82_FR_19377 82 FR 19298 - TriLine Index Solutions, LLC, et al.

82 FR 19298 - TriLine Index Solutions, LLC, et al.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 79 (April 26, 2017)

Page Range19298-19300
FR Document2017-08444

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19298-19300]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08444]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32608; 812-14750]


TriLine Index Solutions, LLC, et al.

April 21, 2017.
AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION:  Notice.

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    Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from 
sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 
under the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an 
exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under 
section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 
12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The requested order would

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permit (a) index-based series of certain open-end management investment 
companies (``Funds'') to issue shares redeemable in large aggregations 
only (``Creation Units''); (b) secondary market transactions in Fund 
shares to occur at negotiated market prices rather than at net asset 
value (``NAV''); (c) certain Funds to pay redemption proceeds, under 
certain circumstances, more than seven days after the tender of shares 
for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of a Fund to deposit 
securities into, and receive securities from, the Fund in connection 
with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; and (e) certain 
registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts 
outside of the same group of investment companies as the Funds (``Funds 
of Funds'') to acquire shares of the Funds.
    Applicants: TriLine Index Solutions, LLC (the ``Initial Adviser''), 
a Delaware limited liability company that will be registered as an 
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, ETF 
Series Solutions (the ``Trust''), a Delaware statutory trust registered 
under the Act as an open-end management investment company with 
multiple series, and Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the ``Distributor''), 
a Delaware limited liability company and broker-dealer registered under 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'').
    Filing Date: The application was filed on March 1, 2017.
    Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's 
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally 
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 
5:30 p.m. on May 16, 2017, and should be accompanied by proof of 
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or for lawyers, a 
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090; Applicants: the Initial Adviser, 8117 
Preston Road, Suite 260, Dallas, Texas 75225; the Trust, 615 East 
Michigan Street, 4th Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202; and the 
Distributor, Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hae-Sung Lee, Attorney-Adviser, at 
(202) 551-7345, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 
(Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

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

Summary of the Application

    1. Applicants request an order that would allow Funds to operate as 
index exchange traded funds (``ETFs'').\1\ Fund shares will be 
purchased and redeemed at their NAV in Creation Units only. All orders 
to purchase Creation Units and all redemption requests will be placed 
by or through an ``Authorized Participant'', which will have signed a 
participant agreement with the Distributor. Shares will be listed and 
traded individually on a national securities exchange, where share 
prices will be based on the current bid/offer market. Any order 
granting the requested relief would be subject to the terms and 
conditions stated in the application.
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    \1\ Applicants request that the order apply to the new series of 
the Trust and any additional series of the Trust, and any other 
open-end management investment company or series thereof (each, 
included in the term ``Fund''), each of which will operate as an ETF 
and will track a specified index comprised of domestic or foreign 
equity and/or fixed income securities (each, an ``Underlying 
Index''). Any Fund will (a) be advised by the Initial Adviser or an 
entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the 
Initial Adviser (each, an ``Adviser'') and (b) comply with the terms 
and conditions of the application.
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    2. Each Fund will hold investment positions selected to correspond 
generally to the performance of an Underlying Index. In the case of 
Self-Indexing Funds, an affiliated person, as defined in section 
2(a)(3) of the Act (``Affiliated Person''), or an affiliated person of 
an Affiliated Person (``Second-Tier Affiliate''), of the Trust or a 
Fund, of the Adviser, of any sub-adviser to or promoter of a Fund, or 
of the Distributor will compile, create, sponsor or maintain the 
Underlying Index.\2\
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    \2\ Each Self-Indexing Fund will post on its Web site the 
identities and quantities of the investment positions that will form 
the basis for the Fund's calculation of its NAV at the end of the 
day. Applicants believe that requiring Self-Indexing Funds to 
maintain full portfolio transparency will help address, together 
with other protections, conflicts of interest with respect to such 
Funds.
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    3. Shares will be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units and 
generally on an in-kind basis. Except where the purchase or redemption 
will include cash under the limited circumstances specified in the 
application, purchasers will be required to purchase Creation Units by 
depositing specified instruments (``Deposit Instruments''), and 
shareholders redeeming their shares will receive specified instruments 
(``Redemption Instruments''). The Deposit Instruments and the 
Redemption Instruments will each correspond pro rata to the positions 
in the Fund's portfolio (including cash positions) except as specified 
in the application.
    4. Because shares will not be individually redeemable, applicants 
request an exemption from section 5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the 
Act that would permit the Funds to register as open-end management 
investment companies and issue shares that are redeemable in Creation 
Units only.
    5. Applicants also request an exemption from section 22(d) of the 
Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act as secondary market trading in shares 
will take place at negotiated prices, not at a current offering price 
described in a Fund's prospectus, and not at a price based on NAV. 
Applicants state that (a) secondary market trading in shares does not 
involve a Fund as a party and will not result in dilution of an 
investment in shares, and (b) to the extent different prices exist 
during a given trading day, or from day to day, such variances occur as 
a result of third-party market forces, such as supply and demand. 
Therefore, applicants assert that secondary market transactions in 
shares will not lead to discrimination or preferential treatment among 
purchasers. Finally, applicants represent that share market prices will 
be disciplined by arbitrage opportunities, which should prevent shares 
from trading at a material discount or premium from NAV.
    6. With respect to Funds that effect creations and redemptions of 
Creation Units in kind and that are based on certain Underlying Indexes 
that include foreign securities, applicants request relief from the 
requirement imposed by section 22(e) in order to allow such Funds to 
pay redemption proceeds within fifteen calendar days following the 
tender of Creation Units for redemption. Applicants assert that the 
requested relief would not be inconsistent with the spirit and intent 
of section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable, undisclosed or unforeseen 
delays in the actual payment of redemption proceeds.

