81_FR_70917 81 FR 70719 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule

81 FR 70719 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 198 (October 13, 2016)

Page Range70719-70721
FR Document2016-24700

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70719-70721]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24700]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79063; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2016-132]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending the NYSE 
Arca Options Fee Schedule

October 6, 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 September 23, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, 
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the 
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule 
(``Fee Schedule''). The Exchange proposes to implement the fee change 
effective October 1, 2016. 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
    The Exchange proposes to cap the Lead Market Maker (``LMM'') Rights 
Fees (``Rights Fee'') charged for lower-volume issues to encourage OTP 
Firms acting as LMMs to add more such issues to their allocation. The 
Exchange proposes to implement the fee change effective October 1, 
2016.
    The LMM Rights Fee is charged ``on a per issue basis to the OTP 
Firm acting as LMM in the issue.'' \4\ Currently, the Exchange charges 
a Rights Fee on each issue in a LMM's allocation, with rates based on 
the Average National Daily Customer Contracts (``CADV''). The monthly 
Rights Fee ranges from $25 per month to $3,000 per month. Under the 
current Fee Schedule, the more active an issue is, the higher the 
Rights Fee, as set forth below:
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    \4\ See Fee Schedule, Endnote 2, available here,https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/arca-options/NYSE_Arca_Options_Fee_Schedule.pdf.

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                                                           Monthly issue
       Average national daily  customer contracts               fee
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0 to 100................................................             $25
101 to 1,000............................................              35
1,001 to 2,000..........................................              75
2,001 to 5,000..........................................             200
5,001 to 15,000.........................................             750
15,001 to 100,000.......................................           1,500
Over 100,000............................................           3,000
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    Earlier this year, the Exchange introduced an LMM Rights Fee 
Discount applicable to each issue in an LMM's appointment with a CADV 
above 5,000 based on the amount of monthly (i) total electronic volume 
and/or (ii) total posted volume executed by an LMM in the Market Maker 
range relative to other Marker Makers appointed in that issue (the 
``Discount'').\5\ This Discount was designed to incent LMMs that 
already transact a significant amount of business on the Exchange and 
trade competitively in their issues to increase their trading and 
achieve one of the Discounts as well as to incent LMMs to apply for new 
issue allocation. The Exchange now proposes a modification to its Fee 
schedule that is designed to encourage LMMs to add lower-volume issues 
to their appointments.
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    \5\ See Securities and Exchange Act Release No. 77885 (May 23, 
2016), 81 FR 33716 (May 23 [sic], 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-75).
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    Specifically, the Exchange proposes to cap at 50 issues the Rights 
Fee it charges OTP Firms for issues with a CADV of 0 to 100 contracts 
(``First Tier''). The

