82 FR 24417 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Exposure Periods of the Automated Improvement Mechanism and the Solicitation Auction Mechanism

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-80738; File No. SR-CBOE-2017-029]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, 
Incorporated; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the 
Exposure Periods of the Automated Improvement Mechanism and the 
Solicitation Auction Mechanism

May 22, 2017.

I. Introduction

    On March 31, 2017, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated 
(the ``Exchange'' or ``CBOE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend CBOE Rules 6.74A and 
6.74B to reduce the exposure periods of the Exchange's Automated 
Improvement Mechanism (``AIM'') and Solicitation Auction Mechanism 
(``SAM'') from 1 second to a time period designated by the Exchange of 
no less than 100 milliseconds and no more than 1 second. The proposed 
rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on April 
14, 2017.\3\ The Commission received no comment letters on the proposed 
rule change. This order approves the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80421 (April 10, 
2017), 82 FR 18048 (``Notice'').
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    CBOE's AIM auction allows a Trading Permit Holder (``TPH'') to 
execute electronically an order it represents as agent against 
principal interest or against a solicited order.\4\ CBOE's SAM auction 
allows a TPH to execute electronically an agency order of 500 contracts 
or more against solicited orders.\5\ After an agency order is properly 
designated for AIM or SAM processing, the Exchange will send a Request 
for Responses (``RFR'') to all TPHs who have elected to receive 
RFRs.\6\ Orders entered in the AIM or SAM are currently exposed for a 
period of 1 second, during which time competitive responses to the 
auction may be submitted. The Exchange proposes to revise the RFR 
response periods for AIM and SAM to permit the Exchange to designate a 
specific time within a range of no less than 100 milliseconds and no 
more than 1 second.\7\
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    \4\ See CBOE Rule 6.74A.
    \5\ See CBOE Rule 6.74B.
    \6\ The AIM RFR specifies the side and size of the order, while 
the SAM RFR specifies the price, side, and size of the order. See 
CBOE Rule 6.74A(b)(1)(B) and 6.74B(b)(1)(B).
    \7\ Although the proposed rule change would allow the Exchange 
to select an exposure period from a range of 1 second to 100 
milliseconds, the Exchange stated that it currently plans to 
decrease the time period allowed for responses to 100 milliseconds. 
See Notice, supra note 3, at 18050. The Exchange noted that its 
proposal is consistent with exposure periods permitted in similar 
mechanisms on other options exchanges. See id. at 18049; see also 
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 76301 (October 29, 2015), 80 FR 
68347 (November 4, 2015) (SR-BX-2015-032) (establishing an exposure 
period for the Nasdaq BX's options price improvement mechanism 
(``PRISM'') of no less than 100 milliseconds and no more than 1 
second); 77557 (April 7, 2016), 81 FR 21935 (April 13, 2016) (SR-
Phlx-2016-40) (amending the exposure period for the Nasdaq Phlx's 
Price Improvement XL (``PIXL'') to be no less than 100 milliseconds 
and no more than 1 second); and 79733 (January 4, 2017), 82 FR 3055 
(January 10, 2017) (SR-ISE-2016-26) (amending the exposure period 
for the Nasdaq ISE's Price Improvement Mechanism (``PIM'') to be no 
less than 100 milliseconds and no more than 1 second).
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III. Discussion and Commission's Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.\8\ 
In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\9\ which requires, among 
other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be 
designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster 
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating 
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, and not be 
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, 
brokers, or dealers. The Commission also finds that the proposed rule 
change is consistent with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\10\ which 
requires that the rules of an exchange not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act.
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    \8\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has 
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, 
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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    The Commission believes that, given the electronic nature of the 
AIM and SAM mechanisms and the ability of TPHs to respond within the 
proposed exposure periods, reducing each of the exposure periods from 1 
second to no less than 100 milliseconds could facilitate the prompt 
execution of orders, while continuing to provide market participants 
with an opportunity to compete to trade with the exposed order by 
submitting responses to the auctions. According to the Exchange, 
numerous TPHs have the capability to and do respond within a 100 
millisecond exposure period or less on the Hybrid Trading System.\11\ 
The Exchange notes that the response timers for its Exchange's Hybrid 
Agency Liaison (``HAL''), Complex Order Auction (``COA''), and Simple 
Auction Liaison (``SAL'') mechanisms are set at 100 milliseconds or 
less and numerous TPHs can and do respond to HAL, SAL, and COA messages 
within these time frames.\12\ The Exchange also notes that the AIM and 
SAM mechanisms operate on the Hybrid Trading System and employ the same 
type of mechanical