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    7. Applicants request an exemption to permit Funds of Funds to 
acquire Fund shares beyond the limits of section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 
Act; and the Funds, and any principal underwriter for the Funds, and/or 
any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act, to sell shares 
to Funds of Funds beyond the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. 
The application's terms and conditions are designed to, among other 
things, help prevent any potential (i) undue influence over a Fund 
through control or voting power, or in connection with certain 
services, transactions, and underwritings, (ii) excessive layering of 
fees, and (iii) overly complex fund structures, which are the concerns 
underlying the limits in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
    8. Applicants request an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 
17(a)(2) of the Act to permit persons that are Affiliated Persons, or 
Second Tier Affiliates, of the Funds, solely by virtue of certain 
ownership interests, to effectuate purchases and redemptions in-kind. 
The deposit procedures for in-kind purchases of Creation Units and the 
redemption procedures for in-kind redemptions of Creation Units will be 
the same for all purchases and redemptions and Deposit Instruments and 
Redemption Instruments will be valued in the same manner as those 
investment positions currently held by the Funds. Applicants also seek 
relief from the prohibitions on affiliated transactions in section 
17(a) to permit a Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its shares from 
a Fund of Funds, and to engage in the accompanying in-kind transactions 
with the Fund of Funds.\3\ The purchase of Creation Units by a Fund of 
Funds directly from a Fund will be accomplished in accordance with the 
policies of the Fund of Funds and will be based on the NAVs of the 
Funds.
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    \3\ The requested relief would apply to direct sales of shares 
in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of Funds and redemptions of 
those shares. Applicants, moreover, are not seeking relief from 
section 17(a) for, and the requested relief will not apply to, 
transactions where a Fund could be deemed an Affiliated Person, or a 
Second-Tier Affiliate, of a Fund of Funds because an Adviser or an 
entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with an 
Adviser provides investment advisory services to that Fund of Funds.
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    9. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the Commission to exempt any 
persons or transactions from any provision of the Act if such exemption 
is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with 
the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the 
policy and provisions of the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act 
provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or 
transaction, or any class or classes of persons, securities, or 
transactions, from any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the exemption 
is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors. 
Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to grant an order 
permitting a transaction otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) if it 
finds that (a) the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and 
reasonable and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person 
concerned; (b) the proposed transaction is consistent with the policies 
of each registered investment company involved; and (c) the proposed 
transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the Act.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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                                                  eliminate investor confusion regarding                  proposed rule change between the                      holdings in the issuer with the
                                                  the provision in the previous filing that               Commission and any person, other than                 Commission. Form 5 (17 CFR 249.105)
                                                  is not applicable to BOX, as discussed                  those that may be withheld from the                   is an annual statement of beneficial
                                                  above. For this reason, the Commission                  public in accordance with the                         ownership of securities. The
                                                  believes the waiver of the operative                    provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                   information disclosure provided on
                                                  delay is consistent with the protection                 available for Web site viewing and                    Form 5 is mandatory. All information is
                                                  of investors and the public interest.                   printing in the Commission’s Public                   provided to the public for review. We
                                                  Therefore, the Commission hereby                        Reference Room, on official business                  estimate that approximately 5,939
                                                  waives the operative delay and                          days between the hours of 10:00 a.m.                  reporting persons file Form 5 annually
                                                  designates the proposal operative upon                  and 3:00 p.m., located at 100 F Street                and we estimate that it takes
                                                  filing.14                                               NE., Washington, DC 20549. Copies of                  approximately one hour to prepare the
                                                     At any time within 60 days of the                    such filing also will be available for                form for a total of 5,939 annual burden
                                                  filing of the proposed rule change, the                 inspection and copying at the principal               hours.
                                                  Commission summarily may                                office of the Exchange. All comments                     An agency may not conduct or
                                                  temporarily suspend such rule change if                 received will be posted without change;               sponsor, and a person is not required to
                                                  it appears to the Commission that such                  the Commission does not edit personal                 respond to, a collection of information
                                                  action is necessary or appropriate in the               identifying information from                          unless it displays a currently valid
                                                  public interest, for the protection of                  submissions. You should submit only                   control number.
                                                  investors, or otherwise in furtherance of               information that you wish to make                        The public may view the background
                                                  the purposes of the Act. If the                         available publicly. All submissions                   documentation for this information
                                                  Commission takes such action, the                       should refer to File Number SR–BOX–                   collection at the following Web site,
                                                  Commission shall institute proceedings                  2017–12 and should be submitted on or                 www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
                                                  to determine whether the proposed rule                  before May 17, 2017.                                  directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the
                                                  change should be approved or                              For the Commission, by the Division of              Securities and Exchange Commission,
                                                  disapproved.                                            Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated            Office of Information and Regulatory
                                                  IV. Solicitation of Comments                            authority.15                                          Affairs, Office of Management and
                                                                                                          Eduardo A. Aleman,                                    Budget, Room 10102, New Executive