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Exchange would not charge for any First Tier issues in the LMM's 
allocation that exceed 50 issues. The Exchange also proposes to cap at 
100 issues the Rights Fee it charges for issues with a CADV of 101 to 
1000 (``Second Tier''). The Exchange would not charge for any Second 
Tier issues in the LMM's allocation that exceed 100 issues. The 
practical impact of this cap is that the maximum LMM Rights Fee charged 
to an OTP Firm for issues trading in the First Tier would be $1,250 
(i.e., $25 x 50) and the maximum Rights Fee charged to an OTP Firm for 
issues trading in the Second Tier would be $3,500 (i.e., $35 x 100). 
For example, an OTP Firm acting as an LMM with 55 issues that trade in 
the First Tier, and another 130 that trade in the Second Tier, would be 
charged an LMM Rights fee of $4,750 ($1,250 (the max charged for First 
Tier issues) plus $3,500 (the max charged for Second Tier issues).
    The Exchange is setting the caps at different amounts for the First 
and Second Tiers because of the difference in the universe of available 
issues in each of these Tiers. The Exchange proposes a higher issue cap 
for options trading in the Second Tiers because there are more issues 
available in this Tier than in the First Tier and these issues are also 
more desirable because they trade more.\6\
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    \6\ As of August 10, 2016, the Exchange had 647 issues listed in 
the First Tier and 985 issues in the Second Tier.
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed caps to the LMM Rights Fee 
would increase interest of OTP Firms acting as LMMs in adding to their 
allocation issues in the First and Second Tiers.
    The Exchange notes that the proposed caps to the Rights Fees would 
not hinder an LMM's ability to achieve any of the existing discounts 
applicable to the Rights Fees; rather, to the extent that the caps 
encourage an OTP Firm acting as an LMM to increase the number of issues 
in its allocation, the proposal may increase an LMM's chances of 
achieving existing discounts (i.e., to achieve the 50% discount on the 
Rights Fee an LMM needs to trade 10,000 electronic contracts ADV in its 
appointment).
    The Exchange is not proposing any other changes to the Rights Fee 
at this time.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\7\ in general, and furthers the 
objectives of Sections 6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,\8\ in particular, 
because it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees, and other charges among its members, issuers and other persons 
using its facilities and does not unfairly discriminate between 
customers, issuers, brokers or dealers.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed caps on the LMM Rights Fees 
for the First and Second Tier issues are reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory for a number of reasons. First, all LMMs 
trading First Tier issues with similar CADV levels would benefit from 
the proposed Rights Fee cap and have the same incentive to add the 
affected issues to their allocation. Second, the proposed Rights Fees 
caps are designed to encourage OTP Firms acting as LMMs to add lower-
volume issues to their appointments, which would provide greater 
opportunities for OTP Firms to achieve volume incentives on the 
Exchange without adding to their Rights Fees. In turn, the proposed 
caps may reduce the overhead costs of OTP Firms that are most actively 
trading in the affected issues, which reduced costs would enhance the 
ability of LMMs to provide liquidity to the benefit of all market 
participants. Further, the Exchange believes that having a broader 
range of products available on the Exchange would benefit all market 
participants by increasing liquidity on the Exchange and offering more 
opportunities to trade.
    Finally, the Exchange also believes that proposed caps to the 
Rights Fees on the First and Second Tiers are not unfairly 
discriminatory because they apply solely to LMMs (non-LMMs are not 
subject to this Fee) and would not disadvantage Market Makers.
    For these reasons, the Exchange believes that the proposal is 
consistent with the Act.

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

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\9\ the Exchange does 
not believe that the proposed rule change would impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes that the proposed caps on 
Rights Fees for the lowest-volume issues would not impose an unfair 
burden on competition because the cap are designed to encourage more 
OTP Firms acting as LMMs to add such issues to their allocation, which 
would increase liquidity and offer more trading opportunities to market 
participants.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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    The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market 
in which market participants can readily favor competing venues. In 
such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider 
adjusting, its fees and credits to remain competitive with other 
exchanges. For the reasons described above, the Exchange believes that 
the proposed rule change reflects this competitive environment.

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

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

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

    The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(3)(A) \10\ of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 
19b-4 \11\ thereunder, because it establishes a due, fee, or other 
charge imposed by the Exchange.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \11\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such 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 under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) \12\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-132 on the subject line.

