83_FR_12487 83 FR 12432 - Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of the Seventeenth Amendment to the National Market System Plan To Address Extraordinary Market Volatility by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc.

83 FR 12432 - Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of the Seventeenth Amendment to the National Market System Plan To Address Extraordinary Market Volatility by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Page Range12432-12447
FR Document2018-05661

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12432-12447]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82888; File No. 4-631]


Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of the Seventeenth 
Amendment to the National Market System Plan To Address Extraordinary 
Market Volatility by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., 
Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock 
Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 
Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq 
Stock Market LLC, NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, 
NYSE American LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc.

March 15, 2018.

I. Introduction

    On February 26, 2018, NYSE Group, Inc., on behalf of the following 
parties to the National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary 
Market Volatility (``the Plan''): \1\ Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BYX 
Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the Financial Industry Regulatory 
Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., 
NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''), New York 
Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE''), NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE National Inc., and 
NYSE American LLC (collectively, the ``Participants'') filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') pursuant to Section 
11A(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') \2\ 
and Rule 608 thereunder,\3\ a proposal to amend the Plan (``Seventeenth 
Amendment'').\4\ The proposal reflects changes unanimously approved by 
the Participants. The Seventeenth Amendment proposes to extend the 
pilot period of the Plan for one year, as discussed below. A copy of 
the Plan, as proposed to be amended is attached as Exhibit A hereto. 
The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments from 
interested persons on the Seventeenth Amendment.\5\
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    \1\ On May 31, 2012, the Commission approved the Plan, as 
modified by Amendment No. 1. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
67091, 77 FR 33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4- 631) (``Approval 
Order''). On February 20, 2013, the Commission noticed for immediate 
effectiveness the Second Amendment to the Plan. See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 68953, 78 FR 13113 (February 26, 2013). On 
April 3, 2013, the Commission approved the Third Amendment to the 
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69287, 78 FR 21483 
(April 10, 2013). On August 27, 2013, the Commission noticed for 
immediate effectiveness the Fourth Amendment to the Plan. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70273, 78 FR 54321 (September 3, 
2013). On September 26, 2013, the Commission approved the Fifth 
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
70530, 78 FR 60937 (October 2, 2013). On January 7, 2014, the 
Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness the Sixth Amendment 
to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71247, 79 FR 
2204 (January 13, 2014). On April 3, 2014, the Commission approved 
the Seventh Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 71851, 79 FR 19687 (April 9, 2014). On February 19, 
2015, the Commission approved the Eight Amendment to the Plan. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74323, 80 FR 10169 (February 25, 
2015). On October 22, 2015, the Commission approved the Ninth 
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
76244, 80 FR 66099 (October 28, 2015). On April 21, 2016, the 
Commission approved the Tenth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 77679, 81 FR 24908 (April 27, 2016). On 
August 26, 2016, the Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness 
the Eleventh Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 78703, 81 FR 60397 (September 1, 2016). On January 19, 
2017, the Commission approved the Twelfth Amendment to the Plan. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79845, 82 FR 8551 (January 26, 
2017). On April 13, 2017, the Commission approved the Thirteenth 
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
80455, 82 FR 18519 (April 19, 2017). On April 28, 2017, the 
Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness the Fourteenth 
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
80549, 82 FR 20928 (May 4, 2017). On September 26, 2017, the 
Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness the Fifteenth 
Amendment to Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81720, 82 
FR 45922 (October 2, 2017) (``Fifteenth Amendment''). On February 
14, 2018, the Commission received the Sixteenth Amendment to the 
Plan, which was effective on filing but notice of which has not yet 
been published.
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(3).
    \3\ 17 CFR 242.608.
    \4\ See Letter from Elizabeth King, General Counsel and 
Corporate Secretary, NYSE, to Brent Fields, Secretary, Commission, 
dated February 23, 2018. (``Transmittal Letter'').
    \5\ 17 CFR 242.608.
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II. Description of the Plan

    Set forth in this Section II is the statement of the purpose and 
summary of the Seventeenth Amendment, along with the information 
required by Rule 608(a)(4) and (5) under the Exchange Act,\6\ prepared 
and submitted by the Participants to the Commission.\7\
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    \6\ See 17 CFR 242.608(a)(4) and (a)(5).
    \7\ See Transmittal Letter, supra note 4.
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A. Statement of Purpose and Summary of the Plan Amendment

    The Participants filed the Plan on April 5, 2011, to create a 
market-wide limit up-limit down mechanism intended to address 
extraordinary market volatility in NMS Stocks, as defined in Rule 
600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. The Plan sets 
forth procedures that provide for market-wide limit up-limit down 
requirements that would prevent trades in individual NMS Stocks from 
occurring outside of the specified price bands. These limit up-limit 
down requirements are coupled with Trading Pauses,\8\ as defined in 
Section I(Y) of the Plan, to accommodate more fundamental price moves. 
In particular, the Participants adopted this Plan to address the type 
of sudden price movements that the market experienced on the afternoon 
of May 6, 2010.
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    \8\ Unless otherwise specified, the terms used herein have the 
same meaning as set forth in the Plan.
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    As set forth in more detail in the Plan, all trading centers in NMS 
Stocks, including both those operated by Participants and those 
operated by members of Participants, shall establish, maintain, and 
enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to 
comply with the limit up-limit down requirements specified in the Plan. 
More specifically, the single plan processor responsible for 
consolidation of information for an NMS Stock pursuant to Rule 603(b) 
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act will be responsible for 
calculating and disseminating a lower price band and upper price band, 
as provided for in Section V of the Plan. Section VI of the Plan sets 
forth the limit up-limit down requirements of the Plan, and in 
particular, that all trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both 
those operated by Participants and those operated by members of 
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and enforce written policies 
and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent trades at prices 
that are below the lower price band or above the upper price band for 
an NMS Stock, consistent with the Plan.
    The Plan was initially approved for a one-year pilot period, which 
began on April 8, 2013.\9\ Accordingly, the pilot period was scheduled 
to end on April 8, 2014. As initially contemplated, the Plan would have 
been fully implemented across all NMS Stocks within six months of 
initial Plan operations, which meant there would have been full 
implementation of the Plan for six months before the end of the pilot 
period. However, pursuant to the fourth amendment to the Plan,\10\ the 
Participants modified the implementation schedule of Phase II of the 
Plan to extend the time period as to when the Plan would fully apply to 
all NMS Stocks. Accordingly, the Plan was not implemented across all 
NMS Stocks until December 8, 2013. Pursuant to the sixth amendment to 
the Plan,\11\ which further modified the implementation schedule of 
Phase II of the Plan, the date

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for full implementation of the Plan was moved to February 24, 2014. 
Pursuant to the seventh, ninth, tenth, and thirteenth amendments to the 
Plan,\12\ the pilot period was extended from April 8, 2014 to February 
20, 2015, from February 20, 2015 to April 22, 2016, from April 22, 2016 
to April 17, 2017, and from April 17, 2017 to April 16, 2018.
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    \9\ See Section VIII of the Plan.
    \10\ See supra note 1.
    \11\ See supra note 1.
    \12\ See supra note 1.
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    The Participants propose to amend Section VIII(C) of the Plan to 
extend the pilot period through April 15, 2019, to allow the 
Participants time to assess the changes to the Plan as described in the 
twelfth and thirteenth amendments to the Plan,\13\ which were 
implemented on November 20, 2017. In the twelfth amendment, the 
Participants amended the Plan to provide that a Trading Pause will 
continue until the Primary Listing Exchange has reopened trading using 
its established reopening procedures and reports a Reopening Price. The 
Plan was further amended to eliminate the current allowance for a 
trading center to resume trading in an NMS Stock following a Trading 
Pause if the Primary Listing Exchange has not reported a Reopening 
Price within ten minutes after the declaration of a Trading Pause and 
has not declared a Regulatory Halt. In addition, to preclude potential 
scenarios when trading may resume without Price Bands, the Plan was 
amended to provide that a trading center may not resume trading in an 
NMS Stock following a Trading Pause without Price Bands in such NMS 
Stock. To address potential scenarios in which there is no Reopening 
Price from the Primary Listing Exchange to use to calculate Price 
Bands, the Plan was amended to address when trading may resume if the 
Primary Listing Exchange is unable to reopen due to a systems or 
technology issue and how the Reference Price would be determined in 
such a scenario or if the Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading on a 
zero bid or zero offer, or both. The thirteenth amendment to the Plan 
further provided authority for the Processors to publish the following 
information provided by a primary listing exchange in connection with 
the reopening of trading following a Trading Pause: auction reference 
price; auction collars; and number of extensions to the reopening 
auction.
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    \13\ See supra note 1.
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    In conjunction with amending the Plan, the Primary Listing 
Exchanges amended their rules for automated reopenings following a 
Trading Pause consistent with a standardized approach agreed to by 
Participants that would allow for extensions of a Trading Pause if 
equilibrium cannot be met for a Reopening Price within specified 
parameters.\14\ The Primary Listing Exchanges implemented the changes 
to their automated reopenings on November 20, 2017.
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    \14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 79846 (January 19, 
2017), 82 FR 8548 (January 26, 2017) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-130) 
(Approval Order); 79884 (January 26, 2017), 82 FR 8968 (February 1, 
2017) (SR-BatsBZX-2016-61) (Approval Order); 79876 (January 25, 
2017), 82 FR 8888 (January 31, 2017) (SR-Nasdaq-2016-131) (Approval 
Order).
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    Because both the twelfth and thirteenth amendments to the Plan and 
the Primary Listing Exchange's amended reopening procedures were 
implemented on November 20, 2017, the Participants propose to extend 
the current Pilot an additional year to April 15, 2019. The 
Participants believe that this additional time will be beneficial in 
that it allows ``the public, the Participants, and the Commission to 
assess the operation of the Plan and whether the Plan should be 
modified prior to approval on a permanent basis.'' \15\ In particular, 
this additional time will allow the public, the Participants, and the 
Commission time to assess the operation of the twelfth and thirteenth 
amendments to the Plan.
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    \15\ See Approval Order, supra note 1, 77 FR 33498 at 33508.
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    The Participants further believe that extending the Pilot another 
year would provide additional time for the Participants, the 
Commission, and the public to consider other potential modifications to 
the Plan that are currently under consideration. These include 
consideration of changes to how NMS Stocks are tiered under the Plan, 
and the applicable percentage parameters associated with such tiers, 
consideration of the elimination of double-wide Price Bands at the open 
and close of trading, and consideration of recommendations made by the 
Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee with respect to Plan 
operations.\16\ The Participants believe that the Plan should continue 
to operate as a Pilot uninterrupted to provide time to consider whether 
to make any such further modifications to the Plan.
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    \16\ See U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Equity Market 
Structure Advisory Committee, Recommendations for Rulemaking on 
Issues of Market Quality, dated November 29, 2016, available here: 
https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/emsac/emsac-recommendations-rulemaking-market-quality.pdf.
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B. Governing or Constituent Documents

    The governing documents of the Processor, as defined in Section 
I(P) of the Plan, will not be affected by the Plan, but once the Plan 
is implemented, the Processor's obligations will change, as set forth 
in detail in the Plan.

C. Implementation of Plan

    The initial date of the Plan operations was April 8, 2013.

D. Development and Implementation Phases

    The Plan was initially implemented as a one-year pilot program in 
two Phases, consistent with Section VIII of the Plan: Phase I of Plan 
implementation began on April 8, 2013 and was completed on May 3, 2013. 
Implementation of Phase II of the Plan began on August 5, 2013 and was 
completed on February 24, 2014. The tenth amendment to the Plan was 
implemented on July 18, 2016 and the twelfth and thirteenth amendments 
to the Plan were implemented on November 20, 2017.\17\ Pursuant to this 
proposed amendment, the Participants propose to extend the pilot period 
until April 15, 2019.
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    \17\ See Fifteenth Amendment, supra note 1.
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E. Analysis of Impact on Competition

    The proposed Plan does not impose any burden on competition that is 
not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the 
Exchange Act. The Participants do not believe that the proposed Plan 
introduces terms that are unreasonably discriminatory for the purposes 
of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the Exchange Act.

F. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of, 
or Participation in, Plan

    The Participants have no written understandings or agreements 
relating to interpretation of the Plan. Section II(C) of the Plan sets 
forth how any entity registered as a national securities exchange or 
national securities association may become a Participant.

G. Approval of Amendment of the Plan

    Each of the Plan's Participants has executed a written amended 
Plan.

H. Terms and Conditions of Access

    Section II(C) of the Plan provides that any entity registered as a 
national securities exchange or national securities association under 
the Exchange Act may become a Participant by: (1) Becoming a 
participant in the applicable Market Data Plans, as defined in Section 
I(F) of the Plan; (2) executing a copy of the Plan, as then in effect; 
(3) providing each then-current Participant with a copy of such 
executed Plan; and (4) effecting an amendment to the Plan as specified 
in Section III(B) of the Plan.

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I. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and 
Charges

    Not applicable.

J. Method and Frequency of Processor Evaluation

    Not applicable.

K. Dispute Resolution

    Section III(C) of the Plan provides that each Participant shall 
designate an individual to represent the Participant as a member of an 
Operating Committee. No later than the initial date of the Plan, the 
Operating Committee shall designate one member of the Operating 
Committee to act as the Chair of the Operating Committee. Any 
recommendation for an amendment to the Plan from the Operating 
Committee that receives an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of 
the Participants, but is less than unanimous, shall be submitted to the 
Commission as a request for an amendment to the Plan initiated by the 
Commission under Rule 608.
    On February 22, 2018, the Operating Committee, duly constituted and 
chaired by Mr. Robert Books of Cboe, voted unanimously to amend the 
Plan as set forth herein in accordance with Section III(C) of the Plan. 
The Plan Advisory Committee was notified in connection with the 
Seventeenth Amendment and was in favor.

III. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number 4-631 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number 4-631.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 website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to the proposed plan amendment that are filed 
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the 
amendment 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 website viewing and printing in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection 
and copying at the Participants' offices. All comments received will be 
posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned that 
we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment 
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number 4-631 
and should be submitted on or before April 11, 2018.

    By the Commission.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.

Exhibit A

    Proposed new language is italicized; proposed deletions are in 
[brackets].

Plan To Address Extraordinary Market Volatility Submitted to the 
Securities and Exchange Commission Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation 
NMS Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Table of Contents

 
                             Section                               Page
 
Preamble........................................................       1
I. Definitions..................................................       2
II. Parties.....................................................       4
III. Amendments to Plan.........................................       7
IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures......................       8
V. Price Bands..................................................       8
VI. Limit Up-Limit Down Requirements............................      11
VII. Trading Pauses.............................................      13
VIII. Implementation............................................      15
IX. Withdrawal from Plan........................................      15
X. Counterparts and Signatures..................................      15
Appendix A--Percentage Parameters...............................      17
Appendix A--Schedule 1..........................................      19
Appendix B--Data................................................      35
 

Preamble

    The Participants submit to the SEC this Plan establishing 
procedures to address extraordinary volatility in NMS Stocks. The 
procedures provide for market-wide limit up-limit down requirements 
that prevent trades in individual NMS Stocks from occurring outside 
of the specified Price Bands. These limit up-limit down requirements 
are coupled with Trading Pauses to accommodate more fundamental 
price moves. The Plan procedures are designed, among other things, 
to protect investors and promote fair and orderly markets. The 
Participants developed this Plan pursuant to Rule 608(a)(3) of 
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, which authorizes the 
Participants to act jointly in preparing, filing, and implementing 
national market system plans.

I. Definitions

    (A) ``Eligible Reported Transactions'' shall have the meaning 
prescribed by the Operating Committee and shall generally mean 
transactions that are eligible to update the last sale price of an 
NMS Stock.
    (B) ``Exchange Act'' means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    (C) ``Limit State'' shall have the meaning provided in Section 
VI of the Plan.
    (D) ``Limit State Quotation'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section VI of the Plan.
    (E) ``Lower Price Band'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section V of the Plan.
    (F) ``Market Data Plans'' shall mean the effective national 
market system plans through which the Participants act jointly to 
disseminate consolidated information in compliance with Rule 603(b) 
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
    (G) ``National Best Bid'' and ``National Best Offer'' shall have 
the meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(42) of Regulation NMS under the 
Exchange Act.
    (H) ``NMS Stock'' shall have the meaning provided in Rule 
600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
    (I) ``Opening Price'' shall mean the price of a transaction that 
opens trading on the Primary Listing Exchange. If the Primary 
Listing Exchange opens with quotations, the ``Opening Price'' shall 
mean the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing 
Exchange on the previous trading day, or if no such closing price 
exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing Exchange.
    (J) ``Operating Committee'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section III(C) of the Plan.
    (K) ``Participant'' means a party to the Plan.
    (L) ``Plan'' means the plan set forth in this instrument, as 
amended from time to time in accordance with its provisions.
    (M) ``Percentage Parameter'' shall mean the percentages for each 
tier of NMS Stocks set forth in Appendix A of the Plan.
    (N) ``Price Bands'' shall have the meaning provided in Section V 
of the Plan.
    (O) ``Primary Listing Exchange'' shall mean the Participant on 
which an NMS Stock is listed. If an NMS Stock is listed on more than 
one Participant, the Participant on which the NMS Stock has been 
listed the longest shall be the Primary Listing Exchange.
    (P) ``Processor'' shall mean the single plan processor 
responsible for the consolidation of information for an NMS Stock 
pursuant to Rule 603(b) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
    (Q) ``Pro-Forma Reference Price'' shall have the meaning 
provided in Section V(A)(2) of the Plan.
    (R) ``Reference Price'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section V of the Plan.

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    (S) ``Regular Trading Hours'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. For 
purposes of the Plan, Regular Trading Hours can end earlier than 
4:00 p.m. ET in the case of an early scheduled close.
    (T) ``Regulatory Halt'' shall have the meaning specified in the 
Market Data Plans.
    (U) ``Reopening Price'' shall mean the price of a transaction 
that reopens trading on the Primary Listing Exchange following a 
Trading Pause or a Regulatory Halt, or, if the Primary Listing 
Exchange reopens with quotations, the midpoint of those quotations.
    (V) ``SEC'' shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission.
    (W) ``Straddle State'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section VII(A)(2) of the Plan.
    (X) ``Trading center'' shall have the meaning provided in Rule 
600(b)(78) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
    (Y) ``Trading Pause'' shall have the meaning provided in Section 
VII of the Plan.
    (Z) ``Upper Price Band'' shall have the meaning provided in 
Section V of the Plan.

II. Parties

(A) List of Parties

    The parties to the Plan are as follows:
(1) Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605
(2) Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605
(3) Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605
(4) Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605
(5) Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605
(6) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 1735 K Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20006
(7) Investors Exchange LLC, 4 World Trade Center, 44th Floor, New 
York, New York 10007
(8) NASDAQ BX, Inc., One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006
(9) NASDAQ PHLX LLC, 1900 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19103
(10) The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 1 Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, New 
York, NY 10006
(11) NYSE National, Inc., 11 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
(12) New York Stock Exchange LLC, 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 
10005
(13) NYSE American LLC, 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005
(14) NYSE Arca, Inc., 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005

(B) Compliance Undertaking

    By subscribing to and submitting the Plan for approval by the 
SEC, each Participant agrees to comply with and to enforce 
compliance, as required by Rule 608(c) of Regulation NMS under the 
Exchange Act, by its members with the provisions of the Plan. To 
this end, each Participant shall adopt a rule requiring compliance 
by its members with the provisions of the Plan, and each Participant 
shall take such actions as are necessary and appropriate as a 
participant of the Market Data Plans to cause and enable the 
Processor for each NMS Stock to fulfill the functions set forth in 
this Plan.

(C) New Participants

    The Participants agree that any entity registered as a national 
securities exchange or national securities association under the 
Exchange Act may become a Participant by: (1) Becoming a participant 
in the applicable Market Data Plans; (2) executing a copy of the 
Plan, as then in effect; (3) providing each then-current Participant 
with a copy of such executed Plan; and (4) effecting an amendment to 
the Plan as specified in Section III(B) of the Plan.

(D) Advisory Committee

    (1) Formation. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Plan, an 
Advisory Committee to the Plan shall be formed and shall function in 
accordance with the provisions set forth in this section.
    (2) Composition. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be 
selected for two-year terms as follows:
    (A) Advisory Committee Selections. By affirmative vote of a 
majority of the Participants, the Participants shall select at least 
one representatives from each of the following categories to be 
members of the Advisory Committee: (1) A broker-dealer with a 
substantial retail investor customer base; (2) a broker-dealer with 
a substantial institutional investor customer base; (3) an 
alternative trading system; (4) a broker-dealer that primarily 
engages in trading for its own account; and (5) an investor.
    (3) Function. Members of the Advisory Committee shall have the 
right to submit their views to the Operating Committee on Plan 
matters, prior to a decision by the Operating Committee on such 
matters. Such matters shall include, but not be limited to, proposed 
material amendments to the Plan.
    (4) Meetings and Information. Members of the Advisory Committee 
shall have the right to attend meetings of the Operating Committee 
and to receive any information concerning Plan matters; provided, 
however, that the Operating Committee may meet in executive session 
if, by affirmative vote of a majority of the Participants, the 
Operating Committee determines that an item of Plan business 
requires confidential treatment.

III. Amendments to Plan

(A) General Amendments

    Except with respect to the addition of new Participants to the 
Plan, any proposed change in, addition to, or deletion from the Plan 
shall be effected by means of a written amendment to the Plan that: 
(1) Sets forth the change, addition, or deletion; (2) is executed on 
behalf of each Participant; and, (3) is approved by the SEC pursuant 
to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, or otherwise 
becomes effective under Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the 
Exchange Act.

(B) New Participants

    With respect to new Participants, an amendment to the Plan may 
be effected by the new national securities exchange or national 
securities association executing a copy of the Plan, as then in 
effect (with the only changes being the addition of the new 
Participant's name in Section II(A) of the Plan) and submitting such 
executed Plan to the SEC for approval. The amendment shall be 
effective when it is approved by the SEC in accordance with Rule 608 
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act or otherwise becomes 
effective pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange 
Act.

(C) Operating Committee

    (1) Each Participant shall select from its staff one individual 
to represent the Participant as a member of an Operating Committee, 
together with a substitute for such individual. The substitute may 
participate in deliberations of the Operating Committee and shall be 
considered a voting member thereof only in the absence of the 
primary representative. Each Participant shall have one vote on all 
matters considered by the Operating Committee. No later than the 
initial date of Plan operations, the Operating Committee shall 
designate one member of the Operating Committee to act as the Chair 
of the Operating Committee.
    (2) The Operating Committee shall monitor the procedures 
established pursuant to this Plan and advise the Participants with 
respect to any deficiencies, problems, or recommendations as the 
Operating Committee may deem appropriate. The Operating Committee 
shall establish specifications and procedures for the implementation 
and operation of the Plan that are consistent with the provisions of 
this Plan and the Appendixes thereto. With respect to matters in 
this paragraph, Operating Committee decisions shall be approved by a 
simple majority vote.
    (3) Any recommendation for an amendment to the Plan from the 
Operating Committee that receives an affirmative vote of at least 
two-thirds of the Participants, but is less than unanimous, shall be 
submitted to the SEC as a request for an amendment to the Plan 
initiated by the Commission under Rule 608 of Regulation NMS.

IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures

    All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those operated 
by Participants and those operated by members of Participants, shall 
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures 
that are reasonably designed to comply with the limit up-limit down 
requirements specified in Sections VI of the Plan, and to comply 
with the Trading Pauses specified in Section VII of the Plan.

V. Price Bands

(A) Calculation and Dissemination of Price Bands

    (1) The Processor for each NMS stock shall calculate and 
disseminate to the public a Lower Price Band and an Upper Price Band 
during Regular Trading Hours for such NMS Stock. The Price Bands 
shall be based on a Reference Price for each NMS Stock that equals 
the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions for the 
NMS stock over the immediately preceding five-minute period (except 
for periods following openings and reopenings, which are addressed 
below). If no Eligible Reported Transactions for the

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NMS Stock have occurred over the immediately preceding five-minute 
period, the previous Reference Price shall remain in effect. The 
Price Bands for an NMS Stock shall be calculated by applying the 
Percentage Parameter for such NMS Stock to the Reference Price, with 
the Lower Price Band being a Percentage Parameter below the 
Reference Price, and the Upper Price Band being a Percentage 
Parameter above the Reference Price. The Price Bands shall be 
calculated during Regular Trading Hours. Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 
a.m. ET, and 3:35 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, or in the case of an early 
scheduled close, during the last 25 minutes of trading before the 
early scheduled close, the Price Bands shall be calculated by 
applying double the Percentage Parameters set forth in Appendix A. 
If the Processor has not yet disseminated Price Bands, but a 
Reference Price is available, a trading center may calculate and 
apply Price Bands based on the same Reference Price that the 
Processor would use for calculating such Price Bands until such 
trading center receives Price Bands from the Processor. If, under 
Section VII(B)(2), the Primary Listing Exchange notifies the 
Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS Stock due to a systems 
or technology issue and it has not declared a Regulatory Halt, the 
Processor will calculate and disseminate Price Bands by applying 
triple the Percentage Parameters set forth in Appendix A for the 
first 30 seconds such Price Bands are disseminated.
    (2) The Processor shall calculate a Pro-Forma Reference Price on 
a continuous basis during Regular Trading Hours, as specified in 
Section V(A)(1) of the Plan. If a Pro-Forma Reference Price has not 
moved by 1% or more from the Reference Price currently in effect, no 
new Price Bands shall be disseminated, and the current Reference 
Price shall remain the effective Reference Price. When the Pro-Forma 
Reference Price has moved by 1% or more from the Reference Price 
currently in effect, the Pro-Forma Reference Price shall become the 
Reference Price, and the Processor shall disseminate new Price Bands 
based on the new Reference Price; provided, however, that each new 
Reference Price shall remain in effect for at least 30 seconds.

(B) Openings

    (1) Except when a Regulatory Halt is in effect at the start of 
Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference Price for a trading day 
shall be the Opening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange in an NMS 
Stock if such Opening Price occurs less than five minutes after the 
start of Regular Trading Hours. During the period less than five 
minutes after the Opening Price, a Pro-Forma Reference Price shall 
be updated on a continuous basis to be the arithmetic mean price of 
Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS Stock during the period 
following the Opening Price (including the Opening Price), and if it 
differs from the current Reference Price by 1% or more shall become 
the new Reference Price, except that a new Reference Price shall 
remain in effect for at least 30 seconds. Subsequent Reference 
Prices shall be calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.
    (2) If the Opening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange in an 
NMS Stock does not occur within five minutes after the start of 
Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference Price for a trading day 
shall be the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions 
for the NMS Stock over the preceding five minute time period, and 
subsequent Reference Prices shall be calculated as specified in 
Section V(A) of the Plan.

(C) Reopenings

    (1) Following a Trading Pause in an NMS Stock, and if the 
Primary Listing Exchange has not declared a Regulatory Halt, if the 
Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading with a transaction or 
quotation that does not include a zero bid or zero offer, the next 
Reference Price shall be the Reopening Price on the Primary Listing 
Exchange. Subsequent Reference Prices shall be determined in the 
manner prescribed for normal openings, as specified in Section 
V(B)(1) of the Plan. If the Primary Listing Exchange notifies the 
Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS Stock due to a systems 
or technology issue, or if the Primary Listing Exchange reopens 
trading with a quotation that has a zero bid or zero offer, or both, 
the next Reference Price shall be the last effective Price Band that 
was in a Limit State before the Trading Pause. Subsequent Reference 
Prices shall be calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.
    (2) Following a Regulatory Halt, the next Reference Price shall 
be the Opening or Reopening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange if 
such Opening or Reopening Price occurs within five minutes after the 
end of the Regulatory Halt, and subsequent Reference Prices shall be 
determined in the manner prescribed for normal openings, as 
specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If such Opening or 
Reopening Price has not occurred within five minutes after the end 
of the Regulatory Halt, the Reference Price shall be equal to the 
arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS 
Stock over the preceding five minute time period, and subsequent 
Reference Prices shall be calculated as specified in Section V(A) of 
the Plan.

VI. Limit Up-Limit Down Requirements

(A) Limitations on Trades and Quotations Outside of Price Bands

    (1) All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those 
operated by Participants and those operated by members of 
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and enforce written 
policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent 
trades at prices that are below the Lower Price Band or above the 
Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock. Single-priced opening, reopening, 
and closing transactions on the Primary Listing Exchange, however, 
shall be excluded from this limitation. In addition, any transaction 
that both (i) does not update the last sale price (except if solely 
because the transaction was reported late or because the transaction 
was an odd-lot sized transaction), and (ii) is excepted or exempt 
from Rule 611 under Regulation NMS shall be excluded from this 
limitation.
    (2) When a National Best Bid is below the Lower Price Band or a 
National Best Offer is above the Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock, 
the Processor shall disseminate such National Best Bid or National 
Best Offer with an appropriate flag identifying it as non-
executable. When a National Best Offer is equal to the Lower Price 
Band or a National Best Bid is equal to the Upper Price Band for an 
NMS Stock, the Processor shall distribute such National Best Bid or 
National Best Offer with an appropriate flag identifying it as a 
``Limit State Quotation''.
    (3) All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those 
operated by Participants and those operated by members of 
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and enforce written 
policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the 
display of offers below the Lower Price Band and bids above the 
Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock. The Processor shall disseminate 
an offer below the Lower Price Band or bid above the Upper Price 
Band that may be submitted despite such reasonable policies and 
procedures, but with an appropriate flag identifying it as non-
executable; provided, however, that any such bid or offer shall not 
be included in National Best Bid or National Best Offer 
calculations.

(B) Entering and Exiting a Limit State

    (1) All trading for an NMS Stock shall immediately enter a Limit 
State if the National Best Offer equals the Lower Price Band and 
does not cross the National Best Bid, or the National Best Bid 
equals the Upper Price Band and does not cross the National Best 
Offer.
    (2) When trading for an NMS Stock enters a Limit State, the 
Processor shall disseminate this information by identifying the 
relevant quotation (i.e., a National Best Offer that equals the 
Lower Price Band or a National Best Bid that equals the Upper Price 
Band) as a Limit State Quotation. At this point, the Processor shall 
cease calculating and disseminating updated Reference Prices and 
Price Bands for the NMS Stock until either trading exits the Limit 
State or trading resumes with an opening or re-opening as provided 
in Section V.
    (3) Trading for an NMS Stock shall exit a Limit State if, within 
15 seconds of entering the Limit State, the entire size of all Limit 
State Quotations are executed or cancelled.
    (4) If trading for an NMS Stock exits a Limit State within 15 
seconds of entry, the Processor shall immediately calculate and 
disseminate updated Price Bands based on a Reference Price that 
equals the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions 
for the NMS Stock over the immediately preceding five-minute period 
(including the period of the Limit State).
    (5) If trading for an NMS Stock does not exit a Limit State 
within 15 seconds of entry, the Limit State will terminate when the 
Primary Listing Exchange declares a Trading Pause pursuant to 
Section VII of the Plan or at the end of Regular Trading Hours.

VII. Trading Pauses

(A) Declaration of Trading Pauses

    (1) If trading for an NMS Stock does not exit a Limit State 
within 15 seconds of entry during Regular Trading Hours, then the 
Primary Listing Exchange shall declare a

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Trading Pause for such NMS Stock and shall notify the Processor.
    (2) The Primary Listing Exchange may also declare a Trading 
Pause for an NMS Stock when an NMS Stock is in a Straddle State, 
which is when National Best Bid (Offer) is below (above) the Lower 
(Upper) Price Band and the NMS Stock is not in a Limit State, and 
trading in that NMS Stock deviates from normal trading 
characteristics such that declaring a Trading Pause would support 
the Plan's goal to address extraordinary market volatility. The 
Primary Listing Exchange shall develop policies and procedures for 
determining when it would declare a Trading Pause in such 
circumstances. If a Trading Pause is declared for an NMS Stock under 
this provision, the Primary Listing Exchange shall notify the 
Processor.
    (3) The Processor shall disseminate Trading Pause information to 
the public. No trades in an NMS Stock shall occur during a Trading 
Pause, but all bids and offers may be displayed.

(B) Reopening of Trading During Regular Trading Hours

    (1) Five minutes after declaring a Trading Pause for an NMS 
Stock, and if the Primary Listing Exchange has not declared a 
Regulatory Halt, the Primary Listing Exchange shall attempt to 
reopen trading using its established reopening procedures. The 
Processor will publish the following information that the Primary 
Listing Exchange provides to the Processor in connection with such 
reopening: Auction reference price; auction collars; and number of 
extensions to the reopening auction. The Trading Pause shall end 
when the Primary Listing Exchange reports a Reopening Price.
    (2) The Primary Listing Exchange shall notify the Processor if 
it is unable to reopen trading in an NMS Stock due to a systems or 
technology issue and if it has not declared a Regulatory Halt. The 
Processor shall disseminate this information to the public.
    (3) Trading centers may not resume trading in an NMS Stock 
following a Trading Pause without Price Bands in such NMS Stock.
    (4) The Processor shall update the Price Bands as set forth in 
Section V(C)(1)-(2) of the Plan after receiving notification from 
the Primary Listing Exchange of a Reopening Price following a 
Trading Pause (or a resume message in the case of a reopening quote 
that has a zero bid or zero offer, or both) or that it is unable to 
reopen trading following a Trading Pause due to a systems or 
technology issue, provided that if the Primary Listing Exchange is 
unable to reopen due to a systems or technology issue, the update to 
the Price Bands will be no earlier than ten minutes after the 
beginning of the Trading Pause.

(C) Trading Pauses Within Ten Minutes of the End of Regular Trading 
Hours

    (1) If an NMS Stock is in a Trading Pause during the last ten 
minutes of trading before the end of Regular Trading Hours, the 
Primary Listing Exchange shall not reopen trading and shall attempt 
to execute a closing transaction using its established closing 
procedures. All trading centers may begin trading the NMS Stock when 
the Primary Listing Exchange executes a closing transaction.
    (2) If the Primary Listing Exchange does not execute a closing 
transaction within five minutes after the end of Regular Trading 
Hours, all trading centers may begin trading the NMS Stock.

VIII. Implementation

    The initial date of Plan operations shall be April 8, 2013.
    The Plan shall be implemented on a pilot basis set to end on 
[April 16, 2018]April 15, 2019.

IX. Withdrawal From Plan

    If a Participant obtains SEC approval to withdraw from the Plan, 
such Participant may withdraw from the Plan at any time on not less 
than 30 days' prior written notice to each of the other 
Participants. At such time, the withdrawing Participant shall have 
no further rights or obligations under the Plan.

X. Counterparts and Signatures

    The Plan may be executed in any number of counterparts, no one 
of which need contain all signatures of all Participants, and as 
many of such counterparts as shall together contain all such 
signatures shall constitute one and the same instrument.
    In Witness Thereof, this Plan has been executed as of the ___day 
of February 2018 by each of the parties hereto.

Cboe BZX EXCHANGE, INC.

Cboe BYX EXCHANGE, INC.

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Cboe EDGA EXCHANGE, INC.

Cboe EDGX EXCHANGE, INC.

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CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY, INC.

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INVESTORS EXCHANGE LLC

NASDAQ BX, Inc.

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NASDAQ PHLX LLC

THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC

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NYSE NATIONAL, INC.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC

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NYSE American LLC

NYSE ARCA, INC.

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Appendix A--Percentage Parameters

I. Tier 1 NMS Stocks

    (1) Tier 1 NMS Stocks shall include all NMS Stocks included in 
the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index, and the exchange-traded 
products (``ETP'') identified as Schedule 1 to this Appendix. 
Schedule 1 to the Appendix will be reviewed and updated semi-
annually based on the fiscal year by the Primary Listing Exchange to 
add ETPs that meet the criteria, or delete ETPs that are no longer 
eligible. To determine eligibility for an ETP to be included as a 
Tier 1 NMS Stock, all ETPs across multiple asset classes and 
issuers, including domestic equity, international equity, fixed 
income, currency, and commodities and futures will be identified. 
Leveraged ETPs will be excluded and the list will be sorted by 
notional consolidated average daily volume (``CADV''). The period 
used to measure CADV will be from the first day of the previous 
fiscal half year up until one week before the beginning of the next 
fiscal half year. Daily volumes will be multiplied by closing prices 
and then averaged over the period. ETPs, including inverse ETPs, 
that trade over $2,000,000 CADV will be eligible to be included as a 
Tier 1 NMS Stock. The semi-annual updates to Schedule 1 do not 
require an amendment to the Plan. The Primary Listing Exchanges will 
maintain the updated Schedule 1 on their respective websites.
    (2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price more than $3.00 shall be 5%.
    (3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price equal to $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall 
be 20%.
    (4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price less than $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or 
(b) 75%.
    (5) The Reference Price used for determining which Percentage 
Parameter shall be applicable during a trading day shall be based on 
the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange 
on the previous trading day, or if no closing price exists, the last 
sale on the Primary Listing Exchange reported by the Processor.

II. Tier 2 NMS Stocks

    (1) Tier 2 NMS Stocks shall include all NMS Stocks other than 
those in Tier 1, provided, however, that all rights and warrants are 
excluded from the Plan.
    (2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price more than $3.00 shall be 10%.
    (3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price equal to $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall 
be 20%.
    (4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a 
Reference Price less than $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or 
(b) 75%.
    (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Percentage Parameters for 
a Tier 2 NMS Stock that is a leveraged ETP shall be the applicable 
Percentage Parameter set forth in clauses (2), (3), or (4) above, 
multiplied by the leverage ratio of such product.
    (6) The Reference Price used for determining which Percentage 
Parameter shall be applicable during a trading day shall be based on 
the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange 
on the previous trading day, or if no closing price

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exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing Exchange reported by 
the Processor.

                         Appendix A--Schedule 1
                         [As of January 2, 2018]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Ticker                 ETP name               Exchange
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPY......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            500[supreg] ETF.
QQQ......................  Powershares QQQ      NASDAQ.
                            Trust Series 1.
IWM......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            2000 ETF.
EEM......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            ETF.
XLF......................  Financial Select     NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
VXX......................  iPath S&P 500 VIX    NYSE Arca.
                            Short-Term Futures
                            ETN.
EFA......................  iShares MSCI EAFE    NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
TLT......................  iShares 20+ Year     NASDAQ.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
HYG......................  iShares iBoxx $      NYSE Arca.
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
GDX......................  VanEck Vectors Gold  NYSE Arca.
                            Miners ETF.
XIV......................  VelocityShares       NASDAQ.
                            Daily Inverse VIX
                            Short Term ETN.
IVV......................  iShares Core S&P     NYSE Arca.
                            500 ETF.
GLD......................  SPDR Gold Trust....  NYSE Arca.
XLE......................  Energy Select        NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
LQD......................  iShares iBoxx $      NYSE Arca.
                            Investment Grade
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
EWZ......................  iShares MSCI Brazil  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
XLU......................  Utilities Select     NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
XLI......................  Industrial Select    NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
DIA......................  SPDR Dow Jones       NYSE Arca.
                            Industrial Average
                            ETF Trust.
XLP......................  Consumer Staples     NYSE Arca.
                            Select Sector SPDR
                            Fund.
XLK......................  Technology Select    NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
SVXY.....................  ProShares Short VIX  NYSE Arca.
                            Short Term Futures.
FXI......................  iShares China Large- NYSE Arca.
                            Cap ETF.
XLV......................  Health Care Select   NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
IYR......................  iShares U.S. Real    NYSE Arca.
                            Estate ETF.
XOP......................  SPDR S&P Oil & Gas   NYSE Arca.
                            Exploration &
                            Production ETF.
VWO......................  Vanguard FTSE        NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            ETF.
VOO......................  Vanguard S&P 500     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
IEMG.....................  iShares Core MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            ETF.
EWJ......................  iShares MSCI Japan   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
GDXJ.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Junior Gold Miners
                            ETF.
XLY......................  Consumer             NYSE Arca.
                            Discretionary
                            Select Sector SPDR
                            Fund.
SMH......................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Semiconductor ETF.
JNK......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays High
                            Yield Bond ETF.
KRE......................  SPDR S&P Regional    NYSE Arca.
                            Banking ETF.
MDY......................  SPDR S&P MidCap      NYSE Arca.
                            400[supreg] ETF.
XBI......................  SPDR S&P Biotech     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
VEA......................  Vanguard FTSE        NYSE Arca.
                            Developed Markets
                            ETF.
IBB......................  iShares Nasdaq       NASDAQ.
                            Biotechnology ETF.
VNQ......................  Vanguard REIT ETF..  NYSE Arca.
AGG......................  iShares Core U.S.    NYSE Arca.
                            Aggregate Bond ETF.
EZU......................  iShares MSCI         Cboe BZX.
                            Eurozone ETF.
VTI......................  Vanguard Total       NYSE Arca.
                            Stock Market ETF.
IEFA.....................  iShares Core MSCI    Cboe BZX.
                            EAFE ETF.
XLB......................  Materials Select     NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
EMB......................  iShares JP Morgan    NASDAQ.
                            USD Emerging
                            Markets Bond ETF.
IWD......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            1000 Value ETF.
USO......................  United States Oil    NYSE Arca.
                            Fund LP.
XRT......................  SPDR S&P Retail ETF  NYSE Arca.
IEF......................  iShares 7-10 Year    NASDAQ.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
IJR......................  iShares Core S&P     NYSE Arca.
                            Small-Cap ETF.
IJH......................  iShares Core S&P     NYSE Arca.
                            Mid-Cap ETF.
IWF......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            1000 Growth ETF.
VGK......................  Vanguard FTSE        NYSE Arca.
                            Europe ETF.
EWY......................  iShares MSCI South   NYSE Arca.
                            Korea Capped ETF.
BND......................  Vanguard Total Bond  NYSE Arca.
                            Market ETF.
OIH......................  VanEck Vectors Oil   NYSE Arca.
                            Services ETF.
DXJ......................  WisdomTree Japan     NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged Equity Fund.
AMLP.....................  Alerian MLP ETF....  NYSE Arca.
EWW......................  iShares MSCI Mexico  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
IWB......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            1000 ETF.
VTV......................  Vanguard Value ETF.  NYSE Arca.
RSX......................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Russia ETF.
SLV......................  iShares Silver       NYSE Arca.
                            Trust.
EWT......................  iShares MSCI Taiwan  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
IAU......................  iShares Gold Trust.  NYSE Arca.
VCSH.....................  Vanguard Short-Term  NASDAQ.
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
TIP......................  iShares TIPS Bond    NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.

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ACWI.....................  iShares MSCI ACWI    NASDAQ.
                            ETF.
IWO......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            2000 Growth ETF.
BSV......................  Vanguard Short-Term  NYSE Arca.
                            Bond ETF.
MCHI.....................  iShares MSCI China   NASDAQ.
                            ETF.
VCIT.....................  Vanguard             NASDAQ.
                            Intermediate-Term
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
IWN......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            2000 Value ETF.
EWG......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Germany ETF.
INDA.....................  iShares MSCI India   Cboe BZX.
                            ETF.
FEZ......................  SPDR EURO STOXX 50   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
KBE......................  SPDR S&P Bank ETF..  NYSE Arca.
IVW......................  iShares S&P 500      NYSE Arca.
                            Growth ETF.
VEU......................  Vanguard FTSE All-   NYSE Arca.
                            World ex-US ETF.
PFF......................  iShares US           NASDAQ.
                            Preferred Stock
                            ETF.
ITB......................  iShares U.S. Home    Cboe BZX.
                            Construction ETF.
AAXJ.....................  iShares MSCI All     NASDAQ.
                            Country Asia ex
                            Japan ETF.
EWH......................  iShares MSCI Hong    NYSE Arca.
                            Kong ETF.
HEDJ.....................  WisdomTree Europe    NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged Equity Fund.
SOXX.....................  iShares PHLX         NASDAQ.
                            Semiconductor ETF.
XME......................  SPDR S&P Metals &    NYSE Arca.
                            Mining ETF.
IVE......................  iShares S&P 500      NYSE Arca.
                            Value ETF.
SHV......................  iShares Short        NASDAQ.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
SHY......................  iShares 1-3 Year     NASDAQ.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
VB.......................  Vanguard Small-Cap   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
VUG......................  Vanguard Growth ETF  NYSE Arca.
BKLN.....................  PowerShares Senior   NYSE Arca.
                            Loan Portfolio.
AMJ......................  JPMorgan Alerian     NYSE Arca.
                            MLP Index ETN.
VGT......................  Vanguard             NYSE Arca.
                            Information
                            Technology ETF.
SH.......................  ProShares Short      NYSE Arca.
                            S&P500.
USMV.....................  iShares MSCI USA     Cboe BZX.
                            Minimum Volatility
                            ETF.
EWU......................  iShares MSCI United  NYSE Arca.
                            Kingdom ETF.
VYM......................  Vanguard High        NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Yield
                            Index Fund.
XHB......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            Homebuilders ETF.
IEI......................  iShares 3-7 Year     NASDAQ.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
FXE......................  CurrencyShares Euro  NYSE Arca.
                            Trust.
EWC......................  iShares MSCI Canada  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
UNG......................  United States        NYSE Arca.
                            Natural Gas Fund
                            LP.
MBB......................  iShares MBS ETF....  NASDAQ.
XLRE.....................  Real Estate Select   NYSE Arca.
                            Sector SPDR Fund.
SPLV.....................  PowerShares S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            500[supreg] Low
                            Volatility
                            Portfolio.
MUB......................  iShares National     NYSE Arca.
                            Muni Bond ETF.
VT.......................  Vanguard Total       NYSE Arca.
                            World Stock Index
                            Fund.
MINT.....................  PIMCO Enhanced       NYSE Arca.
                            Short Maturity
                            Strategy Exchange-
                            Traded Fund.
DBEF.....................  Xtrackers MSCI EAFE  NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged Equity ETF.
VO.......................  Vanguard Mid-Cap     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
OEF......................  iShares S&P 100 ETF  NYSE Arca.
VIG......................  Vanguard Dividend    NYSE Arca.
                            Appreciation ETF.
EWP......................  iShares MSCI Spain   NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
FLOT.....................  iShares Floating     Cboe BZX.
                            Rate Bond ETF.
EPI......................  WisdomTree India     NYSE Arca.
                            Earnings Fund.
DVY......................  iShares Select       NASDAQ.
                            Dividend ETF.
CSJ......................  iShares 1-3 Year     NASDAQ.
                            Credit Bond ETF.
VIXY.....................  ProShares VIX Short- NYSE Arca.
                            Term Futures ETF.
CWB......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays
                            Convertible
                            Securities ETF.
BIV......................  Vanguard             NYSE Arca.
                            Intermediate-Term
                            Bond ETF.
SCHF.....................  Schwab               NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Equity ETF.
ITA......................  iShares US           Cboe BZX.
                            Aerospace &
                            Defense ETF.
SCZ......................  iShares MSCI EAFE    NASDAQ.
                            Small-Cap ETF.
RSP......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight ETF.
SJNK.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Short
                            Term High Yield
                            Bond ETF.
ITOT.....................  iShares Core S&P     NYSE Arca.
                            Total U.S. Stock
                            Market ETF.
BNDX.....................  Vanguard Total       NASDAQ.
                            International Bond
                            ETF.
EWA......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Australia ETF.
IYT......................  iShares              Cboe BZX.
                            Transportation
                            Average ETF.
ILF......................  iShares Latin        NYSE Arca.
                            America 40 ETF.
VFH......................  Vanguard Financials  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
PCY......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Sovereign Debt
                            Portfolio.
HYS......................  PIMCO 0-5 Year High  NYSE Arca.
                            Yield Corporate
                            Bond Index
                            Exchange-Traded
                            Fund.
FDN......................  First Trust Dow      NYSE Arca.
                            Jones Internet
                            Index Fund.
CIU......................  iShares              NASDAQ.
                            Intermediate
                            Credit Bond ETF.
MTUM.....................  iShares MSCI USA     Cboe BZX.
                            Momentum Factor
                            ETF.
VBR......................  Vanguard Small-Cap   NYSE Arca.
                            Value ETF.

