81_FR_19333 81 FR 19269 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Adopting Requirements for the Collection and Transmission of Data Pursuant to Appendices B and C of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program

81 FR 19269 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Adopting Requirements for the Collection and Transmission of Data Pursuant to Appendices B and C of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 64 (April 4, 2016)

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FR Document2016-07586

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-77468; File No. SR-NYSE-2016-27]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change 
Adopting Requirements for the Collection and Transmission of Data 
Pursuant to Appendices B and C of the Regulation NMS Plan to Implement 
a Tick Size Pilot Program

March 29, 2016.
    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 March 25, 2016, 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 Exchange. 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 adopt requirements for the collection and 
transmission of data pursuant to Appendices B and C of the Regulation 
NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program (``Plan''). 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 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    On August 25, 2014, NYSE Group, Inc., on behalf of the Exchange, 
NYSE MKT LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. f/k/a BATS 
Exchange, Inc. (``BZX''), BATS BYX Exchange, Inc. f/k/a BATS Y-
Exchange, Inc. (``BYX''), Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange, 
Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory 
Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, 
and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (collectively ``Participants''), filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant 
to Section 11A of the Act \4\ and Rule 608 of Regulation NMS 
thereunder,\5\ the Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program 
(``Pilot'').\6\ The Participants filed the Plan to comply with an order 
issued by the Commission on June 24, 2014.\7\ The Plan \8\ was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on November 7, 2014, and 
approved by the Commission, as modified, on May 6, 2015.\9\
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
    \5\ 17 CFR 242.608.
    \6\ See Letter from Brendon J. Weiss, Vice President, 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., to Secretary, Commission, dated 
August 25, 2014.
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72460 (June 24, 
2014), 79 FR 36840 (June 30, 2014).
    \8\ Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in this 
rule filing are based on the defined terms of the Plan.
    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74892 (May 6, 2015), 
80 FR 27513 (May 13, 2015) (``Approval Order'').
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    The Plan is designed to allow the Commission, market participants, 
and the public to study and assess the impact of increment conventions 
on the liquidity and trading of the common stocks of small-
capitalization companies. Each Participant is required to comply, and 
to enforce compliance by its member organizations, as applicable, with 
the provisions of the Plan. As is described more fully below, the 
proposed rules would require member organizations to comply with the 
applicable data collection requirements of the Plan.\10\
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    \10\ The Exchange proposes to provide in the introduction 
paragraph to Rule 67 that the Rule shall be in effect during a pilot 
period to coincide with the pilot period for the Plan (including any 
extensions to the pilot period for the Plan).
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    The Pilot will include stocks of companies with $3 billion or less 
in market capitalization, an average daily trading volume of one 
million shares or less, and a volume weighted average price of at least 
$2.00 for every trading day. The Pilot will consist of a control group 
of approximately 1400 Pilot Securities and three test groups with 400 
Pilot Securities in each (selected by a stratified random sampling 
process).\11\ During the pilot, Pilot Securities in the control group 
will be quoted at the current tick size increment of $0.01 per share 
and will trade at the currently permitted increments. Pilot Securities 
in the first test group (``Test Group One'') will be quoted in $0.05 
minimum increments but will continue to trade at any price increment 
that is currently permitted.\12\ Pilot Securities in the second test 
group (``Test Group Two'') will be quoted in $0.05 minimum increments 
and will trade at $0.05 minimum increments subject to a midpoint 
exception, a retail investor order exception, and a negotiated trade 
exception.\13\ Pilot Securities in the third test group (``Test Group 
Three'') will be subject to the same quoting and trading increments as 
Test Group Two and also will be subject to the ``Trade-at''

