82_FR_39628 82 FR 39469 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE Arca Equities Schedule of Fees and Charges for Exchange Services To Modify the Fees and Credits for Routing Certain Orders to NYSE American LLC

82 FR 39469 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE Arca Equities Schedule of Fees and Charges for Exchange Services To Modify the Fees and Credits for Routing Certain Orders to NYSE American LLC

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FR Document2017-17434

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-81392; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2017-89]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE 
Arca Equities Schedule of Fees and Charges for Exchange Services To 
Modify the Fees and Credits for Routing Certain Orders to NYSE American 
LLC

August 14, 2017.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that, on August 4, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, 
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend the NYSE Arca Equities Schedule of 
Fees and Charges for Exchange Services (``Fee Schedule'') to modify the 
fees and credits for routing certain orders to NYSE American LLC 
(``NYSE American'').\4\ The Exchange also proposes to make non-
substantive changes to the Fee Schedule in connection with the name 
change of its affiliate NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE American LLC. The Exchange 
proposes to implement the changes effective August 4, 2017.\5\ 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.
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    \4\ On July 24, 2017, the Exchange's affiliate, NYSE MKT LLC, 
transitioned to the Pillar trading platform and has been renamed 
NYSE American LLC. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 79242 
(November 4, 2016), 81 FR 79081 (November 10, 2016) (SR-NYSEMKT-
2016-97); 79400 (November 25, 2016), 81 FR 86750 (December 1, 2016) 
(SR-NYSEMKT-2016-103); 80283 (March 21, 2017), 82 FR 15244 (March 
27, 2017) (SR-NYSEMKT-2017-14); and 80748 (May 23, 2017), 82 FR 
24764 (May 30, 2017) (SR-NYSEMKT-2017-20).
    \5\ The Exchange originally filed to amend the Fee Schedule on 
July 24, 2017 (SR-NYSEArca-2017-81) and withdrew such filing on 
August 4, 2017.
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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 the Fee Schedule to modify the fees 
and credits for routing certain orders to the NYSE American. The 
Exchange also proposes to make non-substantive changes to the Fee 
Schedule in connection with the name change of its affiliate NYSE MKT 
LLC to NYSE American LLC.
    In a recent rule filing, NYSE American proposed to modify its fee 
schedule for equities transactions, including changes to the rates for 
providing liquidity and for executions that occur in the opening and 
closing auction.\6\ The Exchange's current credits for routing orders 
to NYSE American are closely related to the NYSE American's rates, 
including the rates for providing liquidity, and the Exchange is 
proposing an adjustment to its rates to remain competitive with the 
rates of NYSE American. Specifically, for Tier 1 and Tier 2 PO \7\ and 
PO+ \8\ Orders, the Exchange currently provides a credit of $0.0016 per 
share for orders that are routed to NYSE American that provide 
liquidity to the NYSE American order book, which is equal to the NYSE 
American rebate for execution of customer orders that add liquidity to 
NYSE American.
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    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81228 (July 27, 
2017), 82 FR 36012 (August 2, 2017) (SR-NYSEMKT-2017-43) (the ``NYSE 
American Fee Filing'').
    \7\ A PO order is a Market or Limit Order that on arrival is 
routed directly to the primary listing market without being assigned 
a working time or interacting with interest on the NYSE Arca Book. 
See Rule 7.31(f)(1).
    \8\ The Exchange transitioned to the Pillar trading platform in 
2016 and on Pillar, the PO+ modifier in the Exchange's rules was 
replaced with the Primary Only Day/IOC Order, which is a Primary 
Only Order designated Day or IOC, as provided in current Rule 
7.31(f)(1(B). See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76267 (October 
26, 2015), 80 FR 66951 (October 30, 2015) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-56). A 
Primary Only Order designated Day functions similar to what was a 
PO+ Order. Therefore, to promote clarity to the Fee Schedule and 
avoid any confusion, the Exchange proposes to remove reference to 
PO+ Orders from the Fee Schedule.
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    A PO Order is designed to route to the primary listing market of 
the security underlying the order (i.e., NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.) 
immediately upon arrival and the order therefore does not rest on the 
Exchange's order book. Because such orders do not rest on the 
Exchange's book, the Exchange charges fees or provides credits for 
those orders based on the fees or credits of the destination primary 
listing market, which are the fees and credits that the Exchange is 
charged by the primary listing market that receives the order. In the 
NYSE American Fee Filing, NYSE American proposed to not charge a fee or 
provide a credit for executions of displayed orders that provide 
liquidity on that exchange.\9\ Accordingly, the Exchange is proposing 
to amend the rates for routing Tier 1 and Tier 2 PO Orders to NYSE 
American to reflect the rates proposed by NYSE American. As proposed, 
there will be no credit for such orders routed to NYSE American that 
provide liquidity to the NYSE American book.
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    \9\ The Exchange notes that orders that are routed to NYSE 
American will be displayed on that exchange. PO Orders do not 
provide ETP Holders the ability to add non-displayed liquidity to 
away markets.
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    The Exchange proposes to make corresponding changes to the Basic 
Rate pricing section of the Fee Schedule.
    Additionally, in the NYSE American Fee Filing, NYSE American 
proposed to charge a fee of $0.0005 per share for executions at the 
open or close.