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VXUS.....................  Vanguard Total       NASDAQ.
                            International
                            Stock ETF.
SDY......................  SPDR S&P Dividend    NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
IWR......................  iShares Russell Mid- NYSE Arca.
                            Cap ETF.
EMLC.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Local Currency
                            Bond ETF.
HEWJ.....................  iShares Currency     NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged MSCI Japan
                            ETF.
EFAV.....................  iShares MSCI EAFE    Cboe BZX.
                            Minimum Volatility
                            ETF.
EUFN.....................  iShares MSCI Europe  NASDAQ.
                            Financials ETF.
IWS......................  iShares Russell Mid- NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Value ETF.
SCHX.....................  Schwab U.S. Large-   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap ETF.
NEAR.....................  iShares Short        Cboe BZX.
                            Maturity Bond ETF.
IWP......................  iShares Russell Mid- NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Growth ETF.
KWEB.....................  KraneShares CSI      NYSE Arca.
                            China Internet ETF.
HEFA.....................  iShares Currency     Cboe BZX.
                            Hedged MSCI EAFE
                            ETF.
EWI......................  iShares MSCI Italy   NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
IWV......................  iShares Russell      NYSE Arca.
                            3000 ETF.
IYF......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Financials ETF.
EZA......................  iShares MSCI South   NYSE Arca.
                            Africa ETF.
VXF......................  Vanguard Extended    NYSE Arca.
                            Market Index Fund.
IYW......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Technology ETF.
VHT......................  Vanguard Health      NYSE Arca.
                            Care ETF.
BIL......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays 1-3 Month
                            T-Bill ETF.
UUP......................  PowerShares DB US    NYSE Arca.
                            Dollar Index
                            Bullish Fund.
IEUR.....................  iShares Core MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            Europe ETF.
DBC......................  PowerShares DB       NYSE Arca.
                            Commodity Index
                            Tracking Fund.
EFV......................  iShares MSCI EAFE    Cboe BZX.
                            Value ETF.
HEZU.....................  iShares Currency     NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged MSCI
                            Eurozone ETF.
SCHB.....................  Schwab U.S. Broad    NYSE Arca.
                            Market ETF.
IEV......................  iShares Europe ETF.  NYSE Arca.
SCHD.....................  Schwab U.S.          NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Equity
                            ETF.
VV.......................  Vanguard Large-Cap   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
PGX......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            Preferred
                            Portfolio.
EWL......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Switzerland Capped
                            ETF.
VPL......................  Vanguard FTSE        NYSE Arca.
                            Pacific ETF.
IJK......................  iShares S&P Mid-Cap  NYSE Arca.
                            400 Growth ETF.
BOTZ.....................  Global X Robotics &  NASDAQ.
                            Artificial
                            Intelligence
                            Thematic ETF.
VMBS.....................  Vanguard Mortgage-   NASDAQ.
                            Backed Securities
                            ETF.
IXUS.....................  iShares Core MSCI    NASDAQ.
                            Total
                            International
                            Stock ETF.
VCLT.....................  Vanguard Long-Term   NASDAQ.
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
SCHE.....................  Schwab Emerging      NYSE Arca.
                            Markets Equity ETF.
LIT......................  Global X Lithium &   NYSE Arca.
                            Battery Tech ETF.
ASHR.....................  Xtrackers Harvest    NYSE Arca.
                            CSI 300 China A-
                            Shares ETF.
ACWX.....................  iShares MSCI ACWI    NASDAQ.
                            ex US ETF.
VOE......................  Vanguard Mid-Cap     NYSE Arca.
                            Value ETF.
VDE......................  Vanguard Energy ETF  NYSE Arca.
HDV......................  iShares Core High    NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend ETF.
IUSG.....................  iShares Core US      NASDAQ.
                            Growth ETF.
SCHA.....................  Schwab U.S. Small-   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap ETF.
PSQ......................  ProShares Short QQQ  NYSE Arca.
GOVT.....................  iShares Core US      Cboe BZX.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
KBWB.....................  PowerShares KBW      NASDAQ.
                            Bank Portfolio.
EEMV.....................  iShares MSCI         Cboe BZX.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Minimum Volatility
                            ETF/Dup.
VTIP.....................  Vanguard Short-Term  NASDAQ.
                            Inflation-
                            Protected
                            Securities ETF.
RWX......................  SPDR Dow Jones       NYSE Arca.
                            International Real
                            Estate ETF.
ROBO.....................  ROBO Global          NASDAQ.
                            Robotics and
                            Automation Index
                            ETF.
DBJP.....................  Xtrackers MSCI       NYSE Arca.
                            Japan Hedged
                            Equity ETF.
VNQI.....................  Vanguard Global ex-  NASDAQ.
                            U.S. Real Estate
                            ETF.
SHYG.....................  iShares 0-5 Year     NYSE Arca.
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
QUAL.....................  iShares MSCI USA     Cboe BZX.
                            Quality Factor ETF.
IGV......................  iShares North        Cboe BZX.
                            American Tech-
                            Software ETF.
EPP......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Pacific ex Japan
                            ETF.
EWQ......................  iShares MSCI France  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
VLUE.....................  iShares MSCI USA     Cboe BZX.
                            Value Factor ETF.
VSS......................  Vanguard FTSE All-   NYSE Arca.
                            World Ex-US Small-
                            Cap Index Fund.
ECH......................  iShares MSCI Chile   Cboe BZX.
                            Capped ETF.
SCHZ.....................  Schwab U.S.          NYSE Arca.
                            Aggregate Bond ETF.
IDV......................  iShares              Cboe BZX.
                            International
                            Select Dividend
                            ETF.
IJS......................  iShares S&P Small-   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap 600 Value ETF.
DBEU.....................  Xtrackers MSCI       NYSE Arca.
                            Europe Hedged
                            Equity ETF.
SPIB.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays
                            Intermediate Term
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
IHI......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Medical Devices
                            ETF.
HYD......................  VanEck Vectors High  NYSE Arca.
                            Yield Municipal
                            Index ETF.

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SCHO.....................  Schwab Short-Term    NYSE Arca.
                            U.S. Treasury ETF.
SCHH.....................  Schwab U.S. REIT     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
IUSV.....................  iShares Core US      NASDAQ.
                            Value ETF.
SCHG.....................  Schwab U.S. Large-   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Growth ETF.
SHM......................  SPDR Nuveen          NYSE Arca.
                            Bloomberg Barclays
                            Short Term
                            Municipal Bond ETF.
FPE......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Preferred
                            Securities and
                            Income ETF.
SPSB.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Short
                            Term Corporate
                            Bond ETF.
VBK......................  Vanguard Small-Cap   NYSE Arca.
                            Growth ETF.
ACWV.....................  iShares MSCI All     Cboe BZX.
                            Country World
                            Minimum Volatility
                            ETF.
TOTL.....................  SPDR DoubleLine      NYSE Arca.
                            Total Return
                            Tactical ETF.
VTEB.....................  Vanguard Tax-Exempt  NYSE Arca.
                            Bond Index Fund.
FXU......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Utilities AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
IJT......................  iShares S&P Small-   NASDAQ.
                            Cap 600 Growth ETF.
IYM......................  iShares U.S. Basic   NYSE Arca.
                            Materials ETF.
MLPI.....................  ETRACS Alerian MLP   NYSE Arca.
                            Infrastructure ETN.
VPU......................  Vanguard Utilities   NYSE Arca.
                            Index Fund.
SRLN.....................  SPDR Blackstone/GSO  NYSE Arca.
                            Senior Loan ETF.
FXL......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Technology
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
BLV......................  Vanguard Long-Term   NYSE Arca.
                            Bond ETF.
SPHD.....................  PowerShares S&P 500  NYSE Arca.
                            High Dividend Low
                            Volatility
                            Portfolio.
IYH......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Healthcare ETF.
TFI......................  SPDR Nuveen          NYSE Arca.
                            Bloomberg Barclays
                            Municipal Bond ETF.
ICF......................  iShares Cohen &      Cboe BZX.
                            Steers REIT ETF.
VDC......................  Vanguard Consumer    NYSE Arca.
                            Staples ETF.
EWM......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Malaysia ETF.
VOX......................  Vanguard             NYSE Arca.
                            Telecommunication
                            Services ETF.
IJJ......................  iShares S&P Mid-Cap  NYSE Arca.
                            400 Value ETF.
SCHP.....................  Schwab U.S. TIPS     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
DBA......................  PowerShares DB       NYSE Arca.
                            Agriculture Fund.
THD......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Thailand Capped
                            ETF.
VIS......................  Vanguard             NYSE Arca.
                            Industrials ETF.
EIDO.....................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Indonesia ETF.
IYG......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Financial Services
                            ETF.
ANGL.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Fallen Angel High
                            Yield Bond ETF.
RWM......................  ProShares Short      NYSE Arca.
                            Russell2000.
FTSM.....................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            Enhanced Short
                            Maturity ETF.
EWS......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Singapore Capped
                            ETF.
FVD......................  First Trust Value    NYSE Arca.
                            Line Dividend
                            Index Fund.
BWX......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays
                            International
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
OIL......................  iPath S&P GSCI       NYSE Arca.
                            Crude Oil Total
                            Return Index ETNs.
IYE......................  iShares U.S. Energy  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
QTEC.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.- NASDAQ.
                            100 Technology
                            Index Fund.
DGRO.....................  iShares Core         NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Growth
                            ETF.
TUR......................  iShares MSCI Turkey  NASDAQ.
                            ETF.
VOT......................  Vanguard Mid-Cap     NYSE Arca.
                            Growth ETF.
IYZ......................  iShares US           Cboe BZX.
                            Telecommunications
                            ETF.
PHB......................  PowerShares High     NYSE Arca.
                            Yield Corporate
                            Bond Portfolio.
SCHV.....................  Schwab U.S. Large-   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Value ETF.
KIE......................  SPDR S&P Insurance   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
IDU......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Utilities ETF.
EMLP.....................  First Trust North    NYSE Arca.
                            American Energy
                            Infrastructure
                            Fund.
REM......................  iShares Mortgage     Cboe BZX.
                            Real Estate Capped
                            ETF.
RWR......................  SPDR Dow Jones REIT  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
ERUS.....................  iShares MSCI Russia  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
MGK......................  Vanguard Mega Cap    NYSE Arca.
                            Growth ETF.
VGSH.....................  Vanguard Short-Term  NASDAQ.
                            Government Bond
                            ETF.
FXB......................  CurrencyShares       NYSE Arca.
                            British Pound
                            Sterling Trust.
NOBL.....................  ProShares S&P 500    Cboe BZX.
                            Dividend
                            Aristocrats ETF.
GBIL.....................  Goldman Sachs        NYSE Arca.
                            TreasuryAccess[sup
                            reg] 0-1 Year ETF.
PRF......................  PowerShares FTSE     NYSE Arca.
                            RAFI U.S. 1000
                            Portfolio.
EFG......................  iShares MSCI EAFE    Cboe BZX.
                            Growth ETF.
AMZA.....................  InfraCap MLP ETF...  NYSE Arca.
GVI......................  iShares              Cboe BZX.
                            Intermediate
                            Government/Credit
                            Bond ETF.
GUNR.....................  FlexShares Global    NYSE Arca.
                            Upstream Natural
                            Resources Index
                            Fund.
VAW......................  Vanguard Materials   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
XAR......................  SPDR S&P Aerospace   NYSE Arca.
                            & Defense ETF.
BOND.....................  PIMCO Active Bond    NYSE Arca.
                            Exchange-Traded
                            Fund.
VTWO.....................  Vanguard Russell     NASDAQ.
                            2000.
IGF......................  iShares Global       NASDAQ.
                            Infrastructure ETF.
FLRN.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays
                            Investment Grade
                            Floating Rate ETF.
SCHM.....................  Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.

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FNDX.....................  Schwab Fundamental   NYSE Arca.
                            U.S. Large Company
                            Index ETF.
RWO......................  SPDR Dow Jones       NYSE Arca.
                            Global Real Estate
                            ETF.
EWD......................  iShares MSCI Sweden  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
CQQQ.....................  Guggenheim China     NYSE Arca.
                            Technology ETF.
VRP......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            Variable Rate
                            Preferred
                            Portfolio.
FTEC.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Information
                            Technology Index
                            ETF.
ZIV......................  VelocityShares       NASDAQ.
                            Daily Inverse VIX
                            Medium Term ETN.
IYJ......................  iShares U.S.         Cboe BZX.
                            Industrials ETF.
DEM......................  WisdomTree Emerging  NYSE Arca.
                            Markets High
                            Dividend Fund.
USMC.....................  Principal U.S. Mega- NASDAQ.
                            Cap Multi-Factor
                            ETF.
GSY......................  Guggenheim Ultra     NYSE Arca.
                            Short Duration ETF.
XES......................  SPDR S&P Oil & Gas   NYSE Arca.
                            Equipment &
                            Services ETF.
VGIT.....................  Vanguard             NASDAQ.
                            Intermediate-Term
                            Government Bond
                            ETF.
VCR......................  Vanguard Consumer    NYSE Arca.
                            Discretionary ETF.
FNDF.....................  Schwab Fundamental   NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Large Company
                            Index ETF.
FXY......................  CurrencyShares       NYSE Arca.
                            Japanese Yen Trust.
FNDA.....................  Schwab Fundamental   NYSE Arca.
                            U.S. Small Company
                            Index ETF.
IDEV.....................  iShares Core MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Developed Markets
                            ETF.
DON......................  WisdomTree U.S.      NYSE Arca.
                            MidCap Dividend
                            Fund.
ITM......................  VanEck Vectors AMT-  NYSE Arca.
                            Free Intermediate
                            Municipal Index
                            ETF.
HACK.....................  ETFMG Prime Cyber    NYSE Arca.
                            Security ETF.
CRED.....................  iShares Core US      NASDAQ.
                            Credit Bond ETF.
FNCL.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Financials Index
                            ETF.
IXN......................  iShares Global Tech  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
ONEQ.....................  Fidelity NASDAQ.     NASDAQ.
                            Composite Index
                            Tracking Stock ETF.
SPDW.....................  SPDR S&P World ex-   NYSE Arca.
                            US ETF.
HEWG.....................  iShares Currency     NASDAQ.
                            Hedged MSCI
                            Germany ETF.
TBF......................  ProShares Short 20+  NYSE Arca.
                            Year Treasury.
RPG......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Pure Growth ETF.
DOG......................  ProShares Short      NYSE Arca.
                            Dow30.
RYT......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Technology ETF.
LMBS.....................  First Trust Low      NASDAQ.
                            Duration
                            Opportunities ETF.
GXC......................  SPDR S&P China ETF.  NYSE Arca.
SPHB.....................  PowerShares S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            500[supreg] High
                            Beta Portfolio.
INDY.....................  iShares India 50     NASDAQ.
                            ETF.
IYC......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer Services
                            ETF.
RING.....................  iShares MSCI Global  NASDAQ.
                            Gold Miners ETF.
MDYG.....................  SPDR S&P 400 Mid     NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Growth ETF.
DFE......................  WisdomTree Europe    NYSE Arca.
                            SmallCap Dividend
                            Fund.
DGRW.....................  WisdomTree U.S.      NASDAQ.
                            Quality Dividend
                            Growth Fund.
SPEM.....................  SPDR S&P Emerging    NYSE Arca.
                            Markets ETF.
FNDE.....................  Schwab Fundamental   NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Large Company
                            Index ETF.
IXC......................  iShares Global       NYSE Arca.
                            Energy ETF.
EPHE.....................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Philippines ETF.
DGS......................  WisdomTree Emerging  NYSE Arca.
                            Markets SmallCap
                            Dividend Fund.
FXC......................  CurrencyShares       NYSE Arca.
                            Canadian Dollar
                            Trust.
EPOL.....................  iShares MSCI Poland  NYSE Arca.
                            Capped ETF.
GSLC.....................  Goldman Sachs        NYSE Arca.
                            ActiveBeta U.S.
                            Large Cap Equity
                            ETF.
ISTB.....................  iShares Core 1-5     NASDAQ.
                            Year USD Bond ETF.
VWOB.....................  Vanguard Emerging    NASDAQ.
                            Markets Government
                            Bond ETF.
STIP.....................  iShares 0-5 Year     NYSE Arca.
                            TIPS Bond ETF.
SUB......................  iShares Short-Term   NYSE Arca.
                            National Muni Bond
                            ETF.
TLH......................  iShares 10-20 Year   NYSE Arca.
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
EMHY.....................  iShares Emerging     Cboe BZX.
                            Markets High Yield
                            Bond ETF.
FXO......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Financial AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
LDRS.....................  Innovator            NYSE Arca.
                            IBD[supreg] ETF
                            Leaders ETF.
SPAB.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Aggregate
                            Bond ETF.
SLYV.....................  SPDR S&P 600 Small   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Value ETF.
DJP......................  iPath Bloomberg      NYSE Arca.
                            Commodity Index
                            Total Return ETN.
SDOG.....................  ALPS Sector          NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Dogs ETF.
MLPA.....................  Global X MLP ETF...  NYSE Arca.
FBT......................  First Trust NYSE     NYSE Arca.
                            Arca.
                            Biotechnology
                            Index Fund.
FV.......................  First Trust Dorsey   NASDAQ.
                            Wright Focus 5 ETF.
SCHR.....................  Schwab Intermediate- NYSE Arca.
                            Term U.S. Treasury
                            ETF.
MDYV.....................  SPDR S&P 400 Mid     NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Value ETF.
TAN......................  Guggenheim Solar     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
FTSL.....................  First Trust Senior   NASDAQ.
                            Loan ETF.
PZA......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            National AMT-Free
                            Municipal Bond
                            Portfolio.
VOOG.....................  Vanguard S&P 500     NYSE Arca.
                            Growth ETF.
FEX......................  First Trust Large    NASDAQ.
                            Cap Core AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
SKYY.....................  First Trust ISE      NASDAQ.
                            Cloud Computing
                            Index Fund.