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requirement to prevent price matching by a market participant that is 
not displaying at a Trading Center's ``Best Protected Bid'' or ``Best 
Protected Offer,'' unless an enumerated exception applies.\14\ In 
addition to the exceptions provided under Test Group Two, an exception 
for Block Size orders and exceptions that mirror those under Rule 611 
of Regulation NMS \15\ will apply to the Trade-at requirement.
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    \11\ See Section V of the Plan for identification of Pilot 
Securities, including criteria for selection and grouping.
    \12\ See Section VI(B) of the Plan.
    \13\ See Section VI(C) of the Plan.
    \14\ See Section VI(D) of the Plan.
    \15\ 17 CFR 242.611.
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    In approving the Plan, the Commission noted that the Trading Center 
data reporting requirements would facilitate an analysis of the effects 
of the Pilot on liquidity (e.g., transaction costs by order size), 
execution quality (e.g., speed of order executions), market maker 
activity, competition between trading venues (e.g., routing frequency 
of market orders), transparency (e.g., choice between displayed and 
hidden orders), and market dynamics (e.g., rates and speed of order 
cancellations).\16\ The Commission noted that Market Maker 
profitability data would assist the Commission in evaluating the 
effect, if any, of a widened tick increment on market marker profits 
and any corresponding changes in the liquidity of small-capitalization 
securities.\17\
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    \16\ See Approval Order, 80 FR at 27543.
    \17\ Id.
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Compliance With the Data Collection Requirements of the Plan
    The Plan contains requirements for collecting and transmitting data 
to the Commission and to the public.\18\ Specifically, Appendix B.I of 
the Plan (Market Quality Statistics) requires Trading Centers \19\ to 
submit variety of market quality statistics, including information 
about an order's original size, whether the order was displayable or 
not, the cumulative number of orders, the cumulative number of shares 
of orders, and the cumulative number of shares executed within specific 
time increments, e.g., from 30 seconds to less than 60 seconds after 
the time of order receipt. This information shall be categorized by 
security, order type, original order size, hidden status, and coverage 
under Rule 605.\20\ Appendix B.I of the Plan also contains additional 
requirements for market orders and marketable limit orders, including 
the share-weighted average effective spread for executions of orders; 
the cumulative number of shares of orders executed with price 
improvement; and, for shares executed with price improvement, the 
share-weighted average amount per share that prices were improved.
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    \18\ The Exchange is also required by the Plan to establish, 
maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures that are 
reasonably designed to comply with applicable quoting and trading 
requirements specified in the Plan. The Exchange has separately 
proposed Rules 67(a) and 67(c)-(e) that would require compliance by 
its member organizations with the applicable quoting and trading 
requirements specified in the Plan. See, Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 76229 (October 22, 2015), 80 FR 66065 (October 28, 2015) 
(SR-NYSE-2015-46) (``Quoting & Trading Rules Proposal''), as amended 
by Partial Amendment No. 1 to the Quoting & Trading Rules Proposal.
    \19\ The Plan incorporates the definition of a ``Trading 
Center'' from Rule 600(b)(78) of Regulation NMS. Regulation NMS 
defines a ``Trading Center'' as ``a national securities exchange or 
national securities association that operates an SRO trading 
facility, an alternative trading system, an exchange market maker, 
an OTC market maker, or any other broker or dealer that executes 
orders internally by trading as principal or crossing orders as 
agent.'' See 17 CFR 242.600(b).
    \20\ 17 CFR 242.605.
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    Appendix B.II of the Plan (Market and Marketable Limit Order Data) 
requires Trading Centers to submit information relating to market 
orders and marketable limit orders, including the time of order 
receipt, order type, the order size, the National Best Bid and National 
Best Offer (``NBBO'') quoted price, the NBBO quoted depth, the average 
execution price-share-weighted average, and the average execution time-
share-weighted average.
    The Plan requires Appendix B.I and B.II data to be submitted by 
Participants that operate a Trading Center, and by members of the 
Participants that operate Trading Centers. The Plan provides that each 
Participant that is the Designated Examining Authority (``DEA'') for a 
member of the Participant that operates a Trading Center shall collect 
such data in a pipe delimited format, beginning six months prior to the 
Pilot Period and ending six months after the end of the Pilot Period. 
The Plan also requires the Participant, operating as DEA, to transmit 
this information to the SEC within 30 calendar days following month 
end.
    The Exchange is proposing new Rule 67(b) to set forth the 
requirements for the collection and transmission of data pursuant to 
Appendices B and C of the Plan. Proposed Rule 67(b) is substantially 
similar to the proposed rule changes by BZX that were recently approved 
by the Commission to adopt BZX Rule 11.27(b) which also sets forth 
requirements for the collection and transmission of data pursuant to 
Appendices B and C of the Plan.\21\
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    \21\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 77105 (February 
10, 2016), 81 FR 8112 (February 17, 2016) (order approving SR-BATS-
2015-102); and 77310 (March 7, 2016) (notice for comment and 
immediate effectiveness of SR-BATS-2016-27). The Exchange proposes a 
non-substantive difference to use the term ``member organization'' 
instead of ``member'' in proposed Rule 67.
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    Proposed Rule 67(b)(1) requires that a member organization that 
operates a Trading Center shall establish, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to comply with the 
data collection and transmission requirements of Items I and II to 
Appendix B of the Plan, and a member organization that is a Market 
Maker shall establish, maintain and enforce written policies and 
procedures that are reasonably designed to comply with the data 
collection and transmission requirements of Item IV of Appendix B of 
the Plan and Item I of Appendix C of the Plan.
    Proposed Rule 67(b)(2) provides that the Exchange shall collect and 
transmit to the SEC the data described in Items I and II of Appendix B 
of the Plan relating to trading activity in Pre-Pilot Data Collection 
Securities \22\ and Pilot Securities on a Trading Center operated by 
the Exchange. The Exchange shall transmit such data to the SEC in a 
pipe delimited format, on a disaggregated basis by Trading Center, 
within 30 calendar days following month end for: (i) Each Pre-Pilot 
Data Collection Security for the period beginning six months prior to 
the Pilot Period through the trading day immediately preceding the 
Pilot Period; and (ii) each Pilot Security for the period beginning on 
the first day of the Pilot Period through six months after the end of 
the Pilot Period. The Exchange also shall make such data publicly 
available on the Exchange Web site on a monthly basis at no charge and 
will not identify the member organization that generated the data.
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    \22\ The Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .90 to 
proposed Rule 67(b) to define ``Pre-Pilot Data Collection 
Securities'' as the securities designated by the Participants for 
purposes of the data collection requirements described in Items I, 
II and IV of Appendix B and Item I of Appendix C of the Plan for the 
period beginning six months prior to the Pilot Period and ending on 
the trading day immediately preceding the Pilot Period. The 
Participants shall compile the list of Pre-Pilot Data Collection 
Securities by selecting all NMS stocks with a market capitalization 
of $5 billion or less, a Consolidated Average Daily Volume (CADV) of 
2 million shares or less and a closing price of $1 per share or 
more. The market capitalization and the closing price thresholds 
shall be applied to the last day of the pre-pilot measurement 
period, and the CADV threshold shall be applied to the duration of 
the pre-pilot measurement period. The pre-pilot measurement period 
shall be the three calendar months ending on the day when the Pre-
Pilot Data Collection Securities are selected. The Pre-Pilot Data 
Collection Securities shall be selected thirty days prior to the 
commencement of the six-month pre-pilot period. On the trading day 
that is the first trading day of the Pilot Period through six months 
after the end of the Pilot Period, the data collection requirements 
will become applicable to the Pilot Securities only.
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    Appendix B.IV (Daily Market Maker Participation Statistics) 
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Market Maker participation from each Market Maker \23\ engaging in 
trading activity on a Trading Center operated by the Participant. The 
Exchange is therefore proposing Rule 67(b)(3) to gather data about a 
Market Maker's participation in Pilot Securities and Pre-Pilot Data 
Collection Securities. Proposed Rule 67(b)(3)(A) provides that a member 
organization that is a Market Maker shall collect and transmit to their 
DEA data relating to Item IV of Appendix B of the Plan with respect to 
activity conducted on any Trading Center in Pilot Securities and Pre-
Pilot Data Collection Securities in furtherance of its status as a 
registered Market Maker, including a Trading Center that executes 
trades otherwise than on a national securities exchange, for 
transactions that have settled or reached settlement date. The proposed 
rule requires Market Makers to transmit such data in a format required 
by their DEA, by 12:00 p.m. EST on T+4 for: (i) Transactions in each 
Pre-Pilot Data Collection Security for the period beginning six months 
prior to the Pilot Period through the trading day immediately preceding 
the Pilot Period; and (ii) for transactions in each Pilot Security for 
the period beginning on the first day of the Pilot Period through six 
months after the end of the Pilot Period.
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    \23\ The Plan defines a Market Maker as ``a dealer registered 
with any self-regulatory organization, in accordance with the rules 
thereof, as (i) a market maker or (ii) a liquidity provider with an 
obligation to maintain continuous, two-sided trading interest.''
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    The Exchange understands that some member organizations may utilize 
a DEA that is not a Participant to the Plan and that their DEA would 
not be subject to the Plan's data collection requirements. In such 
case, a DEA that is not a Participant of the Plan would not be required 
to collect the required data and may not establish procedures for which 
member organizations it acts a DEA for to report the data required 
under subparagraphs (b)(3)(A) of Rule 67 and in accordance with Item IV 
of Appendix B of the Plan. Therefore, the Exchange proposes to adopt 
subparagraph (b)(3)(B) to Rule 67 to require a member organization that 
is a Market Maker whose DEA is not a Participant to the Plan to 
transmit the data collected pursuant to paragraph (3)(A) of Rule 67(b) 
to FINRA, which is a Participant to the Plan and is to collect data 
relating to Item IV of Appendix B of the Plan on behalf of the 
Participants. For Market Makers for which it is the DEA, FINRA issued a 
Market Maker Transaction Data Technical Specification to collect data 
on Pre-Pilot Data Collection Securities and Pilot Securities from 
Trading Centers to comply with the Plan's data collection 
requirements.\24\
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    \24\ FINRA members for which FINRA is their DEA should refer to 
the Market Maker Transaction Data Technical Specification on the 
FINRA Web site at http://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/market-maker-transaction-data-tech-specs.pdf.
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    Proposed Rule 67(b)(3)(C) provides that the Exchange shall transmit 
the data collected by the DEA or FINRA pursuant to Rule 67(b)(3)(A) and 
(B) above relating to Market Maker activity on a Trading Center 
operated by the Exchange to the SEC in a pipe delimited format within 
30 calendar days following month end. The Exchange shall also make such 
data publicly available on the Exchange Web site on a monthly basis at 
no charge and shall not identify the Trading Center that generated the 
data.
    Appendix C.I (Market Maker Profitability) requires a Participant to 
collect data related to Market Maker profitability from each Market 
Maker for which it is the DEA. Specifically, the Participant is 
required to collect the total number of shares of orders executed by 
the Market Maker; the raw Market Maker realized trading profits, and 
the raw Market Maker unrealized trading profits. Data shall be 
collected for dates starting six months prior to the Pilot Period 
through six months after the end of the Pilot Period. This data shall 
be collected on a monthly basis, to be provided in a pipe delimited 
format to the Participant, as DEA, within 30 calendar days following 
month end. Appendix C.II (Aggregated Market Maker Profitability) 
requires the Participant, as DEA, to aggregate the Appendix C.I data, 
and to categorize this data by security as well as by the control group 
and each Test Group. That aggregated data shall contain information 
relating to total raw Market Maker realized trading profits, volume-
weighted average of raw Market Maker realized trading profits, the 
total raw Market Maker unrealized trading profits, and the volume-
weighted average of Market Maker unrealized trading profits.
    The Exchange is therefore proposing Rule 67(b)(4) to set forth the 
requirements for the collection and transmission of data pursuant to 
Appendix C.I of the Plan. Proposed Rule 67(b)(4)(A) requires that a 
member organization that is a Market Maker shall collect and transmit 
to their DEA the data described in Item I of Appendix C of the Plan 
with respect to executions in Pilot Securities that have settled or 
reached settlement date that were executed on any Trading Center. The 
proposed rule also requires member organizations to provide such data 
in a format required by their DEA by 12 p.m. EST on T+4 for executions 
during and outside of Regular Trading Hours in each: (i) Pre-Pilot Data 
Collection Security for the period beginning six months prior to the 
Pilot Period through the trading day immediately preceding the Pilot 
Period; and (ii) Pilot Security for the period beginning on the first 
day of the Pilot Period through six months after the end of the Pilot 
Period.
    For the same reasons set forth above for subparagraph (b)(3)(B) to 
Rule 67, the Exchange proposes to adopt subparagraph (b)(4)(B) to Rule 
67 to require a member organization that is a Market Maker whose DEA is 
not a Participant to the Plan to transmit the data collected pursuant 
to paragraph (4)(A) of Rule 67(b) to FINRA. As stated above, FINRA is a 
Participant to the Plan and is to collect data relating to Item I of 
Appendix C of the Plan on behalf of the Participants. For Market Makers 
for which it is the DEA, FINRA issued a Market Maker Transaction Data 
Technical Specification to collect data on Pre-Pilot Data Collection 
Securities and Pilot Securities from Trading Centers to comply with the 
Plan's data collection requirements.\25\
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    \25\ Id.
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    The Exchange is also adopting a rule setting forth the manner in 
which Market Maker participation will be calculated. Item III of 
Appendix B of the Plan requires each Participant that is a national 
securities exchange to collect daily Market Maker registration 
statistics categorized by security, including the following 
information: (i) Ticker symbol; (ii) the Participant exchange; (iii) 
number of registered market makers; and (iv) the number of other 
registered liquidity providers. Therefore, the Exchange proposes to 
adopt Rule 67(b)(5) providing that the Exchange shall collect and 
transmit to the SEC the data described in Item III of Appendix B of the 
Plan relating to daily Market Maker registration statistics in a pipe 
delimited format within 30 calendar days following month end for: (i) 
Transactions in each Pre-Pilot Data Collection Security for the period 
beginning six months prior to the Pilot Period through the trading day 
immediately preceding the Pilot Period; and (ii) transactions in each 
Pilot Security for the period beginning on the first day of the Pilot 
Period through six months after the end of the Pilot Period.
    The Exchange is also proposing, through Supplementary Material to 
proposed Rule 67(b), to clarify other aspects of the data collection 
requirements. Supplementary Material .10 to proposed Rule 67(b) relates 
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use of the retail investor order flag for purposes of Appendix B.II(n) 
reporting. The Plan currently states that market and marketable limit 
orders shall include a ``yes/no'' field relating to the Retail Investor 
Order flag. The Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .10 to 
proposed Rule 67(b) to clarify that, for purposes of the reporting 
requirement in Appendix B.II(n), a Trading Center shall report ``y'' to 
their DEA where it is relying upon the Retail Investor Order exception 
to Test Groups Two and Three, and ``n'' for all other instances.\26\ 
The Exchange believes that requiring the identification of a Retail 
Investor Orders only where the exception may apply (i.e., Pilot 
Securities in Test Groups Two and Three) is consistent with Appendix 
B.II(n).
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    \26\ FINRA, on behalf of the Plan Participants submitted a 
letter to Commission requesting exemption from certain provisions of 
the Plan related to data collection. See letter from Marcia E. 
Asquith, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, FINRA dated 
December 9, 2015 to Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary, Commission 
(``Exemption Request''). The Commission, pursuant to its authority 
under Rule 608(e) of Regulation NMS, granted BZX a limited exemption 
from the requirement to comply with certain provisions of the Plan 
as specified in the letter and noted herein. See letter from David 
Shillman, Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, 
Commission to Eric Swanson, General Counsel, BZX, dated February 10, 
2016 (``Exemption Letter'').
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    Supplementary Material .20 to proposed Rule 67(b) requires that 
member organizations populate a field to identify to their DEA whether 
an order is affected by the bands in place pursuant to the National 
Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility.\27\ 
Pursuant to the Limit-Up Limit-Down Plan, between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 
p.m., the Securities Information Processor (``SIP'') calculates a lower 
price band and an upper price band for each NMS stock. These price 
bands represent a specified percentage above or below the stock's 
reference price, which generally is calculated based on reported 
transactions in that stock over the preceding five minutes. When one 
side of the market for an individual security is outside the applicable 
price band, the SIP identifies that quotation as non-executable. When 
the other side of the market reaches the applicable price band (e.g., 
the offer reaches the lower price band), the security enters a Limit 
State. The stock would exit a Limit State if, within 15 seconds of 
entering the Limit State, all Limit State Quotations were executed or 
canceled in their entirety. If the security does not exit a Limit State 
within 15 seconds, then the primary listing exchange declares a five-
minute trading pause, which would be applicable to all markets trading 
the security.
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    \27\ See National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary 
Market Volatility, Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67091 (May 
31, 2012), 77 FR 33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4-631) (``Limit-Up 
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    The Exchange and the other Participants have determined that it is 
appropriate to create a new flag for reporting orders that are affected 
by the Limit-Up Limit-Down bands. Accordingly, a Trading Center shall 
report a value of ``Y'' to their DEA when the ability of an order to 
execute has been affected by the Limit-Up Limit-Down bands in effect at 
the time of order receipt. A Trading Center shall report a value of 
``N'' to their DEA when the ability of an order to execute has not been 
affected by the Limit-Up Limit-Down bands in effect at the time of 
order receipt.
    Supplementary Material .20 to proposed Rule 67(b) also requires, 
for securities that may trade in a foreign market, that the Participant 
indicate whether the order was handled domestically, or routed to a 
foreign venue. Accordingly, the Participant will indicate, for purposes 
of Appendix B.I, whether the order was: (1) Fully executed 
domestically, or (2) fully or partially executed on a foreign market. 
For purposes of Appendix B.II, the Participant will classify all orders 
in securities that may trade in a foreign market Pilot and Pre-Pilot 
Securities as: (1) Directed to a domestic venue for execution; (2) may 
only be directed to a foreign venue for execution; or (3) was fully or 
partially directed to a foreign venue at the discretion of the member. 
The Exchange believes that this proposed flag will better identify 
orders in securities that may trade in a foreign market, as such orders 
that were routed to foreign venues would not be subject to the Plan's 
quoting and trading requirements, and could otherwise compromise the 
integrity of the data.
    Supplementary Material .30 to proposed Rule 67(b) relates to the 
time ranges specified in Appendix B.I.a(14), B.I.a(15), B.I.a(21) and 
B.I.a(22).\28\ The Exchange and the other Participants have determined 
that it is appropriate to change the reporting times in these 
provisions to require more granular reporting for these categories. 
Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to add Appendix B.I.a(14A), which 
will require Trading Centers to report the cumulative number of shares 
of orders executed from 100 microseconds to less than 1 millisecond 
after the time of order receipt. Appendix B.I.a(15) will be changed to 
require the cumulative number of shares of orders executed from 1 
millisecond to less than 100 milliseconds after the time of order 
receipt. The Exchange also proposes to add Appendix B.I.a(21A), which 
will require Trading Centers to report the cumulative number of shares 
of orders canceled from 100 microseconds to less than 1 millisecond 
after the time of order receipt. Appendix B.I.a(22) will be changed to 
require the cumulative number of shares of orders canceled from 1 
millisecond to less than 100 milliseconds after the time of order 
receipt. The Exchange believes that these new reporting requirements 
will contribute to a meaningful analysis of the Pilot by producing more 
granular data on these points.\29\
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    \28\ Specifically, Appendix B.I.a(14) requires reporting of the 
cumulative number of shares of orders executed from 0 to less than 
100 microseconds after the time of order receipt; Appendix B.I.a(15) 
requires reporting of the cumulative number of shares of orders 
executed from 100 microseconds to less than 100 milliseconds after 
the time of order receipt; Appendix B.I.a(21) requires reporting of 
the cumulative number of shares of orders cancelled from 0 to less 
than 100 microseconds after the time of order receipt; and Appendix 
B.I.a(22) requires reporting of the cumulative number of shares of 
orders cancelled from 100 microseconds to less than 100 milliseconds 
after the time of order receipt.
    \29\ The Commission granted BZX an exemption from Rule 608(c) 
related to this provision. See Exemption Letter, supra note 26.
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    Supplementary Material .40 to proposed Rule 67(b) relates to the 
relevant measurement for purposes of Appendix B.I.a(31)-(33) reporting. 
Currently, the Plan states that this data shall be reported as of the 
time of order execution. The Exchange and the other Participants 
believe that this information should more properly be captured at the 
time of order receipt as evaluating share-weighted average prices at 
the time of order receipt is more consistent with the goal of observing 
the effect of the Pilot on the liquidity of Pilot Securities. The 
Exchange is therefore proposing to make this change through 
Supplementary Material .40 to proposed Rule 67(b).\30\ This change will 
make these provisions consistent with the remainder of the statistics 
in Appendix B.I.a, which are all based on order receipt.
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    \30\ The Commission granted BZX an exemption from Rule 608(c) 
related to this provision. See Exemption Letter, supra note 26.
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    Supplementary Material .50 to proposed Rule 67(b) addresses the 
status of not-held and auction orders for purposes of Appendix B.I 
reporting. Currently, Appendix B.I sets forth eight categories of 
orders, including market orders, marketable limit orders, and inside-
the-quote resting limit orders, for which daily market quality 
statistics must be reported. Currently, Appendix B.I does not provide a 
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held orders, clean cross orders, auction orders, or orders received 
when the NBBO is crossed. The Exchange and the other Participants have 
determined that it is appropriate to include separate categories for 
these orders types for purposes of Appendix B reporting. The Exchange 
is therefore proposing Supplementary Material .50 to proposed Rule 
67(b) to provide that not held orders shall be included as an order 
type for purposes of Appendix B reporting, and shall be assigned the 
number (18). Clean cross orders shall be included as an order type for 
purposes of Appendix B reporting, and shall be assigned the number 
(19); auction orders shall be included an as order type for purposes of 
Appendix B reporting, and shall be assigned the number (20); and orders 
that cannot otherwise be classified, including, for example, orders 
received when the NBBO is crossed shall be included as an order type 
for purposes of Appendix B reporting, and shall be assigned the number 
(21). All of these orders already are included in the scope of Appendix 
B; however, without this proposed change, these order types would be 
categorized with other orders, such as regular held orders, that should 
be able to be fully executed upon receipt, which would compromise the 
value of this data.
    The Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .60 to proposed 
Rule 67(b) to clarify the scope of the Plan as it relates to member 
organizations that only execute orders limited purposes. Specifically, 
The Exchange and the other Participants believe that a member 
organization that only executes orders otherwise than on a national 
securities exchange for the purpose of: (1) Correcting a bona fide 
error related to the execution of a customer order; (2) purchasing a 
security from a customer at a nominal price solely for purposes of 
liquidating the customer's position; or (3) completing the fractional 
share portion of an order \31\ shall not be deemed a Trading Center for 
purposes of Appendix B to the Plan. The Exchange is therefore proposing 
Supplementary Material .50 [sic] to proposed Rule 67(b) to make this 
clarification.
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    \31\ The Exchange notes that where a member organization 
purchases a fractional share from a customer, the Trading Center 
that executes the remaining whole shares of that customer order 
would subject to subject to Appendix B of the Plan.
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    The Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .70 to proposed 
Rule 67(b) to clarify that, for purposes of the Plan, Trading Centers 
must begin the data collection required pursuant to Appendix B.I.a(1) 
through B.II.(y) of the Plan and Item I of Appendix C of the Plan on 
April 4, 2016. While the Exchange or the member organization's DEA will 
provide the information required by Appendix B and C of the Plan during 
the Pilot Period, the requirement that the Exchange or their DEA 
provide information to the SEC within 30 days following month end and 
make such data publicly available on its Web site pursuant to Appendix 
B and C shall commence six months prior to the beginning of the Pilot 
Period.\32\
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    \32\ In its order approving the Plan, the SEC noted that the 
Pilot shall be implemented within one year of the date of 
publication of its order, e.g., by May 6, 2016. See Approval Order, 
80 FR at 27545. However, on November 6, 2015, the SEC extended the 
implementation date approximately five months to October 3, 2016. 
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76382 (November 6, 2015), 80 
FR 70284 (File No. 4-657) (Order Granting Exemption From Compliance 
With the National Market System Plan To Implement a Tick Size Pilot 
Program). See also Letter from Brendon J. Weiss, Co-Head, Government 
Affairs, Intercontinental Exchange/NYSE, to Brent J. Fields, 
Secretary, Commission, dated November 4, 2015 (requesting the data 
collection period be extended until six months after the requisite 
SRO rules are approved, and the implementation data of the Tick Size 
Pilot until six months thereafter).
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    The Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .80 to proposed 
Rule 67(b) to address the requirement in Appendix C.I(b) of the Plan 
that the calculation of raw Market Maker realized trading profits 
utilize a last in, first out (``LIFO'')-like method to determine which 
share prices shall be used in that calculation. The Exchange and the 
other Participants believe that it is more appropriate to utilize a 
methodology that yields LIFO-like results, rather than utilizing a 
LIFO-like method, and the Exchange is therefore proposing Supplementary 
Material .80 to proposed Rule 67(b) to make this change.\33\ The 
Exchange is proposing that, for purposes of Item I of Appendix C, the 
Participants shall calculate daily Market Maker realized profitability 
statistics for each trading day on a daily LIFO basis using reported 
trade price and shall include only trades executed on the subject 
trading day. The daily LIFO calculation shall not include any positions 
carried over from previous trading days. For purposes of Item I.c of 
Appendix C, the Participants shall calculate daily Market Maker 
unrealized profitability statistics for each trading day on an average 
price basis. Specifically, the Participants must calculate the volume 
weighted average price of the excess (deficit) of buy volume over sell 
volume for the current trading day using reported trade price. The gain 
(loss) of the excess (deficit) of buy volume over sell volume shall be 
determined by using the volume weighted average price compared to the 
closing price of the security as reported by the primary listing 
exchange. In reporting unrealized trading profits, the Participant 
shall also report the number of excess (deficit) shares held by the 
Market Maker, the volume weighted average price of that excess 
(deficit) and the closing price of the security as reported by the 
primary listing exchange used in reporting unrealized profit.\34\
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    \33\ Appendix C.I currently requires Market Maker profitability 
statistics to include (1) the total number of shares of orders 
executed by the Market Maker; (2) raw Market Maker realized trading 
profits, which is the difference between the market value of Market 
Maker shares and the market value of Market Maker purchases, using a 
LIFO-like method; and (3) raw Market Maker unrealized trading 
profits, which is the difference between the purchase or sale price 
of the end-of-day inventory position of the Market Maker and the 
Closing Price. In the case of a short position, the Closing Price 
from the sale will be subtracted; in the case of a long position, 
the purchase price will be subtracted from the Closing Price.
    \34\ The Commission granted BZX an exemption from Rule 608(c) 
related to this provision. See Exemption Letter, supra note 26.
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    Finally, the Exchange is proposing Supplementary Material .90 to 
proposed Rule 67(b) to address the securities that will be used for 
data collection purposes prior to the commencement of the Pilot Period. 
The Exchange and the other Participants have determined that it is 
appropriate to collect data for a group of securities that is larger, 
and using different quantitative thresholds, than the group of 
securities that will be Pilot Securities. The Exchange is therefore 
proposing Supplementary Material .90 to proposed Rule 67(b) to define 
``Pre-Pilot Data Collection Securities'' as the securities designated 
by the Participants for purposes of the data collection requirements 
described in Items I, II and IV of Appendix B and Item I of Appendix C 
of the Plan for the period beginning six months prior to the Pilot 
Period and ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Pilot 
Period. The Participants shall compile the list of Pre-Pilot Data 
Collection Securities by selecting all NMS stocks with a market 
capitalization of $5 billion or less, a Consolidated Average Daily 
Volume (CADV) of 2 million shares or less and a closing price of $1 per 
share or more. The market capitalization and the closing price 
thresholds shall be applied to the last day of the pre-pilot 
measurement period, and the CADV threshold shall be applied to the 
duration of the pre-pilot measurement period. The pre-pilot measurement 
period shall be the three calendar months ending on the day when the 
Pre-Pilot Data Collection Securities are selected. The Pre-Pilot Data 
Collection Securities shall be selected thirty days prior to the 
commencement of the six-

