82_FR_1422 82 FR 1419 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)

82 FR 1419 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 3 (January 5, 2017)

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FR Document2016-31937

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1419-1421]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31937]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79705; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2016-169]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)

December 29, 2016.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given 
that, on December 22, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE 
Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and 
II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
7.35(a)(10)(A) to extend the period for the current Trading Halt 
Auction Collar price collar. The proposed rule change is available on 
the Exchange's Web site at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization 
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the 
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the 
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at 
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared 
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most 
significant parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
7.35(a)(10)(A) (``Rule 7.35'') to extend the period for

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the current Trading Halt price collar thresholds.
    As specified in Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A), the price collar thresholds 
for Trading Halt Auctions are currently set at 10% for securities with 
an Auction Reference Price \4\ of $25.00 or less, 5% for securities 
with an Auction Reference Price greater than $25.00 but less than or 
equal to $50.00, and 3% for securities with an Auction Reference Price 
greater than $50.00. These price collar thresholds were adopted on an 
interim basis and sunset on January 31, 2017.\5\
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    \4\ As set forth in Rule 7.35(a)(8)(A), the Auction Reference 
Price for Trading Halt Auctions is the last consolidated round-lot 
price of that trading day and, if none, the prior trading day's 
Official Closing Price.
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78734 (July 20, 
2016), 81 FR 48876 (July 26, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-98) (Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness to extend the period for the 
interim Trading Halt Auction Collar thresholds to January 31, 2017). 
Effective September 28, 2016, the Exchange has deleted former Rule 
1.1(s) and eliminated the ``P'' modifier from Rule 7.35. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79078 (October 11, 2016), 81 FR 
71559 (October 17, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-135) (Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of proposed rule change).
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    When approving the current price collar thresholds for Trading Halt 
Auctions, the Commission noted that they were appropriate as an interim 
measure to protect investors and the public interest.\6\ The Exchange 
committed to use the period while the interim price collar thresholds 
are in place to conduct an analysis to determine whether to make the 
proposed price collar thresholds permanent or to propose other or 
additional changes to its re-opening process. Since that time, the 
Participants of the Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market 
Volatility (``LULD Plan'') (which includes the Exchange),\7\ with input 
from the Advisory Committee to the LULD Plan, have filed to amend the 
LULD Plan to require, among other things, that a Trading Pause would 
continue until the Primary Listing Exchange has reopened trading using 
its established reopening procedures and reports a Reopening Price.\8\ 
In connection with the Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan, the Exchange 
has filed a proposed rule change to amend its Trading Halt Auction 
procedures to provide for automated reopening processes that would be 
uniform across the Primary Listing Exchanges.\9\ The Exchange's 
proposed enhancements to the Trading Halt Auction include eliminating 
the current interim price collar thresholds and replacing them with 
Auction Collars that are aligned with the LULD Plan Price Bands and 
providing for extensions of a Trading Pause and related widening of 
Auction Collars for each such extension.
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    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 76994 (Jan. 28, 
2016), 81 FR 5809 (Feb. 3, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-121) (Approval 
Order) and 77140 (Feb. 16, 2016), 81 FR 8812 (SR-NYSEArca-2016-27) 
(Notice of Filing).
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77679 (April 21, 
2016), 81 FR 24908 (April 27, 2016) (File No. 4-631) (Order 
approving 10th Amendment to the LULD Plan). Unless otherwise 
specified, capitalized terms used herein have the same meaning as 
set forth in the Plan or in Exchange rules.
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79410 (November 28, 
2016), 81 FR 87114 (December 2, 2016) (File No. 4-631) (Notice of 
Filing of the Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan) (``Twelfth 
Amendment to the LULD Plan'').
    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 79107 (October 18, 
2016), 81 FR 73519 (October 24, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-130) (Notice 
of Filing) (``Trading Halt Auction Filing'') and 79480 (December 6, 
2016), 81 FR 89525 (December 12, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-130) 
(Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action 
extending time for Commission action on the Trading Halt Auction 
Filing to January 22, 2017).