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messaging as the HAL, SAL, and COA mechanisms.\13\
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    \11\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 18049 n.4.
    \12\ See id.
    \13\ See id.
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    To substantiate that its members can receive, process, and 
communicate a response back to the Exchange within 100 milliseconds, 
the Exchange states that it surveyed its top 15 AIM and SAM 
responders.\14\ According to the Exchange, each of the 15 TPHs it 
surveyed indicated that they can receive, process, and communicate a 
response back to the Exchange within 100 milliseconds.\15\ In addition, 
the Exchange states that it reviewed all AIM and SAM responses that 
resulted in traded orders in December 2016, and its review indicated 
that approximately 63% of AIM responses and 63% of SAM responses 
resulting in price improving executions at the conclusion of the 
auction occurred within 100 milliseconds of the initial order.\16\ 
Furthermore, with regard to the impact of the proposal on system 
capacity, the Exchange states that it has analyzed its capacity and 
represents that it has the necessary systems capacity to handle the 
potential additional traffic associated with the additional 
transactions that may occur with the implementation of the proposed 
reduction in the AIM and SAM duration to no less than 100 
milliseconds.\17\ The Exchange also represents that its systems will be 
able to sufficiently maintain an audit trail for order and trade 
information with the reduction in the AIM and SAM duration.\18\
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    \14\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 18050.
    \15\ See id.
    \16\ See id. In addition to the 63% of AIM responses and 63% of 
SAM responses that occur within 100 milliseconds of the initial 
order, approximately 20% of AIM responses and 15% of SAM responses 
that resulted in price improving executions at the conclusion of the 
auction occurred in the final 800-1000 milliseconds (i.e., within 
200 milliseconds of the end of the RFR). See id. The Exchange 
believes that the timing of these responses indicates that TPHs have 
configured their trading systems to either respond immediately to an 
AIM or SAM auction, or to wait until the end of an auction period to 
reduce the risk of the market moving. See id.
    \17\ See id.
    \18\ See id.
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    Upon effectiveness of the proposed rule change, and at least six 
weeks prior to implementation of the proposed rule change, the Exchange 
will issue a circular to TPHs, informing them of the implementation 
date of the reduction of the AIM and SAM duration from 1 second to the 
auction time designated by the Exchange to allow TPHs to perform any 
necessary systems changes.\19\ The Exchange also represents that it 
will issue a circular at least four weeks prior to any future changes, 
as permitted by its rules, to the auction response time.\20\
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    \19\ See id.
    \20\ See id.
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    Based on the Exchange's statements, the Commission believes that 
market participants should continue to have opportunities to compete to 
trade with the exposed order by submitting responses to the auctions 
within an exposure period of no less than 100 milliseconds and no more 
than 1 second.\21\ Accordingly, for the reasons discussed above, the 
Commission believes that the Exchange's proposal is consistent with the 
Act.
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    \21\ The Commission notes that the ability to designate such an 
exposure time period is consistent with the rules of other options 
exchanges. See supra note 7. See also NASDAQ Phlx Rule 
1080(n)(ii)(A)(4), NASDAQ BX Options Rules Chapter VI, Section 
9(ii)(A)(3), Nasdaq ISE Rule 716, Supplementary Material .04, and 
Nasdaq ISE Rule 723(c)(1).
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IV. Conclusion