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SDIV.....................  Global X             NYSE Arca.
                            SuperDividend ETF.
IAT......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Regional Banks ETF.
SLYG.....................  SPDR S&P 600 Small   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Growth ETF.
IYK......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer Goods ETF.
IUSB.....................  iShares Core Total   NASDAQ.
                            USD Bond Market
                            ETF.
VGLT.....................  Vanguard Long-Term   NASDAQ.
                            Government Bond
                            ETF.
XSD......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            Semiconductor ETF.
EDV......................  Vanguard Extended    NYSE Arca.
                            Duration Treasury
                            ETF.
HYLS.....................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            Exchange-Traded
                            Fund IV First
                            Trust Tactical
                            High Yield ETF.
CWI......................  SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-   NYSE Arca.
                            US ETF.
GREK.....................  Global X MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Greece ETF.
XT.......................  iShares Exponential  NASDAQ.
                            Technologies ETF.
SPTM.....................  SPDR Portfolio       NYSE Arca.
                            Total Stock Market
                            ETF.
PPLT.....................  ETFS Physical        NYSE Arca.
                            Platinum Shares.
XMLV.....................  PowerShares S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            MidCap Low
                            Volatility
                            Portfolio.
VIGI.....................  Vanguard             NASDAQ.
                            International
                            Dividend
                            Appreciation ETF.
SCHK.....................  Schwab 1000          NYSE Arca.
                            Index[supreg] ETF.
SPYG.....................  SPDR Portfolio S&P   NYSE Arca.
                            500 Growth ETF.
IGM......................  iShares North        NYSE Arca.
                            American Tech ETF.
ARKK.....................  ARK Innovation ETF.  NYSE Arca.
XSLV.....................  PowerShares S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            SmallCap Low
                            Volatility
                            Portfolio.
FXH......................  First Trust Health   NYSE Arca.
                            Care AlphaDEX Fund.
IWY......................  iShares Russell Top  NYSE Arca.
                            200 Growth ETF.
VONG.....................  Vanguard Russell     NASDAQ.
                            1000 Growth ETF.
EWN......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Netherlands ETF.
CLRG.....................  IQ Chaikin U.S.      NASDAQ.
                            Large Cap ETF.
PICK.....................  iShares MSCI Global  Cboe BZX.
                            Metals & Mining
                            Producers ETF.
DES......................  WisdomTree U.S.      NYSE Arca.
                            SmallCap Dividend
                            Fund.
SCHC.....................  Schwab               NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Small-Cap Equity
                            ETF.
IGOV.....................  iShares              NASDAQ.
                            International
                            Treasury Bond ETF.
GNR......................  SPDR S&P Global      NYSE Arca.
                            Natural Resources
                            ETF.
CLY......................  iShares 10+ Year     NYSE Arca.
                            Credit Bond ETF.
IPAC.....................  iShares Core MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            Pacific ETF.
EMQQ.....................  EMQQ The Emerging    NYSE Arca.
                            Markets Internet &
                            Ecommerce ETF.
FFTY.....................  Innovator            NYSE Arca.
                            IBD[supreg] 50 ETF.
AIEQ.....................  AI Powered Equity    NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
FEP......................  First Trust Europe   NASDAQ.
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
DLS......................  WisdomTree           NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            SmallCap Dividend
                            Fund.
IXJ......................  iShares Global       NYSE Arca.
                            Healthcare ETF.
AOM......................  iShares Core         NYSE Arca.
                            Moderate
                            Allocation Fund.
PGF......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            Financial
                            Preferred
                            Portfolio.
FXR......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Industrials/
                            Producer Durables
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
JO.......................  iPath Bloomberg      NYSE Arca.
                            Coffee Subindex
                            Total Return ETN.
FDL......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Morningstar
                            Dividend Leaders
                            Index Fund.
FHLC.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Health Care Index
                            ETF.
VXZ......................  iPATH S&P 500 VIX    NYSE Arca.
                            Mid-Term Futures
                            ETN.
SIL......................  Global X Silver      NYSE Arca.
                            Miners ETF.
LRGF.....................  iShares Edge MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            Multifactor USA
                            ETF.
SPLG.....................  SPDR Portfolio       NYSE Arca.
                            Large Cap ETF.
DFJ......................  WisdomTree Japan     NYSE Arca.
                            SmallCap Dividend
                            Fund.
PHYS.....................  Sprott Physical      NYSE Arca.
                            Gold Trust.
SPTL.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Long Term
                            Treasury ETF.
URA......................  Global X Uranium     NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
JPIN.....................  JPMorgan             NYSE Arca.
                            Diversified Return
                            International
                            Equity ETF.
PDBC.....................  PowerShares DB       NASDAQ.
                            Optimum Yield
                            Diversified
                            Commodity Strategy
                            Portfolio.
HYMB.....................  SPDR Nuveen S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            High Yield
                            Municipal Bond ETF.
FNDC.....................  Schwab Fundamental   NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Small Company
                            Index ETF.
HYLB.....................  Xtrackers USD High   NYSE Arca.
                            Yield Corporate
                            Bond ETF.
PXH......................  PowerShares FTSE     NYSE Arca.
                            RAFI Emerging
                            Markets Portfolio.
DBO......................  PowerShares DB Oil   NYSE Arca.
                            Fund.
PRFZ.....................  PowerShares FTSE     NASDAQ.
                            RAFI US 1500 Small-
                            Mid Portfolio.
AIA......................  iShares Asia 50 ETF  NASDAQ.
DWX......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Dividend ETF.
MOAT.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Morningstar Wide
                            Moat ETF.
XPH......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            Pharmaceuticals
                            ETF.
RPV......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Pure Value ETF.
AOR......................  iShares Core Growth  NYSE Arca.
                            Allocation Fund.
ITE......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays
                            Intermediate Term
                            Treasury ETF.
PSI......................  PowerShares Dynamic  NYSE Arca.
                            Semiconductors
                            Portfolio.
VYMI.....................  Vanguard             NASDAQ.
                            International High
                            Dividend Yield ETF.
PPA......................  PowerShares          NYSE Arca.
                            Aerospace &
                            Defense Portfolio.

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JPMF.....................  JPMorgan Managed     NYSE Arca.
                            Futures Strategy
                            ETF.
SCIF.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            India Small-Cap
                            Index ETF.
FM.......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Frontier 100 ETF.
FDT......................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            Developed Markets
                            ex-US AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
DSI......................  iShares MSCI KLD     NYSE Arca.
                            400 Social ETF.
GWX......................  SPDR S&P             NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Small Cap ETF.
SLQD.....................  iShares 0-5 Year     NASDAQ.
                            Investment Grade
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
ARKW.....................  ARK Web x.0 ETF....  NYSE Arca.
STPZ.....................  PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S.  NYSE Arca.
                            TIPS Index
                            Exchange-Traded
                            Fund.
SPSM.....................  SPDR Portfolio       NYSE Arca.
                            Small Cap ETF.
IEO......................  iShares U.S. Oil &   Cboe BZX.
                            Gas Exploration &
                            Production ETF.
SPHQ.....................  PowerShares S&P 500  NYSE Arca.
                            Quality Portfolio.
PNQI.....................  PowerShares NASDAQ.  NASDAQ.
                            Internet Portfolio.
IWC......................  iShares Micro-Cap    NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
VIOO.....................  Vanguard S&P Small-  NYSE Arca.
                            Cap 600 ETF.
RYH......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Health Care ETF.
SGOL.....................  ETFS Physical Swiss  NYSE Arca.
                            Gold Shares.
REMX.....................  VanEck Vectors Rare  NYSE Arca.
                            Earth/Strategic
                            Metals ETF.
REET.....................  iShares Global REIT  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
VONV.....................  Vanguard Russell     NASDAQ.
                            1000 Value.
IHF......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Healthcare
                            Providers ETF.
BSCI.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2018
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
MGV......................  Vanguard Mega Cap    NYSE Arca.
                            Value ETF.
BSJJ.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2019
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
BBH......................  VanEck Vectors       NASDAQ.
                            Biotech ETF.
IGE......................  iShares North        Cboe BZX.
                            American Natural
                            Resources ETF.
BSJK.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2020
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
PDP......................  PowerShares DWA      NASDAQ.
                            Momentum Portfolio.
FXA......................  CurrencyShares       NYSE Arca.
                            Australian Dollar
                            Trust.
BSJI.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2018
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
RFDI.....................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            RiverFront Dynamic
                            Developed
                            International ETF.
CORP.....................  PIMCO Investment     NYSE Arca.
                            Grade Corporate
                            Bond Index
                            Exchange-Traded
                            Fund.
FPX......................  First Trust US IPO   NYSE Arca.
                            Index Fund.
GEM......................  Goldman Sachs        NYSE Arca.
                            ActiveBeta
                            Emerging Markets
                            Equity ETF.
PWV......................  PowerShares Dynamic  NYSE Arca.
                            Large Cap Value
                            Portfolio.
BSCK.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2020
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
TDTT.....................  FlexShares iBoxx 3-  NYSE Arca.
                            Year Target
                            Duration TIPS
                            Index Fund.
AMU......................  ETRACS Alerian MLP   NYSE Arca.
                            Index ETN.
IXG......................  iShares Global       NYSE Arca.
                            Financials ETF.
FXD......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer
                            Discretionary
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
DLN......................  WisdomTree U.S.      NYSE Arca.
                            LargeCap Dividend
                            Fund.
ILTB.....................  iShares Core Long-   NYSE Arca.
                            Term USD Bond ETF.
FREL.....................  Fidelity MSCI Real   NYSE Arca.
                            Estate Index ETF.
SCJ......................  iShares MSCI Japan   NYSE Arca.
                            Small-Cap ETF.
SPMD.....................  SPDR S&P 1000 ETF..  NYSE Arca.
GSG......................  iShares S&P GSCI     NYSE Arca.
                            Commodity-Indexed
                            Trust.
FENY.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Energy Index ETF.
BSCJ.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2019
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
FXG......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer Staples
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
BAB......................  PowerShares Taxable  NYSE Arca.
                            Municipal Bond
                            Portfolio.
QAI......................  IQ Hedge Multi-      NYSE Arca.
                            Strategy Tracker
                            ETF.
SPYV.....................  SPDR Portfolio S&P   NYSE Arca.
                            500 Value ETF.
PPH......................  VanEck Vectors       NASDAQ.
                            Pharmaceutical ETF.
SMIN.....................  iShares MSCI India   Cboe BZX.
                            Small-Cap ETF.
DBB......................  PowerShares DB Base  NYSE Arca.
                            Metals Fund.
TOK......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Kokusai ETF.
SECT.....................  Main Sector          Cboe BZX.
                            Rotation ETF.
FCG......................  First Trust Natural  NYSE Arca.
                            Gas ETF.
IVOG.....................  Vanguard S&P Mid-    NYSE Arca.
                            Cap 400 Growth ETF.
EXI......................  iShares Global       NYSE Arca.
                            Industrials ETF.
EWO......................  iShares MSCI         NYSE Arca.
                            Austria Capped ETF.
SGG......................  iPath Bloomberg      NYSE Arca.
                            Sugar Subindex
                            Total Return ETN.
IDLV.....................  PowerShares S&P      NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Developed Low
                            Volatility
                            Portfolio.
SIZE.....................  iShares Edge MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            USA Size Factor
                            ETF.
FTA......................  First Trust Large    NASDAQ.
                            Cap Value AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
FLEE.....................  Franklin FTSE        NYSE Arca.
                            Europe ETF.
PJP......................  PowerShares Dynamic  NYSE Arca.
                            Pharmaceuticals
                            Portfolio.
ECON.....................  EGShares Emerging    NYSE Arca.
                            Markets Consumer
                            ETF.
FEM......................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            Emerging Markets
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
HFXI.....................  IQ 50 Percent        NYSE Arca.
                            Hedged FTSE
                            International ETF.
EBND.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Emerging
                            Markets Local Bond
                            ETF.

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INTF.....................  iShares Edge MSCI    NYSE Arca.
                            Multifactor Intl
                            ETF.
EUM......................  ProShares Short      NYSE Arca.
                            MSCI Emerging
                            Markets.
IFV......................  First Trust Dorsey   NASDAQ.
                            Wright
                            International
                            Focus 5 ETF.
LEMB.....................  iShares J.P. Morgan  NYSE Arca.
                            EM Local Currency
                            Bond ETF.
IPE......................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays TIPS ETF.
BSCL.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2021
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
AOK......................  iShares Core         NYSE Arca.
                            Conservative
                            Allocation Fund.
IHE......................  iShares U.S.         NYSE Arca.
                            Pharmaceuticals
                            ETF.
FXZ......................  First Trust          NYSE Arca.
                            Materials AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
IYY......................  iShares Dow Jones    NYSE Arca.
                            U.S. ETF.
PXF......................  PowerShares FTSE     NYSE Arca.
                            RAFI Developed
                            Markets ex-U.S.
                            Portfolio.
QDF......................  FlexShares Quality   NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Index
                            Fund.
HYEM.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Emerging Markets
                            High Yield Bond
                            ETF.
AOA......................  iShares Core         NYSE Arca.
                            Aggressive
                            Allocation Fund.
RYF......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Financial ETF.
PSLV.....................  Sprott Physical      NYSE Arca.
                            Silver Trust.
FXN......................  First Trust Energy   NYSE Arca.
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
SPYD.....................  SPDR Portfolio S&P   NYSE Arca.
                            500 High Dividend
                            ETF.
MOO......................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Agribusiness ETF.
ULVM.....................  USAA MSCI USA Value  NYSE Arca.
                            Momentum Blend
                            Index ETF.
PKW......................  PowerShares Buyback  NASDAQ.
                            Achievers
                            Portfolio.
PWS......................  Pacer WealthShield   Cboe BZX.
                            ETF.
QQEW.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.- NASDAQ.
                            100 Equal Weighted
                            Index Fund.
DHS......................  WisdomTree U.S.      NYSE Arca.
                            High Dividend Fund.
IVOO.....................  Vanguard S&P Mid-    NYSE Arca.
                            Cap 400 ETF.
CMF......................  iShares California   NYSE Arca.
                            Muni Bond ETF.
IGHG.....................  ProShares            Cboe BZX.
                            Investment Grade-
                            Interest Rate
                            Hedged ETF.
SPLB.....................  SPDR Bloomberg       NYSE Arca.
                            Barclays Long Term
                            Corporate Bond ET.
PID......................  PowerShares          NASDAQ.
                            International
                            Dividend Achievers
                            Portfolio.
VONE.....................  Vanguard Russell     NASDAQ.
                            1000.
IAGG.....................  iShares              Cboe BZX.
                            International
                            Aggregate Bond
                            Fund.
EPU......................  iShares MSCI All     NYSE Arca.
                            Peru Capped ETF.
RWL......................  Oppenheimer Large    NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Revenue ETF.
RHS......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Consumer Staples
                            ETF.
USRT.....................  iShares U.S. Core    NYSE Arca.
                            REIT ETF.
MGC......................  Vanguard Mega Cap    NYSE Arca.
                            300 Index Fund.
PTLC.....................  Pacer Trendpilot     Cboe BZX.
                            750 ETF.
IQDF.....................  FlexShares           NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Quality Dividend
                            Index Fund.
EWX......................  SPDR S&P Emerging    NYSE Arca.
                            Markets Small Cap
                            ETF.
JKD......................  iShares Morningstar  NYSE Arca.
                            Large-Cap ETF.
FXF......................  CurrencyShares       NYSE Arca.
                            Swiss Franc Trust.
PFXF.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Preferred
                            Securities ex
                            Financials ETF.
LVHD.....................  Legg Mason Low       NASDAQ.
                            Volatility High
                            Dividend ETF.
KBWY.....................  PowerShares KBW      NASDAQ.
                            Premium Yield
                            Equity REIT
                            Portfolio.
FEMS.....................  First Trust          NASDAQ.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Small Cap AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
CFO......................  Victory CEMP US 500  NASDAQ.
                            Enhanced
                            Volatility Wtd
                            Index ETF.
PSCT.....................  PowerShares S&P      NASDAQ.
                            SmallCap
                            Information
                            Technology
                            Portfolio.
NIB......................  iPath Bloomberg      NYSE Arca.
                            Cocoa Subindex
                            Total Return ETN.
CSML.....................  IQ Chaikin U.S.      NASDAQ.
                            Small Cap ETF.
BSCM.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2022
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
IEZ......................  iShares U.S. Oil     NYSE Arca.
                            Equipment &
                            Services ETF.
FUTY.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Utilities Index
                            ETF.
FTCS.....................  First Trust Capital  NASDAQ.
                            Strength ETF.
PALL.....................  ETFS Physical        NYSE Arca.
                            Palladium Shares.
XLG......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            500[supreg] Top 50
                            ETF.
BSJL.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2021
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
RDIV.....................  Oppenheimer Ultra    NYSE Arca.
                            Dividend Revenue
                            ETF.
CGW......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            Global Water Index
                            ETF.
BSCH.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2017
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
FSTA.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer Staples
                            Index ETF.
FDD......................  First Trust STOXX    NYSE Arca.
                            European Select
                            Dividend Income
                            Fund.
PSP......................  PowerShares Global   NYSE Arca.
                            Listed Private
                            Equity Portfolio.
FIDU.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Industrials Index
                            ETF.
VNM......................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Vietnam ETF.
PSK......................  SPDR Wells Fargo     NYSE Arca.
                            Preferred Stock
                            ETF.
MDIV.....................  First Trust Multi-   NASDAQ.
                            Asset Diversified
                            Income Index Fund.
ARGT.....................  Global X MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Argentina ETF.
EEMA.....................  iShares MSCI         NASDAQ.
                            Emerging Markets
                            Asia ETF.
EZM......................  WisdomTree U.S.      NYSE Arca.
                            MidCap Earnings
                            Fund.
IFGL.....................  iShares              NASDAQ.
                            International
                            Developed Real
                            Estate ETF.
RWJ......................  Oppenheimer Small    NYSE Arca.
                            Cap Revenue ETF.

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TDTF.....................  FlexShares iBoxx 5-  NYSE Arca.
                            Year Target
                            Duration TIPS
                            Index Fund.
PEY......................  PowerShares High     NASDAQ.
                            Yield Equity
                            Dividend Achievers
                            Portfolio.
ATMP.....................  Barclays ETN+        NYSE Arca.
                            Select MLP ETN.
PTH......................  PowerShares DWA      NASDAQ.
                            Healthcare
                            Momentum Portfolio.
IOO......................  iShares Global 100   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
GBF......................  iShares Government/  NYSE Arca.
                            Credit Bond ETF.
FTXO.....................  First Trust Nasdaq   NASDAQ.
                            Bank ETF.
FIXD.....................  First Trust TCW      NASDAQ.
                            Opportunistic
                            Fixed Income ETF.
HEEM.....................  iShares Currency     Cboe BZX.
                            Hedged MSCI
                            Emerging Markets
                            ETF.
PIN......................  PowerShares India    NYSE Arca.
                            Portfolio.
PCEF.....................  PowerShares CEF      NYSE Arca.
                            Income Composite
                            Portfolio.
CHIQ.....................  Global X China       NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer ETF.
DWM......................  WisdomTree           NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Equity Fund.
CXSE.....................  WisdomTree Trust     NASDAQ.
                            WisdomTree China
                            ex-State-Owned
                            Enterprises Fund.
VOOV.....................  Vanguard S&P 500     NYSE Arca.
                            Value ETF.
RYE......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Energy ETF.
PKB......................  PowerShares Dynamic  NYSE Arca.
                            Building &
                            Construction
                            Portfolio.
GMF......................  SPDR S&P Emerging    NYSE Arca.
                            Asia Pacific ETF.
MNA......................  IQ Merger Arbitrage  NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
FMAT.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Materials Index
                            ETF.
OUSA.....................  O'Shares FTSE U.S.   NYSE Arca.
                            Quality Dividend
                            ETF.
RZV......................  Guggenheim S&P       NYSE Arca.
                            Smallcap 600 Pure
                            Value ETF.
IBDM.....................  iShares iBonds Dec   NYSE Arca.
                            2021 Term
                            Corporate ETF.
FLTR.....................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Investment Grade
                            Floating Rate ETF.
BNO......................  United States Brent  NYSE Arca.
                            Oil Fund, LP.
QABA.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.  NASDAQ.
                            ABA Community Bank
                            Index Fund.
FDIS.....................  Fidelity MSCI        NYSE Arca.
                            Consumer
                            Discretionary
                            Index ETF.
SLY......................  SPDR S&P 600 Small   NYSE Arca.
                            Cap ETF.
CDC......................  Victory CEMP US EQ   NASDAQ.
                            Income Enhanced
                            Volatility Wtd
                            Index ETF.
FYX......................  First Trust Small    NASDAQ.
                            Cap Core AlphaDEX
                            Fund.
SUSA.....................  iShares MSCI USA     NYSE Arca.
                            ESG Select ETF.
REZ......................  iShares Residential  NYSE Arca.
                            Real Estate Capped
                            ETF.
IBDL.....................  iShares iBonds Dec   NYSE Arca.
                            2020 Term
                            Corporate ETF.
BSJH.....................  Guggenheim           NYSE Arca.
                            BulletShares 2017
                            High Yield
                            Corporate Bond ETF.
UIVM.....................  USAA MSCI            NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Value Momentum
                            Blend Index ETF.
GSIE.....................  Goldman Sachs        NYSE Arca.
                            ActiveBeta
                            International
                            Equity ETF.
AGGY.....................  WisdomTree Barclays  NYSE Arca.
                            Yield Enhanced
                            U.S. Aggregate
                            Bond Fund.
JPUS.....................  JPMorgan             NYSE Arca.
                            Diversified Return
                            US Equity ETF.
RGI......................  Guggenheim S&P 500   NYSE Arca.
                            Equal Weight
                            Industrials ETF.
IHDG.....................  WisdomTree           NYSE Arca.
                            International
                            Hedged Quality
                            Dividend Growth
                            Fund.
URTH.....................  iShares MSCI World   NYSE Arca.
                            ETF.
DGL......................  PowerShares DB Gold  NYSE Arca.
                            Fund.
CIBR.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.  NASDAQ.
                            Cybersecurity ETF.
FMB......................  First Trust Managed  NASDAQ.
                            Municipal ETF.
FTC......................  First Trust Large    NASDAQ.
                            Cap Growth
                            AlphaDEX Fund.
RDVY.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.  NASDAQ.
                            Rising Dividend
                            Achievers ETF.
KBA......................  KraneShares Bosera   NYSE Arca.
                            MSCI China A Share
                            ETF.
DXJS.....................  WisdomTree Japan     NASDAQ.
                            Hedged SmallCap
                            Equity Fund.
TDIV.....................  First Trust NASDAQ.  NASDAQ.
                            Technology
                            Dividend Index
                            Fund.
IXP......................  iShares Global       NYSE Arca.
                            Telecom ETF.
SLX......................  VanEck Vectors       NYSE Arca.
                            Steel ETF.
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Appendix B--Data

    Unless otherwise specified, the following data shall be 
collected and transmitted to the SEC in an agreed-upon format on a 
monthly basis, to be provided 30 calendar days following month end. 
Unless otherwise specified, the Primary Listing Exchanges shall be 
responsible for collecting and transmitting the data to the SEC. 
Data collected in connection with Sections II(E)--(G) below shall be 
transmitted to the SEC with a request for confidential treatment 
under the Freedom of Information Act. 5 U.S.C. 552, and the SEC's 
rules and regulations thereunder.

I. Summary Statistics

A. Frequency with which NMS Stocks enter a Limit State. Such summary 
data shall be broken down as follows:

1. Partition stocks by category
    a. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >$3.00
    b. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >= $0.75 and = $3.00
    c. Tier 1 non-ETP issues <$0.75
    d. Tier 1 non-leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
    e. Tier 1 leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
    f. Tier 2 non-ETPs in each of above categories
    g. Tier 2 non-leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
    h. Tier 2 leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
2. Partition by time of day
    a. Opening (prior to 9:45 a.m. ET)
    b. Regular (between 9:45 a.m. ET and 3:35 p.m. ET)
    c. Closing (after 3:35 p.m. ET)
    d. Within five minutes of a Trading Pause re-open or IPO open
3. Track reasons for entering a Limit State, such as:
    a. Liquidity gap--price reverts from a Limit State Quotation and 
returns to trading within the Price Bands
    b. Broken trades

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    c. Primary Listing Exchange manually declares a Trading Pause 
pursuant to Section (VII)(2) of the Plan
    d. Other
B. Determine (1), (2) and (3) for when a Trading Pause has been 
declared for an NMS Stock pursuant to the Plan.