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month pre-pilot period. On the trading day that is the first trading 
day of the Pilot Period through six months after the end of the Pilot 
Period, the data collection requirements will become applicable to the 
Pilot Securities only. A Pilot Security will only be eligible to be 
included in a Test Group if it was a Pre-Pilot Data Collection 
Security.
Implementation Date
    The proposed rule change will be effective on April 4, 2016.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 
6(b) of the Act \35\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 
6(b)(5) of the Act \36\ in particular, in that it is designed to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation 
and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in 
securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \35\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \36\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that this proposal is consistent with the Act 
because it implements and clarifies the provisions of the Plan, and is 
designed to assist the Exchange in meeting its regulatory obligations 
pursuant of the Plan. In approving the Plan, the SEC noted that the 
Pilot was an appropriate, data-driven test that was designed to 
evaluate the impact of a wider tick size on trading, liquidity, and the 
market quality of securities of smaller capitalization companies, and 
was therefore in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange 
believes that this proposal is in furtherance of the objectives of the 
Plan, as identified by the SEC, and is therefore consistent with the 
Act because the proposal implements and clarifies the requirements of 
the Plan and applies specific obligations to member organizations in 
furtherance of compliance with the Plan.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange 
notes that the proposed rule change implements the provisions of the 
Plan, and is designed to assist the Exchange in meeting its regulatory 
obligations pursuant of the Plan. The Exchange also notes that the data 
collection requirements for member organizations that operate Trading 
Centers will apply equally to all such member organizations, as will 
the data collection requirements for Market Makers.