    It is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\22\ that the proposed rule change (SR-CBOE-2017-029) be, and 
hereby is, approved.
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \23\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\23\
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Commission, and all written second to a time period designated by III. Discussion and Commission’s
communications relating to the the Exchange of no less than 100 Findings
proposed rule change between the milliseconds and no more than 1 After careful review, the Commission
Commission and any person, other than second. The proposed rule change was finds that the proposed rule change is
those that may be withheld from the published for comment in the Federal consistent with the requirements of the
public in accordance with the Register on April 14, 2017.3 The Act and the rules and regulations
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be Commission received no comment thereunder applicable to a national
available for Web site viewing and letters on the proposed rule change. securities exchange.8 In particular, the
printing in the Commission’s Public This order approves the proposed rule Commission finds that the proposed
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., change. rule change is consistent with Section
Washington, DC 20549 on official 6(b)(5) of the Act,9 which requires,
business days between the hours of II. Description of the Proposed Rule among other things, that the rules of a
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of these Change national securities exchange be
filings also will be available for designed to promote just and equitable
inspection and copying at the principal CBOE’s AIM auction allows a Trading
Permit Holder (‘‘TPH’’) to execute principles of trade, to foster cooperation
office of the Exchange. All comments
and coordination with persons engaged
received will be posted without change; electronically an order it represents as
in regulating transactions in securities,
the Commission does not edit personal agent against principal interest or
to remove impediments to and perfect
identifying information from against a solicited order.4 CBOE’s SAM
the mechanism of a free and open
submissions. You should submit only auction allows a TPH to execute market and a national market system
information that you wish to make electronically an agency order of 500 and, in general, to protect investors and
available publicly. All submissions contracts or more against solicited the public interest, and not be designed
should refer to File Number SR–CHX– orders.5 After an agency order is to permit unfair discrimination between
2017–04 and should be submitted on or properly designated for AIM or SAM customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
before June 16, 2017. Rebuttal processing, the Exchange will send a The Commission also finds that the
comments should be submitted by June Request for Responses (‘‘RFR’’) to all proposed rule change is consistent with
30, 2017. TPHs who have elected to receive Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,10 which
For the Commission, by the Division of RFRs.6 Orders entered in the AIM or requires that the rules of an exchange
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated SAM are currently exposed for a period not impose any burden on competition
authority.84
of 1 second, during which time that is not necessary or appropriate in
Eduardo A. Aleman,
competitive responses to the auction furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Assistant Secretary. The Commission believes that, given
may be submitted. The Exchange
[FR Doc. 2017–10807 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] proposes to revise the RFR response the electronic nature of the AIM and
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periods for AIM and SAM to permit the SAM mechanisms and the ability of
Exchange to designate a specific time TPHs to respond within the proposed
within a range of no less than 100 exposure periods, reducing each of the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE exposure periods from 1 second to no
COMMISSION milliseconds and no more than 1
second.7 less than 100 milliseconds could
[Release No. 34–80738; File No. SR–CBOE– facilitate the prompt execution of
2017–029] 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80421
orders, while continuing to provide
(April 10, 2017), 82 FR 18048 (‘‘Notice’’). market participants with an opportunity
Self-Regulatory Organizations; 4 See CBOE Rule 6.74A. to compete to trade with the exposed
Chicago Board Options Exchange, 5 See CBOE Rule 6.74B. order by submitting responses to the
Incorporated; Order Approving a 6 The AIM RFR specifies the side and size of the auctions. According to the Exchange,
Proposed Rule Change Relating to the order, while the SAM RFR specifies the price, side, numerous TPHs have the capability to
Exposure Periods of the Automated and size of the order. See CBOE Rule 6.74A(b)(1)(B) and do respond within a 100
Improvement Mechanism and the and 6.74B(b)(1)(B). millisecond exposure period or less on
7 Although the proposed rule change would allow
Solicitation Auction Mechanism the Hybrid Trading System.11 The
the Exchange to select an exposure period from a
May 22, 2017. range of 1 second to 100 milliseconds, the Exchange
Exchange notes that the response timers
stated that it currently plans to decrease the time for its Exchange’s Hybrid Agency
I. Introduction period allowed for responses to 100 milliseconds. Liaison (‘‘HAL’’), Complex Order
On March 31, 2017, Chicago Board See Notice, supra note 3, at 18050. The Exchange Auction (‘‘COA’’), and Simple Auction
noted that its proposal is consistent with exposure Liaison (‘‘SAL’’) mechanisms are set at
Options Exchange, Incorporated (the periods permitted in similar mechanisms on other
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the 100 milliseconds or less and numerous
options exchanges. See id. at 18049; see also
Securities and Exchange Commission Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 76301 TPHs can and do respond to HAL, SAL,
(‘‘Commission’’) pursuant to Section (October 29, 2015), 80 FR 68347 (November 4, 2015) and COA messages within these time
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act (SR–BX–2015–032) (establishing an exposure frames.12 The Exchange also notes that
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 period for the Nasdaq BX’s options price the AIM and SAM mechanisms operate
improvement mechanism (‘‘PRISM’’) of no less than on the Hybrid Trading System and
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to 100 milliseconds and no more than 1 second);
amend CBOE Rules 6.74A and 6.74B to 77557 (April 7, 2016), 81 FR 21935 (April 13, 2016)
employ the same type of mechanical
reduce the exposure periods of the (SR–Phlx–2016–40) (amending the exposure period
8 In approving this proposed rule change, the
Exchange’s Automated Improvement for the Nasdaq Phlx’s Price Improvement XL
(‘‘PIXL’’) to be no less than 100 milliseconds and Commission has considered the proposed rule’s
Mechanism (‘‘AIM’’) and Solicitation impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
no more than 1 second); and 79733 (January 4,
Auction Mechanism (‘‘SAM’’) from 1 2017), 82 FR 3055 (January 10, 2017) (SR–ISE– formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
2016–26) (amending the exposure period for the
84 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(57). 10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
Nasdaq ISE’s Price Improvement Mechanism
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 11 See Notice, supra note 3, at 18049 n.4.
(‘‘PIM’’) to be no less than 100 milliseconds and no
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. more than 1 second). 12 See id.