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Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-132. 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 such filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-132, and 
should be submitted on or before November 3, 2016.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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                                             Electronic Comments                                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                               A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                       COMMISSION                                            Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                               • Use the Commission’s Internet                                                                               Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                             comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                                                                               Change
                                                                                                       [Release No. 34–79063; File No. SR–
                                             rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                                                                       NYSEArca–2016–132]                                    1. Purpose
                                               • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                             sec.gov. Please include File No. SR–                      Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                      The Exchange proposes to cap the
                                             BatsBZX–2016–64 on the subject line.                                                                            Lead Market Maker (‘‘LMM’’) Rights
                                                                                                       Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
                                                                                                                                                             Fees (‘‘Rights Fee’’) charged for lower-
                                                                                                       Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
                                             Paper Comments                                                                                                  volume issues to encourage OTP Firms
                                                                                                       Rule Change Amending the NYSE Arca
                                                                                                                                                             acting as LMMs to add more such issues
                                               • Send paper comments in triplicate                     Options Fee Schedule                                  to their allocation. The Exchange
                                             to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                                                                           proposes to implement the fee change
                                                                                                       October 6, 2016.
                                             Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                                   effective October 1, 2016.
                                             Washington, DC 20549–1090.                                   Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                 The LMM Rights Fee is charged ‘‘on
                                                                                                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                  a per issue basis to the OTP Firm acting
                                             All submissions should refer to File No.                  ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
                                             SR–BatsBZX–2016–64. This file number                                                                            as LMM in the issue.’’ 4 Currently, the
                                                                                                       notice is hereby given that, on                       Exchange charges a Rights Fee on each
                                             should be included on the subject line                    September 23, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc.                   issue in a LMM’s allocation, with rates
                                             if email is used. To help the                             (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed             based on the Average National Daily
                                             Commission process and review your                        with the Securities and Exchange                      Customer Contracts (‘‘CADV’’). The
                                             comments more efficiently, please use                     Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the                   monthly Rights Fee ranges from $25 per
                                             only one method. The Commission will                      proposed rule change as described in                  month to $3,000 per month. Under the
                                             post all comments on the Commission’s                     Items I, II, and III below, which Items               current Fee Schedule, the more active
                                             Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                    have been prepared by the self-                       an issue is, the higher the Rights Fee, as
                                             rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                           regulatory organization. The                          set forth below:
                                             submission, all subsequent                                Commission is publishing this notice to
                                             amendments, all written statements                        solicit comments on the proposed rule                     Average national daily                  Monthly issue
                                             with respect to the proposed rule                                                                                    customer contracts                         fee
                                                                                                       change from interested persons.
                                             change that are filed with the
                                                                                                                                                             0 to 100 ................................             $25
                                             Commission, and all written                               I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     101 to 1,000 .........................                 35
                                             communications relating to the                            Statement of the Terms of the Substance               1,001 to 2,000 ......................                  75
                                             proposed rule change between the                          of the Proposed Rule Change                           2,001 to 5,000 ......................                 200
                                             Commission and any person, other than                                                                           5,001 to 15,000 ....................                  750
                                             those that may be withheld from the                         The Exchange proposes to amend the                  15,001 to 100,000 ................                  1,500
                                             public in accordance with the                             NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee                 Over 100,000 ........................               3,000
                                             provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                       Schedule’’). The Exchange proposes to
                                                                                                       implement the fee change effective                       Earlier this year, the Exchange
                                             available for Web site viewing and                                                                              introduced an LMM Rights Fee Discount
                                             printing in the Commission’s Public                       October 1, 2016. The proposed rule
                                                                                                       change is available on the Exchange’s                 applicable to each issue in an LMM’s
                                             Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                               appointment with a CADV above 5,000
                                             Washington, DC 20549, on official                         Web site at www.nyse.com, at the
                                                                                                       principal office of the Exchange, and at              based on the amount of monthly (i) total
                                             business days between the hours of                                                                              electronic volume and/or (ii) total
                                             10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                   the Commission’s Public Reference
                                                                                                       Room.                                                 posted volume executed by an LMM in
                                             filing will also be available for                                                                               the Market Maker range relative to other
                                             inspection and copying at the principal                   II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    Marker Makers appointed in that issue
                                             office of the Exchange. All comments                      Statement of the Purpose of, and                      (the ‘‘Discount’’).5 This Discount was
                                             received will be posted without change;                   Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                designed to incent LMMs that already
                                             the Commission does not edit personal                     Change                                                transact a significant amount of business
                                             identifying information from                                                                                    on the Exchange and trade
                                             submissions. You should submit only                         In its filing with the Commission, the              competitively in their issues to increase
                                             information that you wish to make                         self-regulatory organization included                 their trading and achieve one of the
                                             available publicly. All submissions                       statements concerning the purpose of,                 Discounts as well as to incent LMMs to
                                             should refer to File No. SR–BatsBZX–                      and basis for, the proposed rule change               apply for new issue allocation. The
                                             2016–64 and should be submitted on or                     and discussed any comments it received                Exchange now proposes a modification
                                             before November 3, 2016.                                  on the proposed rule change. The text                 to its Fee schedule that is designed to
                                                                                                       of those statements may be examined at                encourage LMMs to add lower-volume
                                               For the Commission, by the Division of                                                                        issues to their appointments.
                                                                                                       the places specified in Item IV below.
                                             Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                                                                         Specifically, the Exchange proposes to
                                             authority.9
                                                                                                       The Exchange has prepared summaries,
                                                                                                       set forth in sections A, B, and C below,              cap at 50 issues the Rights Fee it charges
                                             Brent J. Fields,                                                                                                OTP Firms for issues with a CADV of 0
                                                                                                       of the most significant parts of such
                                             Secretary.                                                statements.                                           to 100 contracts (‘‘First Tier’’). The
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                                                                                                                                                               4 See Fee Schedule, Endnote 2, available
                                             BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                                                                             here,https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/
                                                                                                                                                             markets/arca-options/NYSE_Arca_Options_Fee_
                                                                                                                                                             Schedule.pdf.
                                                                                                         1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                5 See Securities and Exchange Act Release No.
                                                                                                         2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                    77885 (May 23, 2016), 81 FR 33716 (May 23 [sic],
                                               9 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                               3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                 2016) (SR–NYSEArca–2016–75).