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    The Exchange proposes that the current interim price collar 
thresholds should remain in effect until the Trading Halt Auction 
Filing is approved and operative.\10\ To effect this change, the 
Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A) to provide that the 
price collar thresholds specified in that paragraph applicable to 
Trading Halt Auctions would be in effect until SR-NYSEArca-2016-130 is 
both approved and operative. This extension of the time period would 
also provide additional time for the Commission to review the Twelfth 
Amendment to the LULD Plan. The Exchange continues to believe that it 
is appropriate to have protections in place for Trading Halt Auctions 
to assure that a reopening trade will not deviate significantly from 
prior prices, even taking into consideration natural price movements 
for a security. The Exchange believes that it is appropriate to 
maintain price collar thresholds for Trading Halt Auctions based on the 
clearly erroneous execution guidelines because an auction trade is 
subject to these guidelines for purposes of determining whether such 
execution is clearly erroneous. In addition, the Exchange's interim 
price collar thresholds are similar to how BATS BZX Exchange, Inc. 
(``BATS'') prices its Halt Auctions for ETPs. Like BATS, the Exchange 
is the primary listing market only for ETPs and would, therefore only 
have Trading Halt Auctions for ETPs. BATS Rule 11.23(d)(2)(D) provides 
that BATS executes orders in ETPs in a Halt auction at a price level 
within a ``Collar Price Range'' that maximizes the number of shares 
executed in the auction. Similar to the Exchange's rule, BATS uses 
Collar Price Ranges that are based on the numerical guidelines set 
forth in the market-wide clearly erroneous execution rules.\11\ The 
Exchange's Auction Collars differ from BATS's pricing mechanism because 
the Exchange would use the consolidated last sale price as the 
reference price, rather than the midpoint of a ``Valid NBBO.'' The 
Exchange believes that using the consolidated last sale price tracks 
the market-wide clearly erroneous execution rules, which similarly use 
the consolidated last sale price for determining whether an execution 
is clearly erroneous.
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    \10\ As provided for in the Trading Halt Auction Filing, supra 
id., the Exchange proposes to implement the proposed rule changes 
following Commission approval of the Twelfth Amendment to the LULD 
Plan.
    \11\ As set forth in BATS Rule 11.23(a)(6), the Collar Price 
Range is 10% for securities with a Collar Midpoint of $25.00 or 
less, 5% for securities with a Collar Midpoint greater than $25.00 
but less than or equal to $50.00, and 3% for securities with a 
Collar Midpoint greater than $50.00. BATS Rule 11.23(a)(6) defines 
the Collar Midpoint as the Volume Based Tie Breaker, which is 
defined in BATS Rule 11.23(a)(23) as the midpoint of the NBBO if it 
is a Valid NBBO, with a Valid NBBO defined as where: (i) There is 
both a NBB and NBO for the security; (ii) the NBBO is not crossed; 
and (iii) the midpoint of the NBBO is less than the Maximum 
Percentage away from both the NBB and the NBO.
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    The Exchange will announce by Trader Update when the interim 
collars will no longer be operative and the changes proposed in the 
Trading Halt Auction Collar Filing will be operative.
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act''),\12\ in general, and 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5),\13\ in particular, because 
it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and 
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster 
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in 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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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that extending the interim period for the 
current Trading Halt Auction price collar thresholds would remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a fair and orderly market 
by providing for Auctions Collars at the Exchange pending Commission 
review of the

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Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan and the Exchange's Trading Halt 
Auction Filing. Until such time as these proposed changes have been 
approved and operative, the price collar thresholds for Trading Halt 
Auctions would continue to be aligned with the clearly erroneous 
execution guidelines and therefore continuing with these price collar 
thresholds would reduce the potential for a Trading Halt Auction to be 
a clearly erroneous execution. In addition, the Exchange believes that 
extending the Exchange's interim measure pending Commission approval of 
the Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan and the Trading Halt Auction 
Filing would be consistent with the protection of investors and the 
public interest.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed change is not 
designed to address any competitive issue but rather to provide for the 
interim price collar thresholds for Trading Halt Auctions on the 
Exchange to remain in effect until the Trading Halt Auction Filing is 
approved and operative.

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 \14\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\15\
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \15\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
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. The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule 
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or 
disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-169 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-NYSEArca-2016-169. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-169 and should 
be submitted on or before January 26, 2017.