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 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 \37\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\38\
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    \37\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \38\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). As required under Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii), the Exchange provided the Commission with written 
notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a 
brief description and the 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.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the 
Act \39\ normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date 
of its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \40\ permits the 
Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent 
with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange 
has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay. The 
Commission believes that waiver of the operative delay is consistent 
with the protection of investors and the public interest because it 
would allow the Exchange to implement the proposed amendments on April 
4, 2016, the date upon which the data collection requirements of the 
Plan become effective.\41\ Therefore, the Commission hereby waives the 
operative delay and designates the proposal operative on April 4, 
2016.\42\
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    \39\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \40\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \41\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76382 (November 6, 
2015), 80 FR 70284 (File No. 4-657) (Order Granting Exemption From 
Compliance With the National Market System Plan To Implement a Tick 
Size Pilot Program).
    \42\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule 
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule 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-2016-27 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-2016-27. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help 
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal

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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-2016-27, and should be submitted on or before April 25, 2016.
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    \43\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\43\
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                  change that are filed with the                          Items I and II below, which Items have                Plan to comply with an order issued by
                                                  Commission, and all written                             been prepared by the Exchange. The                    the Commission on June 24, 2014.7 The
                                                  communications relating to the                          Commission is publishing this notice to               Plan 8 was published for comment in the
                                                  proposed rule change between the                        solicit comments on the proposed rule                 Federal Register on November 7, 2014,
                                                  Commission and any person, other than                   change from interested persons.                       and approved by the Commission, as
                                                  those that may be withheld from the                                                                           modified, on May 6, 2015.9
                                                                                                          I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                        The Plan is designed to allow the
                                                  public in accordance with the
                                                                                                          Statement of the Terms of Substance of                Commission, market participants, and
                                                  provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                                                                          the Proposed Rule Change                              the public to study and assess the
                                                  available for Web site viewing and
                                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                        The Exchange proposes to adopt                     impact of increment conventions on the
                                                  Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                       requirements for the collection and                   liquidity and trading of the common
                                                  Washington, DC 20549, on official                       transmission of data pursuant to                      stocks of small-capitalization
                                                  business days between the hours of                      Appendices B and C of the Regulation                  companies. Each Participant is required
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                 NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size                     to comply, and to enforce compliance
                                                  filing also will be available for                       Pilot Program (‘‘Plan’’). The proposed                by its member organizations, as
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                 rule change is available on the                       applicable, with the provisions of the
                                                  office of FINRA. All comments received                  Exchange’s Web site at www.nyse.com,                  Plan. As is described more fully below,
                                                  will be posted without change. The                      at the principal office of the Exchange,              the proposed rules would require
                                                  Commission does not edit personal                       and at the Commission’s Public                        member organizations to comply with
                                                  identifying information from                            Reference Room.                                       the applicable data collection
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                                                                           requirements of the Plan.10
                                                                                                          II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       The Pilot will include stocks of
                                                  information that you wish to make                       Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  publicly available.                                                                                           companies with $3 billion or less in
                                                                                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                market capitalization, an average daily
                                                     All submissions should refer to File                 Change
                                                  Number SR–FINRA–2015–056 and                                                                                  trading volume of one million shares or
                                                  should be submitted on or before April                     In its filing with the Commission, the             less, and a volume weighted average
                                                  25, 2016. If comments are received, any                 self-regulatory organization included                 price of at least $2.00 for every trading
                                                  rebuttal comments should be submitted                   statements concerning the purpose of,                 day. The Pilot will consist of a control
                                                  by May 19, 2016.                                        and basis for, the proposed rule change               group of approximately 1400 Pilot
                                                                                                          and discussed any comments it received                Securities and three test groups with
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                                                                          on the proposed rule change. The text                 400 Pilot Securities in each (selected by
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                  authority.160                                           of those statements may be examined at                a stratified random sampling process).11
                                                  Robert W. Errett,
                                                                                                          the places specified in Item IV below.                During the pilot, Pilot Securities in the
                                                                                                          The Exchange has prepared summaries,                  control group will be quoted at the
                                                  Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                          set forth in sections A, B, and C below,              current tick size increment of $0.01 per
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–07513 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          of the most significant parts of such                 share and will trade at the currently
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                                                                        permitted increments. Pilot Securities in
                                                                                                          statements.
                                                                                                                                                                the first test group (‘‘Test Group One’’)
                                                                                                          A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     will be quoted in $0.05 minimum
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 Statement of the Purpose of, and                      increments but will continue to trade at
                                                  COMMISSION                                              Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                any price increment that is currently
                                                  [Release No. 34–77468; File No. SR–NYSE–
                                                                                                          Change                                                permitted.12 Pilot Securities in the
                                                  2016–27]                                                1. Purpose                                            second test group (‘‘Test Group Two’’)
                                                                                                             On August 25, 2014, NYSE Group,                    will be quoted in $0.05 minimum
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; New                                                                            increments and will trade at $0.05
                                                  York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of                      Inc., on behalf of the Exchange, NYSE
                                                                                                          MKT LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., the Bats                    minimum increments subject to a
                                                  Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of                                                                         midpoint exception, a retail investor
                                                  Proposed Rule Change Adopting                           BZX Exchange, Inc. f/k/a BATS
                                                                                                                                                                order exception, and a negotiated trade
                                                  Requirements for the Collection and                     Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BZX’’), BATS BYX
                                                                                                                                                                exception.13 Pilot Securities in the third
                                                  Transmission of Data Pursuant to                        Exchange, Inc. f/k/a BATS Y-Exchange,
                                                                                                                                                                test group (‘‘Test Group Three’’) will be
                                                  Appendices B and C of the Regulation                    Inc. (‘‘BYX’’), Bats EDGA Exchange,
                                                                                                                                                                subject to the same quoting and trading
                                                  NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size                       Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago
                                                                                                                                                                increments as Test Group Two and also
                                                  Pilot Program                                           Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry
                                                                                                                                                                will be subject to the ‘‘Trade-at’’
                                                                                                          Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’),
                                                  March 29, 2016.                                         NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ                              7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72460
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                OMX PHLX LLC, and the Nasdaq Stock                    (June 24, 2014), 79 FR 36840 (June 30, 2014).
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                    Market LLC (collectively                                 8 Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms

                                                  ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                  ‘‘Participants’’), filed with the Securities          used in this rule filing are based on the defined
                                                  notice is hereby given that on March 25,                and Exchange Commission                               terms of the Plan.
                                                                                                                                                                   9 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74892
                                                  2016, New York Stock Exchange LLC                       (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section                 (May 6, 2015), 80 FR 27513 (May 13, 2015)
                                                  (‘‘NYSE’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with               11A of the Act 4 and Rule 608 of                      (‘‘Approval Order’’).
                                                  the Securities and Exchange                             Regulation NMS thereunder,5 the Plan                     10 The Exchange proposes to provide in the
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                                                  Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the                     to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program                introduction paragraph to Rule 67 that the Rule
                                                                                                                                                                shall be in effect during a pilot period to coincide
                                                  proposed rule change as described in                    (‘‘Pilot’’).6 The Participants filed the              with the pilot period for the Plan (including any
                                                                                                                                                                extensions to the pilot period for the Plan).
                                                    160 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12); 17 CFR 200.30–              4 15 U.S.C. 78k–1.                                     11 See Section V of the Plan for identification of
                                                  3(a)(57).                                                 5 17 CFR 242.608.                                   Pilot Securities, including criteria for selection and
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                  6 See Letter from Brendon J. Weiss, Vice            grouping.
                                                    2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                                                                               12 See Section VI(B) of the Plan.
                                                                                                          President, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., to
                                                    3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   Secretary, Commission, dated August 25, 2014.            13 See Section VI(C) of the Plan.




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                                                  requirement to prevent price matching                    the cumulative number of shares of                      Proposed Rule 67(b)(1) requires that a
                                                  by a market participant that is not                      orders, and the cumulative number of                 member organization that operates a
                                                  displaying at a Trading Center’s ‘‘Best                  shares executed within specific time                 Trading Center shall establish, maintain
                                                  Protected Bid’’ or ‘‘Best Protected                      increments, e.g., from 30 seconds to less            and enforce written policies and
                                                  Offer,’’ unless an enumerated exception                  than 60 seconds after the time of order              procedures that are reasonably designed
                                                  applies.14 In addition to the exceptions                 receipt. This information shall be                   to comply with the data collection and
                                                  provided under Test Group Two, an                        categorized by security, order type,                 transmission requirements of Items I
                                                  exception for Block Size orders and                      original order size, hidden status, and              and II to Appendix B of the Plan, and
                                                  exceptions that mirror those under Rule                  coverage under Rule 605.20 Appendix                  a member organization that is a Market
                                                  611 of Regulation NMS 15 will apply to                   B.I of the Plan also contains additional             Maker shall establish, maintain and
                                                  the Trade-at requirement.                                requirements for market orders and                   enforce written policies and procedures
                                                     In approving the Plan, the                            marketable limit orders, including the               that are reasonably designed to comply
                                                  Commission noted that the Trading                        share-weighted average effective spread              with the data collection and
                                                  Center data reporting requirements                       for executions of orders; the cumulative             transmission requirements of Item IV of
                                                  would facilitate an analysis of the                      number of shares of orders executed                  Appendix B of the Plan and Item I of
                                                  effects of the Pilot on liquidity (e.g.,                 with price improvement; and, for shares              Appendix C of the Plan.
                                                  transaction costs by order size),                        executed with price improvement, the                    Proposed Rule 67(b)(2) provides that
                                                  execution quality (e.g., speed of order                  share-weighted average amount per                    the Exchange shall collect and transmit
                                                  executions), market maker activity,                      share that prices were improved.                     to the SEC the data described in Items
                                                  competition between trading venues                          Appendix B.II of the Plan (Market and             I and II of Appendix B of the Plan
                                                  (e.g., routing frequency of market                       Marketable Limit Order Data) requires                relating to trading activity in Pre-Pilot
                                                  orders), transparency (e.g., choice                      Trading Centers to submit information                Data Collection Securities 22 and Pilot
                                                  between displayed and hidden orders),                    relating to market orders and marketable             Securities on a Trading Center operated
                                                  and market dynamics (e.g., rates and                     limit orders, including the time of order            by the Exchange. The Exchange shall
                                                  speed of order cancellations).16 The                     receipt, order type, the order size, the             transmit such data to the SEC in a pipe
                                                  Commission noted that Market Maker                       National Best Bid and National Best                  delimited format, on a disaggregated
                                                  profitability data would assist the                      Offer (‘‘NBBO’’) quoted price, the NBBO              basis by Trading Center, within 30
                                                  Commission in evaluating the effect, if                  quoted depth, the average execution                  calendar days following month end for:
                                                  any, of a widened tick increment on                      price-share-weighted average, and the                (i) Each Pre-Pilot Data Collection
                                                  market marker profits and any                            average execution time-share-weighted                Security for the period beginning six
                                                  corresponding changes in the liquidity                   average.                                             months prior to the Pilot Period through
                                                  of small-capitalization securities.17                       The Plan requires Appendix B.I and                the trading day immediately preceding
                                                  Compliance With the Data Collection                      B.II data to be submitted by Participants            the Pilot Period; and (ii) each Pilot
                                                  Requirements of the Plan                                 that operate a Trading Center, and by                Security for the period beginning on the
                                                                                                           members of the Participants that operate             first day of the Pilot Period through six
                                                    The Plan contains requirements for                     Trading Centers. The Plan provides that              months after the end of the Pilot Period.
                                                  collecting and transmitting data to the                  each Participant that is the Designated              The Exchange also shall make such data
                                                  Commission and to the public.18                          Examining Authority (‘‘DEA’’) for a                  publicly available on the Exchange Web
                                                  Specifically, Appendix B.I of the Plan                   member of the Participant that operates              site on a monthly basis at no charge and
                                                  (Market Quality Statistics) requires
                                                                                                           a Trading Center shall collect such data             will not identify the member
                                                  Trading Centers 19 to submit variety of
                                                                                                           in a pipe delimited format, beginning                organization that generated the data.
                                                  market quality statistics, including
                                                                                                           six months prior to the Pilot Period and                Appendix B.IV (Daily Market Maker
                                                  information about an order’s original
                                                                                                           ending six months after the end of the               Participation Statistics) requires a
                                                  size, whether the order was displayable
                                                                                                           Pilot Period. The Plan also requires the             Participant to collect data related to
                                                  or not, the cumulative number of orders,
                                                                                                           Participant, operating as DEA, to
                                                    14 See   Section VI(D) of the Plan.
                                                                                                           transmit this information to the SEC                    22 The Exchange is proposing Supplementary