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                                             Exchange would not charge for any First                  6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,8 in particular,           liquidity and offer more trading
                                             Tier issues in the LMM’s allocation that                 because it provides for the equitable                 opportunities to market participants.
                                             exceed 50 issues. The Exchange also                      allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and                 The Exchange notes that it operates in
                                             proposes to cap at 100 issues the Rights                 other charges among its members,                      a highly competitive market in which
                                             Fee it charges for issues with a CADV                    issuers and other persons using its                   market participants can readily favor
                                             of 101 to 1000 (‘‘Second Tier’’). The                    facilities and does not unfairly                      competing venues. In such an
                                             Exchange would not charge for any                        discriminate between customers,                       environment, the Exchange must
                                             Second Tier issues in the LMM’s                          issuers, brokers or dealers.                          continually review, and consider
                                             allocation that exceed 100 issues. The                      The Exchange believes that the                     adjusting, its fees and credits to remain
                                             practical impact of this cap is that the                 proposed caps on the LMM Rights Fees                  competitive with other exchanges. For
                                             maximum LMM Rights Fee charged to                        for the First and Second Tier issues are              the reasons described above, the
                                             an OTP Firm for issues trading in the                    reasonable, equitable and not unfairly                Exchange believes that the proposed
                                             First Tier would be $1,250 (i.e., $25 ×                  discriminatory for a number of reasons.               rule change reflects this competitive
                                             50) and the maximum Rights Fee                           First, all LMMs trading First Tier issues             environment.
                                             charged to an OTP Firm for issues                        with similar CADV levels would benefit                C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                             trading in the Second Tier would be                      from the proposed Rights Fee cap and                  Statement on Comments on the
                                             $3,500 (i.e., $35 × 100). For example, an                have the same incentive to add the                    Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                             OTP Firm acting as an LMM with 55                        affected issues to their allocation.                  Members, Participants, or Others
                                             issues that trade in the First Tier, and                 Second, the proposed Rights Fees caps
                                             another 130 that trade in the Second                                                                             No written comments were solicited
                                                                                                      are designed to encourage OTP Firms
                                             Tier, would be charged an LMM Rights                                                                           or received with respect to the proposed
                                                                                                      acting as LMMs to add lower-volume
                                             fee of $4,750 ($1,250 (the max charged                                                                         rule change.
                                                                                                      issues to their appointments, which
                                             for First Tier issues) plus $3,500 (the                  would provide greater opportunities for               III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                             max charged for Second Tier issues).                     OTP Firms to achieve volume incentives                Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                The Exchange is setting the caps at                   on the Exchange without adding to their               Commission Action
                                             different amounts for the First and                      Rights Fees. In turn, the proposed caps                  The foregoing rule change is effective
                                             Second Tiers because of the difference                   may reduce the overhead costs of OTP                  upon filing pursuant to Section
                                             in the universe of available issues in                   Firms that are most actively trading in               19(b)(3)(A) 10 of the Act and
                                             each of these Tiers. The Exchange                        the affected issues, which reduced costs              subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 11
                                             proposes a higher issue cap for options                  would enhance the ability of LMMs to                  thereunder, because it establishes a due,
                                             trading in the Second Tiers because                      provide liquidity to the benefit of all               fee, or other charge imposed by the
                                             there are more issues available in this                  market participants. Further, the                     Exchange.
                                             Tier than in the First Tier and these                    Exchange believes that having a broader                  At any time within 60 days of the
                                             issues are also more desirable because                   range of products available on the                    filing of such proposed rule change, the