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    \16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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                                                  provides further pricing discipline for                 arguments concerning the foregoing,                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                  proprietary data products. Each SRO,                    including whether the proposed rule                     COMMISSION
                                                  ATS, and broker-dealer is currently                     change is consistent with the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                  [Release No. 34–79705; File No. SR–
                                                  permitted to produce and sell                           Comments may be submitted by any of                     NYSEArca–2016–169]
                                                  proprietary data products, and many                     the following methods:
                                                  currently do. In addition, the OPRA data                                                                        Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
                                                                                                          Electronic Comments
                                                  feed is a significant competitive                                                                               Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
                                                  alternative to the BBO and last sale data                 • Use the Commission’s Internet                       Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
                                                  included in the BBO and Book Depth                      comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                       Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca
                                                  Data Feeds.                                             rules/sro.shtml); or                                    Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)
                                                     Further, data products are valuable to                 • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                  professional users only if they can be                                                                          December 29, 2016.
                                                                                                          sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                  used for profit-generating purposes in                  C2–2016–025 on the subject line.                           Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
                                                  their businesses and valuable to non-                                                                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                                  professional users only insofar as they                 Paper Comments                                          (‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
                                                  provide information that such users                                                                             notice is hereby given that, on December
                                                                                                             • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                  expect will assist them in tracking                                                                             22, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’
                                                                                                          to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                  prices and market trends and making                                                                             or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with the
                                                                                                          Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                           Securities and Exchange Commission
                                                  trading decisions.                                      Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                     The existence of numerous                                                                                    (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
                                                  alternatives to the Exchange’s products,                All submissions should refer to File                    change as described in Items I and II
                                                  including consolidated data and                         Number SR–C2–2016–025. This file                        below, which Items have been prepared
                                                  proprietary data from other sources,                    number should be included on the                        by the self-regulatory organization. The
                                                  ensures that the Exchange cannot set                    subject line if email is used. To help the              Commission is publishing this notice to
                                                  unreasonable fees, or fees that are                     Commission process and review your                      solicit comments on the proposed rule
                                                  unreasonably discriminatory, when                       comments more efficiently, please use                   change from interested persons.
                                                  vendors and subscribers can elect these                 only one method. The Commission will
                                                                                                                                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  alternatives or choose not to purchase a                post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                                                                                                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                  specific proprietary data product if its                Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                                                                                  the Proposed Rule Change
                                                  cost to purchase is not justified by the                rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                                                                          submission, all subsequent                                 The Exchange proposes to amend
                                                  returns any particular vendor or
                                                                                                          amendments, all written statements                      NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)
                                                  subscriber would achieve through the
                                                                                                          with respect to the proposed rule                       to extend the period for the current
                                                  purchase.
                                                                                                          change that are filed with the                          Trading Halt Auction Collar price collar.
                                                  C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       Commission, and all written                             The proposed rule change is available
                                                  Statement on Comments on the                            communications relating to the                          on the Exchange’s Web site at
                                                  Proposed Rule Change Received From                      proposed rule change between the                        www.nyse.com, at the principal office of
                                                  Members, Participants, or Others                        Commission and any person, other than                   the Exchange, and at the Commission’s
                                                    The Exchange neither solicited nor                    those that may be withheld from the                     Public Reference Room.
                                                  received comments on the proposed                       public in accordance with the                           II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  rule change.                                            provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                     Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                                                                          available for Web site viewing and                      Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  III. Date of Effectiveness of the                       printing in the Commission’s Public
                                                  Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                                                                             Change
                                                                                                          Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                  Commission Action                                       Washington, DC 20549 on official                           In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                     The foregoing rule change has become                 business days between the hours of                      self-regulatory organization included
                                                  effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)               10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                 statements concerning the purpose of,
                                                  of the Act 25 and paragraph (f) of Rule                 filing also will be available for                       and basis for, the proposed rule change
                                                  19b–4 26 thereunder. At any time within                 inspection and copying at the principal                 and discussed any comments it received
                                                  60 days of the filing of the proposed rule              office of the Exchange. All comments                    on the proposed rule change. The text
                                                  change, the Commission summarily may                    received will be posted without change;                 of those statements may be examined at
                                                  temporarily suspend such rule change if                 the Commission does not edit personal                   the places specified in Item IV below.