                                                    Interested persons are invited to
                                                                                                          Assistant Secretary.                                  Office Building, Washington, DC 20503,
                                                  submit written data, views and
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–08389 Filed 4–25–17; 8:45 am]           or by sending an email to: Shagufta_
                                                  arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela
                                                  including whether the proposed rule
                                                                                                                                                                Dyson, Director/Chief Information
                                                  change is consistent with the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                Officer, Securities and Exchange
                                                  Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                                                                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                               Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
                                                  the following methods:
                                                                                                          COMMISSION                                            100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549
                                                  Electronic Comments                                                                                           or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@
                                                                                                          Submission for OMB Review;                            sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to
                                                    • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                                                                          Comment Request                                       OMB within 30 days of this notice.
                                                  comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  rules/sro.shtml); or                                    Upon Written Request Copies Available                   Dated: April 21, 2017.
                                                    • Send an email to rule-comments@                      From: Securities and Exchange                        Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                  sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–                  Commission, Office of FOIA Services,                 Assistant Secretary.
                                                  BOX–2017–12 on the subject line.                         100 F Street NE., Washington, DC                     [FR Doc. 2017–08432 Filed 4–25–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  Paper Comments                                           20549–2736.                                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                          Extension:
                                                    • Send paper comments in triplicate                     Form 5, SEC File No. 270–323, OMB
                                                  to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                       Control No. 3235–0362
                                                  Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                  Washington, DC 20549–1090.                                 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant              COMMISSION
                                                                                                          to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                [Investment Company Act Release No.
                                                  All submissions should refer to File
                                                                                                          (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities              32608; 812–14750]
                                                  Number SR–BOX–2017–12. This file
                                                                                                          and Exchange Commission
                                                  number should be included on the
                                                                                                          (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the                 TriLine Index Solutions, LLC, et al.
                                                  subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                                                                          Office of Management and Budget this
                                                  Commission process and review your                                                                            April 21, 2017.
                                                                                                          request for extension of the previously
                                                  comments more efficiently, please use                                                                         AGENCY: Securities and Exchange
                                                                                                          approved collection of information
                                                  only one method. The Commission will                    discussed below.                                      Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
                                                  post all comments on the Commission’s                      Under Section 16(a) of the Securities              ACTION: Notice.
                                                  Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                  Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’)
                                                  rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                         (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) every person who                Notice of an application for an order
                                                  submission, all subsequent                              is directly or indirectly the beneficial              under section 6(c) of the Investment
                                                  amendments, all written statements                      owner of more than 10 percent of any                  Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) for an
                                                  with respect to the proposed rule                       class of any equity security (other than              exemption from sections 2(a)(32),
                                                  change that are filed with the                          an exempted security) which registered                5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and
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                                                  Commission, and all written                             pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange                rule 22c–1 under the Act, under
                                                  communications relating to the                          Act, or who is a director or an officer of            sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an
                                                                                                          the issuer of such security (collectively             exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
                                                     14 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
                                                                                                          ‘‘reporting persons’’), must file                     17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section
                                                  operative delay, the Commission has also
                                                  considered the proposed rule’s impact on                statements setting forth their security               12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from
                                                  efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See                                                           sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of
                                                  15 U.S.C. 78c(f).                                         15 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                        the Act. The requested order would