                                             they trade more.6                                        Exchange would benefit all market                     Commission summarily may
                                                The Exchange believes that the                        participants by increasing liquidity on               temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                             proposed caps to the LMM Rights Fee                      the Exchange and offering more                        it appears to the Commission that such
                                             would increase interest of OTP Firms                     opportunities to trade.                               action is necessary or appropriate in the
                                             acting as LMMs in adding to their                           Finally, the Exchange also believes                public interest, for the protection of
                                             allocation issues in the First and Second                that proposed caps to the Rights Fees on              investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
                                             Tiers.                                                   the First and Second Tiers are not                    the purposes of the Act. If the
                                                The Exchange notes that the proposed                  unfairly discriminatory because they                  Commission takes such action, the
                                             caps to the Rights Fees would not                        apply solely to LMMs (non-LMMs are                    Commission shall institute proceedings
                                             hinder an LMM’s ability to achieve any                   not subject to this Fee) and would not                under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 12 of the Act to
                                             of the existing discounts applicable to                  disadvantage Market Makers.                           determine whether the proposed rule
                                             the Rights Fees; rather, to the extent that                 For these reasons, the Exchange                    change should be approved or
                                             the caps encourage an OTP Firm acting                    believes that the proposal is consistent              disapproved.
                                             as an LMM to increase the number of                      with the Act.
                                             issues in its allocation, the proposal                                                                         IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                             may increase an LMM’s chances of                         B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       Interested persons are invited to
                                             achieving existing discounts (i.e., to                   Statement on Burden on Competition                    submit written data, views, and
                                             achieve the 50% discount on the Rights                      In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of              arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                             Fee an LMM needs to trade 10,000                         the Act,9 the Exchange does not believe               including whether the proposed rule
                                             electronic contracts ADV in its                          that the proposed rule change would                   change is consistent with the Act.
                                             appointment).                                            impose any burden on competition that                 Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                The Exchange is not proposing any                     is not necessary or appropriate in                    the following methods:
                                             other changes to the Rights Fee at this                  furtherance of the purposes of the Act.               Electronic Comments
                                             time.                                                    The Exchange believes that the                           • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                             2. Statutory Basis                                       proposed caps on Rights Fees for the                  comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                      lowest-volume issues would not impose                 rules/sro.shtml); or
                                               The Exchange believes that the
                                                                                                      an unfair burden on competition                          • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                             proposed rule change is consistent with
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                                                                                                      because the cap are designed to                       sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                             Section 6(b) of the Act,7 in general, and
                                                                                                      encourage more OTP Firms acting as                    NYSEArca–2016–132 on the subject
                                             furthers the objectives of Sections                      LMMs to add such issues to their                      line.
                                                6 As of August 10, 2016, the Exchange had 647
                                                                                                      allocation, which would increase
                                                                                                                                                              10 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
                                             issues listed in the First Tier and 985 issues in the
                                             Second Tier.                                               8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).                        11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
                                                7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).                                     9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).                                12 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).




