  of the purposes of the Act because any                                                                              20 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii)
                                                  market participants that are otherwise                     Commission Action
                                                                                                                                                                    equires a self-regulatory organization to provide the
                                                  capable of satisfying any applicable co-                      Because the foregoing proposed rule                 Commission with written notice of its intent to file
                                                  location fees, requirements, terms and                     change does not: (i) Significantly affect              the proposed rule change, along with a brief
                                                                                                                                                                    description and text of the proposed rule change,
                                                  conditions established from time to time                   the protection of investors or the public              at least five business days prior to the date of filing
                                                                                                                                                                    of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time
                                                    15 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).                                  17 See   2011 Release, supra note 7.                 as designated by the Commission. The Exchange
                                                    16 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).                                  18 See   supra note 9.                               has satisfied this requirement.



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                                                  communications relating to the                          I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     Background
                                                  proposed rule change between the                        Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                  Commission and any person, other than                   the Proposed Rule Change                                 On September 10, 2010, the
                                                  those that may be withheld from the                                                                           Commission approved, on a pilot basis,
                                                                                                             The Exchange filed a proposal to                   changes to BATS Rule 11.17 to provide
                                                  public in accordance with the
                                                                                                          restructure and amend Rule 11.17,                     for uniform treatment: (1) Of clearly
                                                  provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                     Clearly Erroneous Executions, in order
                                                  available for Web site viewing and                                                                            erroneous 6 execution reviews in multi-
                                                                                                          to conform to the rules of EDGA                       stock events involving twenty or more
                                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                     Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGA’’) and EDGX
                                                  Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                             securities; and (2) in the event
                                                                                                          Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGX’’).3                           transactions occur that result in the
                                                  Washington, DC 20549, on official
                                                                                                             The text of the proposed rule change               issuance of an individual stock trading
                                                  business days between the hours of
                                                                                                          is available at the Exchange’s Web site               pause by the primary listing market and
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
                                                                                                          at www.batstrading.com, at the                        subsequent transactions that occur
                                                  filing also will be available for                       principal office of the Exchange, and at
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                                                                       before the trading pause is in effect on
                                                                                                          the Commission’s Public Reference                     the Exchange.7 The Exchange also
                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                    Room.                                                 adopted additional changes to Rule
                                                  received will be posted without change;
                                                                                                          II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    11.17 that reduced the ability of the
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal
                                                                                                          Statement of the Purpose of, and                      Exchange to deviate from the objective
                                                  identifying information from
                                                                                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                standards set forth in Rule 11.17,8 and
                                                  submissions. You should submit only
                                                                                                          Change                                                in 2013, adopted a provision designed
                                                  information that you wish to make
                                                                                                                                                                to address the operation of the Plan to
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                       In its filing with the Commission, the              Address Extraordinary Market Volatility
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–NYSE–                    Exchange included statements                          Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS
                                                  2015–40 and should besubmitted on or                    concerning the purpose of and basis for               under the Act (the ‘‘Limit Up-Limit
                                                  before October 26, 2015.                                the proposed rule change and discussed                Down Plan’’ or the ‘‘Plan’’).9 In 2014,
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of                any comments it received on the                       the Exchange adopted two additional
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated              proposed rule change. The text of these               provisions providing that: (i) A series of
                                                  authority.21                                            statements may be examined at the                     transactions in a particular security on
                                                  Robert W. Errett,                                       places specified in Item IV below. The                one or more trading days may be viewed
                                                                                                          Exchange has prepared summaries, set                  as one event if all such transactions
                                                  Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                          forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of               were effected based on the same
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–25174 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          the most significant parts of such                    fundamentally incorrect or grossly
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                  statements.                                           misinterpreted issuance information
                                                                                                          A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     resulting in a severe valuation error for
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 Statement of the Purpose of, and                      all such transactions (the ‘‘Multi-Day
                                                  COMMISSION                                              Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                Event’’); and (ii) in the event of any
                                                                                                          Change                                                disruption or malfunction in the
                                                                                                                                                                operation of the electronic
                                                  [Release No. 34–76016; File No. SR–BYX–                 1. Purpose
                                                  2015–40]
                                                                                                                                                                communications and trading facilities of
                                                                                                             In early 2014, the Exchange and its                an Exchange, another SRO, or
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS                     affiliate, BATS Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BZX’’),             responsible single plan processor in
                                                  Y-Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and                  received approval to effect a merger (the             connection with the transmittal or
                                                  Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed                   ‘‘Merger’’) of the Exchange’s parent                  receipt of a trading halt, an Officer,
                                                  Rule Change To Restructure and                          company, BATS Global Markets, Inc.,                   acting on his or her own motion, shall
                                                  Amend Rule 11.17, Clearly Erroneous                     with Direct Edge Holdings LLC, the                    nullify any transaction that occurs after
                                                  Executions                                              indirect parent of EDGX and EDGA                      a trading halt has been declared by the
                                                                                                          (together with BZX, BYX and EDGX, the                 primary listing market for a security and
                                                  September 29, 2015.                                     ‘‘BGM Affiliated Exchanges’’).4 In the                before such trading halt has officially
                                                                                                          context of the Merger, the BGM                        ended according to the primary listing
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
                                                                                                          Affiliated Exchanges are working to                   market.10
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
                                                                                                          align their rules, retaining only intended
                                                  ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
                                                                                                          differences between the BGM Affiliated                   6 The terms of a transaction executed on the
                                                  notice is hereby given that on                          Exchanges. Thus, the Exchange                         Exchange are ‘‘clearly erroneous’’ when there is an
                                                  September 21, 2015, BATS Y-Exchange,                    proposes to restructure and amend Rule                obvious error in any term, such as price, number
                                                  Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) filed                11.17, Clearly Erroneous Executions, in
                                                                                                                                                                of shares or other unit of trading, or identification
                                                  with the Securities and Exchange                                                                              of the security. A transaction made in clearly
                                                                                                          order to conform to the corresponding                 erroneous error and cancelled by both parties or
                                                  Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the                         rules of EDGA and EDGX and provide                    determined by the Exchange to be clearly erroneous
                                                  proposed rule change as described in                    a consistent rule set across each of the              will be removed from the Consolidated Tape. See
                                                  Items I, II, and III below, which items                                                                       Exchange Rule 11.17(a).
                                                                                                          BGM Affiliated Exchanges.5                               7 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 62886
                                                  have been prepared by the Exchange.
                                                                                                                                                                (Sept. 10, 2010), 75 FR 56613 (Sept. 16, 2010) (SR–
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                                                  The Commission is publishing this                         3 See EDGA and EDGX Rule 11.15.                     BATS–2010–016).
                                                  notice to solicit comments on the                         4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71375        8 Id.

                                                  proposed rule change from interested                    (January 23, 2014), 79 FR 4771 (January 29, 2014)        9 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68797

                                                  persons.                                                (SR–BATS–2013–059; SR–BYX–2013–039).                  (Jan. 31, 2013), 78 FR 8635 (Feb. 6, 2013) (SR–
                                                                                                             5 The Exchange notes that BZX intends to file an   BATS–2013–008); see also current BATS Rule
                                                                                                          identical proposal with the Commission to             11.17(h).
                                                    21 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            restructure and amend its Rule 11.17, Clearly            10 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72434
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                Erroneous Executions, to conform to EDGA and          (June 19, 2014), 79 FR 36110 (June 25, 2014) (SR–
                                                    2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   EDGX Rules 11.15.                                     BYX–2014–007).



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