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                                                  permit (a) index-based series of certain                53202; and the Distributor, Three Canal                    3. Shares will be purchased and
                                                  open-end management investment                          Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101.                redeemed in Creation Units and
                                                  companies (‘‘Funds’’) to issue shares                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hae-                   generally on an in-kind basis. Except
                                                  redeemable in large aggregations only                   Sung Lee, Attorney-Adviser, at (202)                    where the purchase or redemption will
                                                  (‘‘Creation Units’’); (b) secondary market              551–7345, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch                  include cash under the limited
                                                  transactions in Fund shares to occur at                 Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Division of                   circumstances specified in the
                                                  negotiated market prices rather than at                 Investment Management, Chief                            application, purchasers will be required
                                                  net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain                  Counsel’s Office).                                      to purchase Creation Units by
                                                  Funds to pay redemption proceeds,                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          depositing specified instruments
                                                  under certain circumstances, more than                  following is a summary of the                           (‘‘Deposit Instruments’’), and
                                                  seven days after the tender of shares for               application. The complete application                   shareholders redeeming their shares
                                                  redemption; (d) certain affiliated                      may be obtained via the Commission’s                    will receive specified instruments
                                                  persons of a Fund to deposit securities                 Web site by searching for the file                      (‘‘Redemption Instruments’’). The
                                                  into, and receive securities from, the                  number, or for an applicant using the                   Deposit Instruments and the
                                                  Fund in connection with the purchase                    Company name box, at http://                            Redemption Instruments will each
                                                  and redemption of Creation Units; and                   www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by                     correspond pro rata to the positions in
                                                  (e) certain registered management                       calling (202) 551–8090.                                 the Fund’s portfolio (including cash
                                                  investment companies and unit                                                                                   positions) except as specified in the
                                                  investment trusts outside of the same                   Summary of the Application                              application.
                                                  group of investment companies as the                       1. Applicants request an order that                     4. Because shares will not be
                                                  Funds (‘‘Funds of Funds’’) to acquire                   would allow Funds to operate as index                   individually redeemable, applicants
                                                  shares of the Funds.                                    exchange traded funds (‘‘ETFs’’).1 Fund                 request an exemption from section
                                                     Applicants: TriLine Index Solutions,                 shares will be purchased and redeemed                   5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the Act
                                                  LLC (the ‘‘Initial Adviser’’), a Delaware               at their NAV in Creation Units only. All                that would permit the Funds to register
                                                  limited liability company that will be                  orders to purchase Creation Units and                   as open-end management investment
                                                  registered as an investment adviser                     all redemption requests will be placed                  companies and issue shares that are
                                                  under the Investment Advisers Act of                    by or through an ‘‘Authorized                           redeemable in Creation Units only.
                                                  1940, ETF Series Solutions (the                         Participant’’, which will have signed a                    5. Applicants also request an
                                                  ‘‘Trust’’), a Delaware statutory trust                  participant agreement with the                          exemption from section 22(d) of the Act
                                                  registered under the Act as an open-end                 Distributor. Shares will be listed and                  and rule 22c–1 under the Act as
                                                  management investment company with                      traded individually on a national                       secondary market trading in shares will
                                                  multiple series, and Foreside Fund                      securities exchange, where share prices                 take place at negotiated prices, not at a
                                                  Services, LLC (the ‘‘Distributor’’), a                  will be based on the current bid/offer                  current offering price described in a
                                                  Delaware limited liability company and                  market. Any order granting the                          Fund’s prospectus, and not at a price
                                                  broker-dealer registered under the                      requested relief would be subject to the                based on NAV. Applicants state that (a)
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934                         terms and conditions stated in the                      secondary market trading in shares does