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Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to amend the Fee Schedule to lower 
the Tier 1, Tier 2 and Basic Rate fee for PO Orders in Tape B 
securities that are routed to NYSE American that execute in the opening 
or closing auction, from $0.00085 per share to $0.0005 per share.
    As noted above, the Exchange's affiliate, NYSE MKT LLC, has been 
renamed NYSE American LLC. Accordingly, in the Fee Schedule, under 
``NYSE Arca Marketplace: Trade Related Fees and Credits,'' under 
``Round Lots and Odd Lots (Per Share Price $1.00 or Above), and ``Co-
location Fees,'' in General Notes 1 and 4, the Exchange proposes to 
change references to ``NYSE MKT Book'' to ``NYSE American Book''; 
``NYSE MKT'' to ``NYSE American''; ``NYSE MKT LLC'' to ``NYSE American 
LLC''; and ``NYSE Amex Options'' to ``NYSE American Options.'' None of 
the foregoing changes are substantive.
    The proposed changes are not otherwise intended to address any 
other issues, and the Exchange is not aware of any problems that ETP 
Holders would have in complying with the proposed changes.

2. Statutory Basis

    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\10\ in general, and furthers the 
objectives of Sections 6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,\11\ in particular, 
because it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees, and other charges among its members, issuers and other persons 
using its facilities and does not unfairly discriminate between 
customers, issuers, brokers or dealers.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed changes to routing credits 
for PO Orders that provide liquidity to NYSE American and routing fees 
for such orders that execute in the opening or closing auction on NYSE 
American are reasonable because the Exchange's rates for routing such 
orders are closely related to NYSE American's rates for its members, 
and the proposed change is consistent with the change proposed by NYSE 
American to not provide a rebate for providing liquidity and to charge 
a lower fee for executions in the opening or closing auction. While the 
proposed rule change would result in a decrease in the per share credit 
for PO Orders routed to NYSE American that provide liquidity to NYSE 
American, and a decrease in the per share fee for such routed orders 
that execute in the opening or closing auction, the Exchange would 
remain competitive with NYSE American as that exchange also no longer 
provides a credit to its members for providing liquidity and charges a 
lower fee for executions in the opening or closing auction. Further, 
the proposed change is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory 
because the proposed elimination of routing credits for PO Orders that 
provide liquidity to NYSE American and the proposed decrease of routing 
fees for such orders that execute in the opening or closing auction on 
NYSE American would apply uniformly across pricing tiers and all 
similarly situated ETP Holders.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change regarding the 
name change from NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE American LLC is consistent with 
Section 6(b) of the Act,\12\ in general, and with Section 6(b)(1) \13\ 
in particular, in that it enables the Exchange to be so organized as to 
have the capacity to be able to carry out the purposes of the Act and 
to comply, and to enforce compliance by its exchange members and 
persons associated with its exchange members, with the provisions of 
the Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and the rules of the 
Exchange. The proposed rule change would ensure that the Fee Schedule 
accurately reflects the name change of the Exchange's affiliate from 
NYSE MKT to NYSE American and the rebranding of NYSE Amex Options to 
NYSE American Options and would contribute to the orderly operation of 
the Exchange by adding clarity and transparency to the Fee Schedule.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
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    Finally, the Exchange believes that it is subject to significant 
competitive forces, as described below in the Exchange's statement 
regarding the burden on competition. For these reasons, the Exchange 
believes that the proposal is consistent with the Act.

