80_FR_79883 80 FR 79638 - Third Avenue Trust and Third Avenue Management LLC; Notice of Application and Temporary Order

80 FR 79638 - Third Avenue Trust and Third Avenue Management LLC; Notice of Application and Temporary Order

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)

Page Range79638-79640
FR Document2015-32079

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79638-79640]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32079]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-31943; 812-14593]


Third Avenue Trust and Third Avenue Management LLC; Notice of 
Application and Temporary Order

December 16, 2015.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of application and a temporary order under Section 
22(e)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').

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Summary of Application:  Applicants request a temporary order to permit 
Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund (the ``Fund''), a series of Third 
Avenue Trust (the ``Trust''), to suspend the right of redemption of its 
outstanding redeemable securities.

Applicants:  The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and Third Avenue 
Management LLC (the ``Adviser,'' together with the Trust, the 
``Applicants'').

Filing Date:  The application was filed on December 16, 2015.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing:  Interested persons may request a 
hearing by writing to the Commission's Secretary and serving Applicants 
with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests 
should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on January 7, 2016, 
and should be accompanied by proof of service on Applicants, in the 
form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants, c/o Third Avenue 
Management LLC 622 Third Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Joire, Senior Special Counsel, 
at (202) 551-6866 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's 
Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete application may be obtained via 
the Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an 
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.

Background

    1. The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Fund. The Adviser 
is a Delaware limited liability company that is registered as an 
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The 
Adviser managed assets of approximately $8 billion as of September 30, 
2015.
    2. The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered with 
the Commission under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment 
company with five series. Each series of the Trust has a different 
investment objective and different investment policies. The Fund is one 
such series.
    3. The Fund is a non-diversified open-end investment company. Its 
investment objective is to seek long-term total return, which may 
include investment returns from a combination of sources including 
capital appreciation, fees and interest income.
    4. The Fund has been subject to a significant level of redemption 
requests by the Fund's investors over the past six months. For example, 
the Fund has experienced a total of $1.1 billion in estimated net 
outflows for the year to date through December 9, 2015, which was more 
than 145% of its remaining net asset value at that date. In November 
2015, the Fund experienced a total of $317 million in estimated net 
redemptions, and the Fund's Institutional Class net asset value per 
share fell from $7.81 to $7.08 and its Retail Class net asset value per 
share fell from $7.82 to $7.09.
    5. The ongoing reduction in liquidity in the Fund's portfolio 
securities is related to a number of factors, including an imbalance 
between selling interest and buying interest. The Fund increased its 
cash position to over $200 million by early December 2015 in 
anticipation of tax selling and other redemptions.
    6. During this period, Fund management also kept the Board of 
Trustees of the Trust (the ``Board'') informed and reevaluated 
contingency plans. On December 9, 2015, after considering the 
environment the Fund was in and the likelihood that incremental sales 
of portfolio securities to satisfy additional redemptions would have to 
be made at prices that would unfairly disadvantage all remaining 
shareholders, the Board determined that the fairest action on behalf of 
all shareholders would be to adopt a plan of liquidation. The Board 
determined to implement this plan by placing the remaining noncash 
assets in a liquidating trust for the benefit of all Fund shareholders 
and distributing available cash. Relief from the Commission in 
connection with the plan's implementation was not sought by the Fund 
and the Adviser.
    7. On December 9, 2015, the Board adopted a plan of liquidation for 
the Fund (the ``Plan of Liquidation''), pursuant to which the Board 
declared two distributions, one of the remaining net cash and one of 
the beneficial interests in a liquidating trust (``Liquidating 
Trust''). These distributions were scheduled to be paid on December 16, 
2015. Interests in the Liquidating Trust would not trade and would, in 
general, be transferable only by operation of law. The Adviser would 
manage the Liquidating Trust's assets without charge and there would be 
periodic distributions from the Liquidating Trust as income is received 
and assets are sold at fair prices. All redemption requests as of 
December 9, 2015, were met by the Fund and the sales of the shares of 
the Fund were suspended as of December 10, 2015.
    8. Upon announcement of the Plan of Liquidation, the Commission 
staff expressed concerns during discussions with the Fund and the 
Adviser. In