                                                  it appears to the Commission that such                  identifying information from                            The Exchange has prepared summaries,
                                                  action is necessary or appropriate in the               submissions. You should submit only                     set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
                                                  public interest, for the protection of                  information that you wish to make                       of the most significant parts of such
                                                  investors, or otherwise in furtherance of               available publicly. All submissions                     statements.
                                                  the purposes of the Act. If the                         should refer to File Number SR–C2–                      A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  Commission takes such action, the                       2016–025, and should be submitted on                    Statement of the Purpose of, and the
                                                  Commission will institute proceedings                   or before January 26, 2017.                             Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  to determine whether the proposed rule                    For the Commission, by the Division of                Change
                                                  change should be approved or                            Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated              1. Purpose
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                                                  disapproved.                                            authority.27
                                                                                                          Eduardo A. Aleman,                                         The Exchange proposes to amend
                                                  IV. Solicitation of Comments                                                                                    NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A)
                                                                                                          Assistant Secretary.
                                                    Interested persons are invited to                                                                             (‘‘Rule 7.35’’) to extend the period for
                                                  submit written data, views, and                         [FR Doc. 2016–31942 Filed 1–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                    25 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).                                                                                      2 15 U.S.C. 78a.
                                                    26 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f).                                 27 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.




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                                                  the current Trading Halt price collar                    connection with the Twelfth                           11.23(d)(2)(D) provides that BATS
                                                  thresholds.                                              Amendment to the LULD Plan, the                       executes orders in ETPs in a Halt
                                                    As specified in Rule 7.35(a)(10)(A),                   Exchange has filed a proposed rule                    auction at a price level within a ‘‘Collar
                                                  the price collar thresholds for Trading                  change to amend its Trading Halt                      Price Range’’ that maximizes the
                                                  Halt Auctions are currently set at 10%                   Auction procedures to provide for                     number of shares executed in the
                                                  for securities with an Auction Reference                 automated reopening processes that                    auction. Similar to the Exchange’s rule,
                                                  Price 4 of $25.00 or less, 5% for                        would be uniform across the Primary                   BATS uses Collar Price Ranges that are
                                                  securities with an Auction Reference                     Listing Exchanges.9 The Exchange’s                    based on the numerical guidelines set
                                                  Price greater than $25.00 but less than                  proposed enhancements to the Trading                  forth in the market-wide clearly
                                                  or equal to $50.00, and 3% for securities                Halt Auction include eliminating the                  erroneous execution rules.11 The
                                                  with an Auction Reference Price greater                  current interim price collar thresholds               Exchange’s Auction Collars differ from
                                                  than $50.00. These price collar                          and replacing them with Auction                       BATS’s pricing mechanism because the
                                                  thresholds were adopted on an interim                    Collars that are aligned with the LULD                Exchange would use the consolidated
                                                  basis and sunset on January 31, 2017.5                   Plan Price Bands and providing for                    last sale price as the reference price,
                                                    When approving the current price                       extensions of a Trading Pause and                     rather than the midpoint of a ‘‘Valid
                                                  collar thresholds for Trading Halt                       related widening of Auction Collars for               NBBO.’’ The Exchange believes that
                                                  Auctions, the Commission noted that                      each such extension.                                  using the consolidated last sale price
                                                  they were appropriate as an interim                         The Exchange proposes that the                     tracks the market-wide clearly
                                                  measure to protect investors and the                     current interim price collar thresholds               erroneous execution rules, which
                                                  public interest.6 The Exchange                           should remain in effect until the                     similarly use the consolidated last sale
                                                  committed to use the period while the                    Trading Halt Auction Filing is approved               price for determining whether an
                                                  interim price collar thresholds are in                   and operative.10 To effect this change,               execution is clearly erroneous.
                                                  place to conduct an analysis to                          the Exchange proposes to amend Rule                      The Exchange will announce by
                                                  determine whether to make the                            7.35(a)(10)(A) to provide that the price              Trader Update when the interim collars
                                                  proposed price collar thresholds                         collar thresholds specified in that                   will no longer be operative and the
                                                  permanent or to propose other or                         paragraph applicable to Trading Halt                  changes proposed in the Trading Halt
                                                  additional changes to its re-opening                     Auctions would be in effect until SR–                 Auction Collar Filing will be operative.