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

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\14\ the Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change would not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act. In particular, the proposed routing credit and fee 
changes would not place a burden on competition because the Exchange is 
lowering the credit it provides and fees it charges to ETP Holders to 
match the credits and fees provided by NYSE American.\15\
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
    \15\ See supra note 6.
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    The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market 
in which market participants can readily favor competing venues. In 
such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider 
adjusting, its fees and credits to remain competitive with other 
exchanges. For the reasons described above, the Exchange believes that 
the proposed rule change promotes a competitive environment.

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

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

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

    The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(3)(A) \16\ of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 
19b-4 \17\ thereunder, because it establishes a due, fee, or other 
charge imposed by the Exchange.
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    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \17\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule 
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule 
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) \18\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2017-89 on the subject line.

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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-2017-89. 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-2017-89 and should 
be submitted on or before September 8, 2017.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
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    \19\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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                                                  business days between the hours of                      American’’).4 The Exchange also                         closely related to the NYSE American’s
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such                 proposes to make non-substantive                        rates, including the rates for providing
                                                  filing also will be available for                       changes to the Fee Schedule in                          liquidity, and the Exchange is proposing
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                 connection with the name change of its                  an adjustment to its rates to remain
                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                    affiliate NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE                          competitive with the rates of NYSE
                                                  received will be posted without change;                 American LLC. The Exchange proposes                     American. Specifically, for Tier 1 and
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                   to implement the changes effective                      Tier 2 PO 7 and PO+ 8 Orders, the
                                                  identifying information from                            August 4, 2017.5 The proposed rule                      Exchange currently provides a credit of
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                     change is available on the Exchange’s                   $0.0016 per share for orders that are
                                                  information that you wish to make                       Web site at www.nyse.com, at the                        routed to NYSE American that provide
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                     principal office of the Exchange, and at                liquidity to the NYSE American order
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–BOX–                     the Commission’s Public Reference                       book, which is equal to the NYSE
                                                  2017–27 and should be submitted on or                   Room.                                                   American rebate for execution of
                                                  before September 8, 2017.                                                                                       customer orders that add liquidity to
                                                                                                          II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of                                                                        NYSE American.
                                                                                                          Statement of the Purpose of, and                           A PO Order is designed to route to the
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated              Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  authority.20                                                                                                    primary listing market of the security
                                                                                                          Change                                                  underlying the order (i.e., NYSE,
                                                  Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                  Assistant Secretary.
                                                                                                             In its filing with the Commission, the               NASDAQ, etc.) immediately upon
                                                                                                          self-regulatory organization included                   arrival and the order therefore does not
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–17436 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          statements concerning the purpose of,                   rest on the Exchange’s order book.
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                                                                                                          and basis for, the proposed rule change                 Because such orders do not rest on the
                                                                                                          and discussed any comments it received                  Exchange’s book, the Exchange charges
                                                                                                          on the proposed rule change. The text                   fees or provides credits for those orders
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                                                                          of those statements may be examined at                  based on the fees or credits of the
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                                                                          the places specified in Item IV below.                  destination primary listing market,
                                                  [Release No. 34–81392; File No. SR–                     The Exchange has prepared summaries,                    which are the fees and credits that the
                                                  NYSEARCA–2017–89]                                       set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                Exchange is charged by the primary
                                                                                                          of the most significant parts of such                   listing market that receives the order. In
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                     statements.                                             the NYSE American Fee Filing, NYSE
                                                  Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
                                                                                                          A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       American proposed to not charge a fee
                                                  Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
                                                                                                          Statement of the Purpose of, and the                    or provide a credit for executions of
                                                  Rule Change To Amend the NYSE Arca
                                                                                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                  displayed orders that provide liquidity
                                                  Equities Schedule of Fees and
                                                                                                          Change                                                  on that exchange.9 Accordingly, the
                                                  Charges for Exchange Services To
                                                                                                                                                                  Exchange is proposing to amend the
                                                  Modify the Fees and Credits for                         1. Purpose                                              rates for routing Tier 1 and Tier 2 PO
                                                  Routing Certain Orders to NYSE
                                                                                                             The Exchange proposes to amend the                   Orders to NYSE American to reflect the
                                                  American LLC
                                                                                                          Fee Schedule to modify the fees and                     rates proposed by NYSE American. As
                                                  August 14, 2017.                                        credits for routing certain orders to the               proposed, there will be no credit for
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                NYSE American. The Exchange also                        such orders routed to NYSE American
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                    proposes to make non-substantive                        that provide liquidity to the NYSE
                                                  ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                  changes to the Fee Schedule in                          American book.
                                                  notice is hereby given that, on August                  connection with the name change of its                     The Exchange proposes to make
                                                  4, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the                           affiliate NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE                          corresponding changes to the Basic Rate
                                                  ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with               American LLC.                                           pricing section of the Fee Schedule.
                                                  the Securities and Exchange                                In a recent rule filing, NYSE                           Additionally, in the NYSE American
                                                  Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the                     American proposed to modify its fee                     Fee Filing, NYSE American proposed to
                                                  proposed rule change as described in                    schedule for equities transactions,                     charge a fee of $0.0005 per share for
                                                  Items I, II, and III below, which Items                 including changes to the rates for                      executions at the open or close.
                                                  have been prepared by the self-                         providing liquidity and for executions
                                                                                                                                                                    7 A PO order is a Market or Limit Order that on
                                                  regulatory organization. The                            that occur in the opening and closing
                                                                                                                                                                  arrival is routed directly to the primary listing
                                                  Commission is publishing this notice to                 auction.6 The Exchange’s current credits                market without being assigned a working time or
                                                  solicit comments on the proposed rule                   for routing orders to NYSE American are                 interacting with interest on the NYSE Arca Book.
                                                  change from interested persons.                                                                                 See Rule 7.31(f)(1).
                                                                                                             4 On July 24, 2017, the Exchange’s affiliate, NYSE     8 The Exchange transitioned to the Pillar trading