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messaging as the HAL, SAL, and COA permitted by its rules, to the auction APPLICANTS: Corporate Capital Trust,
mechanisms.13 response time.20 Inc. (‘‘CCT I’’); Corporate Capital Trust
To substantiate that its members can Based on the Exchange’s statements, II (‘‘CCT II’’); KKR Income
receive, process, and communicate a the Commission believes that market Opportunities Fund (‘‘KIO,’’ and
response back to the Exchange within participants should continue to have together with CCT I and CCT II, the
100 milliseconds, the Exchange states opportunities to compete to trade with ‘‘Existing Regulated Entities’’); CNL
that it surveyed its top 15 AIM and SAM the exposed order by submitting Fund Advisors Company (‘‘CFA’’); CNL
responders.14 According to the responses to the auctions within an Fund Advisors II, LLC (‘‘CFA II’’); KKR
Exchange, each of the 15 TPHs it exposure period of no less than 100 Credit Advisors (US) LLC (‘‘KKR
surveyed indicated that they can milliseconds and no more than 1 Credit’’); the investment advisory
receive, process, and communicate a second.21 Accordingly, for the reasons subsidiaries and relying advisers of KKR
response back to the Exchange within discussed above, the Commission Credit set forth on Schedule A to the
100 milliseconds.15 In addition, the believes that the Exchange’s proposal is application (collectively, with KKR
Exchange states that it reviewed all AIM consistent with the Act. Credit, the ‘‘Existing KKR Credit
and SAM responses that resulted in Advisers’’); KKR Capital Markets
IV. Conclusion
traded orders in December 2016, and its Holdings L.P. and its capital markets
review indicated that approximately It is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to subsidiaries and other indirect, wholly-
63% of AIM responses and 63% of SAM Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,22 that the or majority-owned subsidiaries of KKR
responses resulting in price improving proposed rule change (SR–CBOE–2017– & Co. L.P. (‘‘KKR’’) set forth on
executions at the conclusion of the 029) be, and hereby is, approved. Schedule A to the application
auction occurred within 100 For the Commission, by the Division of (collectively, the ‘‘KCM Companies’’); 2
milliseconds of the initial order.16 Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated KKR Financial Holdings LLC (‘‘KFN’’)
Furthermore, with regard to the impact authority.23 and its wholly-owned subsidiaries set
of the proposal on system capacity, the Eduardo A. Aleman, forth on Schedule A to the application
Exchange states that it has analyzed its Assistant Secretary. (together with wholly-owned
capacity and represents that it has the [FR Doc. 2017–10790 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] subsidiaries of KFN that may be formed
necessary systems capacity to handle BILLING CODE 8011–01–P in the future, the ‘‘KFN Subsidiaries.’’);
the potential additional traffic the Existing Affiliated Funds set forth
associated with the additional on Schedule A to the application 3; and
transactions that may occur with the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Prisma Capital Partners LP (the
implementation of the proposed COMMISSION ‘‘Existing KKR Primary Adviser’’).
reduction in the AIM and SAM duration
[Investment Company Act Release No. FILING DATES: The application was filed
to no less than 100 milliseconds.17 The
32642; 812–14408] on December 24, 2014, and amended on
Exchange also represents that its
June 1, 2015, December 7, 2015, July 14,
systems will be able to sufficiently Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., et al. 2016, and May 8, 2017.
maintain an audit trail for order and
trade information with the reduction in May 22, 2017. HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:
the AIM and SAM duration.18 AGENCY: Securities and Exchange An order granting the requested relief
Upon effectiveness of the proposed Commission (‘‘Commission’’). will be issued unless the Commission
rule change, and at least six weeks prior ACTION: Notice. orders a hearing. Interested persons may
to implementation of the proposed rule request a hearing by writing to the
change, the Exchange will issue a Notice of application for an order Commission’s Secretary and serving
circular to TPHs, informing them of the under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of the applicants with a copy of the request,
implementation date of the reduction of Investment Company Act of 1940 (the personally or by mail. Hearing requests
the AIM and SAM duration from 1 ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the Act to should be received by the Commission
second to the auction time designated permit certain joint transactions by 5:30 p.m. on June 16, 2017, and
by the Exchange to allow TPHs to otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d)
perform any necessary systems and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1 May 21, 2013 (In the Matter of Corporate Capital
under the Act. Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos.
changes.19 The Exchange also represents 30494 (Apr. 25, 2013) (notice) and 30526 (May 21,
that it will issue a circular at least four SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants 2013) (order)) (the ‘‘Prior Order’’), with the result
weeks prior to any future changes, as request an order to permit business that no person will continue to rely on the Prior
development companies (‘‘BDCs’’) and Order if the Order is granted.
2 These entities are all indirect, wholly- or
13 See id. closed-end management investment
majority-owned subsidiaries of KKR and, from time
14 See Notice, supra note 3, at 18050. companies to co-invest in portfolio to time, may hold various financial assets in a
15 See id.
companies with each other and with principal capacity (in such capacity, ‘‘Existing KKR
16 See id. In addition to the 63% of AIM
certain affiliated investment funds and Proprietary Accounts’’).
responses and 63% of SAM responses that occur
within 100 milliseconds of the initial order,
accounts.1 3 The Existing Affiliated Funds, together with

their direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries,
approximately 20% of AIM responses and 15% of are entities (i) (A) whose primary investment
20 See id.
SAM responses that resulted in price improving adviser is an Existing KKR Credit Adviser or (B)
executions at the conclusion of the auction 21 The Commission notes that the ability to whose primary investment adviser is the Existing
occurred in the final 800–1000 milliseconds (i.e., designate such an exposure time period is KKR Primary Adviser and whose sub-adviser is an
within 200 milliseconds of the end of the RFR). See consistent with the rules of other options Existing KKR Credit Adviser (‘‘Sub-Advised
id. The Exchange believes that the timing of these exchanges. See supra note 7. See also NASDAQ Affiliated Fund’’) and (ii) that either (A) would be
responses indicates that TPHs have configured their Phlx Rule 1080(n)(ii)(A)(4), NASDAQ BX Options an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or
trading systems to either respond immediately to an Rules Chapter VI, Section 9(ii)(A)(3), Nasdaq ISE 3(c)(7) of the Act or (B) may rely on the rule 3a–
AIM or SAM auction, or to wait until the end of Rule 716, Supplementary Material .04, and Nasdaq 7 exemption from investment company status.
an auction period to reduce the risk of the market ISE Rule 723(c)(1). Certain Existing Affiliated Funds are collateralized
moving. See id. 22 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
loan obligation (‘‘CLO’’) entities that rely on rule
17 See id. 23 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
3a–7 under the Act in addition to section 3(c)(7)
18 See id. 1 The requested order (‘‘Order’’) would supersede thereof. These Existing Affiliated Funds are all
19 See id. an exemptive order issued by the Commission on advised by Existing KKR Credit Advisers.

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