                                                  process. Since that time, the                            NYSEArca–2016–130 is both approved
                                                  Participants of the Regulation NMS Plan                                                                        2. Statutory Basis
                                                                                                           and operative. This extension of the
                                                  to Address Extraordinary Market                                                                                   The proposed rule change is
                                                                                                           time period would also provide
                                                  Volatility (‘‘LULD Plan’’) (which                                                                              consistent with Section 6(b) of the
                                                                                                           additional time for the Commission to
                                                  includes the Exchange),7 with input                                                                            Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
                                                                                                           review the Twelfth Amendment to the                   ‘‘Act’’),12 in general, and furthers the
                                                  from the Advisory Committee to the
                                                                                                           LULD Plan. The Exchange continues to                  objectives of Section 6(b)(5),13 in
                                                  LULD Plan, have filed to amend the
                                                                                                           believe that it is appropriate to have                particular, because it is designed to
                                                  LULD Plan to require, among other
                                                                                                           protections in place for Trading Halt                 prevent fraudulent and manipulative
                                                  things, that a Trading Pause would
                                                                                                           Auctions to assure that a reopening                   acts and practices, to promote just and
                                                  continue until the Primary Listing
                                                                                                           trade will not deviate significantly from             equitable principles of trade, to foster
                                                  Exchange has reopened trading using its
                                                                                                           prior prices, even taking into                        cooperation and coordination with
                                                  established reopening procedures and
                                                                                                           consideration natural price movements                 persons engaged in facilitating
                                                  reports a Reopening Price.8 In
                                                                                                           for a security. The Exchange believes                 transactions in securities, to remove
                                                     4 As set forth in Rule 7.35(a)(8)(A), the Auction
                                                                                                           that it is appropriate to maintain price              impediments to, and perfect the
                                                  Reference Price for Trading Halt Auctions is the last    collar thresholds for Trading Halt                    mechanism of, a free and open market
                                                  consolidated round-lot price of that trading day         Auctions based on the clearly erroneous               and a national market system and, in
                                                  and, if none, the prior trading day’s Official Closing   execution guidelines because an auction
                                                  Price.                                                                                                         general, to protect investors and the
                                                     5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78734
                                                                                                           trade is subject to these guidelines for              public interest.
                                                  (July 20, 2016), 81 FR 48876 (July 26, 2016) (SR–        purposes of determining whether such                     The Exchange believes that extending
                                                  NYSEArca–2016–98) (Notice of Filing and                  execution is clearly erroneous. In                    the interim period for the current
                                                  Immediate Effectiveness to extend the period for the     addition, the Exchange’s interim price                Trading Halt Auction price collar
                                                  interim Trading Halt Auction Collar thresholds to        collar thresholds are similar to how
                                                  January 31, 2017). Effective September 28, 2016, the                                                           thresholds would remove impediments
                                                  Exchange has deleted former Rule 1.1(s) and              BATS BZX Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BATS’’)                    to and perfect the mechanism of a fair
                                                  eliminated the ‘‘P’’ modifier from Rule 7.35. See        prices its Halt Auctions for ETPs. Like               and orderly market by providing for
                                                  Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79078 (October       BATS, the Exchange is the primary                     Auctions Collars at the Exchange
                                                  11, 2016), 81 FR 71559 (October 17, 2016) (SR–           listing market only for ETPs and would,
                                                  NYSEArca–2016–135) (Notice of Filing and                                                                       pending Commission review of the
                                                  Immediate Effectiveness of proposed rule change).        therefore only have Trading Halt
                                                     6 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 76994      Auctions for ETPs. BATS Rule                             11 As set forth in BATS Rule 11.23(a)(6), the

                                                  (Jan. 28, 2016), 81 FR 5809 (Feb. 3, 2016) (SR–                                                                Collar Price Range is 10% for securities with a
                                                  NYSEArca–2015–121) (Approval Order) and 77140               9 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 79107   Collar Midpoint of $25.00 or less, 5% for securities
                                                  (Feb. 16, 2016), 81 FR 8812 (SR–NYSEArca–2016–           (October 18, 2016), 81 FR 73519 (October 24, 2016)    with a Collar Midpoint greater than $25.00 but less
                                                  27) (Notice of Filing).                                  (SR–NYSEArca–2016–130) (Notice of Filing)             than or equal to $50.00, and 3% for securities with