II. Raw Data (All Participants, Except A-E, Which Are for the Primary 
Listing Exchanges Only)

A. Record of every Straddle State
    1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag for ending with 
Limit State, flag for ending with manual override.
    2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record.
B. Record of every Price Band
    1. Ticker, date, time at beginning of Price Band, Upper Price 
Band, Lower Price Band
    2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
C. Record of every Limit State
    1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag for halt
    2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
D. Record of every Trading Pause or halt
    1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, type of halt (i.e., 
regulatory halt, non-regulatory halt, Trading Pause pursuant to the 
Plan, other)
    2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
E. Data set or orders entered into reopening auctions during halts 
or Trading Pauses
    1. Arrivals, Changes, Cancels, # shares, limit/market, side, 
Limit State side
    2. Pipe delimited with field name as first record
F. Data set of order events received during Limit States
G. Summary data on order flow of arrivals and cancellations for each 
15-second period for discrete time periods and sample stocks to be 
determined by the SEC in subsequent data requests. Must indicate 
side(s) of Limit State.
    1. Market/marketable sell orders arrivals and executions
    a. Count
    b. Shares
    c. Shares executed
    2. Market/marketable buy orders arrivals and executions
    a. Count
    b. Shares
    c. Shares executed
    3. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit 
sell orders above NBBO mid-point
    4. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit 
sell orders at or below NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
    5. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit 
buy orders at or above NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
    6. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit 
buy orders below NBBO mid-point
    7. Count and volume arriving of limit sell orders priced at or 
above NBBO mid-point plus $0.05
    8. Count and volume arriving of limit buy orders priced at or 
below NBBO mid-point minus $0.05
    9. Count and volume of (3-8) for cancels
    10. Include: ticker, date, time at start, time of Limit State, 
all data item fields in 1, last sale prior to 15-second period (null 
if no trades today), range during 15-second period, last trade 
during 15-second period

III. On May 28, 2015, Participants Provided to the SEC a Supplemental 
Joint Assessment Relating to the Impact of the Plan and Calibration of 
the Percentage Parameters as Follows

A. Assess the statistical and economic impact on liquidity of 
approaching Price Bands.
B. Assess the statistical and economic impact of the Price Bands on 
erroneous trades.
C. Assess the statistical and economic impact of the appropriateness 
of the Percentage Parameters used for the Price Bands.
D. Assess whether the Limit State is the appropriate length to allow 
for liquidity replenishment when a Limit State is reached because of 
a temporary liquidity gap.
E. Evaluate concerns from the options markets regarding the 
statistical and economic impact of Limit States on liquidity and 
market quality in the options markets. (Participants that operate 
options exchange should also prepare such assessment reports.)
F. Assess whether the process for entering a Limit State should be 
adjusted and whether Straddle States are problematic.
G. Assess whether the process for exiting a Limit State should be 
adjusted.
H. Assess whether the Trading Pauses are too long or short and 
whether the reopening procedures should be adjusted.

[FR Doc. 2018-05661 Filed 3-20-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA                     bands. These limit up-limit down
                                                COMMISSION                                              Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange,                    requirements are coupled with Trading
                                                                                                        Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the                Pauses,8 as defined in Section I(Y) of the
                                                [Release No. 34–82888; File No. 4–631]                  Financial Industry Regulatory                          Plan, to accommodate more
                                                Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of                Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’), Investors                 fundamental price moves. In particular,
                                                                                                        Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc.,                         the Participants adopted this Plan to
                                                the Seventeenth Amendment to the
                                                                                                        NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ                            address the type of sudden price
                                                National Market System Plan To
                                                                                                        Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’), New                     movements that the market experienced
                                                Address Extraordinary Market
                                                                                                        York Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’),                    on the afternoon of May 6, 2010.
                                                Volatility by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.,
                                                                                                        NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE National Inc.,                      As set forth in more detail in the Plan,
                                                Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA
                                                                                                        and NYSE American LLC (collectively,                   all trading centers in NMS Stocks,
                                                Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange,
                                                                                                        the ‘‘Participants’’) filed with the                   including both those operated by
                                                Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.,
                                                                                                        Securities and Exchange Commission                     Participants and those operated by
                                                Financial Industry Regulatory
                                                                                                        (‘‘Commission’’) pursuant to Section                   members of Participants, shall establish,
                                                Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange
                                                                                                        11A(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act               maintain, and enforce written policies
                                                LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX
                                                                                                        of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 2 and Rule 608              and procedures that are reasonably
                                                LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC,                       thereunder,3 a proposal to amend the
                                                NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock                                                                            designed to comply with the limit up-
                                                                                                        Plan (‘‘Seventeenth Amendment’’).4 The                 limit down requirements specified in
                                                Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC,                        proposal reflects changes unanimously
                                                and NYSE Arca, Inc.                                                                                            the Plan. More specifically, the single
                                                                                                        approved by the Participants. The                      plan processor responsible for
                                                March 15, 2018.                                         Seventeenth Amendment proposes to                      consolidation of information for an
                                                                                                        extend the pilot period of the Plan for                NMS Stock pursuant to Rule 603(b) of
                                                I. Introduction                                         one year, as discussed below. A copy of                Regulation NMS under the Exchange
                                                   On February 26, 2018, NYSE Group,                    the Plan, as proposed to be amended is                 Act will be responsible for calculating
                                                Inc., on behalf of the following parties                attached as Exhibit A hereto. The                      and disseminating a lower price band
                                                to the National Market System Plan to                   Commission is publishing this notice to                and upper price band, as provided for
                                                Address Extraordinary Market Volatility                 solicit comments from interested                       in Section V of the Plan. Section VI of
                                                (‘‘the Plan’’): 1 Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.,              persons on the Seventeenth                             the Plan sets forth the limit up-limit
                                                                                                        Amendment.5                                            down requirements of the Plan, and in
                                                   1 On May 31, 2012, the Commission approved the
                                                                                                        II. Description of the Plan                            particular, that all trading centers in
                                                Plan, as modified by Amendment No. 1. See
                                                                                                                                                               NMS Stocks, including both those
                                                Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67091, 77 FR           Set forth in this Section II is the
                                                33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4- 631) (‘‘Approval                                                             operated by Participants and those
                                                                                                        statement of the purpose and summary
                                                Order’’). On February 20, 2013, the Commission                                                                 operated by members of Participants,
                                                noticed for immediate effectiveness the Second          of the Seventeenth Amendment, along
                                                                                                                                                               shall establish, maintain, and enforce
                                                Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange          with the information required by Rule
                                                                                                                                                               written policies and procedures that are
                                                Act Release No. 68953, 78 FR 13113 (February 26,        608(a)(4) and (5) under the Exchange
                                                2013). On April 3, 2013, the Commission approved                                                               reasonably designed to prevent trades at
                                                                                                        Act,6 prepared and submitted by the
                                                the Third Amendment to the Plan. See Securities                                                                prices that are below the lower price
                                                Exchange Act Release No. 69287, 78 FR 21483             Participants to the Commission.7
                                                                                                                                                               band or above the upper price band for
                                                (April 10, 2013). On August 27, 2013, the               A. Statement of Purpose and Summary
                                                Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness
                                                                                                                                                               an NMS Stock, consistent with the Plan.
                                                the Fourth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities        of the Plan Amendment                                     The Plan was initially approved for a
                                                Exchange Act Release No. 70273, 78 FR 54321               The Participants filed the Plan on                   one-year pilot period, which began on
                                                (September 3, 2013). On September 26, 2013, the                                                                April 8, 2013.9 Accordingly, the pilot
                                                Commission approved the Fifth Amendment to the
                                                                                                        April 5, 2011, to create a market-wide
                                                Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.           limit up-limit down mechanism                          period was scheduled to end on April
                                                70530, 78 FR 60937 (October 2, 2013). On January        intended to address extraordinary                      8, 2014. As initially contemplated, the
                                                7, 2014, the Commission noticed for immediate           market volatility in NMS Stocks, as                    Plan would have been fully
                                                effectiveness the Sixth Amendment to the Plan. See                                                             implemented across all NMS Stocks
                                                Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71247, 79 FR
                                                                                                        defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of Regulation
                                                2204 (January 13, 2014). On April 3, 2014, the          NMS under the Exchange Act. The Plan                   within six months of initial Plan
                                                Commission approved the Seventh Amendment to            sets forth procedures that provide for                 operations, which meant there would
                                                the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.       market-wide limit up-limit down                        have been full implementation of the
                                                71851, 79 FR 19687 (April 9, 2014). On February                                                                Plan for six months before the end of the
                                                19, 2015, the Commission approved the Eight
                                                                                                        requirements that would prevent trades
                                                Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange          in individual NMS Stocks from                          pilot period. However, pursuant to the
                                                Act Release No. 74323, 80 FR 10169 (February 25,        occurring outside of the specified price               fourth amendment to the Plan,10 the
                                                2015). On October 22, 2015, the Commission                                                                     Participants modified the
                                                approved the Ninth Amendment to the Plan. See           Act Release No. 80549, 82 FR 20928 (May 4, 2017).      implementation schedule of Phase II of
                                                Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76244, 80 FR
                                                66099 (October 28, 2015). On April 21, 2016, the
                                                                                                        On September 26, 2017, the Commission noticed for      the Plan to extend the time period as to
                                                                                                        immediate effectiveness the Fifteenth Amendment        when the Plan would fully apply to all
                                                Commission approved the Tenth Amendment to the          to Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
                                                Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.           81720, 82 FR 45922 (October 2, 2017) (‘‘Fifteenth      NMS Stocks. Accordingly, the Plan was
                                                77679, 81 FR 24908 (April 27, 2016). On August 26,      Amendment’’). On February 14, 2018, the                not implemented across all NMS Stocks
                                                2016, the Commission noticed for immediate              Commission received the Sixteenth Amendment to
                                                effectiveness the Eleventh Amendment to the Plan.
                                                                                                                                                               until December 8, 2013. Pursuant to the
                                                                                                        the Plan, which was effective on filing but notice
                                                See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78703, 81       of which has not yet been published.
                                                                                                                                                               sixth amendment to the Plan,11 which
                                                FR 60397 (September 1, 2016). On January 19, 2017,                                                             further modified the implementation
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                                                                                                           2 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(3).
                                                the Commission approved the Twelfth Amendment              3 17 CFR 242.608.                                   schedule of Phase II of the Plan, the date
                                                to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release           4 See Letter from Elizabeth King, General Counsel
                                                No. 79845, 82 FR 8551 (January 26, 2017). On April
                                                13, 2017, the Commission approved the Thirteenth        and Corporate Secretary, NYSE, to Brent Fields,          8 Unless otherwise specified, the terms used

                                                Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange          Secretary, Commission, dated February 23, 2018.        herein have the same meaning as set forth in the
                                                Act Release No. 80455, 82 FR 18519 (April 19,           (‘‘Transmittal Letter’’).                              Plan.
                                                                                                           5 17 CFR 242.608.                                     9 See Section VIII of the Plan.
                                                2017). On April 28, 2017, the Commission noticed
                                                                                                           6 See 17 CFR 242.608(a)(4) and (a)(5).                10 See supra note 1.
                                                for immediate effectiveness the Fourteenth
                                                Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange             7 See Transmittal Letter, supra note 4.               11 See supra note 1.




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                                                for full implementation of the Plan was                   Reopening Price within specified                      C. Implementation of Plan
                                                moved to February 24, 2014. Pursuant to                   parameters.14 The Primary Listing
                                                the seventh, ninth, tenth, and thirteenth                 Exchanges implemented the changes to                   The initial date of the Plan operations
                                                amendments to the Plan,12 the pilot                       their automated reopenings on                         was April 8, 2013.
                                                period was extended from April 8, 2014                    November 20, 2017.                                    D. Development and Implementation
                                                to February 20, 2015, from February 20,                     Because both the twelfth and                        Phases
                                                2015 to April 22, 2016, from April 22,                    thirteenth amendments to the Plan and
                                                2016 to April 17, 2017, and from April                    the Primary Listing Exchange’s                          The Plan was initially implemented
                                                17, 2017 to April 16, 2018.                               amended reopening procedures were                     as a one-year pilot program in two
                                                   The Participants propose to amend                      implemented on November 20, 2017,                     Phases, consistent with Section VIII of
                                                Section VIII(C) of the Plan to extend the                 the Participants propose to extend the                the Plan: Phase I of Plan
                                                pilot period through April 15, 2019, to                   current Pilot an additional year to April             implementation began on April 8, 2013
                                                allow the Participants time to assess the                                                                       and was completed on May 3, 2013.
                                                                                                          15, 2019. The Participants believe that
                                                changes to the Plan as described in the                                                                         Implementation of Phase II of the Plan
                                                                                                          this additional time will be beneficial in
                                                twelfth and thirteenth amendments to                                                                            began on August 5, 2013 and was
                                                                                                          that it allows ‘‘the public, the
                                                the Plan,13 which were implemented on                                                                           completed on February 24, 2014. The
                                                                                                          Participants, and the Commission to
                                                November 20, 2017. In the twelfth                                                                               tenth amendment to the Plan was
                                                                                                          assess the operation of the Plan and
                                                amendment, the Participants amended                                                                             implemented on July 18, 2016 and the
                                                                                                          whether the Plan should be modified
                                                the Plan to provide that a Trading Pause                                                                        twelfth and thirteenth amendments to
                                                                                                          prior to approval on a permanent
                                                will continue until the Primary Listing                                                                         the Plan were implemented on
                                                                                                          basis.’’ 15 In particular, this additional
                                                Exchange has reopened trading using its                                                                         November 20, 2017.17 Pursuant to this
                                                                                                          time will allow the public, the
                                                established reopening procedures and                                                                            proposed amendment, the Participants
                                                reports a Reopening Price. The Plan was                   Participants, and the Commission time
                                                                                                          to assess the operation of the twelfth                propose to extend the pilot period until
                                                further amended to eliminate the                                                                                April 15, 2019.
                                                current allowance for a trading center to                 and thirteenth amendments to the Plan.
                                                resume trading in an NMS Stock                              The Participants further believe that               E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
                                                following a Trading Pause if the Primary                  extending the Pilot another year would
                                                Listing Exchange has not reported a                       provide additional time for the                         The proposed Plan does not impose
                                                Reopening Price within ten minutes                        Participants, the Commission, and the                 any burden on competition that is not
                                                after the declaration of a Trading Pause                  public to consider other potential                    necessary or appropriate in furtherance
                                                and has not declared a Regulatory Halt.                   modifications to the Plan that are                    of the purposes of the Exchange Act.
                                                In addition, to preclude potential                        currently under consideration. These                  The Participants do not believe that the
                                                scenarios when trading may resume                         include consideration of changes to how               proposed Plan introduces terms that are
                                                without Price Bands, the Plan was                         NMS Stocks are tiered under the Plan,                 unreasonably discriminatory for the
                                                amended to provide that a trading                         and the applicable percentage                         purposes of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the
                                                center may not resume trading in an                       parameters associated with such tiers,                Exchange Act.
                                                NMS Stock following a Trading Pause                       consideration of the elimination of                   F. Written Understanding or Agreements
                                                without Price Bands in such NMS                           double-wide Price Bands at the open                   Relating to Interpretation of, or
                                                Stock. To address potential scenarios in                  and close of trading, and consideration               Participation in, Plan
                                                which there is no Reopening Price from                    of recommendations made by the Equity
                                                the Primary Listing Exchange to use to                    Market Structure Advisory Committee                      The Participants have no written
                                                calculate Price Bands, the Plan was                       with respect to Plan operations.16 The                understandings or agreements relating
                                                amended to address when trading may                       Participants believe that the Plan should             to interpretation of the Plan. Section
                                                resume if the Primary Listing Exchange                    continue to operate as a Pilot                        II(C) of the Plan sets forth how any
                                                is unable to reopen due to a systems or                   uninterrupted to provide time to                      entity registered as a national securities
                                                technology issue and how the Reference                    consider whether to make any such                     exchange or national securities
                                                Price would be determined in such a                       further modifications to the Plan.                    association may become a Participant.
                                                scenario or if the Primary Listing
                                                Exchange reopens trading on a zero bid                    B. Governing or Constituent Documents                 G. Approval of Amendment of the Plan
                                                or zero offer, or both. The thirteenth                      The governing documents of the                        Each of the Plan’s Participants has
                                                amendment to the Plan further provided                    Processor, as defined in Section I(P) of              executed a written amended Plan.
                                                authority for the Processors to publish                   the Plan, will not be affected by the
                                                the following information provided by a                   Plan, but once the Plan is implemented,               H. Terms and Conditions of Access
                                                primary listing exchange in connection                    the Processor’s obligations will change,
                                                with the reopening of trading following                                                                           Section II(C) of the Plan provides that
                                                                                                          as set forth in detail in the Plan.                   any entity registered as a national
                                                a Trading Pause: auction reference
                                                price; auction collars; and number of                                                                           securities exchange or national
                                                                                                             14 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
                                                extensions to the reopening auction.                                                                            securities association under the
                                                                                                          79846 (January 19, 2017), 82 FR 8548 (January 26,
                                                   In conjunction with amending the                       2017) (SR–NYSEArca–2016–130) (Approval Order);        Exchange Act may become a Participant
                                                Plan, the Primary Listing Exchanges                       79884 (January 26, 2017), 82 FR 8968 (February 1,     by: (1) Becoming a participant in the
                                                amended their rules for automated                         2017) (SR-BatsBZX–2016–61) (Approval Order);          applicable Market Data Plans, as defined
                                                                                                          79876 (January 25, 2017), 82 FR 8888 (January 31,     in Section I(F) of the Plan; (2) executing
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                                                reopenings following a Trading Pause                      2017) (SR–Nasdaq–2016–131) (Approval Order).
                                                consistent with a standardized approach                      15 See Approval Order, supra note 1, 77 FR 33498   a copy of the Plan, as then in effect; (3)
                                                agreed to by Participants that would                      at 33508.                                             providing each then-current Participant
                                                allow for extensions of a Trading Pause                      16 See U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission     with a copy of such executed Plan; and
                                                if equilibrium cannot be met for a                        Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee,           (4) effecting an amendment to the Plan
                                                                                                          Recommendations for Rulemaking on Issues of           as specified in Section III(B) of the Plan.
                                                                                                          Market Quality, dated November 29, 2016, available
                                                  12 See   supra note 1.                                  here: https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/emsac/emsac-
                                                  13 See   supra note 1.                                  recommendations-rulemaking-market-quality.pdf.          17 See   Fifteenth Amendment, supra note 1.



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                                                I. Method of Determination and                          sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all                         coupled with Trading Pauses to
                                                Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and                     subsequent amendments, all written                                accommodate more fundamental price
                                                Charges                                                 statements with respect to the proposed                           moves. The Plan procedures are designed,
                                                                                                                                                                          among other things, to protect investors and
                                                   Not applicable.                                      plan amendment that are filed with the
                                                                                                                                                                          promote fair and orderly markets. The
                                                                                                        Commission, and all written                                       Participants developed this Plan pursuant to
                                                J. Method and Frequency of Processor                    communications relating to the                                    Rule 608(a)(3) of Regulation NMS under the
                                                Evaluation                                              amendment between the Commission                                  Exchange Act, which authorizes the
                                                   Not applicable.                                      and any person, other than those that                             Participants to act jointly in preparing, filing,
                                                                                                        may be withheld from the public in                                and implementing national market system
                                                K. Dispute Resolution                                   accordance with the provisions of 5                               plans.
                                                   Section III(C) of the Plan provides that             U.S.C. 552, will be available for website                         I. Definitions
                                                each Participant shall designate an                     viewing and printing in the                                          (A) ‘‘Eligible Reported Transactions’’ shall
                                                individual to represent the Participant                 Commission’s Public Reference Room,                               have the meaning prescribed by the
                                                as a member of an Operating Committee.                  100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549,                            Operating Committee and shall generally
                                                No later than the initial date of the Plan,             on official business days between the                             mean transactions that are eligible to update
                                                the Operating Committee shall designate                 hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.                                 the last sale price of an NMS Stock.
                                                one member of the Operating Committee                   Copies of such filing also will be                                   (B) ‘‘Exchange Act’’ means the Securities
                                                to act as the Chair of the Operating                    available for inspection and copying at                           Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
                                                Committee. Any recommendation for an                    the Participants’ offices. All comments                              (C) ‘‘Limit State’’ shall have the meaning
                                                amendment to the Plan from the                                                                                            provided in Section VI of the Plan.
                                                                                                        received will be posted without change.
                                                Operating Committee that receives an                                                                                         (D) ‘‘Limit State Quotation’’ shall have the
                                                                                                        Persons submitting comments are                                   meaning provided in Section VI of the Plan.
                                                affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of              cautioned that we do not redact or edit                              (E) ‘‘Lower Price Band’’ shall have the
                                                the Participants, but is less than                      personal identifying information from                             meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.
                                                unanimous, shall be submitted to the                    comment submissions. You should                                      (F) ‘‘Market Data Plans’’ shall mean the
                                                Commission as a request for an                          submit only information that you wish                             effective national market system plans
                                                amendment to the Plan initiated by the                  to make available publicly. All                                   through which the Participants act jointly to
                                                Commission under Rule 608.                              submissions should refer to File                                  disseminate consolidated information in
                                                   On February 22, 2018, the Operating                  Number 4–631 and should be submitted                              compliance with Rule 603(b) of Regulation
                                                Committee, duly constituted and                                                                                           NMS under the Exchange Act.
                                                                                                        on or before April 11, 2018.
                                                chaired by Mr. Robert Books of Cboe,                                                                                         (G) ‘‘National Best Bid’’ and ‘‘National Best
                                                                                                          By the Commission.                                              Offer’’ shall have the meaning provided in
                                                voted unanimously to amend the Plan
                                                                                                        Brent J. Fields,                                                  Rule 600(b)(42) of Regulation NMS under the
                                                as set forth herein in accordance with                                                                                    Exchange Act.
                                                Section III(C) of the Plan. The Plan                    Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                             (H) ‘‘NMS Stock’’ shall have the meaning
                                                Advisory Committee was notified in                      Exhibit A                                                         provided in Rule 600(b)(47) of Regulation
                                                connection with the Seventeenth                                                                                           NMS under the Exchange Act.
                                                                                                          Proposed new language is italicized;
                                                Amendment and was in favor.                                                                                                  (I) ‘‘Opening Price’’ shall mean the price of
                                                                                                        proposed deletions are in [brackets].
                                                                                                                                                                          a transaction that opens trading on the
                                                III. Solicitation of Comments                           Plan To Address Extraordinary Market                              Primary Listing Exchange. If the Primary
                                                   Interested persons are invited to                    Volatility Submitted to the Securities and                        Listing Exchange opens with quotations, the
                                                submit written data, views and                          Exchange Commission Pursuant to Rule 608                          ‘‘Opening Price’’ shall mean the closing price
                                                arguments concerning the foregoing,                     of Regulation NMS Under the Securities                            of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing
                                                including whether the amendment is                      Exchange Act of 1934                                              Exchange on the previous trading day, or if
                                                                                                                                                                          no such closing price exists, the last sale on
                                                consistent with the Exchange Act and                    Table of Contents                                                 the Primary Listing Exchange.
                                                the rules thereunder. Comments may be                                                                                        (J) ‘‘Operating Committee’’ shall have the
                                                submitted by any of the following                                             Section                              Page   meaning provided in Section III(C) of the
                                                methods:                                                                                                                  Plan.
                                                                                                        Preamble ............................................         1
                                                                                                                                                                             (K) ‘‘Participant’’ means a party to the Plan.
                                                Electronic Comments                                     I. Definitions ......................................         2
                                                                                                        II. Parties ............................................      4      (L) ‘‘Plan’’ means the plan set forth in this
                                                  • Use the Commission’s internet                       III. Amendments to Plan ...................                   7   instrument, as amended from time to time in
                                                comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                       IV. Trading Center Policies and Pro-                              accordance with its provisions.
                                                rules/sro.shtml); or                                       cedures ...........................................        8      (M) ‘‘Percentage Parameter’’ shall mean the
                                                  • Send an email to rule-comments@                     V. Price Bands ...................................            8   percentages for each tier of NMS Stocks set
                                                sec.gov. Please include File Number 4–                  VI. Limit Up-Limit Down Require-                                  forth in Appendix A of the Plan.
                                                631 on the subject line.                                   ments ..............................................      11      (N) ‘‘Price Bands’’ shall have the meaning
                                                                                                        VII. Trading Pauses ...........................              13   provided in Section V of the Plan.
                                                Paper Comments                                          VIII. Implementation .........................               15      (O) ‘‘Primary Listing Exchange’’ shall mean
                                                                                                                                                                          the Participant on which an NMS Stock is
                                                   • Send paper comments in triplicate                  IX. Withdrawal from Plan .................                   15
                                                                                                                                                                          listed. If an NMS Stock is listed on more than
                                                to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities               X. Counterparts and Signatures ........                      15
                                                                                                        Appendix A—Percentage Parameters                             17   one Participant, the Participant on which the
                                                and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street                   Appendix A—Schedule 1 .................                      19   NMS Stock has been listed the longest shall
                                                NE, Washington, DC 20549–1090.                          Appendix B—Data .............................                35   be the Primary Listing Exchange.
                                                All submissions should refer to File                                                                                         (P) ‘‘Processor’’ shall mean the single plan
                                                                                                        Preamble                                                          processor responsible for the consolidation of
                                                Number 4–631.This file number should
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                                                be included on the subject line if email                  The Participants submit to the SEC this                         information for an NMS Stock pursuant to
                                                                                                        Plan establishing procedures to address                           Rule 603(b) of Regulation NMS under the
                                                is used. To help the Commission
                                                                                                        extraordinary volatility in NMS Stocks. The                       Exchange Act.
                                                process and review your comments                        procedures provide for market-wide limit up-                         (Q) ‘‘Pro-Forma Reference Price’’ shall have
                                                more efficiently, please use only one                   limit down requirements that prevent trades                       the meaning provided in Section V(A)(2) of
                                                method. The Commission will post all                    in individual NMS Stocks from occurring                           the Plan.
                                                comments on the Commission’s internet                   outside of the specified Price Bands. These                          (R) ‘‘Reference Price’’ shall have the
                                                website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/                      limit up-limit down requirements are                              meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.