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addition, the Fund received numerous inquiries from shareholders and 
intermediaries through which many shareholders hold their shares in the 
Fund. The Fund and the Adviser reviewed the pros and cons of 
alternatives with the Board at meetings held on December 12, 2015 and 
December 13, 2015, at which the Board authorized moving forward with an 
application for an order to suspend redemptions. On December 14, 2015, 
the Board met again and approved the cancellation and rescission of the 
distribution of beneficial interests in the Liquidating Trust and the 
reconveyance of the assets held in the Liquidating Trust to the Fund 
together with the assumption by the Fund of the liabilities previously 
assumed by the Liquidating Trust, conditioned upon receipt of the 
requested relief. The Board did not rescind the cash distribution, 
which will proceed on December 16, 2015, and also retained the Plan of 
Liquidation, pursuant to which the Fund will liquidate.
    9. Applicants state that approximately 65% of the value of the 
Fund's shares is held by shareholders in the Fund's Institutional 
Class, and the rest is held by investors in its Retail Class. If the 
relief is not granted, and the Fund is unable to suspend redemptions, 
the institutional investors would likely be best positioned to take 
advantage of any redemption opportunity, to the detriment of those 
investors--most likely, retail investors--who remain in the Fund. These 
remaining investors would suffer a rapidly declining net asset value 
and an even further diminished liquidity of the Fund's securities 
portfolio. The relief would help avoid such an outcome.
    10. Applicants also state that the Fund will not be engaged and 
does not propose to engage, in any business activities other than those 
necessary for the winding-up of its affairs. Applicants further state 
that relief permitting the Fund to suspend redemptions in connection 
with its liquidation would permit the Fund to liquidate its assets in 
an orderly manner and prevent the Fund from being forced to sell assets 
at unreasonably low prices to meet redemptions.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 22(e)(1) of the Act provides that a registered 
investment company may not suspend the right of redemption or postpone 
the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption of any redeemable 
security in accordance with its terms for more than seven days after 
the tender of such security to the company or its designated agent 
except for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange 
(``NYSE'') is closed other than customary week-end and holiday 
closings, or during which trading on the NYSE is restricted.
    2. Section 22(e)(3) of the Act provides that redemptions may be 
suspended by a registered investment company for such other periods as 
the Commission may by order permit for the protection of security 
holders of the registered investment company.
    3. Applicants submit that granting the requested relief would be 
for the protection of the shareholders of the Fund, as provided in 
Section 22(e)(3) of the Act. Applicants assert that, in requesting an 
order by the Commission, the Board's goal is to ensure that the Fund's 
shareholders will be treated appropriately in view of the otherwise 
detrimental effect on the Fund of the ongoing reduction in the 
liquidity of the Fund's portfolio securities, the very recent extreme 
difficulty the Fund has encountered in selling portfolio securities at 
prices the Adviser deemed to be fair and the ongoing redemptions that 
the Fund expected. Applicants further state that the requested relief 
is intended to permit an orderly liquidation of the portfolio 
securities at what Applicants consider to be fair values and ensure 
that all of the shareholders of the Fund are protected in the process 
by allowing the realization of fair value for these investments.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will 
be subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Pending liquidating distributions, the Fund will invest 
proceeds of cash dispositions of portfolio securities solely in U.S. 
government securities, cash equivalents, securities eligible for 
purchase by a registered money market fund with legal maturities not in 
excess of 90 days and, if determined to be necessary to protect the 
value of a portfolio position in a rights offering or other dilutive 
transaction, additional securities of the affected issuer.
    (2) The Fund will make liquidating cash distributions pro rata at 
least quarterly in an amount not less than all cash proceeds from 
dispositions of portfolio securities during such quarter not required 
to provide for liabilities, reserves, and for so long as the Board 
determines that maintaining regulated investment company status under 
subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is 
important for the protection of shareholders, the maintenance of 
diversification required for such tax status.
    (3) The Fund and the Adviser will make and keep true, accurate and 
current all appropriate records, including but not limited to those 
surrounding the events leading to the requested relief, the plan for 
the orderly liquidation of Fund assets, the sale of Fund portfolio 
securities, the distribution of Fund assets, and communications with 
shareholders (including any complaints from shareholders and responses 
thereto).
    (4) The Fund and the Adviser will promptly make available to staff 
of the Commission all files, books, records and personnel as requested, 
relating to the Fund and the Liquidating Trust.
    (5) The Fund and the Adviser will provide periodic reporting to 
Commission staff regarding the status of the liquidation and 
distributions.
    (6) Neither the Adviser nor any of its affiliates will receive any 
fee for managing the Fund.
    (7) The Fund is in liquidation and will not be engaged and does not 
propose to engage in any business activities other than those necessary 
for the protection of its assets, the protection of shareholders and 
the winding-up of its affairs.
    (8) The Adviser will appropriately convey accurate and timely 
information to shareholders of the Fund with regard to the status of 
the Fund and its liquidation on the Adviser's Web site, including 
without limitation information concerning the dates and amounts of 
distributions, press releases, and periodic reports, and will maintain 
a toll-free number to respond to shareholder inquiries.
    (9) The Fund and the Adviser shall consult with Commission staff 
prior to making any material amendments to the Plan of Liquidation.
    (10) The Fund will comply with the requirements of Section 30 of 
the Act and the rules thereunder and will file a report containing a 
liquidation audit, i.e., audited financial statements dated as of or 
near the final distribution date, promptly following the Fund's final 
liquidating distribution.
    (11) The Fund and the Adviser will comply with all provisions of 
the Federal securities laws.
    (12) The relief granted pursuant to the application shall be 
without prejudice to, and shall not limit the Commission's rights in 
any manner with respect to, any Commission investigation of, or legal 
proceedings involving or against the Applicants.