                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       MKT LLC, transitioned to the Pillar trading             platform in 2016 and on Pillar, the PO+ modifier
                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of                  platform and has been renamed NYSE American             in the Exchange’s rules was replaced with the
                                                                                                          LLC. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.           Primary Only Day/IOC Order, which is a Primary
                                                  the Proposed Rule Change                                79242 (November 4, 2016), 81 FR 79081 (November         Only Order designated Day or IOC, as provided in
                                                     The Exchange proposes to amend the                   10, 2016) (SR–NYSEMKT–2016–97); 79400                   current Rule 7.31(f)(1(B). See Securities Exchange
                                                  NYSE Arca Equities Schedule of Fees                     (November 25, 2016), 81 FR 86750 (December 1,           Act Release No. 76267 (October 26, 2015), 80 FR
                                                                                                          2016) (SR–NYSEMKT–2016–103); 80283 (March 21,           66951 (October 30, 2015) (SR–NYSEArca-2015–56).
                                                  and Charges for Exchange Services                       2017), 82 FR 15244 (March 27, 2017) (SR–                A Primary Only Order designated Day functions
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                                                  (‘‘Fee Schedule’’) to modify the fees and               NYSEMKT–2017–14); and 80748 (May 23, 2017), 82          similar to what was a PO+ Order. Therefore, to
                                                  credits for routing certain orders to                   FR 24764 (May 30, 2017) (SR–NYSEMKT–2017–20).           promote clarity to the Fee Schedule and avoid any
                                                                                                             5 The Exchange originally filed to amend the Fee     confusion, the Exchange proposes to remove
                                                  NYSE American LLC (‘‘NYSE
                                                                                                          Schedule on July 24, 2017 (SR–NYSEArca-2017–81)         reference to PO+ Orders from the Fee Schedule.
                                                                                                          and withdrew such filing on August 4, 2017.               9 The Exchange notes that orders that are routed
                                                    20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                               6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81228      to NYSE American will be displayed on that
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                (July 27, 2017), 82 FR 36012 (August 2, 2017) (SR–      exchange. PO Orders do not provide ETP Holders
                                                    2 15 U.S.C. 78a.
                                                                                                          NYSEMKT–2017–43) (the ‘‘NYSE American Fee               the ability to add non-displayed liquidity to away
                                                    3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   Filing’’).                                              markets.