                                                  (‘‘Exchange Act’’).                                     application.                                            not involve a Fund as a party and will
                                                     Filing Date: The application was filed                  2. Each Fund will hold investment                    not result in dilution of an investment
                                                  on March 1, 2017.                                       positions selected to correspond                        in shares, and (b) to the extent different
                                                     Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An               generally to the performance of an                      prices exist during a given trading day,
                                                  order granting the requested relief will                Underlying Index. In the case of Self-                  or from day to day, such variances occur
                                                  be issued unless the Commission orders                  Indexing Funds, an affiliated person, as                as a result of third-party market forces,
                                                  a hearing. Interested persons may                       defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act                   such as supply and demand. Therefore,
                                                  request a hearing by writing to the                     (‘‘Affiliated Person’’), or an affiliated               applicants assert that secondary market
                                                  Commission’s Secretary and serving                      person of an Affiliated Person (‘‘Second-               transactions in shares will not lead to
                                                  applicants with a copy of the request,                  Tier Affiliate’’), of the Trust or a Fund,              discrimination or preferential treatment
                                                  personally or by mail. Hearing requests                 of the Adviser, of any sub-adviser to or                among purchasers. Finally, applicants
                                                  should be received by the Commission                    promoter of a Fund, or of the Distributor               represent that share market prices will
                                                  by 5:30 p.m. on May 16, 2017, and                       will compile, create, sponsor or                        be disciplined by arbitrage
                                                  should be accompanied by proof of                       maintain the Underlying Index.2                         opportunities, which should prevent
                                                  service on applicants, in the form of an                                                                        shares from trading at a material
                                                  affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of                1 Applicants request that the order apply to the     discount or premium from NAV.
                                                  service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the                 new series of the Trust and any additional series of       6. With respect to Funds that effect
                                                  Act, hearing requests should state the                  the Trust, and any other open-end management
                                                                                                          investment company or series thereof (each,             creations and redemptions of Creation
                                                  nature of the writer’s interest, any facts              included in the term ‘‘Fund’’), each of which will      Units in kind and that are based on
                                                  bearing upon the desirability of a                      operate as an ETF and will track a specified index      certain Underlying Indexes that include
                                                  hearing on the matter, the reason for the               comprised of domestic or foreign equity and/or          foreign securities, applicants request
                                                  request, and the issues contested.                      fixed income securities (each, an ‘‘Underlying
                                                                                                          Index’’). Any Fund will (a) be advised by the Initial   relief from the requirement imposed by
                                                  Persons who wish to be notified of a                    Adviser or an entity controlling, controlled by, or     section 22(e) in order to allow such
                                                  hearing may request notification by                     under common control with the Initial Adviser           Funds to pay redemption proceeds
                                                  writing to the Commission’s Secretary.                  (each, an ‘‘Adviser’’) and (b) comply with the terms    within fifteen calendar days following
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                                                                                                          and conditions of the application.
                                                  ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and                       2 Each Self-Indexing Fund will post on its Web       the tender of Creation Units for
                                                  Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                  site the identities and quantities of the investment    redemption. Applicants assert that the
                                                  Washington, DC 20549–1090;                              positions that will form the basis for the Fund’s       requested relief would not be
                                                  Applicants: the Initial Adviser, 8117                   calculation of its NAV at the end of the day.           inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
                                                                                                          Applicants believe that requiring Self-Indexing
                                                  Preston Road, Suite 260, Dallas, Texas                  Funds to maintain full portfolio transparency will
                                                                                                                                                                  section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable,
                                                  75225; the Trust, 615 East Michigan                     help address, together with other protections,          undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the
                                                  Street, 4th Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin                 conflicts of interest with respect to such Funds.       actual payment of redemption proceeds.