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Commission Finding

    Based on the representations and conditions in the application, the 
Commission permits the temporary suspension of the right of redemption 
for the protection of the Fund's security holders. Under the 
circumstances described in the application, which require immediate 
action to protect the Fund's security holders, the Commission concludes 
that it is not practicable to give notice or an opportunity to request 
a hearing before issuing the order.
    IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 22(e)(3) of the Act, that the 
requested relief from Section 22(e) of the Act is granted with respect 
to the Fund until it has liquidated, or until the Commission rescinds 
the order granted herein. This order shall be in effect as of December 
16, 2015, with suspension of redemption requests as requested by the 
Applicants to be effective as of December 10, 2015.

    By the Commission.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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                                                  submission, all subsequent                                FILING DATE: The application was filed                experienced a total of $1.1 billion in
                                                  amendments, all written statements                        on December 16, 2015.                                 estimated net outflows for the year to
                                                  with respect to the proposed rule                         HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:                   date through December 9, 2015, which
                                                  change that are filed with the                            Interested persons may request a                      was more than 145% of its remaining
                                                  Commission, and all written                               hearing by writing to the Commission’s                net asset value at that date. In November
                                                  communications relating to the                            Secretary and serving Applicants with a               2015, the Fund experienced a total of
                                                  proposed rule change between the                          copy of the request, personally or by                 $317 million in estimated net
                                                  Commission and any person, other than                     mail. Hearing requests should be                      redemptions, and the Fund’s
                                                  those that may be withheld from the                       received by the Commission by 5:30                    Institutional Class net asset value per
                                                  public in accordance with the                             p.m. on January 7, 2016, and should be                share fell from $7.81 to $7.08 and its
                                                  provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                       accompanied by proof of service on                    Retail Class net asset value per share fell
                                                  available for Web site viewing and                        Applicants, in the form of an affidavit               from $7.82 to $7.09.
                                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                       or, for lawyers, a certificate of service.               5. The ongoing reduction in liquidity
                                                  Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                         Hearing requests should state the nature              in the Fund’s portfolio securities is
                                                  Washington, DC 20549 on official                          of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing           related to a number of factors, including
                                                  business days between the hours of                        upon the desirability of a hearing on the             an imbalance between selling interest
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                   matter, the reason for the request, and               and buying interest. The Fund increased
                                                  filing also will be available for                         the issues contested. Persons who wish                its cash position to over $200 million by
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                   to be notified of a hearing may request               early December 2015 in anticipation of
                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                      notification by writing to the                        tax selling and other redemptions.
                                                  received will be posted without change;                                                                            6. During this period, Fund
                                                                                                            Commission’s Secretary.
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                                                                           management also kept the Board of
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
                                                  identifying information from                                                                                    Trustees of the Trust (the ‘‘Board’’)
                                                                                                            and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street                 informed and reevaluated contingency
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                       NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                  information that you wish to make                                                                               plans. On December 9, 2015, after
                                                                                                            Applicants, c/o Third Avenue                          considering the environment the Fund
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                       Management LLC 622 Third Avenue,
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–BATS–                                                                            was in and the likelihood that
                                                                                                            32nd Floor, New York, NY 10017.                       incremental sales of portfolio securities
                                                  2015–110, and should be submitted on                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  or before January 12, 2016.                                                                                     to satisfy additional redemptions would
                                                                                                            David Joire, Senior Special Counsel, at               have to be made at prices that would
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of                  (202) 551–6866 (Division of Investment                unfairly disadvantage all remaining