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                                                  Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to        with NYSE American as that exchange                                 The Exchange notes that it operates in
                                                  amend the Fee Schedule to lower the          also no longer provides a credit to its                           a highly competitive market in which
                                                  Tier 1, Tier 2 and Basic Rate fee for PO     members for providing liquidity and                               market participants can readily favor
                                                  Orders in Tape B securities that are         charges a lower fee for executions in the                         competing venues. In such an
                                                  routed to NYSE American that execute         opening or closing auction. Further, the                          environment, the Exchange must
                                                  in the opening or closing auction, from      proposed change is equitable and not                              continually review, and consider
                                                  $0.00085 per share to $0.0005 per share.     unfairly discriminatory because the                               adjusting, its fees and credits to remain
                                                     As noted above, the Exchange’s            proposed elimination of routing credits                           competitive with other exchanges. For
                                                  affiliate, NYSE MKT LLC, has been            for PO Orders that provide liquidity to                           the reasons described above, the
                                                  renamed NYSE American LLC.                   NYSE American and the proposed                                    Exchange believes that the proposed
                                                  Accordingly, in the Fee Schedule, under      decrease of routing fees for such orders                          rule change promotes a competitive
                                                  ‘‘NYSE Arca Marketplace: Trade Related       that execute in the opening or closing                            environment.
                                                  Fees and Credits,’’ under ‘‘Round Lots       auction on NYSE American would
                                                  and Odd Lots (Per Share Price $1.00 or                                                                         C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                               apply uniformly across pricing tiers and
                                                  Above), and ‘‘Co-location Fees,’’ in                                                                           Statement on Comments on the
                                                                                               all similarly situated ETP Holders.
                                                  General Notes 1 and 4, the Exchange                                                                            Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                                                                  The Exchange believes that the                                 Members, Participants, or Others
                                                  proposes to change references to ‘‘NYSE      proposed rule change regarding the
                                                  MKT Book’’ to ‘‘NYSE American Book’’;        name change from NYSE MKT LLC to                                    No written comments were solicited
                                                  ‘‘NYSE MKT’’ to ‘‘NYSE American’’;           NYSE American LLC is consistent with                              or received with respect to the proposed
                                                  ‘‘NYSE MKT LLC’’ to ‘‘NYSE American          Section 6(b) of the Act,12 in general, and                        rule change.
                                                  LLC’’; and ‘‘NYSE Amex Options’’ to          with Section 6(b)(1) 13 in particular, in
                                                  ‘‘NYSE American Options.’’ None of the                                                                         III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                                                               that it enables the Exchange to be so                             Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                  foregoing changes are substantive.
                                                                                               organized as to have the capacity to be                           Commission Action
                                                     The proposed changes are not
                                                                                               able to carry out the purposes of the Act
                                                  otherwise intended to address any other                                                                           The foregoing rule change is effective
                                                                                               and to comply, and to enforce
                                                  issues, and the Exchange is not aware of                                                                       upon filing pursuant to Section
                                                                                               compliance by its exchange members
                                                  any problems that ETP Holders would                                                                            19(b)(3)(A) 16 of the Act and
                                                                                               and persons associated with its
                                                  have in complying with the proposed                                                                            subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 17
                                                                                               exchange members, with the provisions
                                                  changes.                                                                                                       thereunder, because it establishes a due,
                                                                                               of the Act, the rules and regulations
                                                  2. Statutory Basis                           thereunder, and the rules of the                                  fee, or other charge imposed by the
                                                     The Exchange believes that the            Exchange. The proposed rule change                                Exchange.
                                                  proposed rule change is consistent with would ensure that the Fee Schedule                                        At any time within 60 days of the