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                                                  (S) ‘‘Regular Trading Hours’’ shall have the          the Processor for each NMS Stock to fulfill           only changes being the addition of the new
                                                meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(64) of                  the functions set forth in this Plan.                 Participant’s name in Section II(A) of the
                                                Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. For                                                                    Plan) and submitting such executed Plan to
                                                                                                        (C) New Participants                                  the SEC for approval. The amendment shall
                                                purposes of the Plan, Regular Trading Hours
                                                can end earlier than 4:00 p.m. ET in the case             The Participants agree that any entity              be effective when it is approved by the SEC
                                                of an early scheduled close.                            registered as a national securities exchange or       in accordance with Rule 608 of Regulation
                                                  (T) ‘‘Regulatory Halt’’ shall have the                national securities association under the             NMS under the Exchange Act or otherwise
                                                meaning specified in the Market Data Plans.             Exchange Act may become a Participant by:             becomes effective pursuant to Rule 608 of
                                                  (U) ‘‘Reopening Price’’ shall mean the price          (1) Becoming a participant in the applicable          Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
                                                of a transaction that reopens trading on the            Market Data Plans; (2) executing a copy of the
                                                                                                        Plan, as then in effect; (3) providing each           (C) Operating Committee
                                                Primary Listing Exchange following a
                                                Trading Pause or a Regulatory Halt, or, if the          then-current Participant with a copy of such             (1) Each Participant shall select from its
                                                Primary Listing Exchange reopens with                   executed Plan; and (4) effecting an                   staff one individual to represent the
                                                quotations, the midpoint of those quotations.           amendment to the Plan as specified in                 Participant as a member of an Operating
                                                  (V) ‘‘SEC’’ shall mean the United States              Section III(B) of the Plan.                           Committee, together with a substitute for
                                                                                                                                                              such individual. The substitute may
                                                Securities and Exchange Commission.                     (D) Advisory Committee                                participate in deliberations of the Operating
                                                  (W) ‘‘Straddle State’’ shall have the                    (1) Formation. Notwithstanding other               Committee and shall be considered a voting
                                                meaning provided in Section VII(A)(2) of the            provisions of this Plan, an Advisory                  member thereof only in the absence of the
                                                Plan.                                                   Committee to the Plan shall be formed and             primary representative. Each Participant
                                                  (X) ‘‘Trading center’’ shall have the                 shall function in accordance with the                 shall have one vote on all matters considered
                                                meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(78) of                  provisions set forth in this section.                 by the Operating Committee. No later than
                                                Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.                     (2) Composition. Members of the Advisory           the initial date of Plan operations, the
                                                  (Y) ‘‘Trading Pause’’ shall have the                  Committee shall be selected for two-year              Operating Committee shall designate one
                                                meaning provided in Section VII of the Plan.            terms as follows:                                     member of the Operating Committee to act as
                                                  (Z) ‘‘Upper Price Band’’ shall have the                  (A) Advisory Committee Selections. By              the Chair of the Operating Committee.
                                                meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.              affirmative vote of a majority of the                    (2) The Operating Committee shall monitor
                                                II. Parties                                             Participants, the Participants shall select at        the procedures established pursuant to this
                                                                                                        least one representatives from each of the            Plan and advise the Participants with respect
                                                (A) List of Parties                                     following categories to be members of the             to any deficiencies, problems, or
                                                  The parties to the Plan are as follows:               Advisory Committee: (1) A broker-dealer               recommendations as the Operating
                                                                                                        with a substantial retail investor customer           Committee may deem appropriate. The
                                                (1) Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 400 South
                                                                                                        base; (2) a broker-dealer with a substantial          Operating Committee shall establish
                                                     LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605
                                                                                                        institutional investor customer base; (3) an          specifications and procedures for the
                                                (2) Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., 400 South
                                                                                                        alternative trading system; (4) a broker-dealer       implementation and operation of the Plan
                                                     LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605
                                                                                                        that primarily engages in trading for its own         that are consistent with the provisions of this
                                                (3) Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., 400 South
                                                                                                        account; and (5) an investor.                         Plan and the Appendixes thereto. With
                                                     LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605
                                                                                                           (3) Function. Members of the Advisory              respect to matters in this paragraph,
                                                (4) Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 400 South
                                                                                                        Committee shall have the right to submit              Operating Committee decisions shall be
                                                     LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605
                                                                                                        their views to the Operating Committee on             approved by a simple majority vote.
                                                (5) Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 440 South
                                                                                                        Plan matters, prior to a decision by the                 (3) Any recommendation for an
                                                     LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605
                                                                                                        Operating Committee on such matters. Such             amendment to the Plan from the Operating
                                                (6) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
                                                                                                        matters shall include, but not be limited to,         Committee that receives an affirmative vote
                                                     Inc., 1735 K Street NW, Washington, DC
                                                                                                        proposed material amendments to the Plan.             of at least two-thirds of the Participants, but
                                                     20006
                                                                                                           (4) Meetings and Information. Members of           is less than unanimous, shall be submitted to
                                                (7) Investors Exchange LLC, 4 World Trade
                                                                                                        the Advisory Committee shall have the right           the SEC as a request for an amendment to the
                                                     Center, 44th Floor, New York, New York
                                                                                                        to attend meetings of the Operating                   Plan initiated by the Commission under Rule
                                                     10007
                                                                                                        Committee and to receive any information              608 of Regulation NMS.
                                                (8) NASDAQ BX, Inc., One Liberty Plaza,
                                                                                                        concerning Plan matters; provided, however,
                                                     New York, New York 10006                                                                                 IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures
                                                                                                        that the Operating Committee may meet in
                                                (9) NASDAQ PHLX LLC, 1900 Market Street,                                                                        All trading centers in NMS Stocks,
                                                                                                        executive session if, by affirmative vote of a
                                                     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103                                                                         including both those operated by Participants
                                                                                                        majority of the Participants, the Operating
                                                (10) The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 1 Liberty                                                                   and those operated by members of
                                                                                                        Committee determines that an item of Plan
                                                     Plaza, 165 Broadway, New York, NY                                                                        Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
                                                                                                        business requires confidential treatment.
                                                     10006                                                                                                    enforce written policies and procedures that
                                                (11) NYSE National, Inc., 11 Wall Street, New           III. Amendments to Plan                               are reasonably designed to comply with the
                                                     York, NY 10005                                                                                           limit up–limit down requirements specified
                                                (12) New York Stock Exchange LLC, 11 Wall               (A) General Amendments
                                                                                                                                                              in Sections VI of the Plan, and to comply
                                                     Street, New York, New York 10005                     Except with respect to the addition of new          with the Trading Pauses specified in Section
                                                (13) NYSE American LLC, 11 Wall Street,                 Participants to the Plan, any proposed change         VII of the Plan.
                                                     New York, New York 10005                           in, addition to, or deletion from the Plan
                                                (14) NYSE Arca, Inc., 11 Wall Street, New               shall be effected by means of a written               V. Price Bands
                                                     York, New York 10005                               amendment to the Plan that: (1) Sets forth the
                                                                                                                                                              (A) Calculation and Dissemination of Price
                                                                                                        change, addition, or deletion; (2) is executed
                                                (B) Compliance Undertaking                                                                                    Bands
                                                                                                        on behalf of each Participant; and, (3) is
                                                   By subscribing to and submitting the Plan            approved by the SEC pursuant to Rule 608                 (1) The Processor for each NMS stock shall
                                                for approval by the SEC, each Participant               of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act,             calculate and disseminate to the public a
                                                agrees to comply with and to enforce                    or otherwise becomes effective under Rule             Lower Price Band and an Upper Price Band
                                                compliance, as required by Rule 608(c) of               608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange              during Regular Trading Hours for such NMS
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                                                Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, by               Act.                                                  Stock. The Price Bands shall be based on a
                                                its members with the provisions of the Plan.                                                                  Reference Price for each NMS Stock that
                                                To this end, each Participant shall adopt a             (B) New Participants                                  equals the arithmetic mean price of Eligible
                                                rule requiring compliance by its members                  With respect to new Participants, an                Reported Transactions for the NMS stock
                                                with the provisions of the Plan, and each               amendment to the Plan may be effected by              over the immediately preceding five-minute
                                                Participant shall take such actions as are              the new national securities exchange or               period (except for periods following openings
                                                necessary and appropriate as a participant of           national securities association executing a           and reopenings, which are addressed below).
                                                the Market Data Plans to cause and enable               copy of the Plan, as then in effect (with the         If no Eligible Reported Transactions for the



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                                                NMS Stock have occurred over the                          (2) If the Opening Price on the Primary             above the Upper Price Band for an NMS
                                                immediately preceding five-minute period,               Listing Exchange in an NMS Stock does not             Stock, the Processor shall disseminate such
                                                the previous Reference Price shall remain in            occur within five minutes after the start of          National Best Bid or National Best Offer with
                                                effect. The Price Bands for an NMS Stock                Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference            an appropriate flag identifying it as non-
                                                shall be calculated by applying the                     Price for a trading day shall be the arithmetic       executable. When a National Best Offer is
                                                Percentage Parameter for such NMS Stock to              mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions          equal to the Lower Price Band or a National
                                                the Reference Price, with the Lower Price               for the NMS Stock over the preceding five             Best Bid is equal to the Upper Price Band for
                                                Band being a Percentage Parameter below the             minute time period, and subsequent                    an NMS Stock, the Processor shall distribute
                                                Reference Price, and the Upper Price Band               Reference Prices shall be calculated as               such National Best Bid or National Best Offer
                                                being a Percentage Parameter above the                  specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.                with an appropriate flag identifying it as a
                                                Reference Price. The Price Bands shall be                                                                     ‘‘Limit State Quotation’’.
                                                                                                        (C) Reopenings
                                                calculated during Regular Trading Hours.                                                                         (3) All trading centers in NMS Stocks,
                                                Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. ET, and 3:35               (1) Following a Trading Pause in an NMS            including both those operated by Participants
                                                p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, or in the case of an             Stock, and if the Primary Listing Exchange            and those operated by members of
                                                early scheduled close, during the last 25               has not declared a Regulatory Halt, if the            Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
                                                minutes of trading before the early scheduled           Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading              enforce written policies and procedures that
                                                close, the Price Bands shall be calculated by           with a transaction or quotation that does not         are reasonably designed to prevent the
                                                applying double the Percentage Parameters               include a zero bid or zero offer, the next            display of offers below the Lower Price Band
                                                set forth in Appendix A. If the Processor has           Reference Price shall be the Reopening Price          and bids above the Upper Price Band for an
                                                not yet disseminated Price Bands, but a                 on the Primary Listing Exchange. Subsequent           NMS Stock. The Processor shall disseminate
                                                Reference Price is available, a trading center          Reference Prices shall be determined in the           an offer below the Lower Price Band or bid
                                                may calculate and apply Price Bands based               manner prescribed for normal openings, as             above the Upper Price Band that may be
                                                                                                        specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If the      submitted despite such reasonable policies
                                                on the same Reference Price that the
                                                                                                        Primary Listing Exchange notifies the                 and procedures, but with an appropriate flag
                                                Processor would use for calculating such
                                                                                                        Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS          identifying it as non-executable; provided,
                                                Price Bands until such trading center
                                                                                                        Stock due to a systems or technology issue,           however, that any such bid or offer shall not
                                                receives Price Bands from the Processor. If,
                                                                                                        or if the Primary Listing Exchange reopens            be included in National Best Bid or National
                                                under Section VII(B)(2), the Primary Listing            trading with a quotation that has a zero bid
                                                Exchange notifies the Processor that it is                                                                    Best Offer calculations.
                                                                                                        or zero offer, or both, the next Reference
                                                unable to reopen an NMS Stock due to a                  Price shall be the last effective Price Band          (B) Entering and Exiting a Limit State
                                                systems or technology issue and it has not              that was in a Limit State before the Trading
                                                declared a Regulatory Halt, the Processor will                                                                   (1) All trading for an NMS Stock shall
                                                                                                        Pause. Subsequent Reference Prices shall be           immediately enter a Limit State if the
                                                calculate and disseminate Price Bands by                calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the
                                                applying triple the Percentage Parameters set                                                                 National Best Offer equals the Lower Price
                                                                                                        Plan.                                                 Band and does not cross the National Best
                                                forth in Appendix A for the first 30 seconds               (2) Following a Regulatory Halt, the next
                                                such Price Bands are disseminated.                                                                            Bid, or the National Best Bid equals the
                                                                                                        Reference Price shall be the Opening or               Upper Price Band and does not cross the
                                                   (2) The Processor shall calculate a Pro-             Reopening Price on the Primary Listing
                                                Forma Reference Price on a continuous basis                                                                   National Best Offer.
                                                                                                        Exchange if such Opening or Reopening Price              (2) When trading for an NMS Stock enters
                                                during Regular Trading Hours, as specified in           occurs within five minutes after the end of
                                                Section V(A)(1) of the Plan. If a Pro-Forma                                                                   a Limit State, the Processor shall disseminate
                                                                                                        the Regulatory Halt, and subsequent                   this information by identifying the relevant
                                                Reference Price has not moved by 1% or                  Reference Prices shall be determined in the           quotation (i.e., a National Best Offer that
                                                more from the Reference Price currently in              manner prescribed for normal openings, as             equals the Lower Price Band or a National
                                                effect, no new Price Bands shall be                     specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If          Best Bid that equals the Upper Price Band)
                                                disseminated, and the current Reference                 such Opening or Reopening Price has not
                                                                                                                                                              as a Limit State Quotation. At this point, the
                                                Price shall remain the effective Reference              occurred within five minutes after the end of
                                                                                                                                                              Processor shall cease calculating and
                                                Price. When the Pro-Forma Reference Price               the Regulatory Halt, the Reference Price shall
                                                                                                                                                              disseminating updated Reference Prices and
                                                has moved by 1% or more from the Reference              be equal to the arithmetic mean price of
                                                                                                                                                              Price Bands for the NMS Stock until either
                                                Price currently in effect, the Pro-Forma                Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS
                                                                                                                                                              trading exits the Limit State or trading
                                                Reference Price shall become the Reference              Stock over the preceding five minute time
                                                                                                                                                              resumes with an opening or re-opening as
                                                Price, and the Processor shall disseminate              period, and subsequent Reference Prices
                                                                                                                                                              provided in Section V.
                                                new Price Bands based on the new Reference              shall be calculated as specified in Section
                                                                                                                                                                 (3) Trading for an NMS Stock shall exit a
                                                Price; provided, however, that each new                 V(A) of the Plan.
                                                                                                                                                              Limit State if, within 15 seconds of entering
                                                Reference Price shall remain in effect for at           VI. Limit Up–Limit Down Requirements                  the Limit State, the entire size of all Limit
                                                least 30 seconds.                                                                                             State Quotations are executed or cancelled.
                                                                                                        (A) Limitations on Trades and Quotations
                                                (B) Openings                                                                                                     (4) If trading for an NMS Stock exits a
                                                                                                        Outside of Price Bands
                                                                                                                                                              Limit State within 15 seconds of entry, the
                                                   (1) Except when a Regulatory Halt is in                (1) All trading centers in NMS Stocks,              Processor shall immediately calculate and
                                                effect at the start of Regular Trading Hours,           including both those operated by Participants         disseminate updated Price Bands based on a
                                                the first Reference Price for a trading day             and those operated by members of                      Reference Price that equals the arithmetic
                                                shall be the Opening Price on the Primary               Participants, shall establish, maintain, and          mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions
                                                Listing Exchange in an NMS Stock if such                enforce written policies and procedures that          for the NMS Stock over the immediately
                                                Opening Price occurs less than five minutes             are reasonably designed to prevent trades at          preceding five-minute period (including the
                                                after the start of Regular Trading Hours.               prices that are below the Lower Price Band            period of the Limit State).
                                                During the period less than five minutes after          or above the Upper Price Band for an NMS                 (5) If trading for an NMS Stock does not
                                                the Opening Price, a Pro-Forma Reference                Stock. Single-priced opening, reopening, and          exit a Limit State within 15 seconds of entry,
                                                Price shall be updated on a continuous basis            closing transactions on the Primary Listing           the Limit State will terminate when the
                                                to be the arithmetic mean price of Eligible             Exchange, however, shall be excluded from             Primary Listing Exchange declares a Trading
                                                Reported Transactions for the NMS Stock                 this limitation. In addition, any transaction         Pause pursuant to Section VII of the Plan or
                                                during the period following the Opening                 that both (i) does not update the last sale
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                                                                                                                                                              at the end of Regular Trading Hours.
                                                Price (including the Opening Price), and if it          price (except if solely because the transaction
                                                differs from the current Reference Price by             was reported late or because the transaction          VII. Trading Pauses
                                                1% or more shall become the new Reference               was an odd-lot sized transaction), and (ii) is
                                                Price, except that a new Reference Price shall          excepted or exempt from Rule 611 under                (A) Declaration of Trading Pauses
                                                remain in effect for at least 30 seconds.               Regulation NMS shall be excluded from this              (1) If trading for an NMS Stock does not
                                                Subsequent Reference Prices shall be                    limitation.                                           exit a Limit State within 15 seconds of entry
                                                calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the            (2) When a National Best Bid is below the           during Regular Trading Hours, then the
                                                Plan.                                                   Lower Price Band or a National Best Offer is          Primary Listing Exchange shall declare a