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                Management, Chief Counsel’s Office).                  shareholders, the Board determined that
                                                  authority.14
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        the fairest action on behalf of all
                                                  Robert W. Errett,                                         complete application may be obtained                  shareholders would be to adopt a plan
                                                  Deputy Secretary.                                         via the Commission’s Web site by                      of liquidation. The Board determined to
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–32045 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]              searching for the file number, or for an              implement this plan by placing the
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                    applicant using the Company name box,                 remaining noncash assets in a
                                                                                                            at http://www.sec.gov/search/                         liquidating trust for the benefit of all
                                                                                                            search.htm or by calling (202) 551–                   Fund shareholders and distributing
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                   8090.                                                 available cash. Relief from the
                                                  COMMISSION                                                                                                      Commission in connection with the
                                                                                                            Background                                            plan’s implementation was not sought
                                                  [Release No. IC–31943; 812–14593]                            1. The Adviser is the investment                   by the Fund and the Adviser.
                                                                                                            adviser to the Fund. The Adviser is a                    7. On December 9, 2015, the Board
                                                  Third Avenue Trust and Third Avenue                       Delaware limited liability company that               adopted a plan of liquidation for the
                                                  Management LLC; Notice of                                 is registered as an investment adviser                Fund (the ‘‘Plan of Liquidation’’),
                                                  Application and Temporary Order                           under the Investment Advisers Act of                  pursuant to which the Board declared
                                                  December 16, 2015.                                        1940. The Adviser managed assets of                   two distributions, one of the remaining
                                                                                                            approximately $8 billion as of                        net cash and one of the beneficial
                                                  AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange
                                                                                                            September 30, 2015.                                   interests in a liquidating trust
                                                  Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
                                                                                                               2. The Trust is a Delaware statutory               (‘‘Liquidating Trust’’). These
                                                  ACTION: Notice of application and a                       trust and is registered with the                      distributions were scheduled to be paid
                                                  temporary order under Section 22(e)(3)                    Commission under the 1940 Act as an                   on December 16, 2015. Interests in the
                                                  of the Investment Company Act of 1940                     open-end management investment                        Liquidating Trust would not trade and
                                                  (the ‘‘Act’’).                                            company with five series. Each series of              would, in general, be transferable only
                                                                                                            the Trust has a different investment                  by operation of law. The Adviser would
                                                  SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:     Applicants                    objective and different investment                    manage the Liquidating Trust’s assets
                                                  request a temporary order to permit                       policies. The Fund is one such series.                without charge and there would be
                                                  Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund (the                        3. The Fund is a non-diversified open-             periodic distributions from the
                                                  ‘‘Fund’’), a series of Third Avenue Trust                 end investment company. Its investment                Liquidating Trust as income is received
                                                  (the ‘‘Trust’’), to suspend the right of                  objective is to seek long-term total                  and assets are sold at fair prices. All
                                                  redemption of its outstanding
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                                                                                                            return, which may include investment                  redemption requests as of December 9,
                                                  redeemable securities.                                    returns from a combination of sources                 2015, were met by the Fund and the
                                                  APPLICANTS: The Trust, on behalf of the                   including capital appreciation, fees and              sales of the shares of the Fund were
                                                  Fund, and Third Avenue Management                         interest income.                                      suspended as of December 10, 2015.
                                                  LLC (the ‘‘Adviser,’’ together with the                      4. The Fund has been subject to a                     8. Upon announcement of the Plan of
                                                  Trust, the ‘‘Applicants’’).                               significant level of redemption requests              Liquidation, the Commission staff
                                                                                                            by the Fund’s investors over the past six             expressed concerns during discussions
                                                    14 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            months. For example, the Fund has                     with the Fund and the Adviser. In