                                                  Section 6(b) of the Act,10 in general, and accurately reflects the name change of                              filing of such proposed rule change, the
                                                  furthers the objectives of Sections          the Exchange’s affiliate from NYSE MKT                            Commission summarily may
                                                  6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,11 in particular, to NYSE American and the rebranding                               temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                                  because it provides for the equitable        of NYSE Amex Options to NYSE                                      it appears to the Commission that such
                                                  allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and     American Options and would contribute                             action is necessary or appropriate in the
                                                  other charges among its members,             to the orderly operation of the Exchange                          public interest, for the protection of
                                                  issuers and other persons using its          by adding clarity and transparency to                             investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
                                                  facilities and does not unfairly             the Fee Schedule.                                                 the purposes of the Act. If the
                                                  discriminate between customers,                 Finally, the Exchange believes that it                         Commission takes such action, the
                                                  issuers, brokers or dealers.                 is subject to significant competitive                             Commission shall institute proceedings
                                                     The Exchange believes that the            forces, as described below in the                                 under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 18 of the Act to
                                                  proposed changes to routing credits for      Exchange’s statement regarding the                                determine whether the proposed rule
                                                  PO Orders that provide liquidity to          burden on competition. For these                                  change should be approved or
                                                  NYSE American and routing fees for           reasons, the Exchange believes that the                           disapproved.
                                                  such orders that execute in the opening      proposal is consistent with the Act.                              IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                  or closing auction on NYSE American
                                                                                               B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                                   Interested persons are invited to
                                                  are reasonable because the Exchange’s
                                                                                               Statement on Burden on Competition                                submit written data, views, and
                                                  rates for routing such orders are closely
                                                  related to NYSE American’s rates for its        In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of                          arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                  members, and the proposed change is          the Act,14 the Exchange believes that the                         including whether the proposed rule
                                                  consistent with the change proposed by proposed rule change would not impose                                   change is consistent with the Act.
                                                  NYSE American to not provide a rebate        any burden on competition that is not                             Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                  for providing liquidity and to charge a      necessary or appropriate in furtherance                           the following methods:
                                                  lower fee for executions in the opening      of the purposes of the Act. In particular,                        Electronic Comments
                                                  or closing auction. While the proposed       the proposed routing credit and fee
                                                  rule change would result in a decrease       changes would not place a burden on                                  • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                  in the per share credit for PO Orders        competition because the Exchange is                               comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  routed to NYSE American that provide         lowering the credit it provides and fees                          rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                  liquidity to NYSE American, and a            it charges to ETP Holders to match the                               • Send an email to rule-comments@
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                                                  decrease in the per share fee for such       credits and fees provided by NYSE                                 sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                  routed orders that execute in the            American.15                                                       NYSEARCA–2017–89 on the subject
                                                  opening or closing auction, the                                                                                line.
                                                  Exchange would remain competitive              12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
                                                                                                             13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).                               16 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
                                                    10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).                                     14 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).                               17 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
                                                    11 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).                          15 See supra note 6.                                  18 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).