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                                                Trading Pause for such NMS Stock and shall              Listing Exchange executes a closing                   Schedule 1 to this Appendix. Schedule 1 to
                                                notify the Processor.                                   transaction.                                          the Appendix will be reviewed and updated
                                                   (2) The Primary Listing Exchange may also               (2) If the Primary Listing Exchange does           semi-annually based on the fiscal year by the
                                                declare a Trading Pause for an NMS Stock                not execute a closing transaction within five         Primary Listing Exchange to add ETPs that
                                                when an NMS Stock is in a Straddle State,               minutes after the end of Regular Trading              meet the criteria, or delete ETPs that are no
                                                which is when National Best Bid (Offer) is              Hours, all trading centers may begin trading          longer eligible. To determine eligibility for an
                                                below (above) the Lower (Upper) Price Band              the NMS Stock.                                        ETP to be included as a Tier 1 NMS Stock,
                                                and the NMS Stock is not in a Limit State,                                                                    all ETPs across multiple asset classes and
                                                                                                        VIII. Implementation
                                                and trading in that NMS Stock deviates from                                                                   issuers, including domestic equity,
                                                normal trading characteristics such that                  The initial date of Plan operations shall be        international equity, fixed income, currency,
                                                declaring a Trading Pause would support the             April 8, 2013.                                        and commodities and futures will be
                                                Plan’s goal to address extraordinary market               The Plan shall be implemented on a pilot            identified. Leveraged ETPs will be excluded
                                                volatility. The Primary Listing Exchange                basis set to end on [April 16, 2018]April 15,         and the list will be sorted by notional
                                                shall develop policies and procedures for               2019.                                                 consolidated average daily volume
                                                determining when it would declare a Trading             IX. Withdrawal From Plan                              (‘‘CADV’’). The period used to measure
                                                Pause in such circumstances. If a Trading                                                                     CADV will be from the first day of the
                                                                                                          If a Participant obtains SEC approval to            previous fiscal half year up until one week
                                                Pause is declared for an NMS Stock under
                                                                                                        withdraw from the Plan, such Participant              before the beginning of the next fiscal half
                                                this provision, the Primary Listing Exchange            may withdraw from the Plan at any time on
                                                shall notify the Processor.                                                                                   year. Daily volumes will be multiplied by
                                                                                                        not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to
                                                   (3) The Processor shall disseminate                                                                        closing prices and then averaged over the
                                                                                                        each of the other Participants. At such time,
                                                Trading Pause information to the public. No                                                                   period. ETPs, including inverse ETPs, that
                                                                                                        the withdrawing Participant shall have no
                                                trades in an NMS Stock shall occur during                                                                     trade over $2,000,000 CADV will be eligible
                                                                                                        further rights or obligations under the Plan.
                                                a Trading Pause, but all bids and offers may                                                                  to be included as a Tier 1 NMS Stock. The
                                                be displayed.                                           X. Counterparts and Signatures                        semi-annual updates to Schedule 1 do not
                                                                                                          The Plan may be executed in any number              require an amendment to the Plan. The
                                                (B) Reopening of Trading During Regular                                                                       Primary Listing Exchanges will maintain the
                                                Trading Hours                                           of counterparts, no one of which need
                                                                                                        contain all signatures of all Participants, and       updated Schedule 1 on their respective
                                                   (1) Five minutes after declaring a Trading           as many of such counterparts as shall                 websites.
                                                Pause for an NMS Stock, and if the Primary              together contain all such signatures shall               (2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
                                                Listing Exchange has not declared a                     constitute one and the same instrument.               NMS Stocks with a Reference Price more
                                                Regulatory Halt, the Primary Listing                      In Witness Thereof, this Plan has been              than $3.00 shall be 5%.
                                                Exchange shall attempt to reopen trading                executed as of the ___day of February 2018               (3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
                                                using its established reopening procedures.             by each of the parties hereto.                        NMS Stocks with a Reference Price equal to
                                                The Processor will publish the following                                                                      $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall be
                                                                                                        Cboe BZX EXCHANGE, INC.
                                                information that the Primary Listing                                                                          20%.
                                                Exchange provides to the Processor in                   Cboe BYX EXCHANGE, INC.                                  (4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
                                                connection with such reopening: Auction                 BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               NMS Stocks with a Reference Price less than
                                                reference price; auction collars; and number            BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b)
                                                of extensions to the reopening auction. The             Cboe EDGA EXCHANGE, INC.                              75%.
                                                Trading Pause shall end when the Primary                                                                         (5) The Reference Price used for
                                                                                                        Cboe EDGX EXCHANGE, INC.
                                                Listing Exchange reports a Reopening Price.                                                                   determining which Percentage Parameter
                                                   (2) The Primary Listing Exchange shall               BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               shall be applicable during a trading day shall
                                                notify the Processor if it is unable to reopen          BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               be based on the closing price of the NMS
                                                trading in an NMS Stock due to a systems or             CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.                          Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange on the
                                                technology issue and if it has not declared a           FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY                         previous trading day, or if no closing price
                                                Regulatory Halt. The Processor shall                    AUTHORITY, INC.                                       exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing
                                                disseminate this information to the public.                                                                   Exchange reported by the Processor.
                                                   (3) Trading centers may not resume trading           BY: lllllllllllllllllll
                                                                                                        BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               II. Tier 2 NMS Stocks
                                                in an NMS Stock following a Trading Pause
                                                without Price Bands in such NMS Stock.                  INVESTORS EXCHANGE LLC                                   (1) Tier 2 NMS Stocks shall include all
                                                   (4) The Processor shall update the Price             NASDAQ BX, Inc.                                       NMS Stocks other than those in Tier 1,
                                                Bands as set forth in Section V(C)(1)–(2) of                                                                  provided, however, that all rights and
                                                                                                        BY: lllllllllllllllllll
                                                the Plan after receiving notification from the                                                                warrants are excluded from the Plan.
                                                Primary Listing Exchange of a Reopening                 BY: lllllllllllllllllll                                  (2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
                                                Price following a Trading Pause (or a resume            NASDAQ PHLX LLC                                       NMS Stocks with a Reference Price more
                                                message in the case of a reopening quote that           THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC                           than $3.00 shall be 10%.
                                                has a zero bid or zero offer, or both) or that          BY: lllllllllllllllllll                                  (3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
                                                it is unable to reopen trading following a                                                                    NMS Stocks with a Reference Price equal to
                                                                                                        BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall be
                                                Trading Pause due to a systems or technology
                                                issue, provided that if the Primary Listing             NYSE NATIONAL, INC.                                   20%.
                                                Exchange is unable to reopen due to a                   NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC                              (4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
                                                systems or technology issue, the update to              BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               NMS Stocks with a Reference Price less than
                                                the Price Bands will be no earlier than ten             BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b)
                                                minutes after the beginning of the Trading                                                                    75%.
                                                                                                        NYSE American LLC                                        (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
                                                Pause.
                                                                                                        NYSE ARCA, INC.                                       Percentage Parameters for a Tier 2 NMS
                                                (C) Trading Pauses Within Ten Minutes of                BY: lllllllllllllllllll                               Stock that is a leveraged ETP shall be the
                                                the End of Regular Trading Hours                                                                              applicable Percentage Parameter set forth in
                                                                                                        BY: lllllllllllllllllll
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                                                   (1) If an NMS Stock is in a Trading Pause                                                                  clauses (2), (3), or (4) above, multiplied by
                                                during the last ten minutes of trading before           Appendix A—Percentage Parameters                      the leverage ratio of such product.
                                                the end of Regular Trading Hours, the                                                                            (6) The Reference Price used for
                                                Primary Listing Exchange shall not reopen               I. Tier 1 NMS Stocks                                  determining which Percentage Parameter
                                                trading and shall attempt to execute a closing             (1) Tier 1 NMS Stocks shall include all            shall be applicable during a trading day shall
                                                transaction using its established closing               NMS Stocks included in the S&P 500 Index,             be based on the closing price of the NMS
                                                procedures. All trading centers may begin               the Russell 1000 Index, and the exchange-             Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange on the
                                                trading the NMS Stock when the Primary                  traded products (‘‘ETP’’) identified as               previous trading day, or if no closing price



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                                                exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing
                                                Exchange reported by the Processor.

                                                                                                                                   APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1
                                                                                                                                          [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                      ETP name                                                                                     Exchange

                                                SPY ...................     SPDR S&P 500® ETF .......................................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                QQQ ..................      Powershares QQQ Trust Series 1 ....................................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                IWM ...................     iShares Russell 2000 ETF ................................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                EEM ..................      iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ..............................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                XLF ...................     Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund .................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                VXX ...................     iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN ...................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                EFA ...................     iShares MSCI EAFE ETF ..................................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                TLT ....................    iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF .............................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                HYG ..................      iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF .............................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                GDX ..................      VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ....................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                XIV ....................    VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN ..........................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                IVV ....................    iShares Core S&P 500 ETF ..............................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                GLD ...................     SPDR Gold Trust ..............................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                XLE ...................     Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ....................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                LQD ...................     iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ................................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                EWZ ..................      iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF ....................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                XLU ...................     Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund ....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                XLI .....................   Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund .................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                DIA ....................    SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust ..............................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                XLP ...................     Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund .................................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                XLK ...................     Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund .............................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                SVXY ................       ProShares Short VIX Short Term Futures ........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                FXI ....................    iShares China Large-Cap ETF ..........................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                XLV ...................     Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ............................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                IYR ....................    iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF ..........................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                XOP ..................      SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF ......................................................................................                             NYSE Arca.
                                                VWO .................       Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF ..........................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                VOO ..................      Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ...................................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IEMG .................      iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF .....................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                EWJ ..................      iShares MSCI Japan ETF .................................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                GDXJ ................       VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF .........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                XLY ...................     Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ........................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                SMH ..................      VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF ................................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                JNK ...................     SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF ............................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                KRE ...................     SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ...................................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                MDY ..................      SPDR S&P MidCap 400® ETF .........................................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                XBI ....................    SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ...................................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                VEA ...................     Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF ........................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                IBB ....................    iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF .................................................................................................................                 NASDAQ.
                                                VNQ ..................      Vanguard REIT ETF ..........................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                AGG ..................      iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                EZU ...................     iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF ............................................................................................................................             Cboe BZX.
                                                VTI ....................    Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF ...................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                IEFA ..................     iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF .........................................................................................................................               Cboe BZX.
                                                XLB ...................     Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund .................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                EMB ..................      iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF ...................................................................................                                NASDAQ.
                                                IWD ...................     iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF ......................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                USO ..................      United States Oil Fund LP ................................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                XRT ...................     SPDR S&P Retail ETF ......................................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                IEF ....................    iShares 7–10 Year Treasury Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                IJR .....................   iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ...................................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                IJH .....................   iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF ......................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                IWF ...................     iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF ...................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                VGK ..................      Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF ............................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                EWY ..................      iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF .........................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                BND ..................      Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF ....................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                OIH ....................    VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF ....................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                DXJ ...................     WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund .........................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                AMLP ................       Alerian MLP ETF ...............................................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                EWW .................       iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF ..................................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
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                                                IWB ...................     iShares Russell 1000 ETF ................................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                VTV ...................     Vanguard Value ETF .........................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                RSX ...................     VanEck Vectors Russia ETF .............................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                SLV ...................     iShares Silver Trust ...........................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                EWT ..................      iShares MSCI Taiwan Capped ETF ..................................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                IAU ....................    iShares Gold Trust ............................................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                VCSH ................       Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF .....................................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                TIP ....................    iShares TIPS Bond ETF ....................................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                        APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                          [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                     ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                ACWI .................       iShares MSCI ACWI ETF ..................................................................................................................................        NASDAQ.
                                                IWO ...................      iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF ...................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                BSV ...................      Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF ......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                MCHI .................       iShares MSCI China ETF ..................................................................................................................................       NASDAQ.
                                                VCIT ..................      Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF .........................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                IWN ...................      iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF ......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                EWG .................        iShares MSCI Germany ETF ............................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                INDA .................       iShares MSCI India ETF ...................................................................................................................................      Cboe BZX.
                                                FEZ ...................      SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF ..........................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                KBE ...................      SPDR S&P Bank ETF .......................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                IVW ...................      iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF ..........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                VEU ...................      Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF ..............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                PFF ...................      iShares US Preferred Stock ETF ......................................................................................................................           NASDAQ.
                                                ITB ....................     iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF ..............................................................................................................               Cboe BZX.
                                                AAXJ .................       iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF .................................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                EWH ..................       iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF .........................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                HEDJ .................       WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund .......................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                SOXX ................        iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF ...................................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
                                                XME ..................       SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF .....................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                IVE ....................     iShares S&P 500 Value ETF ............................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                SHV ...................      iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF ....................................................................................................................            NASDAQ.
                                                SHY ...................      iShares 1–3 Year Treasury Bond ETF .............................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                VB .....................     Vanguard Small-Cap ETF .................................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                VUG ..................       Vanguard Growth ETF ......................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                BKLN .................       PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio ..................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                AMJ ...................      JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN ...................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                VGT ...................      Vanguard Information Technology ETF ............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                SH .....................     ProShares Short S&P500 .................................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                USMV ................        iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF .....................................................................................................                   Cboe BZX.
                                                EWU ..................       iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF .................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                VYM ..................       Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund .......................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                XHB ...................      SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF .........................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                IEI ......................   iShares 3–7 Year Treasury Bond ETF .............................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                FXE ...................      CurrencyShares Euro Trust ..............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                EWC ..................       iShares MSCI Canada ETF ..............................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                UNG ..................       United States Natural Gas Fund LP .................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                MBB ..................       iShares MBS ETF .............................................................................................................................................   NASDAQ.
                                                XLRE .................       Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund ............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                SPLV .................       PowerShares S&P 500® Low Volatility Portfolio ..............................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                MUB ..................       iShares National Muni Bond ETF .....................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                VT .....................     Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ..........................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                MINT .................       PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Exchange-Traded Fund ................................................................                                    NYSE Arca.
                                                DBEF ................        Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF ......................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                VO .....................     Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF ....................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                OEF ...................      iShares S&P 100 ETF .......................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                VIG ....................     Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF ...............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                EWP ..................       iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF ....................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                FLOT .................       iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF ......................................................................................................................           Cboe BZX.
                                                EPI ....................     WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                DVY ...................      iShares Select Dividend ETF ............................................................................................................................        NASDAQ.
                                                CSJ ...................      iShares 1–3 Year Credit Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................             NASDAQ.
                                                VIXY ..................      ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF ..........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                CWB ..................       SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF ...................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                BIV ....................     Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHF ................        Schwab International Equity ETF ......................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                ITA ....................     iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF ............................................................................................................                 Cboe BZX.
                                                SCZ ...................      iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF ................................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                RSP ...................      Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                SJNK .................       SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF ........................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                ITOT ..................      iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF .............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                BNDX ................        Vanguard Total International Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                EWA ..................       iShares MSCI Australia ETF .............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                IYT ....................     iShares Transportation Average ETF ...............................................................................................................              Cboe BZX.
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                                                ILF .....................    iShares Latin America 40 ETF ..........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                VFH ...................      Vanguard Financials ETF ..................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                PCY ...................      PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio ..............................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                HYS ...................      PIMCO 0–5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund .................................................                                           NYSE Arca.
                                                FDN ...................      First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ......................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                CIU ....................     iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF .............................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
                                                MTUM ...............         iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF .....................................................................................................                      Cboe BZX.
                                                VBR ...................      Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF .......................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                       APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                         [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                VXUS ................       Vanguard Total International Stock ETF ...........................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
                                                SDY ...................     SPDR S&P Dividend ETF .................................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                IWR ...................     iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF ...........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                EMLC ................       VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF .......................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                HEWJ ................       iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF ....................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                EFAV .................      iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility ETF ...................................................................................................                    Cboe BZX.
                                                EUFN ................       iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF ..............................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                IWS ...................     iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF ................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHX ................       Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF ...........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                NEAR ................       iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF .....................................................................................................................           Cboe BZX.
                                                IWP ...................     iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF ..............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                KWEB ...............        KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF ..............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                HEFA ................       iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF ....................................................................................................                      Cboe BZX.
                                                EWI ...................     iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF .......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IWV ...................     iShares Russell 3000 ETF ................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                IYF ....................    iShares U.S. Financials ETF .............................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                EZA ...................     iShares MSCI South Africa ETF .......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                VXF ...................     Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund ...........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                IYW ...................     iShares U.S. Technology ETF ..........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                VHT ...................     Vanguard Health Care ETF ..............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                BIL .....................   SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1–3 Month T-Bill ETF ...........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                UUP ..................      PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ...............................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                IEUR .................      iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF ......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                DBC ..................      PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund .........................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                EFV ...................     iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF .......................................................................................................................             Cboe BZX.
                                                HEZU ................       iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF ..............................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHB ................       Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF .......................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                IEV ....................    iShares Europe ETF ..........................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHD ................       Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF ...................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                VV .....................    Vanguard Large-Cap ETF .................................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                PGX ..................      PowerShares Preferred Portfolio ......................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                EWL ..................      iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF ...........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                VPL ...................     Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF .............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                IJK .....................   iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF ...........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                BOTZ ................       Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF .................................................................................                      NASDAQ.
                                                VMBS ................       Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF ....................................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                IXUS ..................     iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF ...........................................................................................                     NASDAQ.
                                                VCLT .................      Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF .....................................................................................................                     NASDAQ.
                                                SCHE ................       Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF ............................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                LIT .....................   Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF ..............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                ASHR ................       Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF .............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                ACWX ...............        iShares MSCI ACWI ex US ETF ......................................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
                                                VOE ..................      Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF ..........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                VDE ...................     Vanguard Energy ETF ......................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                HDV ..................      iShares Core High Dividend ETF ......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IUSG .................      iShares Core US Growth ETF ..........................................................................................................................           NASDAQ.
                                                SCHA ................       Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF ............................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                PSQ ..................      ProShares Short QQQ ......................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                GOVT ................       iShares Core US Treasury Bond ETF ..............................................................................................................                Cboe BZX.
                                                KBWB ...............        PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio ....................................................................................................................             NASDAQ.
                                                EEMV ................       iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ETF/Dup ........................................................................                               Cboe BZX.
                                                VTIP ..................     Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF ................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                RWX ..................      SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF ............................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                ROBO ...............        ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF .........................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                DBJP .................      Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF .....................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                VNQI .................      Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF ......................................................................................................                  NASDAQ.
                                                SHYG ................       iShares 0–5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                QUAL ................       iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF ............................................................................................................                Cboe BZX.
                                                IGV ....................    iShares North American Tech-Software ETF ...................................................................................................                    Cboe BZX.
                                                EPP ...................     iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF ................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                EWQ .................       iShares MSCI France ETF ................................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                VLUE .................      iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF ..............................................................................................................                Cboe BZX.
                                                VSS ...................     Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ................................................................................                             NYSE Arca.
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                                                ECH ..................      iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF .....................................................................................................................             Cboe BZX.
                                                SCHZ ................       Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                IDV ....................    iShares International Select Dividend ETF .......................................................................................................               Cboe BZX.
                                                IJS .....................   iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF ..........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                DBEU ................       Xtrackers MSCI Europe Hedged Equity ETF ...................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                SPIB ..................     SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF .............................................................                                      NYSE Arca.
                                                IHI .....................   iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF ...................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                HYD ..................      VanEck Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF .............................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                       APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                         [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                SCHO ................       Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ...........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHH ................       Schwab U.S. REIT ETF ....................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                IUSV ..................     iShares Core US Value ETF .............................................................................................................................         NASDAQ.
                                                SCHG ................       Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF ...............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                SHM ..................      SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Municipal Bond ETF ............................................................                                       NYSE Arca.
                                                FPE ...................     First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF .............................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                SPSB ................       SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Corporate Bond ETF .........................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                VBK ...................     Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF ....................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                ACWV ...............        iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility ETF ................................................................................                          Cboe BZX.
                                                TOTL .................      SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF ..................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                VTEB .................      Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund .........................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                FXU ...................     First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund ..................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                IJT .....................   iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF ........................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                IYM ....................    iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF ....................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                MLPI ..................     ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN ........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                VPU ...................     Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ...........................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                SRLN ................       SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF ........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                FXL ...................     First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund ...........................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                BLV ...................     Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF .......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                SPHD ................       PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio .........................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                IYH ....................    iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF ............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                TFI .....................   SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond ETF ...............................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                ICF ....................    iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF ..................................................................................................................              Cboe BZX.
                                                VDC ..................      Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF ....................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                EWM .................       iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF .............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                VOX ..................      Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF ....................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                IJJ .....................   iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ..............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHP ................       Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF ....................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                DBA ...................     PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ...................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                THD ...................     iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF ...............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                VIS ....................    Vanguard Industrials ETF .................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                EIDO .................      iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF ...........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                IYG ....................    iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF ................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                ANGL ................       VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF ........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                RWM .................       ProShares Short Russell2000 ...........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                FTSM ................       First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF .........................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                EWS ..................      iShares MSCI Singapore Capped ETF .............................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                FVD ...................     First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund .....................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                BWX ..................      SPDR Bloomberg Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF .........................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                OIL ....................    iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETNs ......................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                IYE ....................    iShares U.S. Energy ETF ..................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                QTEC ................       First Trust NASDAQ.–100 Technology Index Fund ..........................................................................................                        NASDAQ.
                                                DGRO ...............        iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF .................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                TUR ...................     iShares MSCI Turkey ETF ................................................................................................................................        NASDAQ.
                                                VOT ...................     Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF .......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                IYZ ....................    iShares US Telecommunications ETF ..............................................................................................................                Cboe BZX.
                                                PHB ...................     PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio ..........................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHV ................       Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF .................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                KIE ....................    SPDR S&P Insurance ETF ...............................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                IDU ....................    iShares U.S. Utilities ETF .................................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                EMLP ................       First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund ...................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                REM ..................      iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF ....................................................................................................                    Cboe BZX.
                                                RWR .................       SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF ............................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                ERUS ................       iShares MSCI Russia Capped ETF ..................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                MGK ..................      Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF ....................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                VGSH ................       Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond ETF .................................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                FXB ...................     CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust ...................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                NOBL ................       ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF .................................................................................................                    Cboe BZX.
                                                GBIL ..................     Goldman Sachs TreasuryAccess® 0–1 Year ETF ............................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                PRF ...................     PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. 1000 Portfolio .................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                EFG ...................     iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF .....................................................................................................................              Cboe BZX.
                                                AMZA ................       InfraCap MLP ETF ............................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                GVI ....................    iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF ........................................................................................                        Cboe BZX.
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                                                GUNR ...............        FlexShares Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund .........................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                VAW ..................      Vanguard Materials ETF ...................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                XAR ...................     SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF ............................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                BOND ................       PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund ...................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                VTWO ...............        Vanguard Russell 2000 .....................................................................................................................................     NASDAQ.
                                                IGF ....................    iShares Global Infrastructure ETF ....................................................................................................................          NASDAQ.
                                                FLRN .................      SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF ..................................................................                                   NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHM ...............        Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF ...............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.



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                                                12442                               Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 21, 2018 / Notices

                                                                                                                       APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                         [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                FNDX ................       Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF ..................................................................................                              NYSE Arca.
                                                RWO .................       SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF ......................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                EWD ..................      iShares MSCI Sweden Capped ETF ................................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                CQQQ ...............        Guggenheim China Technology ETF ................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                VRP ...................     PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred Portfolio ...............................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                FTEC .................      Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF ............................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                ZIV ....................    VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Medium Term ETN .....................................................................................                          NASDAQ.
                                                IYJ .....................   iShares U.S. Industrials ETF .............................................................................................................................      Cboe BZX.
                                                DEM ..................      WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund ......................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                USMC ...............        Principal U.S. Mega-Cap Multi-Factor ETF ......................................................................................................                 NASDAQ.
                                                GSY ..................      Guggenheim Ultra Short Duration ETF .............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                XES ...................     SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF ..........................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                VGIT ..................     Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond ETF ......................................................................................                           NASDAQ.
                                                VCR ..................      Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF ...........................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                FNDF ................       Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF ......................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                FXY ...................     CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ...............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                FNDA ................       Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF ...................................................................................                             NYSE Arca.
                                                IDEV ..................     iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF ..............................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                DON ..................      WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund ........................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                ITM ....................    VanEck Vectors AMT-Free Intermediate Municipal Index ETF ........................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                HACK ................       ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF ..................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                CRED ................       iShares Core US Credit Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................             NASDAQ.
                                                FNCL .................      Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF ..................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IXN ....................    iShares Global Tech ETF ..................................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                ONEQ ...............        Fidelity NASDAQ. Composite Index Tracking Stock ETF ................................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                SPDW ...............        SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF ..........................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                HEWG ...............        iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF ...............................................................................................                        NASDAQ.
                                                TBF ...................     ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                RPG ..................      Guggenheim S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF .........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                DOG ..................      ProShares Short Dow30 ...................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                RYT ...................     Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF ...........................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                LMBS ................       First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF .....................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                GXC ..................      SPDR S&P China ETF ......................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                SPHB ................       PowerShares S&P 500® High Beta Portfolio ....................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                INDY .................      iShares India 50 ETF ........................................................................................................................................   NASDAQ.
                                                IYC ....................    iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF .............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                RING .................      iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF ............................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                MDYG ...............        SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF .............................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                DFE ...................     WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund ................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                DGRW ...............        WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund ............................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                SPEM ................       SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ETF ..................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                FNDE ................       Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF ............................................................                                        NYSE Arca.
                                                IXC ....................    iShares Global Energy ETF ..............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                EPHE ................       iShares MSCI Philippines ETF ..........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                DGS ..................      WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund ..............................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                FXC ...................     CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                EPOL ................       iShares MSCI Poland Capped ETF ..................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                GSLC ................       Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF .................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                ISTB ..................     iShares Core 1–5 Year USD Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................                  NASDAQ.
                                                VWOB ...............        Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF ......................................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                STIP ..................     iShares 0–5 Year TIPS Bond ETF ....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                SUB ...................     iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF ..................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                TLH ...................     iShares 10–20 Year Treasury Bond ETF .........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                EMHY ................       iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF ............................................................................................                       Cboe BZX.
                                                FXO ...................     First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund ...............................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                LDRS ................       Innovator IBD® ETF Leaders ETF ....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                SPAB ................       SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF ............................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                SLYV .................      SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF .............................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                DJP ...................     iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN .....................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                SDOG ...............        ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF .....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                MLPA ................       Global X MLP ETF ............................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                FBT ...................     First Trust NYSE Arca. Biotechnology Index Fund ..........................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                FV .....................    First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF ............................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
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                                                SCHR ................       Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ...............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                MDYV ................       SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF ................................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                TAN ...................     Guggenheim Solar ETF ....................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                FTSL .................      First Trust Senior Loan ETF .............................................................................................................................       NASDAQ.
                                                PZA ...................     PowerShares National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio .............................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                VOOG ...............        Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF .......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                FEX ...................     First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund ....................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                SKYY ................       First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund ...................................................................................................                  NASDAQ.