                                                                                                           within 30 calendar days following                    Material .90 to proposed Rule 67(b) to define ‘‘Pre-
                                                    15 17   CFR 242.611.                                                                                        Pilot Data Collection Securities’’ as the securities
                                                     16 See Approval Order, 80 FR at 27543.                month end.                                           designated by the Participants for purposes of the
                                                     17 Id.                                                   The Exchange is proposing new Rule                data collection requirements described in Items I,
                                                     18 The Exchange is also required by the Plan to       67(b) to set forth the requirements for              II and IV of Appendix B and Item I of Appendix
                                                  establish, maintain, and enforce written policies        the collection and transmission of data              C of the Plan for the period beginning six months
                                                  and procedures that are reasonably designed to                                                                prior to the Pilot Period and ending on the trading
                                                  comply with applicable quoting and trading
                                                                                                           pursuant to Appendices B and C of the                day immediately preceding the Pilot Period. The
                                                  requirements specified in the Plan. The Exchange         Plan. Proposed Rule 67(b) is                         Participants shall compile the list of Pre-Pilot Data
                                                  has separately proposed Rules 67(a) and 67(c)–(e)        substantially similar to the proposed                Collection Securities by selecting all NMS stocks
                                                  that would require compliance by its member              rule changes by BZX that were recently               with a market capitalization of $5 billion or less, a
                                                  organizations with the applicable quoting and                                                                 Consolidated Average Daily Volume (CADV) of 2
                                                  trading requirements specified in the Plan. See,
                                                                                                           approved by the Commission to adopt                  million shares or less and a closing price of $1 per
                                                  Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76229 (October       BZX Rule 11.27(b) which also sets forth              share or more. The market capitalization and the
                                                  22, 2015), 80 FR 66065 (October 28, 2015) (SR–           requirements for the collection and                  closing price thresholds shall be applied to the last
                                                  NYSE–2015–46) (‘‘Quoting & Trading Rules                 transmission of data pursuant to                     day of the pre-pilot measurement period, and the
                                                  Proposal’’), as amended by Partial Amendment No.                                                              CADV threshold shall be applied to the duration of
                                                  1 to the Quoting & Trading Rules Proposal.               Appendices B and C of the Plan.21                    the pre-pilot measurement period. The pre-pilot
                                                     19 The Plan incorporates the definition of a                                                               measurement period shall be the three calendar
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                                                                                                             20 17 CFR 242.605.
                                                  ‘‘Trading Center’’ from Rule 600(b)(78) of                                                                    months ending on the day when the Pre-Pilot Data
                                                  Regulation NMS. Regulation NMS defines a                   21 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.        Collection Securities are selected. The Pre-Pilot
                                                  ‘‘Trading Center’’ as ‘‘a national securities exchange   77105 (February 10, 2016), 81 FR 8112 (February      Data Collection Securities shall be selected thirty
                                                  or national securities association that operates an      17, 2016) (order approving SR–BATS–2015–102);        days prior to the commencement of the six-month
                                                  SRO trading facility, an alternative trading system,     and 77310 (March 7, 2016) (notice for comment and    pre-pilot period. On the trading day that is the first
                                                  an exchange market maker, an OTC market maker,           immediate effectiveness of SR–BATS–2016–27).         trading day of the Pilot Period through six months
                                                  or any other broker or dealer that executes orders       The Exchange proposes a non-substantive              after the end of the Pilot Period, the data collection
                                                  internally by trading as principal or crossing orders    difference to use the term ‘‘member organization’’   requirements will become applicable to the Pilot
                                                  as agent.’’ See 17 CFR 242.600(b).                       instead of ‘‘member’’ in proposed Rule 67.           Securities only.



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                                                  Market Maker participation from each                    Securities from Trading Centers to                    format required by their DEA by 12 p.m.
                                                  Market Maker 23 engaging in trading                     comply with the Plan’s data collection                EST on T+4 for executions during and
                                                  activity on a Trading Center operated by                requirements.24                                       outside of Regular Trading Hours in
                                                  the Participant. The Exchange is                           Proposed Rule 67(b)(3)(C) provides                 each: (i) Pre-Pilot Data Collection
                                                  therefore proposing Rule 67(b)(3) to                    that the Exchange shall transmit the                  Security for the period beginning six
                                                  gather data about a Market Maker’s                      data collected by the DEA or FINRA                    months prior to the Pilot Period through
                                                  participation in Pilot Securities and Pre-              pursuant to Rule 67(b)(3)(A) and (B)                  the trading day immediately preceding
                                                  Pilot Data Collection Securities.                       above relating to Market Maker activity               the Pilot Period; and (ii) Pilot Security
                                                  Proposed Rule 67(b)(3)(A) provides that                 on a Trading Center operated by the                   for the period beginning on the first day
                                                  a member organization that is a Market                  Exchange to the SEC in a pipe delimited               of the Pilot Period through six months
                                                  Maker shall collect and transmit to their               format within 30 calendar days                        after the end of the Pilot Period.
                                                  DEA data relating to Item IV of                         following month end. The Exchange                        For the same reasons set forth above
                                                  Appendix B of the Plan with respect to                  shall also make such data publicly                    for subparagraph (b)(3)(B) to Rule 67,
                                                  activity conducted on any Trading                       available on the Exchange Web site on                 the Exchange proposes to adopt
                                                  Center in Pilot Securities and Pre-Pilot                a monthly basis at no charge and shall                subparagraph (b)(4)(B) to Rule 67 to
                                                  Data Collection Securities in furtherance               not identify the Trading Center that                  require a member organization that is a
                                                  of its status as a registered Market                    generated the data.                                   Market Maker whose DEA is not a
                                                  Maker, including a Trading Center that                     Appendix C.I (Market Maker                         Participant to the Plan to transmit the
                                                  executes trades otherwise than on a                     Profitability) requires a Participant to              data collected pursuant to paragraph
                                                  national securities exchange, for                       collect data related to Market Maker                  (4)(A) of Rule 67(b) to FINRA. As stated
                                                  transactions that have settled or reached               profitability from each Market Maker for              above, FINRA is a Participant to the
                                                  settlement date. The proposed rule                      which it is the DEA. Specifically, the                Plan and is to collect data relating to
                                                  requires Market Makers to transmit such                 Participant is required to collect the                Item I of Appendix C of the Plan on
                                                  data in a format required by their DEA,                 total number of shares of orders                      behalf of the Participants. For Market
                                                  by 12:00 p.m. EST on T+4 for: (i)                       executed by the Market Maker; the raw                 Makers for which it is the DEA, FINRA
                                                  Transactions in each Pre-Pilot Data                     Market Maker realized trading profits,                issued a Market Maker Transaction Data
                                                  Collection Security for the period                      and the raw Market Maker unrealized                   Technical Specification to collect data
                                                  beginning six months prior to the Pilot                 trading profits. Data shall be collected              on Pre-Pilot Data Collection Securities
                                                  Period through the trading day                          for dates starting six months prior to the            and Pilot Securities from Trading
                                                  immediately preceding the Pilot Period;                 Pilot Period through six months after                 Centers to comply with the Plan’s data
                                                  and (ii) for transactions in each Pilot                 the end of the Pilot Period. This data                collection requirements.25
                                                  Security for the period beginning on the                shall be collected on a monthly basis, to                The Exchange is also adopting a rule
                                                                                                          be provided in a pipe delimited format                setting forth the manner in which
                                                  first day of the Pilot Period through six
                                                                                                          to the Participant, as DEA, within 30                 Market Maker participation will be
                                                  months after the end of the Pilot Period.
                                                                                                          calendar days following month end.                    calculated. Item III of Appendix B of the
                                                     The Exchange understands that some
                                                                                                          Appendix C.II (Aggregated Market                      Plan requires each Participant that is a
                                                  member organizations may utilize a
                                                                                                          Maker Profitability) requires the                     national securities exchange to collect
                                                  DEA that is not a Participant to the Plan
                                                                                                          Participant, as DEA, to aggregate the                 daily Market Maker registration
                                                  and that their DEA would not be subject
                                                                                                          Appendix C.I data, and to categorize                  statistics categorized by security,
                                                  to the Plan’s data collection
                                                                                                          this data by security as well as by the               including the following information: (i)
                                                  requirements. In such case, a DEA that
                                                                                                          control group and each Test Group. That               Ticker symbol; (ii) the Participant
                                                  is not a Participant of the Plan would
                                                                                                          aggregated data shall contain                         exchange; (iii) number of registered
                                                  not be required to collect the required                 information relating to total raw Market              market makers; and (iv) the number of
                                                  data and may not establish procedures                   Maker realized trading profits, volume-               other registered liquidity providers.
                                                  for which member organizations it acts                  weighted average of raw Market Maker                  Therefore, the Exchange proposes to
                                                  a DEA for to report the data required                   realized trading profits, the total raw               adopt Rule 67(b)(5) providing that the
                                                  under subparagraphs (b)(3)(A) of Rule                   Market Maker unrealized trading profits,              Exchange shall collect and transmit to
                                                  67 and in accordance with Item IV of                    and the volume-weighted average of                    the SEC the data described in Item III of
                                                  Appendix B of the Plan. Therefore, the                  Market Maker unrealized trading profits.              Appendix B of the Plan relating to daily
                                                  Exchange proposes to adopt                                 The Exchange is therefore proposing                Market Maker registration statistics in a
                                                  subparagraph (b)(3)(B) to Rule 67 to                    Rule 67(b)(4) to set forth the                        pipe delimited format within 30
                                                  require a member organization that is a                 requirements for the collection and                   calendar days following month end for:
                                                  Market Maker whose DEA is not a                         transmission of data pursuant to                      (i) Transactions in each Pre-Pilot Data
                                                  Participant to the Plan to transmit the                 Appendix C.I of the Plan. Proposed Rule               Collection Security for the period
                                                  data collected pursuant to paragraph                    67(b)(4)(A) requires that a member                    beginning six months prior to the Pilot
                                                  (3)(A) of Rule 67(b) to FINRA, which is                 organization that is a Market Maker                   Period through the trading day
                                                  a Participant to the Plan and is to collect             shall collect and transmit to their DEA               immediately preceding the Pilot Period;
                                                  data relating to Item IV of Appendix B                  the data described in Item I of Appendix              and (ii) transactions in each Pilot
                                                  of the Plan on behalf of the Participants.              C of the Plan with respect to executions              Security for the period beginning on the
                                                  For Market Makers for which it is the                   in Pilot Securities that have settled or              first day of the Pilot Period through six
                                                  DEA, FINRA issued a Market Maker                        reached settlement date that were                     months after the end of the Pilot Period.
                                                  Transaction Data Technical
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                                                                                                          executed on any Trading Center. The                      The Exchange is also proposing,
                                                  Specification to collect data on Pre-Pilot              proposed rule also requires member                    through Supplementary Material to
                                                  Data Collection Securities and Pilot                    organizations to provide such data in a               proposed Rule 67(b), to clarify other
                                                                                                                                                                aspects of the data collection
                                                    23 The Plan defines a Market Maker as ‘‘a dealer        24 FINRA members for which FINRA is their DEA
                                                                                                                                                                requirements. Supplementary Material
                                                  registered with any self-regulatory organization, in    should refer to the Market Maker Transaction Data
                                                  accordance with the rules thereof, as (i) a market      Technical Specification on the FINRA Web site at
                                                                                                                                                                .10 to proposed Rule 67(b) relates to the
                                                  maker or (ii) a liquidity provider with an obligation   http://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/market-
                                                  to maintain continuous, two-sided trading interest.’’   maker-transaction-data-tech-specs.pdf.                  25 Id.