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                                                  addition, the Fund received numerous                    designated agent except for any period                maintenance of diversification required
                                                  inquiries from shareholders and                         during which the New York Stock                       for such tax status.
                                                  intermediaries through which many                       Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’) is closed other than                 (3) The Fund and the Adviser will
                                                  shareholders hold their shares in the                   customary week-end and holiday                        make and keep true, accurate and
                                                  Fund. The Fund and the Adviser                          closings, or during which trading on the              current all appropriate records,
                                                  reviewed the pros and cons of                           NYSE is restricted.                                   including but not limited to those
                                                  alternatives with the Board at meetings                    2. Section 22(e)(3) of the Act provides            surrounding the events leading to the
                                                  held on December 12, 2015 and                           that redemptions may be suspended by                  requested relief, the plan for the orderly
                                                  December 13, 2015, at which the Board                   a registered investment company for                   liquidation of Fund assets, the sale of
                                                  authorized moving forward with an                       such other periods as the Commission                  Fund portfolio securities, the
                                                  application for an order to suspend                     may by order permit for the protection                distribution of Fund assets, and
                                                  redemptions. On December 14, 2015,                      of security holders of the registered                 communications with shareholders
                                                  the Board met again and approved the                    investment company.                                   (including any complaints from
                                                  cancellation and rescission of the                         3. Applicants submit that granting the             shareholders and responses thereto).
                                                  distribution of beneficial interests in the             requested relief would be for the
                                                  Liquidating Trust and the reconveyance                                                                           (4) The Fund and the Adviser will
                                                                                                          protection of the shareholders of the                 promptly make available to staff of the
                                                  of the assets held in the Liquidating                   Fund, as provided in Section 22(e)(3) of
                                                  Trust to the Fund together with the                                                                           Commission all files, books, records and
                                                                                                          the Act. Applicants assert that, in                   personnel as requested, relating to the
                                                  assumption by the Fund of the liabilities               requesting an order by the Commission,
                                                  previously assumed by the Liquidating                                                                         Fund and the Liquidating Trust.
                                                                                                          the Board’s goal is to ensure that the
                                                  Trust, conditioned upon receipt of the                                                                           (5) The Fund and the Adviser will
                                                                                                          Fund’s shareholders will be treated
                                                  requested relief. The Board did not                                                                           provide periodic reporting to
                                                                                                          appropriately in view of the otherwise
                                                  rescind the cash distribution, which                                                                          Commission staff regarding the status of
                                                                                                          detrimental effect on the Fund of the
                                                  will proceed on December 16, 2015, and                                                                        the liquidation and distributions.
                                                                                                          ongoing reduction in the liquidity of the
                                                  also retained the Plan of Liquidation,                  Fund’s portfolio securities, the very                    (6) Neither the Adviser nor any of its
                                                  pursuant to which the Fund will                         recent extreme difficulty the Fund has                affiliates will receive any fee for
                                                  liquidate.                                              encountered in selling portfolio                      managing the Fund.
                                                     9. Applicants state that approximately                                                                        (7) The Fund is in liquidation and
                                                                                                          securities at prices the Adviser deemed
                                                  65% of the value of the Fund’s shares                                                                         will not be engaged and does not
                                                                                                          to be fair and the ongoing redemptions
                                                  is held by shareholders in the Fund’s
                                                                                                          that the Fund expected. Applicants                    propose to engage in any business
                                                  Institutional Class, and the rest is held
                                                                                                          further state that the requested relief is            activities other than those necessary for
                                                  by investors in its Retail Class. If the
                                                                                                          intended to permit an orderly                         the protection of its assets, the
                                                  relief is not granted, and the Fund is