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                                                                                   Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices                                                    39471

                                                  Paper Comments                                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 utilize the Secondary Source of data
                                                                                                            COMMISSION                                              pursuant to Rule 4759. Rule 4759 lists
                                                    • Send paper comments in triplicate                                                                             the proprietary and network processor
                                                  to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                     [Release No. 34–81390; File No. SR–
                                                                                                            NASDAQ–2017–082]
                                                                                                                                                                    feeds that are utilized for the handling,
                                                  Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                                                                                     routing, and execution of orders, as well
                                                  Washington, DC 20549–1090.                                Self-Regulatory Organizations; The                      as for the regulatory compliance
                                                  All submissions should refer to File                      NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of                      processes related to those functions.
                                                                                                            Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of                   Rule 4759 also lists Secondary Sources
                                                  Number SR–NYSEARCA–2017–89. This
                                                                                                            Proposed Rule Change To Clarify                         of data that are utilized in emergency
                                                  file number should be included on the
                                                                                                            When Nasdaq Will Utilize the                            market conditions, and only until those
                                                  subject line if email is used. To help the                                                                        emergency conditions are resolved. The
                                                  Commission process and review your                        Secondary Source of Data
                                                                                                                                                                    Exchange proposes to amend this rule to
                                                  comments more efficiently, please use                     August 14, 2017.                                        describe how the Nasdaq trading system
                                                  only one method. The Commission will                         Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                  decides when to use the Primary or
                                                  post all comments on the Commission’s                     Securities Exchange Act of 1934                         Secondary Source of data. Specifically,
                                                  Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                    (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                 the Exchange proposes to amend Rule
                                                  rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                           notice is hereby given that on August 2,                4759 to clarify that the Primary Source
                                                  submission, all subsequent                                2017, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC                       of data is used unless it is delayed by
                                                  amendments, all written statements                        (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the             a configurable amount compared to the
                                                  with respect to the proposed rule                         Securities and Exchange Commission                      Secondary Source of data.3 The
                                                  change that are filed with the                            (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                      Exchange will revert to the Primary
                                                  Commission, and all written                               change as described in Items I and II                   Source of data once the delay has been
                                                  communications relating to the                            below, which Items have been prepared                   resolved. The configurable amount
                                                  proposed rule change between the                          by the Exchange. The Commission is                      described in this rule will be made
                                                  Commission and any person, other than                     publishing this notice to solicit                       available to members via Equity Trader
                                                                                                            comments on the proposed rule change                    Alert.
                                                  those that may be withheld from the
                                                                                                            from interested persons.                                  The Exchange believes that this
                                                  public in accordance with the
                                                                                                            I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       clarification is necessary in light of the
                                                  provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                                                                            Statement of the Terms of Substance of                  re-launch of NYSE MKT as NYSE
                                                  available for Web site viewing and                                                                                American, which is scheduled for July
                                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                       the Proposed Rule Change
                                                                                                                                                                    24, 2017.4 NYSE American rules
                                                  Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                            The Exchange proposes to further                     provide for an intentional 350
                                                  Washington, DC 20549 on official                          clarify when Nasdaq will utilize the                    microsecond access delay to certain
                                                  business days between the hours of                        Secondary Source of data pursuant to                    inbound and outbound order messages
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                    Rule 4759.                                              on that exchange, including all
                                                  filing also will be available for                            The text of the proposed rule change                 outbound communications to
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                   is available on the Exchange’s Web site                 proprietary market data feeds. NYSE
                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                      at http://nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com, at                  American will not apply a similar delay
                                                  received will be posted without change;                   the principal office of the Exchange, and               to outbound communications to the
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                     at the Commission’s Public Reference                    securities information processor (‘‘SIP’’).
                                                  identifying information from                              Room.                                                   Due to the intentional delay of
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                       II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                      proprietary market data to be
                                                  information that you wish to make                         Statement of the Purpose of, and                        disseminated by NYSE American, the
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                       Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                  Exchange believes that fail over to the
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–                           Change                                                  Secondary Source of Data may
                                                  NYSEARCA–2017–89 and should be                                                                                    sometimes be necessary even during
                                                                                                               In its filing with the Commission, the               otherwise normal operation to ensure
                                                  submitted on or before September 8,                       Exchange included statements                            that the fastest and most reliable data is
                                                  2017.                                                     concerning the purpose of and basis for                 used for the handling, routing, and
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of                  the proposed rule change and discussed                  execution of orders, and for regulatory
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                any comments it received on the                         compliance purposes.
                                                  authority.19                                              proposed rule change. The text of these                   Currently, the Nasdaq trading system
                                                  Eduardo A. Aleman,                                        statements may be examined at the                       utilizes proprietary market data as the
                                                                                                            places specified in Item IV below. The                  Primary Source for the following
                                                  Assistant Secretary.
                                                                                                            Exchange has prepared summaries, set                    markets that provide a reliable
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–17434 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]               forth in sections A, B, and C below, of                 proprietary data feed: NYSE MKT,
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                    the most significant aspects of such                    NASDAQ OMX BX, DirectEdge A,
                                                                                                            statements.                                             DirectEdge X, CHX, NYSE, NYSE Arca,
                                                                                                            A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                                                                                       3 As a conforming change, the Exchange proposes
                                                                                                            Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                                                                                                                                    to remove the current rule text that indicates that
                                                                                                            Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                  the Secondary Source of data is, where applicable,
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                                                                                                            Change                                                  utilized only in emergency market conditions and
                                                                                                                                                                    only until those emergency conditions are resolved.
                                                                                                            1. Purpose                                              The Exchange does not believe that this language
                                                                                                               The purpose of the proposed rule                     is needed as the amended rule would now indicate
                                                                                                                                                                    with more specificity when the Exchange fails over
                                                                                                            change is to clarify when Nasdaq will                   to the Secondary Source of data.
                                                                                                                                                                       4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No 80700
                                                                                                              1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                              (May 16, 2017), 82 FR 23381 (May 22, 2017) (SR–
                                                    19 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                              2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                                 NYSEMKT–2017–05) (Approval Order).



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FR Citation82 FR 39469 

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