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                                                  use of the retail investor order flag for               does not exit a Limit State within 15                 change the reporting times in these
                                                  purposes of Appendix B.II(n) reporting.                 seconds, then the primary listing                     provisions to require more granular
                                                  The Plan currently states that market                   exchange declares a five-minute trading               reporting for these categories.
                                                  and marketable limit orders shall                       pause, which would be applicable to all               Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to
                                                  include a ‘‘yes/no’’ field relating to the              markets trading the security.                         add Appendix B.I.a(14A), which will
                                                  Retail Investor Order flag. The Exchange                   The Exchange and the other                         require Trading Centers to report the
                                                  is proposing Supplementary Material                     Participants have determined that it is               cumulative number of shares of orders
                                                  .10 to proposed Rule 67(b) to clarify                   appropriate to create a new flag for                  executed from 100 microseconds to less
                                                  that, for purposes of the reporting                     reporting orders that are affected by the             than 1 millisecond after the time of
                                                  requirement in Appendix B.II(n), a                      Limit-Up Limit-Down bands.                            order receipt. Appendix B.I.a(15) will be
                                                  Trading Center shall report ‘‘y’’ to their              Accordingly, a Trading Center shall                   changed to require the cumulative
                                                  DEA where it is relying upon the Retail                 report a value of ‘‘Y’’ to their DEA when             number of shares of orders executed
                                                  Investor Order exception to Test Groups                 the ability of an order to execute has                from 1 millisecond to less than 100
                                                  Two and Three, and ‘‘n’’ for all other                  been affected by the Limit-Up Limit-                  milliseconds after the time of order
                                                  instances.26 The Exchange believes that                 Down bands in effect at the time of                   receipt. The Exchange also proposes to
                                                  requiring the identification of a Retail                order receipt. A Trading Center shall                 add Appendix B.I.a(21A), which will
                                                  Investor Orders only where the                          report a value of ‘‘N’’ to their DEA when             require Trading Centers to report the
                                                  exception may apply (i.e., Pilot                        the ability of an order to execute has not            cumulative number of shares of orders
                                                  Securities in Test Groups Two and                       been affected by the Limit-Up Limit-                  canceled from 100 microseconds to less
                                                  Three) is consistent with Appendix                      Down bands in effect at the time of                   than 1 millisecond after the time of
                                                  B.II(n).                                                order receipt.                                        order receipt. Appendix B.I.a(22) will be
                                                     Supplementary Material .20 to                           Supplementary Material .20 to                      changed to require the cumulative
                                                  proposed Rule 67(b) requires that                       proposed Rule 67(b) also requires, for                number of shares of orders canceled
                                                  member organizations populate a field                   securities that may trade in a foreign                from 1 millisecond to less than 100
                                                  to identify to their DEA whether an                     market, that the Participant indicate                 milliseconds after the time of order
                                                  order is affected by the bands in place                 whether the order was handled                         receipt. The Exchange believes that
                                                  pursuant to the National Market System                  domestically, or routed to a foreign                  these new reporting requirements will
                                                  Plan to Address Extraordinary Market                    venue. Accordingly, the Participant will              contribute to a meaningful analysis of
                                                  Volatility.27 Pursuant to the Limit-Up                  indicate, for purposes of Appendix B.I,               the Pilot by producing more granular
                                                  Limit-Down Plan, between 9:30 a.m.                      whether the order was: (1) Fully                      data on these points.29
                                                  and 4:00 p.m., the Securities                           executed domestically, or (2) fully or                   Supplementary Material .40 to
                                                  Information Processor (‘‘SIP’’) calculates              partially executed on a foreign market.               proposed Rule 67(b) relates to the
                                                  a lower price band and an upper price                   For purposes of Appendix B.II, the                    relevant measurement for purposes of
                                                  band for each NMS stock. These price                    Participant will classify all orders in               Appendix B.I.a(31)–(33) reporting.
                                                  bands represent a specified percentage                  securities that may trade in a foreign                Currently, the Plan states that this data
                                                  above or below the stock’s reference                    market Pilot and Pre-Pilot Securities as:             shall be reported as of the time of order
                                                  price, which generally is calculated                    (1) Directed to a domestic venue for                  execution. The Exchange and the other
                                                  based on reported transactions in that                  execution; (2) may only be directed to                Participants believe that this
                                                  stock over the preceding five minutes.                  a foreign venue for execution; or (3) was             information should more properly be
                                                  When one side of the market for an                      fully or partially directed to a foreign              captured at the time of order receipt as
                                                  individual security is outside the                      venue at the discretion of the member.                evaluating share-weighted average
                                                  applicable price band, the SIP identifies               The Exchange believes that this                       prices at the time of order receipt is
                                                  that quotation as non-executable. When                  proposed flag will better identify orders             more consistent with the goal of
                                                  the other side of the market reaches the                in securities that may trade in a foreign             observing the effect of the Pilot on the
                                                  applicable price band (e.g., the offer                  market, as such orders that were routed               liquidity of Pilot Securities. The
                                                  reaches the lower price band), the                      to foreign venues would not be subject                Exchange is therefore proposing to make
                                                  security enters a Limit State. The stock                to the Plan’s quoting and trading                     this change through Supplementary
                                                  would exit a Limit State if, within 15                  requirements, and could otherwise                     Material .40 to proposed Rule 67(b).30
                                                  seconds of entering the Limit State, all                compromise the integrity of the data.                 This change will make these provisions
                                                  Limit State Quotations were executed or                    Supplementary Material .30 to                      consistent with the remainder of the
                                                  canceled in their entirety. If the security             proposed Rule 67(b) relates to the time               statistics in Appendix B.I.a, which are
                                                                                                          ranges specified in Appendix B.I.a(14),               all based on order receipt.
                                                     26 FINRA, on behalf of the Plan Participants         B.I.a(15), B.I.a(21) and B.I.a(22).28 The                Supplementary Material .50 to
                                                  submitted a letter to Commission requesting             Exchange and the other Participants                   proposed Rule 67(b) addresses the status
                                                  exemption from certain provisions of the Plan           have determined that it is appropriate to
                                                  related to data collection. See letter from Marcia E.
                                                                                                                                                                of not-held and auction orders for
                                                  Asquith, Senior Vice President and Corporate                                                                  purposes of Appendix B.I reporting.
                                                  Secretary, FINRA dated December 9, 2015 to Robert          28 Specifically, Appendix B.I.a(14) requires
                                                                                                                                                                Currently, Appendix B.I sets forth eight
                                                  W. Errett, Deputy Secretary, Commission                 reporting of the cumulative number of shares of       categories of orders, including market
                                                  (‘‘Exemption Request’’). The Commission, pursuant       orders executed from 0 to less than 100
                                                  to its authority under Rule 608(e) of Regulation        microseconds after the time of order receipt;         orders, marketable limit orders, and
                                                  NMS, granted BZX a limited exemption from the           Appendix B.I.a(15) requires reporting of the          inside-the-quote resting limit orders, for
                                                  requirement to comply with certain provisions of        cumulative number of shares of orders executed        which daily market quality statistics
                                                  the Plan as specified in the letter and noted herein.   from 100 microseconds to less than 100
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                                                                                                                                                                must be reported. Currently, Appendix
                                                  See letter from David Shillman, Associate Director,     milliseconds after the time of order receipt;
                                                  Division of Trading and Markets, Commission to          Appendix B.I.a(21) requires reporting of the
                                                                                                                                                                B.I does not provide a category for not
                                                  Eric Swanson, General Counsel, BZX, dated               cumulative number of shares of orders cancelled
                                                  February 10, 2016 (‘‘Exemption Letter’’).               from 0 to less than 100 microseconds after the time      29 The Commission granted BZX an exemption
                                                     27 See National Market System Plan to Address        of order receipt; and Appendix B.I.a(22) requires     from Rule 608(c) related to this provision. See
                                                  Extraordinary Market Volatility, Securities             reporting of the cumulative number of shares of       Exemption Letter, supra note 26.
                                                  Exchange Act Release No. 67091 (May 31, 2012), 77       orders cancelled from 100 microseconds to less           30 The Commission granted BZX an exemption

                                                  FR 33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4–631) (‘‘Limit-      than 100 milliseconds after the time of order         from Rule 608(c) related to this provision. See
                                                  Up Limit-Down Plan’’).                                  receipt.                                              Exemption Letter, supra note 26.