                                                                                                          liquidation of the portfolio securities at            protection of shareholders and the
                                                  unable to suspend redemptions, the
                                                                                                          what Applicants consider to be fair                   winding-up of its affairs.
                                                  institutional investors would likely be
                                                                                                          values and ensure that all of the                        (8) The Adviser will appropriately
                                                  best positioned to take advantage of any
                                                                                                          shareholders of the Fund are protected                convey accurate and timely information
                                                  redemption opportunity, to the
                                                  detriment of those investors—most                       in the process by allowing the                        to shareholders of the Fund with regard
                                                  likely, retail investors—who remain in                  realization of fair value for these                   to the status of the Fund and its
                                                  the Fund. These remaining investors                     investments.                                          liquidation on the Adviser’s Web site,
                                                  would suffer a rapidly declining net                    Applicants’ Conditions                                including without limitation
                                                  asset value and an even further                                                                               information concerning the dates and
                                                  diminished liquidity of the Fund’s                        Applicants agree that any order                     amounts of distributions, press releases,
                                                  securities portfolio. The relief would                  granting the requested relief will be                 and periodic reports, and will maintain
                                                  help avoid such an outcome.                             subject to the following conditions:                  a toll-free number to respond to
                                                     10. Applicants also state that the                     (1) Pending liquidating distributions,              shareholder inquiries.
                                                  Fund will not be engaged and does not                   the Fund will invest proceeds of cash                    (9) The Fund and the Adviser shall
                                                  propose to engage, in any business                      dispositions of portfolio securities                  consult with Commission staff prior to
                                                  activities other than those necessary for               solely in U.S. government securities,                 making any material amendments to the
                                                  the winding-up of its affairs. Applicants               cash equivalents, securities eligible for             Plan of Liquidation.
                                                  further state that relief permitting the                purchase by a registered money market
                                                                                                          fund with legal maturities not in excess                 (10) The Fund will comply with the
                                                  Fund to suspend redemptions in                                                                                requirements of Section 30 of the Act
                                                  connection with its liquidation would                   of 90 days and, if determined to be
                                                                                                          necessary to protect the value of a                   and the rules thereunder and will file a
                                                  permit the Fund to liquidate its assets                                                                       report containing a liquidation audit,
                                                  in an orderly manner and prevent the                    portfolio position in a rights offering or
                                                                                                          other dilutive transaction, additional                i.e., audited financial statements dated
                                                  Fund from being forced to sell assets at                                                                      as of or near the final distribution date,
                                                  unreasonably low prices to meet                         securities of the affected issuer.
                                                                                                            (2) The Fund will make liquidating                  promptly following the Fund’s final
                                                  redemptions.                                                                                                  liquidating distribution.
                                                                                                          cash distributions pro rata at least
                                                  Applicants’ Legal Analysis                              quarterly in an amount not less than all                 (11) The Fund and the Adviser will
                                                    1. Section 22(e)(1) of the Act provides               cash proceeds from dispositions of                    comply with all provisions of the
                                                                                                                                                                Federal securities laws.
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                                                  that a registered investment company                    portfolio securities during such quarter
                                                  may not suspend the right of                            not required to provide for liabilities,                 (12) The relief granted pursuant to the
                                                  redemption or postpone the date of                      reserves, and for so long as the Board                application shall be without prejudice
                                                  payment or satisfaction upon                            determines that maintaining regulated                 to, and shall not limit the Commission’s
                                                  redemption of any redeemable security                   investment company status under                       rights in any manner with respect to,
                                                  in accordance with its terms for more                   subchapter M of the Internal Revenue                  any Commission investigation of, or
                                                  than seven days after the tender of such                Code of 1986, as amended, is important                legal proceedings involving or against
                                                  security to the company or its                          for the protection of shareholders, the               the Applicants.