                                                     7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77679       (‘‘Trading Halt Auction Filing’’) and 79480           a Collar Midpoint greater than $50.00. BATS Rule
                                                  (April 21, 2016), 81 FR 24908 (April 27, 2016) (File     (December 6, 2016), 81 FR 89525 (December 12,         11.23(a)(6) defines the Collar Midpoint as the
                                                  No. 4–631) (Order approving 10th Amendment to            2016) (SR–NYSEArca–2016–130) (Notice of               Volume Based Tie Breaker, which is defined in
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                                                  the LULD Plan). Unless otherwise specified,              Designation of a Longer Period for Commission         BATS Rule 11.23(a)(23) as the midpoint of the
                                                  capitalized terms used herein have the same              Action extending time for Commission action on        NBBO if it is a Valid NBBO, with a Valid NBBO
                                                  meaning as set forth in the Plan or in Exchange          the Trading Halt Auction Filing to January 22,        defined as where: (i) There is both a NBB and NBO
                                                  rules.                                                   2017).                                                for the security; (ii) the NBBO is not crossed; and
                                                     8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79410          10 As provided for in the Trading Halt Auction     (iii) the midpoint of the NBBO is less than the
                                                  (November 28, 2016), 81 FR 87114 (December 2,            Filing, supra id., the Exchange proposes to           Maximum Percentage away from both the NBB and
                                                  2016) (File No. 4–631) (Notice of Filing of the          implement the proposed rule changes following         the NBO.
                                                                                                                                                                    12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
                                                  Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan) (‘‘Twelfth           Commission approval of the Twelfth Amendment to
                                                  Amendment to the LULD Plan’’).                           the LULD Plan.                                           13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).




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                                                  Twelfth Amendment to the LULD Plan                        Commission summarily may                              submissions. You should submit only
                                                  and the Exchange’s Trading Halt                           temporarily suspend such rule change if               information that you wish to make
                                                  Auction Filing. Until such time as these                  it appears to the Commission that such                available publicly. All submissions
                                                  proposed changes have been approved                       action is necessary or appropriate in the             should refer to File Number SR–
                                                  and operative, the price collar                           public interest, for the protection of                NYSEArca–2016–169 and should be
                                                  thresholds for Trading Halt Auctions                      investors, or otherwise in furtherance of             submitted on or before January 26, 2017.
                                                  would continue to be aligned with the                     the purposes of the Act. If the                         For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                  clearly erroneous execution guidelines                    Commission takes such action, the                     Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                  and therefore continuing with these                       Commission shall institute proceedings                authority.16
                                                  price collar thresholds would reduce the                  to determine whether the proposed rule                Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                  potential for a Trading Halt Auction to                   change should be approved or                          Assistant Secretary.
                                                  be a clearly erroneous execution. In                      disapproved.
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–31937 Filed 1–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  addition, the Exchange believes that
                                                                                                            IV. Solicitation of Comments                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                  extending the Exchange’s interim
                                                  measure pending Commission approval                         Interested persons are invited to
                                                  of the Twelfth Amendment to the LULD                      submit written data, views, and
                                                  Plan and the Trading Halt Auction                         arguments concerning the foregoing,                   SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
                                                  Filing would be consistent with the                       including whether the proposed rule
                                                  protection of investors and the public                    change is consistent with the Act.                    60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
                                                  interest.                                                 Comments may be submitted by any of                   Approval of an Existing Collection in
                                                                                                            the following methods:                                Use Without an OMB Control Number:
                                                  B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                                                                               Dispute Resolution Procedures Under
                                                  Statement on Burden on Competition                        Electronic Comments                                   the Fixing America’s Surface
                                                    The Exchange does not believe that                         • Use the Commission’s Internet                    Transportation Act of 2015
                                                  the proposed rule change will impose                      comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                                                                                        Surface Transportation Board.
                                                                                                                                                                  AGENCY:
                                                  any burden on competition that is not                     rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                                                                               • Send an email to rule-comments@                        Notice and request for
                                                                                                                                                                  ACTION:
                                                  necessary or appropriate in furtherance
                                                                                                            sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–               comments.