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                                                  held orders, clean cross orders, auction                Plan and Item I of Appendix C of the                    calculate daily Market Maker unrealized
                                                  orders, or orders received when the                     Plan on April 4, 2016. While the                        profitability statistics for each trading
                                                  NBBO is crossed. The Exchange and the                   Exchange or the member organization’s                   day on an average price basis.
                                                  other Participants have determined that                 DEA will provide the information                        Specifically, the Participants must
                                                  it is appropriate to include separate                   required by Appendix B and C of the                     calculate the volume weighted average
                                                  categories for these orders types for                   Plan during the Pilot Period, the                       price of the excess (deficit) of buy
                                                  purposes of Appendix B reporting. The                   requirement that the Exchange or their                  volume over sell volume for the current
                                                  Exchange is therefore proposing                         DEA provide information to the SEC                      trading day using reported trade price.
                                                  Supplementary Material .50 to proposed                  within 30 days following month end                      The gain (loss) of the excess (deficit) of
                                                  Rule 67(b) to provide that not held                     and make such data publicly available                   buy volume over sell volume shall be
                                                  orders shall be included as an order                    on its Web site pursuant to Appendix B                  determined by using the volume
                                                  type for purposes of Appendix B                         and C shall commence six months prior                   weighted average price compared to the
                                                  reporting, and shall be assigned the                    to the beginning of the Pilot Period.32                 closing price of the security as reported
                                                  number (18). Clean cross orders shall be                   The Exchange is proposing                            by the primary listing exchange. In
                                                  included as an order type for purposes                  Supplementary Material .80 to proposed                  reporting unrealized trading profits, the
                                                  of Appendix B reporting, and shall be                   Rule 67(b) to address the requirement in                Participant shall also report the number
                                                  assigned the number (19); auction                       Appendix C.I(b) of the Plan that the                    of excess (deficit) shares held by the
                                                  orders shall be included an as order                    calculation of raw Market Maker                         Market Maker, the volume weighted
                                                  type for purposes of Appendix B                         realized trading profits utilize a last in,             average price of that excess (deficit) and
                                                  reporting, and shall be assigned the                    first out (‘‘LIFO’’)-like method to                     the closing price of the security as
                                                  number (20); and orders that cannot                     determine which share prices shall be                   reported by the primary listing exchange
                                                  otherwise be classified, including, for                 used in that calculation. The Exchange                  used in reporting unrealized profit.34
                                                  example, orders received when the                       and the other Participants believe that it                 Finally, the Exchange is proposing
                                                  NBBO is crossed shall be included as an                 is more appropriate to utilize a                        Supplementary Material .90 to proposed
                                                  order type for purposes of Appendix B                   methodology that yields LIFO-like                       Rule 67(b) to address the securities that
                                                  reporting, and shall be assigned the                    results, rather than utilizing a LIFO-like              will be used for data collection purposes
                                                  number (21). All of these orders already                method, and the Exchange is therefore                   prior to the commencement of the Pilot
                                                  are included in the scope of Appendix                   proposing Supplementary Material .80                    Period. The Exchange and the other
                                                  B; however, without this proposed                       to proposed Rule 67(b) to make this                     Participants have determined that it is
                                                  change, these order types would be                      change.33 The Exchange is proposing                     appropriate to collect data for a group of
                                                  categorized with other orders, such as                  that, for purposes of Item I of Appendix                securities that is larger, and using
                                                  regular held orders, that should be able                C, the Participants shall calculate daily               different quantitative thresholds, than
                                                  to be fully executed upon receipt, which                Market Maker realized profitability                     the group of securities that will be Pilot
                                                  would compromise the value of this                      statistics for each trading day on a daily              Securities. The Exchange is therefore
                                                  data.                                                   LIFO basis using reported trade price                   proposing Supplementary Material .90
                                                     The Exchange is proposing                            and shall include only trades executed                  to proposed Rule 67(b) to define ‘‘Pre-
                                                  Supplementary Material .60 to proposed                  on the subject trading day. The daily                   Pilot Data Collection Securities’’ as the
                                                  Rule 67(b) to clarify the scope of the                  LIFO calculation shall not include any                  securities designated by the Participants
                                                  Plan as it relates to member                            positions carried over from previous                    for purposes of the data collection
                                                  organizations that only execute orders                  trading days. For purposes of Item I.c of               requirements described in Items I, II and
                                                  limited purposes. Specifically, The                     Appendix C, the Participants shall                      IV of Appendix B and Item I of
                                                  Exchange and the other Participants                                                                             Appendix C of the Plan for the period
                                                  believe that a member organization that                    32 In its order approving the Plan, the SEC noted
                                                                                                                                                                  beginning six months prior to the Pilot
                                                  only executes orders otherwise than on                  that the Pilot shall be implemented within one year
                                                                                                          of the date of publication of its order, e.g., by May
                                                                                                                                                                  Period and ending on the trading day
                                                  a national securities exchange for the                  6, 2016. See Approval Order, 80 FR at 27545.            immediately preceding the Pilot Period.
                                                  purpose of: (1) Correcting a bona fide                  However, on November 6, 2015, the SEC extended          The Participants shall compile the list of
                                                  error related to the execution of a                     the implementation date approximately five months       Pre-Pilot Data Collection Securities by
                                                  customer order; (2) purchasing a                        to October 3, 2016. See Securities Exchange Act
                                                                                                          Release No. 76382 (November 6, 2015), 80 FR 70284
                                                                                                                                                                  selecting all NMS stocks with a market
                                                  security from a customer at a nominal                   (File No. 4–657) (Order Granting Exemption From         capitalization of $5 billion or less, a
                                                  price solely for purposes of liquidating                Compliance With the National Market System Plan         Consolidated Average Daily Volume
                                                  the customer’s position; or (3)                         To Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program). See also       (CADV) of 2 million shares or less and
                                                  completing the fractional share portion                 Letter from Brendon J. Weiss, Co-Head, Government
                                                                                                                                                                  a closing price of $1 per share or more.
                                                  of an order 31 shall not be deemed a                    Affairs, Intercontinental Exchange/NYSE, to Brent J.
                                                                                                          Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated November 4,        The market capitalization and the
                                                  Trading Center for purposes of                          2015 (requesting the data collection period be          closing price thresholds shall be applied
                                                  Appendix B to the Plan. The Exchange                    extended until six months after the requisite SRO       to the last day of the pre-pilot
                                                  is therefore proposing Supplementary                    rules are approved, and the implementation data of
                                                                                                                                                                  measurement period, and the CADV
                                                  Material .50 [sic] to proposed Rule 67(b)               the Tick Size Pilot until six months thereafter).
                                                                                                             33 Appendix C.I currently requires Market Maker      threshold shall be applied to the
                                                  to make this clarification.                             profitability statistics to include (1) the total       duration of the pre-pilot measurement
                                                     The Exchange is proposing                            number of shares of orders executed by the Market       period. The pre-pilot measurement
                                                  Supplementary Material .70 to proposed                  Maker; (2) raw Market Maker realized trading            period shall be the three calendar
                                                  Rule 67(b) to clarify that, for purposes                profits, which is the difference between the market
                                                                                                                                                                  months ending on the day when the Pre-
                                                                                                          value of Market Maker shares and the market value
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                                                  of the Plan, Trading Centers must begin                                                                         Pilot Data Collection Securities are
                                                                                                          of Market Maker purchases, using a LIFO-like
                                                  the data collection required pursuant to                method; and (3) raw Market Maker unrealized             selected. The Pre-Pilot Data Collection
                                                  Appendix B.I.a(1) through B.II.(y) of the               trading profits, which is the difference between the    Securities shall be selected thirty days
                                                                                                          purchase or sale price of the end-of-day inventory
                                                    31 The Exchange notes that where a member             position of the Market Maker and the Closing Price.     prior to the commencement of the six-
                                                  organization purchases a fractional share from a        In the case of a short position, the Closing Price
                                                  customer, the Trading Center that executes the          from the sale will be subtracted; in the case of a         34 The Commission granted BZX an exemption

                                                  remaining whole shares of that customer order           long position, the purchase price will be subtracted    from Rule 608(c) related to this provision. See
                                                  would subject to subject to Appendix B of the Plan.     from the Closing Price.                                 Exemption Letter, supra note 26.