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                                                  Commission Finding                                      change, or within such longer period up                I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                     Based on the representations and                     to 90 days as the Commission may                       Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                  conditions in the application, the                      designate if it finds such longer period               the Proposed Rule Change
                                                  Commission permits the temporary                        to be appropriate and publishes its                       The Exchange proposes to amend BX
                                                  suspension of the right of redemption                   reasons for so finding or as to which the              Rules at Chapter VII, Section 12,
                                                  for the protection of the Fund’s security               self-regulatory organization consents,                 entitled ‘‘Order Exposure
                                                  holders. Under the circumstances                        the Commission shall either approve the                Requirements,’’ to make clear that BX
                                                  described in the application, which                     proposed rule change, disapprove the                   PRISM is an exception to this rule.
                                                  require immediate action to protect the                 proposed rule change, or institute                        The text of the proposed rule change
                                                  Fund’s security holders, the                            proceedings to determine whether the                   is available on the Exchange’s Web site
                                                  Commission concludes that it is not                     proposed rule change should be                         at http://
                                                  practicable to give notice or an                        disapproved. The 45th day for this filing              nasdaqomxbx.cchwallstreet.com, at the
                                                  opportunity to request a hearing before                 is December 17, 2015. The Commission                   principal office of the Exchange, and at
                                                  issuing the order.                                      is extending this 45-day time period.                  the Commission’s Public Reference
                                                     IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section                      The Commission finds it appropriate                 Room.
                                                  22(e)(3) of the Act, that the requested                 to designate a longer period within
                                                                                                                                                                 II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  relief from Section 22(e) of the Act is                 which to take action on the proposed
                                                                                                                                                                 Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  granted with respect to the Fund until                  rule change, so that it has sufficient time
                                                                                                                                                                 Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  it has liquidated, or until the                         to consider this proposed rule change.
                                                                                                                                                                 Change
                                                  Commission rescinds the order granted                      Accordingly, the Commission,
                                                  herein. This order shall be in effect as                pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,4                 In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                  of December 16, 2015, with suspension                   designates January 31, 2016, as the date               Exchange included statements
                                                  of redemption requests as requested by                  by which the Commission should either                  concerning the purpose of and basis for
                                                  the Applicants to be effective as of                    approve or disapprove, or institute                    the proposed rule change and discussed
                                                  December 10, 2015.                                      proceedings to determine whether to                    any comments it received on the
                                                                                                          disapprove, the proposed rule change                   proposed rule change. The text of these
                                                    By the Commission.                                                                                           statements may be examined at the
                                                                                                          (File No. SR–NYSEMKT–2015–80).
                                                  Brent J. Fields,                                                                                               places specified in Item IV below. The
                                                  Secretary.                                                For the Commission, by the Division of               Exchange has prepared summaries, set
                                                                                                          Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–32079 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          authority.5
                                                                                                                                                                 forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                                                                         the most significant aspects of such
                                                                                                          Robert W. Errett,
                                                                                                                                                                 statements.
                                                                                                          Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–32050 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]           A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                                                                                                                                 Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  COMMISSION                                              BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                 Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  [Release No. 34–76669; File No. SR–                                                                            Change
                                                  NYSEMKT–2015–80]                                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                1. Purpose
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                     COMMISSION
                                                                                                                                                                    The Exchange proposes to amend BX
                                                  MKT LLC; Notice of Designation of a                                                                            Rules at Chapter VII, Section 12,
                                                  Longer Period for Commission Action                     [Release No. 34–76663; File No. SR–BX–                 entitled ‘‘Order Exposure