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                                                     7. Applicants request an exemption to                exempt any person, security, or                       and at the Commission’s Public
                                                  permit Funds of Funds to acquire Fund                   transaction, or any class or classes of               Reference Room.
                                                  shares beyond the limits of section                     persons, securities, or transactions, from
                                                                                                                                                                II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  12(d)(1)(A) of the Act; and the Funds,                  any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the
                                                                                                                                                                Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  and any principal underwriter for the                   exemption is consistent with the public
                                                                                                                                                                Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  Funds, and/or any broker or dealer                      interest and the protection of investors.
                                                  registered under the Exchange Act, to                   Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the               Change
                                                  sell shares to Funds of Funds beyond                    Commission to grant an order                             In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                  the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the                permitting a transaction otherwise                    self-regulatory organization included
                                                  Act. The application’s terms and                        prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds               statements concerning the purpose of,
                                                  conditions are designed to, among other                 that (a) the terms of the proposed                    and basis for, the proposed rule change
                                                  things, help prevent any potential (i)                  transaction are fair and reasonable and               and discussed any comments it received
                                                  undue influence over a Fund through                     do not involve overreaching on the part               on the proposed rule change. The text
                                                  control or voting power, or in                          of any person concerned; (b) the                      of those statements may be examined at
                                                  connection with certain services,                       proposed transaction is consistent with               the places specified in Item IV below.
                                                  transactions, and underwritings, (ii)                   the policies of each registered                       The Exchange has prepared summaries,
                                                  excessive layering of fees, and (iii)                   investment company involved; and (c)                  set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
                                                  overly complex fund structures, which                   the proposed transaction is consistent                of the most significant parts of such
                                                  are the concerns underlying the limits                  with the general purposes of the Act.                 statements.
                                                  in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the                    For the Commission, by the Division of              A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  Act.                                                    Investment Management, under delegated
                                                     8. Applicants request an exemption                                                                         Statement of the Purpose of, and the
                                                                                                          authority.
                                                  from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the                                                                    Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                                                                          Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                  Act to permit persons that are Affiliated                                                                     Change
                                                                                                          Assistant Secretary.
                                                  Persons, or Second Tier Affiliates, of the              [FR Doc. 2017–08444 Filed 4–25–17; 8:45 am]           1. Purpose
                                                  Funds, solely by virtue of certain
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                   The purpose of the filing is to adopt
                                                  ownership interests, to effectuate
                                                                                                                                                                a rule that governs the operation of the
                                                  purchases and redemptions in-kind. The
                                                                                                                                                                Exchange’s new BOLD Mechanism. As
                                                  deposit procedures for in-kind                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                  purchases of Creation Units and the                                                                           proposed, BOLD Mechanism is a feature
                                                                                                          COMMISSION                                            within the Exchange’s trading system
                                                  redemption procedures for in-kind
                                                  redemptions of Creation Units will be                   [Release No. 34–80494; File No. SR–                   that would provide automated order
                                                  the same for all purchases and                          NYSEMKT–2017–21]                                      handling for eligible orders in
                                                  redemptions and Deposit Instruments                                                                           designated classes. Regarding BOLD
                                                                                                          Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                   Mechanism eligibility, the Exchange
                                                  and Redemption Instruments will be
                                                                                                          MKT LLC; Notice of Filing and                         will designate eligible order size,
                                                  valued in the same manner as those
                                                                                                          Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed                 eligible order type, eligible capacity
                                                  investment positions currently held by
                                                                                                          Rule Change To Adopt Rule 994NY,                      code (e.g., Customer 4 orders, non-
                                                  the Funds. Applicants also seek relief
                                                                                                          Broadcast Order Liquidity Delivery                    Market Maker non-Customer orders, and
                                                  from the prohibitions on affiliated
                                                                                                          Mechanism                                             Market Maker 5 orders), and classes in
                                                  transactions in section 17(a) to permit a
                                                  Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its               April 20, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                which the BOLD Mechanism will be
                                                  shares from a Fund of Funds, and to                                                                           available. Orders must be specifically
                                                                                                             Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
                                                  engage in the accompanying in-kind                                                                            marked to be eligible for the BOLD
                                                                                                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
                                                  transactions with the Fund of Funds.3                                                                         Mechanism. After trading with eligible
                                                                                                          ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
                                                  The purchase of Creation Units by a                                                                           interest on the Exchange, the BOLD
                                                                                                          notice is hereby given that on April 11,
                                                  Fund of Funds directly from a Fund will                                                                       Mechanism will automatically process
                                                                                                          2017, NYSE MKT LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’
                                                  be accomplished in accordance with the                                                                        an eligible incoming order that is
                                                                                                          or ‘‘NYSE MKT’’) filed with the
                                                  policies of the Fund of Funds and will                                                                        marketable against quotations
                                                                                                          Securities and Exchange Commission
                                                  be based on the NAVs of the Funds.                                                                            disseminated by other exchanges that
                                                                                                          (the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
                                                     9. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the                                                                     are participants in the Options Order
                                                                                                          change as described in Items I and II
                                                  Commission to exempt any persons or                                                                           Protection and Locked/Crossed Market
                                                                                                          below, which Items have been prepared
                                                  transactions from any provision of the                                                                        Plan (the ‘‘Linkage Plan’’).
                                                                                                          by the self-regulatory organization. The
                                                  Act if such exemption is necessary or                                                                            With respect to order handling, orders
                                                                                                          Commission is publishing this notice to
                                                  appropriate in the public interest and                                                                        that are received by the BOLD
                                                                                                          solicit comments on the proposed rule
                                                  consistent with the protection of                                                                             Mechanism pursuant to paragraph (a) of
                                                                                                          change from interested persons.
                                                  investors and the purposes fairly
                                                  intended by the policy and provisions of                I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       4 The term ‘‘Customer’’ means an individual or