                                                  of the purposes of the Act. The
                                                  proposed change is not designed to                        NYSEArca–2016–169 on the subject                      SUMMARY:   As part of its continuing effort
                                                  address any competitive issue but rather                  line.                                                 to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
                                                  to provide for the interim price collar                   Paper Comments                                        required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                                  thresholds for Trading Halt Auctions on                                                                         Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface
                                                  the Exchange to remain in effect until                       • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                                                                            to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                 Transportation Board (STB or Board)
                                                  the Trading Halt Auction Filing is                                                                              gives notice that it is requesting from
                                                  approved and operative.                                   Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                                                                            Washington, DC 20549–1090.                            the Office of Management and Budget
                                                  C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                                                                               (OMB) approval of a new collection to
                                                                                                            All submissions should refer to File
                                                  Statement on Comments on the                                                                                    implement a directive of the Fixing
                                                                                                            Number SR–NYSEArca–2016–169. This
                                                  Proposed Rule Change Received From                                                                              America’s Surface Transportation Act of
                                                                                                            file number should be included on the
                                                  Members, Participants, or Others                                                                                2015, FAST Act). Title XI of the FAST
                                                                                                            subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                                                                                                                                  Act, entitled ‘‘Passenger Rail Reform
                                                    No written comments were solicited                      Commission process and review your
                                                                                                                                                                  and Investment Act of 2015,’’ gives the
                                                  or received with respect to the proposed                  comments more efficiently, please use
                                                                                                                                                                  Board jurisdiction to resolve cost
                                                  rule change.                                              only one method. The Commission will
                                                                                                                                                                  allocation and access disputes between
                                                                                                            post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                  III. Date of Effectiveness of the                                                                               National Railroad Passenger Corporation
                                                                                                            Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                                                                             (Amtrak), the states, and potential non-
                                                                                                            rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                  Commission Action                                                                                               Amtrak operators of intercity passenger
                                                                                                            submission, all subsequent
                                                     Because the proposed rule change                                                                             rail service. The FAST Act directs the
                                                                                                            amendments, all written statements
                                                  does not: (i) Significantly affect the                                                                          Board to establish procedures for the
                                                                                                            with respect to the proposed rule
                                                  protection of investors or the public                                                                           resolution of these disputes, ‘‘which
                                                                                                            change that are filed with the
                                                  interest; (ii) impose any significant                                                                           may include the provision of
                                                                                                            Commission, and all written
                                                  burden on competition; and (iii) become                                                                         professional mediation services.’’ The
                                                                                                            communications relating to the
                                                  operative for 30 days from the date on                                                                          Board adopted final rules to implement
                                                                                                            proposed rule change between the
                                                  which it was filed, or such shorter time                                                                        these procedures in Dispute Resolution
                                                                                                            Commission and any person, other than
                                                  as the Commission may designate, it has                                                                         Procedures Under the Fixing America’s
                                                                                                            those that may be withheld from the
                                                  become effective pursuant to Section                                                                            Surface Transportation Act of 2015, EP
                                                                                                            public in accordance with the
                                                  19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 14 and Rule 19b–                                                                         734 (STB served Nov. 29, 2016). Due to
                                                                                                            provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                  4(f)(6) thereunder.15                                                                                           a technical omission in the notice of
                                                                                                            available for Web site viewing and
                                                     At any time within 60 days of the                                                                            proposed rulemaking in EP 734 under
                                                                                                            printing in the Commission’s Public
                                                  filing of the proposed rule change, the                                                                         the PRA, the Board is seeking OMB
                                                                                                            Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                                                                                                                                  approval for this collection in this
                                                                                                            Washington, DC 20549 on official
                                                    14 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).                                                                                   notice.
                                                                                                            business days between the hours of
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                                                    15 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b–
                                                                                                            10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                DATES:  Comments on this information
                                                  4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to
                                                  give the Commission written notice of its intent to       filing also will be available for                     collection should be submitted by
                                                  file the proposed rule change, along with a brief         inspection and copying at the principal               March 6, 2017.
                                                  description and the text of the proposed rule             office of the Exchange. All comments                  ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
                                                  change, at least five business days prior to the date
                                                  of filing of the proposed rule change, or such
                                                                                                            received will be posted without change;               Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
                                                  shorter time as designated by the Commission. The         the Commission does not edit personal
                                                  Exchange has satisfied this requirement.                  identifying information from                            16 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).



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