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                                                  month pre-pilot period. On the trading                     Exchange also notes that the data                          At any time within 60 days of the
                                                  day that is the first trading day of the                   collection requirements for member                      filing of the proposed rule change, the
                                                  Pilot Period through six months after                      organizations that operate Trading                      Commission summarily may
                                                  the end of the Pilot Period, the data                      Centers will apply equally to all such                  temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                                  collection requirements will become                        member organizations, as will the data                  it appears to the Commission that such
                                                  applicable to the Pilot Securities only. A                 collection requirements for Market                      action is necessary or appropriate in the
                                                  Pilot Security will only be eligible to be                 Makers.                                                 public interest, for the protection of
                                                  included in a Test Group if it was a Pre-                  C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
                                                  Pilot Data Collection Security.                            Statement on Comments on the                            the purposes of the Act. If the
                                                                                                             Proposed Rule Change Received From                      Commission takes such action, the
                                                  Implementation Date
                                                                                                             Members, Participants or Others                         Commission shall institute proceedings
                                                     The proposed rule change will be                                                                                to determine whether the proposed rule
                                                  effective on April 4, 2016.                                  No written comments were solicited                    change should be approved or
                                                                                                             or received with respect to the proposed                disapproved.
                                                  2. Statutory Basis                                         rule change.
                                                     The Exchange believes that its                                                                                  IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                                                                             III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                  proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)                                                                             Interested persons are invited to
                                                                                                             Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                  of the Act 35 in general, and furthers the                                                                         submit written data, views, and
                                                                                                             Commission Action
                                                  objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act 36                                                                        arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                  in particular, in that it is designed to                      Because the proposed rule change                     including whether the proposed rule
                                                  promote just and equitable principles of                   does not (i) significantly affect the                   change is consistent with the Act.
                                                  trade, to foster cooperation and                           protection of investors or the public                   Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                  coordination with persons engaged in                       interest; (ii) impose any significant                   the following methods:
                                                  facilitating transactions in securities, to                burden on competition; and (iii) become
                                                  remove impediments to and perfect the                      operative for 30 days from the date on                  Electronic Comments
                                                  mechanism of a free and open market                        which it was filed, or such shorter time                  • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                  and a national market system and, in                       as the Commission may designate, it has                 comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  general, to protect investors and the                      become effective pursuant to Section                    rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                  public interest.                                           19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 37 and Rule 19b–                   • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                     The Exchange believes that this                         4(f)(6) thereunder.38                                   sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                  proposal is consistent with the Act                           A proposed rule change filed                         NYSE–2016–27 on the subject line.
                                                  because it implements and clarifies the                    pursuant to Rule 19b–4(f)(6) under the
                                                                                                             Act 39 normally does not become                         Paper Comments
                                                  provisions of the Plan, and is designed
                                                  to assist the Exchange in meeting its                      operative for 30 days after the date of its                • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                  regulatory obligations pursuant of the                     filing. However, Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) 40               to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                  Plan. In approving the Plan, the SEC                       permits the Commission to designate a                   Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                  noted that the Pilot was an appropriate,                   shorter time if such action is consistent               Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                  data-driven test that was designed to                      with the protection of investors and the                All submissions should refer to File
                                                  evaluate the impact of a wider tick size                   public interest. The Exchange has asked                 Number SR–NYSE–2016–27. This file
                                                  on trading, liquidity, and the market                      the Commission to waive the 30-day                      number should be included on the
                                                  quality of securities of smaller                           operative delay. The Commission                         subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                  capitalization companies, and was                          believes that waiver of the operative                   Commission process and review your
                                                  therefore in furtherance of the purposes                   delay is consistent with the protection                 comments more efficiently, please use
                                                  of the Act. The Exchange believes that                     of investors and the public interest                    only one method. The Commission will
                                                  this proposal is in furtherance of the                     because it would allow the Exchange to                  post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                  objectives of the Plan, as identified by                   implement the proposed amendments                       Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  the SEC, and is therefore consistent with                  on April 4, 2016, the date upon which                   rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                  the Act because the proposal                               the data collection requirements of the                 submission, all subsequent
                                                  implements and clarifies the                               Plan become effective.41 Therefore, the                 amendments, all written statements
                                                  requirements of the Plan and applies                       Commission hereby waives the                            with respect to the proposed rule
                                                  specific obligations to member                             operative delay and designates the                      change that are filed with the
                                                  organizations in furtherance of                            proposal operative on April 4, 2016.42                  Commission, and all written
                                                  compliance with the Plan.                                                                                          communications relating to the
                                                                                                               37 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).                           proposed rule change between the
                                                  B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                            38 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). As required under Rule    Commission and any person, other than
                                                  Statement on Burden on Competition                         19b–4(f)(6)(iii), the Exchange provided the
                                                                                                                                                                     those that may be withheld from the
                                                                                                             Commission with written notice of its intent to file
                                                    The Exchange does not believe that                       the proposed rule change, along with a brief            public in accordance with the
                                                  the proposed rule change will result in                    description and the text of the proposed rule           provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                  any burden on competition that is not                      change, at least five business days prior to the date   available for Web site viewing and
                                                                                                             of filing of the proposed rule change, or such
                                                  necessary or appropriate in furtherance                    shorter time as designated by the Commission.           printing in the Commission’s Public
                                                  of the purposes of the Act. The                              39 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).                            Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
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                                                  Exchange notes that the proposed rule                        40 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii).                       Washington, DC 20549, on official
                                                  change implements the provisions of the                      41 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76382      business days between the hours of
                                                  Plan, and is designed to assist the                        (November 6, 2015), 80 FR 70284 (File No. 4–657)        10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
                                                  Exchange in meeting its regulatory                         (Order Granting Exemption From Compliance With
                                                                                                             the National Market System Plan To Implement a
                                                                                                                                                                     filing also will be available for
                                                  obligations pursuant of the Plan. The                      Tick Size Pilot Program).                               inspection and copying at the principal
                                                                                                               42 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
                                                    35 15   U.S.C. 78f(b).                                   operative delay, the Commission has also                efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
                                                    36 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                                considered the proposed rule’s impact on                15 U.S.C. 78c(f).



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                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                    11.27(b) 3 and by the Financial Industry              by the Commission on June 24, 2014.9
                                                  received will be posted without change;                 Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) to                   The Plan 10 was published for comment
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                   adopt FINRA Rule 6191(b),4 both of                    in the Federal Register on November 7,
                                                  identifying information from                            which also sets forth requirements for                2014, and approved by the Commission,
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                     the collection and transmission of data               as modified, on May 6, 2015.11
                                                  information that you wish to make                       pursuant to Appendices B and C of the                    The Plan is designed to allow the
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                     Plan. Therefore, the Exchange has                     Commission, market participants, and
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–NYSE–                    designated this proposal as ‘‘non-                    the public to study and assess the
                                                  2016–27, and should be submitted on or                  controversial’’ and provided the                      impact of increment conventions on the
                                                  before April 25, 2016.                                  Commission with the notice required by                liquidity and trading of the common
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of                Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) under the Act.5                 stocks of small-capitalization
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                                                                    companies. Each Plan Participant is
                                                                                                             The text of this proposed rule change
                                                  authority.43                                                                                                  required to comply, and to enforce
                                                                                                          is available on the Exchange’s Web site
                                                  Robert W. Errett,                                                                                             compliance by its members, as
                                                                                                          at (www.chx.com) and in the
                                                  Deputy Secretary.                                                                                             applicable, with the provisions of the
                                                                                                          Commission’s Public Reference Room.
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–07586 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                Plan. As is described more fully below,
                                                                                                          II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    the proposed rules would require CHX
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                          Statement of the Purpose of, and                      Participants 12 to comply with the
                                                                                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                applicable data collection requirements
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 Change                                                of the Plan.13
                                                  COMMISSION                                                                                                       The Pilot will include stocks of
                                                                                                            In its filing with the Commission, the              companies with $3 billion or less in
                                                  [Release No. 34–77469; File No. SR–CHX–                 CHX included statements concerning                    market capitalization, an average daily
                                                  2016–03]                                                the purpose of and basis for the                      trading volume of one million shares or
                                                                                                          proposed rule changes and discussed                   less, and a volume weighted average
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations;                          any comments it received on the                       price of at least $2.00 for every trading
                                                  Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice                    proposed rule change. The text of these               day. The Pilot will consist of a control
                                                  of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness                   statements may be examined at the                     group of approximately 1400 Pilot
                                                  of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt                        places specified in Item IV below. The                Securities and three test groups with
                                                  Article 20, Rule 13 To Implement the                    CHX has prepared summaries, set forth                 400 Pilot Securities in each (selected by
                                                  Regulation NMS Plan To Implement a                      in sections A, B and C below, of the                  a stratified random sampling process).14
                                                  Tick Size Pilot Program (‘‘Plan’’)                      most significant aspects of such                      During the pilot, Pilot Securities in the
                                                  March 29, 2016.                                         statements.                                           control group will be quoted at the
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                                                                        current tick size increment of $0.01 per
                                                                                                          A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934                                                                               share and will trade at the currently
                                                                                                          Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 2 thereunder,                                                                      permitted increments. Pilot Securities in
                                                                                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  notice is hereby given that on March 28,                                                                      the first test group (‘‘Test Group One’’)
                                                                                                          Change
                                                  2016, the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.                                                                        will be quoted in $0.05 minimum
                                                  (‘‘CHX’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with                1. Purpose                                            increments but will continue to trade at
                                                  the Securities and Exchange                                                                                   any price increment that is currently
                                                                                                             On August 25, 2014, NYSE Group,                    permitted.15 Pilot Securities in the
                                                  Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
                                                                                                          Inc., on behalf of the Exchange, Bats                 second test group (‘‘Test Group Two’’)
                                                  proposed rule change as described in
                                                                                                          BYX Exchange, Inc., BZX, Bats EDGA                    will be quoted in $0.05 minimum
                                                  Items I and II below, which Items have
                                                                                                          Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange,                   increments and will trade at $0.05
                                                  been prepared by the Exchange. The
                                                                                                          Inc., FINRA, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.,                     minimum increments subject to a
                                                  Commission is publishing this notice to
                                                                                                          NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, the Nasdaq                       midpoint exception, a retail investor
                                                  solicit comments on the proposed rule
                                                                                                          Stock Market LLC, New York Stock                      order exception, and a negotiated trade
                                                  change from interested persons.
                                                                                                          Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’), NYSE MKT
                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc. (collectively                   9 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72460

                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of                  ‘‘Plan Participants’’), filed with the                (June 24, 2014), 79 FR 36840 (June 30, 2014).
                                                  the Proposed Rule Change                                Commission, pursuant to Section 11A of                   10 Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms

                                                                                                          the Act 6 and Rule 608 of Regulation                  used in this rule filing are based on the defined
                                                     CHX proposes to adopt Article 20,                                                                          terms of the Plan.
                                                  Rule 13 to implement the Regulation                     NMS thereunder,7 the Plan to                             11 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74892

                                                  NMS Plan to Implement a Tick Size                       Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program                   (May 6, 2015), 80 FR 27513 (May 13, 2015)
                                                  Pilot Program (‘‘Plan’’). Specifically, the             (‘‘Pilot’’).8 The Plan Participants filed             (‘‘Approval Order’’).
                                                  Exchange proposes to adopt Article 20,                  the Plan to comply with an order issued                  12 A ‘‘Participant’’ is a ‘‘member’’ of the Exchange

                                                                                                                                                                for purposes of the Act. See CHX Article 1, Rule
                                                  Rule 13 to set forth the requirements for                                                                     1(s). For clarity, the Exchange proposes to utilize
                                                                                                             3 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 77105
                                                  the collection and transmission of data                                                                       the term ‘‘CHX Participant’’ when referring to
                                                                                                          (February 10, 2016), 81 FR 8112 (February 17, 2016)   members of the Exchange and the term ‘‘Plan
                                                  pursuant to Appendices B and C of the                   (order approving SR–BATS–2015–102); and 77310         Participant’’ when referring to Participants of the
                                                  Plan. The proposed rule change is                       (March 7, 2016) (notice for comment and immediate     Plan.
                                                  substantially similar to proposed rule                  effectiveness of SR–BATS–2016–27).                       13 The Exchange proposes Interpretations and
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                                                  changes recently approved or published                     4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77164
                                                                                                                                                                Policies .11 to proposed Article 20, Rule 13 to
                                                  by the Commission by the Bats BZX                       (February 17, 2016), 81 FR 9043 (February 23, 2016)   provide that the Rule shall be in effect during a
                                                                                                          (order approving SR–FINRA–2015–048).                  pilot period to coincide with the pilot period for the
                                                  Exchange, Inc. f/k/a BATS Exchange,                        5 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii).
                                                                                                                                                                Plan (including any extensions to the pilot period
                                                  Inc. (‘‘BZX’’) to adopt BZX Rule                           6 15 U.S.C. 78k–1.                                 for the Plan).
                                                                                                             7 17 CFR 242.608.                                     14 See Section V of the Plan for identification of
                                                    43 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                               8 See Letter from Brendon J. Weiss, Vice           Pilot Securities, including criteria for selection and
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                                                                      grouping.
                                                                                                          President, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., to
                                                    2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   Secretary, Commission, dated August 25, 2014.            15 See Section VI(B) of the Plan.




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