                                                  on Proposed Rule Change Deleting                        2015–078]
                                                                                                                                                                 Requirements’’ to specifically state that
                                                  Rule 410B—Equities Governing                                                                                   orders entered into BX PRISM are not
                                                                                                          Self-Regulatory Organizations;
                                                  Reporting Requirements for Off-                                                                                subject to the rule at Section 12.
                                                                                                          NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing
                                                  Exchange Transactions                                                                                          Recently, the Exchange’s BX PRISM rule
                                                                                                          and Immediate Effectiveness of
                                                  December 16, 2015.                                      Proposed Rule Change Relating to                       was approved by the Commission.3 BX
                                                                                                          Order Exposure                                         PRISM is a price-improvement
                                                     On October 16, 2015, NYSE MKT LLC
                                                                                                                                                                 mechanism on the Exchange’s options
                                                  (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE MKT’’) filed                December 16, 2015.                                     platform, in which a BX Participant (an
                                                  with the Securities and Exchange
                                                                                                             Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                 ‘‘Initiating Participant’’) may
                                                  Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
                                                                                                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934                        electronically submit for execution a
                                                  to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
                                                                                                          (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                two-sided paired order, where one side
                                                  Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule
                                                                                                          notice is hereby given that on December                is an order it represents as agent on
                                                  19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
                                                                                                          2, 2015, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’                   behalf of a Public Customer,
                                                  change to delete Rule 410B—Equities
                                                                                                          or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities             Professional customer, broker-dealer, or
                                                  governing reporting requirements for
                                                                                                          and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or                    any other entity (‘‘PRISM Order’’) and
                                                  off-Exchange transactions. The proposed
                                                                                                          ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                      the other side is principal interest or
                                                  rule change was published for comment
                                                                                                          change as described in Items I, II, and                any other order it represents as agent (an
                                                  in the Federal Register on November 2,
                                                                                                          III, below, which Items have been                      ‘‘Initiating Order’’) provided that the
                                                  2015.3
                                                                                                          prepared by the Exchange. The                          member first exposes the PRISM Order
                                                     Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 3 provides
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                                                                                                          Commission is publishing this notice to                in the PRISM Auction (‘‘Auction’’)
                                                  that within 45 days of the publication of
                                                                                                          solicit comments on the proposed rule                  pursuant to the Rule. This mechanism is
                                                  notice of the filing of a proposed rule
                                                                                                          change from interested persons.
                                                                                                                                                                   3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76301
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                                                                            4 15
                                                                                                                                                                 (October 29, 2015), 80 FR 68347 (November 4, 2015)
                                                    2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                          U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).                               (SR–BX–2015–032) (Order Granting Accelerated
                                                    3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76276         5 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).
                                                                                                                                                                 Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified
                                                  (October 27, 2015), 80 FR 67454.                          1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                                                                                                                                 by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, To Adopt a New Price
                                                    3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).                                  2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                  Improvement Auction, BX PRISM).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of application and a temporary order under Section 22(e)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
DatesThe application was filed on December 16, 2015.
ContactDavid Joire, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6866 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
FR Citation80 FR 79638 

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