                                                                                                          Statement of the Terms of Substance of                organization that is not a Broker/Dealer; when not
                                                  the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act                                                                       capitalized, ‘‘customer’’ refers to any individual or
                                                  provides that the Commission may                        the Proposed Rule Change                              organization whose order is being represented,
                                                                                                             The Exchange proposes to adopt Rule                including a Broker/Dealer. See Rule 900.2NY(18).
                                                     3 The requested relief would apply to direct sales                                                           5 Market Makers are included in the definition of
                                                                                                          994NY, Broadcast Order Liquidity
                                                  of shares in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of                                                            ATP Holders. See Rule 900.2NY(5) (defining ATP
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                                                  Funds and redemptions of those shares. Applicants,
                                                                                                          Delivery (‘‘BOLD’’) Mechanism. The                    Holder as ‘‘a natural person, sole proprietorship,
                                                  moreover, are not seeking relief from section 17(a)     proposed rule change is available on the              partnership, corporation, limited liability company
                                                  for, and the requested relief will not apply to,        Exchange’s Web site at www.nyse.com,                  or other organization, in good standing, that has
                                                  transactions where a Fund could be deemed an            at the principal office of the Exchange,              been issued an ATP,’’ and requires that ‘‘[a]n ATP
                                                  Affiliated Person, or a Second-Tier Affiliate, of a                                                           Holder must be a registered broker or dealer
                                                  Fund of Funds because an Adviser or an entity                                                                 pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
                                                                                                            1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                  controlling, controlled by or under common control                                                            Act of 1934.’’ See also Rule 900.2NY(38) (providing
                                                                                                            2 15 U.S.C. 78a.
                                                  with an Adviser provides investment advisory                                                                  that a Market Maker is ‘‘an ATP Holder that acts
                                                  services to that Fund of Funds.                           3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                 as a Market Maker pursuant to Rule 920NY’’).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe application was filed on March 1, 2017.
ContactHae-Sung Lee, Attorney-Adviser, at (202) 551-7345, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
FR Citation82 FR 19298 

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