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                                                                           Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 198 / Thursday, October 13, 2016 / Notices                                                 70721

                                             Paper Comments                                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                timeframe within which Members must
                                                                                                       COMMISSION                                             dispute billing. Today, ISE Members
                                               • Send paper comments in triplicate                                                                            must submit all disputes no later than
                                             to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities                 [Release No. 34–79061; File No. SR–ISE–
                                                                                                       2016–23]
                                                                                                                                                              ninety calendar days after receipt of an
                                             and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street                                                                            Exchange invoice. After ninety calendar
                                             NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.                           Self-Regulatory Organizations;                         days, all fees assessed by the Exchange
                                             All submissions should refer to File                      International Securities Exchange,                     are considered final. The Exchange is
                                             Number SR–NYSEArca–2016–132. This                         LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate                    proposing to amend the policy from
                                             file number should be included on the                     Effectiveness of Proposed Rule                         ninety to sixty days to submit a dispute.
                                                                                                       Change To Amend a Current Billing                      Today, the NASDAQ PHLX LLC
                                             subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                                                                       Practice With Respect to Billing                       (‘‘Phlx’’), NASDAQ BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’) and
                                             Commission process and review your
                                                                                                       Disputes                                               The NASDAQ Options Market LLC
                                             comments more efficiently, please use                                                                            (‘‘NOM’’) all have a sixty day timeframe
                                             only one method. The Commission will                      October 6, 2016.                                       within which to dispute option
                                             post all comments on the Commission’s                        Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                 invoices.3
                                             Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934                           The Exchange provides Members with
                                             rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                           (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                both daily and monthly fee reports and
                                             submission, all subsequent                                notice is hereby given that on                         thus believes Members should be aware
                                             amendments, all written statements                        September 22, 2016, the International                  of any potential billing errors within
                                             with respect to the proposed rule                         Securities Exchange, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or                   sixty calendar days of receiving an
                                             change that are filed with the                            ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities                invoice. Requiring that Members
                                             Commission, and all written                               and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or                    dispute an invoice within this time
                                             communications relating to the                            ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                      period will encourage them to promptly
                                             proposed rule change between the                          change as described in Items I, II, and                review their invoices so that any
                                             Commission and any person, other than                     III, below, which Items have been                      disputed charges can be addressed in a
                                                                                                       prepared by the Exchange. The                          timely manner while the information
                                             those that may be withheld from the
                                                                                                       Commission is publishing this notice to                and data underlying those charges (e.g.
                                             public in accordance with the
                                                                                                       solicit comments on the proposed rule                  applicable fees and order information) is
                                             provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                       change from interested persons.
                                             available for Web site viewing and                                                                               still easily and readily available. This
                                             printing in the Commission’s Public                       I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                      practice will avoid issues that may arise
                                             Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                         Statement of the Terms of Substance of                 when Members do not dispute an
                                             Washington, DC 20549 on official                          the Proposed Rule Change                               invoice in a timely manner, and will
                                             business days between the hours of                           The Exchange proposes to a proposal                 conserve Exchange resources that would
                                                                                                       to amend a current billing practice with               have to be expended to resolve untimely
                                             10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
                                                                                                       respect to billing disputes.                           billing disputes. The Exchange notes
                                             filing also will be available for
                                                                                                          The text of the proposed rule change                that this type of provision is common
                                             inspection and copying at the principal
                                                                                                       is available on the Exchange’s Web site                among many other exchanges, which
                                             office of the Exchange. All comments                                                                             require that Members dispute invoices
                                             received will be posted without change;                   at www.ise.com, at the principal office
                                                                                                       of the Exchange, and at the                            within sixty days.
                                             the Commission does not edit personal                                                                               Billing disputes must continue to be
                                             identifying information from                              Commission’s Public Reference Room.
                                                                                                                                                              submitted to the Exchange in writing,4
                                             submissions. You should submit only                       II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     and must be accompanied by supporting
                                             information that you wish to make                         Statement of the Purpose of, and                       documentation. The Exchange believes
                                             available publicly. All submissions                       Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                 that this requirement, which is also
                                             should refer to File Number SR–                           Change                                                 similar to requirements of other
                                             NYSEArca–2016–132, and should be                             In its filing with the Commission, the              exchanges,5 will further streamline the
                                             submitted on or before November 3,                        Exchange included statements                           billing dispute process.
                                             2016.                                                     concerning the purpose of and basis for                   The Exchange believes that this
                                               For the Commission, by the Division of                  the proposed rule change and discussed                 practice will conserve Exchange
                                             Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                any comments it received on the                        resources which are expended when
                                             authority.13                                              proposed rule change. The text of these                untimely billing disputes require staff to
                                                                                                       statements may be examined at the                      research applicable fees and order
                                             Brent J. Fields,
                                                                                                       places specified in Item IV below. The                 information beyond two months after
                                             Secretary.                                                                                                       the transaction occurred. Further, this
                                                                                                       Exchange has prepared summaries, set
                                             [FR Doc. 2016–24700 Filed 10–12–16; 8:45 am]              forth in sections A, B, and C below, of                proposal would provide a cost savings
                                             BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                    the most significant aspects of such                   to the Exchange in that it would
                                                                                                       statements.                                            alleviate administrative processes
                                                                                                                                                              related to the untimely review of billing
                                                                                                       A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                      disputes which divert staff resources
                                                                                                       Statement of the Purpose of, and                       away from the Exchange’s regulatory
                                                                                                       Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                 and business purposes.
                                                                                                       Change                                                    The Exchange is also adding the word
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                                                                                                       1. Purpose                                             ‘‘calendar’’ before days to specifically
                                                                                                          The Exchange proposes to amend its                    3 See Phlx’s Pricing Schedule. See also NOM and
                                                                                                       Schedule of Fees to change the                         BX Rules at Chapter XV, Section 7.
                                                                                                                                                                4 The Exchange invoice specifies contact
                                                                                                         1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                             information for billing inquiries.
                                               13 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                              2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                                  5 See note 3 above.




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