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                                                                                                                       APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                         [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                        Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                SDIV ..................     Global X SuperDividend ETF ............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                IAT ....................    iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF ....................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                SLYG ................       SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF ..........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                IYK ....................    iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF .................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                IUSB ..................     iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF ......................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                VGLT .................      Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF ..................................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                XSD ...................     SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF .......................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                EDV ...................     Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF ....................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                HYLS .................      First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF .....................................................                                   NASDAQ.
                                                CWI ...................     SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF .........................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                GREK ................       Global X MSCI Greece ETF .............................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                XT .....................    iShares Exponential Technologies ETF ............................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                SPTM ................       SPDR Portfolio Total Stock Market ETF ...........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                PPLT .................      ETFS Physical Platinum Shares .......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                XMLV ................       PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio ..........................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                VIGI ...................    Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF ..........................................................................................                     NASDAQ.
                                                SCHK ................       Schwab 1000 Index® ETF ................................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                SPYG ................       SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF ..............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                IGM ...................     iShares North American Tech ETF ...................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                ARKK ................       ARK Innovation ETF .........................................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                XSLV .................      PowerShares S&P SmallCap Low Volatility Portfolio .......................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                FXH ...................     First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund ..........................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                IWY ...................     iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF ..............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                VONG ...............        Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF ................................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                EWN ..................      iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF ........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                CLRG ................       IQ Chaikin U.S. Large Cap ETF .......................................................................................................................           NASDAQ.
                                                PICK ..................     iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF ....................................................................................                          Cboe BZX.
                                                DES ...................     WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund .....................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                SCHC ................       Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF ....................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                IGOV .................      iShares International Treasury Bond ETF ........................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                GNR ..................      SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF .....................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                CLY ...................     iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                IPAC ..................     iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF .......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                EMQQ ...............        EMQQ The Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF ............................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                FFTY .................      Innovator IBD® 50 ETF .....................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                AIEQ .................      AI Powered Equity ETF .....................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                FEP ...................     First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund ..................................................................................................................             NASDAQ.
                                                DLS ...................     WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund ........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                IXJ .....................   iShares Global Healthcare ETF ........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                AOM ..................      iShares Core Moderate Allocation Fund ...........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                PGF ...................     PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio .......................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                FXR ...................     First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund ..............................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                JO .....................    iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN ......................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                FDL ...................     First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund .....................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                FHLC .................      Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF ..............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                VXZ ...................     iPATH S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN ...................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                SIL .....................   Global X Silver Miners ETF ..............................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                LRGF ................       iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA ETF ........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                SPLG ................       SPDR Portfolio Large Cap ETF ........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                DFJ ...................     WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund ..................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                PHYS ................       Sprott Physical Gold Trust ................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                SPTL .................      SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF .....................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                URA ..................      Global X Uranium ETF ......................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                JPIN ..................     JPMorgan Diversified Return International Equity ETF ....................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                PDBC ................       PowerShares DB Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy Portfolio ...................................................                                       NASDAQ.
                                                HYMB ................       SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF .......................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                FNDC ................       Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF ......................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                HYLB .................      Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ..............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                PXH ...................     PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Portfolio ....................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                DBO ..................      PowerShares DB Oil Fund ................................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                PRFZ .................      PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio ..................................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                AIA ....................    iShares Asia 50 ETF .........................................................................................................................................   NASDAQ.
                                                DWX ..................      SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF ............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
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                                                MOAT ................       VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF ..................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                XPH ...................     SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF ....................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                RPV ...................     Guggenheim S&P 500 Pure Value ETF ...........................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                AOR ..................      iShares Core Growth Allocation Fund ..............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                ITE ....................    SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF .........................................................................                                NYSE Arca.
                                                PSI ....................    PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio ............................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                VYMI .................      Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF .............................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                PPA ...................     PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio ..................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                      APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
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                                                       Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                    Exchange

                                                JPMF .................     JPMorgan Managed Futures Strategy ETF ......................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                SCIF ..................    VanEck Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF ....................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                FM .....................   iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF .......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                FDT ...................    First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund ...................................................................................                           NASDAQ.
                                                DSI ....................   iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF ..................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                GWX .................      SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF .........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                SLQD ................      iShares 0–5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ..............................................................................                             NASDAQ.
                                                ARKW ...............       ARK Web x.0 ETF .............................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                STPZ .................     PIMCO 1–5 Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund ............................................................................                                NYSE Arca.
                                                SPSM ................      SPDR Portfolio Small Cap ETF ........................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IEO ....................   iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF ....................................................................................                        Cboe BZX.
                                                SPHQ ................      PowerShares S&P 500 Quality Portfolio ...........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                PNQI .................     PowerShares NASDAQ. Internet Portfolio ........................................................................................................                 NASDAQ.
                                                IWC ...................    iShares Micro-Cap ETF .....................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                VIOO .................     Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF .................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                RYH ..................     Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Health Care ETF ..........................................................................................                          NYSE Arca.
                                                SGOL ................      ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares ...................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                REMX ................      VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF ...........................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                REET ................      iShares Global REIT ETF .................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                VONV ................      Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ..........................................................................................................................          NASDAQ.
                                                IHF ....................   iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF ...........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                BSCI ..................    Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                MGV ..................     Vanguard Mega Cap Value ETF .......................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                BSJJ ..................    Guggenheim BulletShares 2019 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................                                  NYSE Arca.
                                                BBH ...................    VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF ............................................................................................................................         NASDAQ.
                                                IGE ....................   iShares North American Natural Resources ETF .............................................................................................                      Cboe BZX.
                                                BSJK .................     Guggenheim BulletShares 2020 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................                                  NYSE Arca.
                                                PDP ...................    PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio ..........................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                FXA ...................    CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ...........................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                BSJI ..................    Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................                                  NYSE Arca.
                                                RFDI ..................    First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Developed International ETF ..........................................................................                           NASDAQ.
                                                CORP ................      PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund .....................................................                                          NYSE Arca.
                                                FPX ...................    First Trust US IPO Index Fund .........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                GEM ..................     Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF .............................................................................                              NYSE Arca.
                                                PWV ..................     PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio ...........................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                BSCK ................      Guggenheim BulletShares 2020 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                TDTT .................     FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund ...........................................................................                             NYSE Arca.
                                                AMU ..................     ETRACS Alerian MLP Index ETN .....................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                IXG ....................   iShares Global Financials ETF .........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                FXD ...................    First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund .......................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                DLN ...................    WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund ....................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                ILTB ..................    iShares Core Long-Term USD Bond ETF ........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                FREL .................     Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF ...............................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                SCJ ...................    iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF ...............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                SPMD ................      SPDR S&P 1000 ETF .......................................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                GSG ..................     iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust .................................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                FENY ................      Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF ......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                BSCJ .................     Guggenheim BulletShares 2019 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                FXG ...................    First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund ................................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                BAB ...................    PowerShares Taxable Municipal Bond Portfolio ...............................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                QAI ....................   IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF ..............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                SPYV ................      SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF ................................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                PPH ...................    VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF ...............................................................................................................               NASDAQ.
                                                SMIN .................     iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF .................................................................................................................              Cboe BZX.
                                                DBB ...................    PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund ................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                TOK ...................    iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF ..............................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                SECT ................      Main Sector Rotation ETF .................................................................................................................................      Cboe BZX.
                                                FCG ..................     First Trust Natural Gas ETF ..............................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.
                                                IVOG .................     Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF ........................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                EXI ....................   iShares Global Industrials ETF .........................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                EWO .................      iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF ..................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                SGG ..................     iPath Bloomberg Sugar Subindex Total Return ETN .......................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                IDLV ..................    PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio ................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
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                                                SIZE ..................    iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor ETF ......................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                FTA ...................    First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund ..................................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                FLEE .................     Franklin FTSE Europe ETF ...............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                PJP ...................    PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio ............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                ECON ................      EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer ETF ..................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                FEM ..................     First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund ................................................................................................                     NASDAQ.
                                                HFXI ..................    IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE International ETF ...............................................................................................                     NYSE Arca.
                                                EBND ................      SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF .....................................................................                                   NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                     APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                       [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                       Ticker                                                                                    ETP name                                                                                   Exchange

                                                INTF ..................    iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl ETF ...........................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                EUM ..................     ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets .......................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                IFV ....................   First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF .......................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                LEMB ................      iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF ........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                IPE ....................   SPDR Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF ..............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                BSCL .................     Guggenheim BulletShares 2021 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                AOK ..................     iShares Core Conservative Allocation Fund .....................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                IHE ....................   iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF ..................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                FXZ ...................    First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund ...............................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                IYY ....................   iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF ...........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                PXF ...................    PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio .....................................................................                                NYSE Arca.
                                                QDF ..................     FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund .........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                HYEM ................      VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF ...............................................................................                            NYSE Arca.
                                                AOA ..................     iShares Core Aggressive Allocation Fund ........................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                RYF ...................    Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Financial ETF ...............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                PSLV .................     Sprott Physical Silver Trust ...............................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                FXN ...................    First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund ..................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                SPYD ................      SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF ...................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                MOO .................      VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF ...................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                ULVM ................      USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum Blend Index ETF ....................................................................................                              NYSE Arca.
                                                PKW ..................     PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio .......................................................................................................                NASDAQ.
                                                PWS ..................     Pacer WealthShield ETF ...................................................................................................................................     Cboe BZX.
                                                QQEW ...............       First Trust NASDAQ.–100 Equal Weighted Index Fund ...................................................................................                          NASDAQ.
                                                DHS ..................     WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund .............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                IVOO .................     Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF .....................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                CMF ..................     iShares California Muni Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                IGHG .................     ProShares Investment Grade-Interest Rate Hedged ETF ................................................................................                           Cboe BZX.
                                                SPLB .................     SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond ET ............................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                PID ....................   PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio .................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                VONE ................      Vanguard Russell 1000 .....................................................................................................................................    NASDAQ.
                                                IAGG .................     iShares International Aggregate Bond Fund .....................................................................................................                Cboe BZX.
                                                EPU ...................    iShares MSCI All Peru Capped ETF ................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                RWL ..................     Oppenheimer Large Cap Revenue ETF ...........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                RHS ..................     Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF .........................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                USRT ................      iShares U.S. Core REIT ETF ............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                MGC ..................     Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Index Fund ..............................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                PTLC .................     Pacer Trendpilot 750 ETF .................................................................................................................................     Cboe BZX.
                                                IQDF .................     FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund ....................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                EWX ..................     SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF ................................................................................................                       NYSE Arca.
                                                JKD ...................    iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF ................................................................................................................             NYSE Arca.
                                                FXF ...................    CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust ..................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                PFXF .................     VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF .................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                LVHD ................      Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF ................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                KBWY ...............       PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio ................................................................................                           NASDAQ.
                                                FEMS ................      First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund ..............................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                CFO ..................     Victory CEMP US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index ETF .............................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                PSCT ................      PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio ......................................................................                               NASDAQ.
                                                NIB ....................   iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return ETN ......................................................................................                         NYSE Arca.
                                                CSML ................      IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF .......................................................................................................................          NASDAQ.
                                                BSCM ................      Guggenheim BulletShares 2022 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                IEZ ....................   iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF ....................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                FUTY .................     Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF ......................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                FTCS .................     First Trust Capital Strength ETF .......................................................................................................................       NASDAQ.
                                                PALL .................     ETFS Physical Palladium Shares .....................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                XLG ...................    Guggenheim S&P 500® Top 50 ETF ................................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                BSJL .................     Guggenheim BulletShares 2021 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................                                 NYSE Arca.
                                                RDIV .................     Oppenheimer Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF .....................................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                CGW .................      Guggenheim S&P Global Water Index ETF .....................................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                BSCH ................      Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond ETF ....................................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                FSTA .................     Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF ....................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                FDD ...................    First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Income Fund ...........................................................................                             NYSE Arca.
                                                PSP ...................    PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio .........................................................................................                   NYSE Arca.
                                                FIDU ..................    Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF .................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
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                                                VNM ..................     VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF ..........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                PSK ...................    SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF ..........................................................................................................                NYSE Arca.
                                                MDIV .................     First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund .....................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                ARGT ................      Global X MSCI Argentina ETF ..........................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                EEMA ................      iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF .....................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                EZM ..................     WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Earnings Fund ........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.
                                                IFGL ..................    iShares International Developed Real Estate ETF ...........................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                RWJ ..................     Oppenheimer Small Cap Revenue ETF ...........................................................................................................                  NYSE Arca.



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                                                                                                                     APPENDIX A—SCHEDULE 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                       [As of January 2, 2018]

                                                       Ticker                                                                                   ETP name                                                                                   Exchange

                                                TDTF .................     FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund ...........................................................................                           NYSE Arca.
                                                PEY ...................    PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio .........................................................................                          NASDAQ.
                                                ATMP ................      Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN ......................................................................................................................           NYSE Arca.
                                                PTH ...................    PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio .......................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                IOO ...................    iShares Global 100 ETF ....................................................................................................................................   NYSE Arca.
                                                GBF ...................    iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF .............................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                FTXO ................      First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF ...........................................................................................................................       NASDAQ.
                                                FIXD ..................    First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF ...........................................................................................                    NASDAQ.
                                                HEEM ................      iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ................................................................................                            Cboe BZX.
                                                PIN ....................   PowerShares India Portfolio ..............................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                PCEF ................      PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio ...............................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                CHIQ .................     Global X China Consumer ETF ........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                DWM .................      WisdomTree International Equity Fund .............................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                CXSE ................      WisdomTree Trust WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund .....................................................                                       NASDAQ.
                                                VOOV ................      Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF .........................................................................................................................          NYSE Arca.
                                                RYE ...................    Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF ...........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                PKB ...................    PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio ................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                GMF ..................     SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF ............................................................................................................               NYSE Arca.
                                                MNA ..................     IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF ..................................................................................................................................    NYSE Arca.
                                                FMAT ................      Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF ...................................................................................................................         NYSE Arca.
                                                OUSA ................      O’Shares FTSE U.S. Quality Dividend ETF .....................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                RZV ...................    Guggenheim S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Value ETF ...........................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                IBDM .................     iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Corporate ETF ...............................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                FLTR .................     VanEck Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF ....................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                BNO ..................     United States Brent Oil Fund, LP .....................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                QABA ................      First Trust NASDAQ. ABA Community Bank Index Fund ................................................................................                            NASDAQ.
                                                FDIS ..................    Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF ...........................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                SLY ...................    SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF .......................................................................................................................            NYSE Arca.
                                                CDC ..................     Victory CEMP US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index ETF .................................................................                                 NASDAQ.
                                                FYX ...................    First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund ....................................................................................................                 NASDAQ.
                                                SUSA ................      iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF ................................................................................................................              NYSE Arca.
                                                REZ ...................    iShares Residential Real Estate Capped ETF ..................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                IBDL ..................    iShares iBonds Dec 2020 Term Corporate ETF ...............................................................................................                    NYSE Arca.
                                                BSJH .................     Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................                                NYSE Arca.
                                                UIVM .................     USAA MSCI International Value Momentum Blend Index ETF ........................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                GSIE .................     Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF ......................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                AGGY ................      WisdomTree Barclays Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund ................................................................                                  NYSE Arca.
                                                JPUS .................     JPMorgan Diversified Return US Equity ETF ...................................................................................................                 NYSE Arca.
                                                RGI ....................   Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF ......................................................................................                        NYSE Arca.
                                                IHDG .................     WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund ..................................................................                               NYSE Arca.
                                                URTH ................      iShares MSCI World ETF ..................................................................................................................................     NYSE Arca.
                                                DGL ...................    PowerShares DB Gold Fund .............................................................................................................................        NYSE Arca.
                                                CIBR .................     First Trust NASDAQ. Cybersecurity ETF ..........................................................................................................              NASDAQ.
                                                FMB ..................     First Trust Managed Municipal ETF ..................................................................................................................          NASDAQ.
                                                FTC ...................    First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund ................................................................................................                   NASDAQ.
                                                RDVY ................      First Trust NASDAQ. Rising Dividend Achievers ETF .....................................................................................                       NASDAQ.
                                                KBA ...................    KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF ..............................................................................................                      NYSE Arca.
                                                DXJS .................     WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund ........................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                TDIV ..................    First Trust NASDAQ. Technology Dividend Index Fund ..................................................................................                         NASDAQ.
                                                IXP ....................   iShares Global Telecom ETF ............................................................................................................................       NYSE Arca.
                                                SLX ...................    VanEck Vectors Steel ETF ...............................................................................................................................      NYSE Arca.



                                                Appendix B—Data                                                       I. Summary Statistics                                                     g. Tier 2 non-leveraged ETPs in each of
                                                                                                                      A. Frequency with which NMS Stocks enter                                     above categories
                                                   Unless otherwise specified, the following                                                                                                    h. Tier 2 leveraged ETPs in each of above
                                                data shall be collected and transmitted to the                           a Limit State. Such summary data shall be                                 categories
                                                SEC in an agreed-upon format on a monthly                                broken down as follows:                                             2. Partition by time of day
                                                basis, to be provided 30 calendar days                                1. Partition stocks by category                                           a. Opening (prior to 9:45 a.m. ET)
                                                following month end. Unless otherwise                                    a. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >$3.00                                        b. Regular (between 9:45 a.m. ET and 3:35
                                                specified, the Primary Listing Exchanges                                 b. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >= $0.75 and =                                   p.m. ET)
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                                                shall be responsible for collecting and                                     $3.00                                                               c. Closing (after 3:35 p.m. ET)
                                                                                                                         c. Tier 1 non-ETP issues <$0.75                                        d. Within five minutes of a Trading Pause
                                                transmitting the data to the SEC. Data
                                                                                                                                                                                                   re-open or IPO open
                                                collected in connection with Sections II(E)—                             d. Tier 1 non-leveraged ETPs in each of
                                                                                                                                                                                             3. Track reasons for entering a Limit State,
                                                (G) below shall be transmitted to the SEC                                   above categories                                                       such as:
                                                with a request for confidential treatment                                e. Tier 1 leveraged ETPs in each of above                              a. Liquidity gap—price reverts from a Limit
                                                under the Freedom of Information Act. 5                                     categories                                                             State Quotation and returns to trading
                                                U.S.C. 552, and the SEC’s rules and                                      f. Tier 2 non-ETPs in each of above                                       within the Price Bands
                                                regulations thereunder.                                                     categories                                                          b. Broken trades



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                                                  c. Primary Listing Exchange manually                    9. Count and volume of (3–8) for cancels              clearance and settlement of client
                                                     declares a Trading Pause pursuant to                 10. Include: ticker, date, time at start, time        transactions referencing the client’s
                                                     Section (VII)(2) of the Plan                            of Limit State, all data item fields in 1,         clearing broker, as well as to amend its
                                                  d. Other                                                   last sale prior to 15-second period (null
                                                                                                                                                                Clearing Supplement to provide for the
                                                B. Determine (1), (2) and (3) for when a                     if no trades today), range during 15-
                                                  Trading Pause has been declared for an                     second period, last trade during 15-               clearance of the Standard European
                                                  NMS Stock pursuant to the Plan.                            second period                                      Senior Non Preferred Financial
                                                                                                                                                                Corporate Transaction type, and to make
                                                II. Raw Data (All Participants, Except A–E,             III. On May 28, 2015, Participants Provided             certain clarifying amendments.3 The
                                                Which Are for the Primary Listing Exchanges             to the SEC a Supplemental Joint Assessment
                                                Only)
                                                                                                                                                                proposed rule change was published for
                                                                                                        Relating to the Impact of the Plan and
                                                                                                        Calibration of the Percentage Parameters as             comment in the Federal Register on
                                                A. Record of every Straddle State                                                                               February 15, 2018.4 The Commission
                                                   1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited,          Follows
                                                      flag for ending with Limit State, flag for
                                                                                                                                                                did not receive comments on the
                                                                                                        A. Assess the statistical and economic impact
                                                      ending with manual override.                           on liquidity of approaching Price Bands.
                                                                                                                                                                proposed rule change. For the reasons
                                                   2. Pipe delimited with field names as first          B. Assess the statistical and economic impact           discussed below, the Commission is
                                                      record.                                                of the Price Bands on erroneous trades.            approving the proposed rule change on
                                                B. Record of every Price Band                           C. Assess the statistical and economic impact           an accelerated basis.
                                                   1. Ticker, date, time at beginning of Price               of the appropriateness of the Percentage
                                                      Band, Upper Price Band, Lower Price                    Parameters used for the Price Bands.
                                                                                                                                                                II. Description of the Proposed Rule
                                                      Band                                              D. Assess whether the Limit State is the                Change
                                                   2. Pipe delimited with field names as first               appropriate length to allow for liquidity             As currently constructed, LCH SA’s
                                                      record                                                 replenishment when a Limit State is                rules prohibit certain ‘‘self-referencing’’
                                                C. Record of every Limit State                               reached because of a temporary liquidity
                                                   1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited,                                                                  transactions. Specifically, LCH SA
                                                                                                             gap.                                               prohibits, in the case of a house
                                                      flag for halt                                     E. Evaluate concerns from the options
                                                   2. Pipe delimited with field names as first               markets regarding the statistical and
                                                                                                                                                                transaction,5 the clearing of single-name
                                                      record                                                 economic impact of Limit States on                 credit default swap (‘‘SN CDS’’)
                                                D. Record of every Trading Pause or halt                     liquidity and market quality in the                transactions where the reference entity
                                                   1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited,               options markets. (Participants that                underlying the SN CDS is the Clearing
                                                      type of halt (i.e., regulatory halt, non-              operate options exchange should also               Member, or an affiliate of the Clearing
                                                      regulatory halt, Trading Pause pursuant                prepare such assessment reports.)
                                                      to the Plan, other)
                                                                                                                                                                Member, that is clearing the transaction.
                                                                                                        F. Assess whether the process for entering a            In the case of a client transaction, LCH
                                                   2. Pipe delimited with field names as first
                                                                                                             Limit State should be adjusted and                 SA currently prohibits clearing of a
                                                      record
                                                                                                             whether Straddle States are problematic.           transaction in which the reference entity
                                                E. Data set or orders entered into reopening
                                                                                                        G. Assess whether the process for exiting a
                                                      auctions during halts or Trading Pauses
                                                                                                             Limit State should be adjusted.
                                                                                                                                                                underlying the SN CDS is the client (or
                                                   1. Arrivals, Changes, Cancels, # shares,                                                                     an affiliate of the client), or the clearing
                                                                                                        H. Assess whether the Trading Pauses are too
                                                      limit/market, side, Limit State side                                                                      broker (or affiliate of the clearing broker)
                                                                                                             long or short and whether the reopening
                                                   2. Pipe delimited with field name as first                                                                   of the client that is clearing the CDS
                                                                                                             procedures should be adjusted.
                                                      record
                                                F. Data set of order events received during             [FR Doc. 2018–05661 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]             transaction.6
                                                      Limit States                                      BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                   Under the proposed rule change, LCH
                                                G. Summary data on order flow of arrivals                                                                       SA would permit the clearing of client
                                                      and cancellations for each 15-second                                                                      transactions where the reference entity
                                                      period for discrete time periods and              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 underlying the SN CDS is the clearing
                                                      sample stocks to be determined by the             COMMISSION                                              broker, or an affiliate of the clearing
                                                      SEC in subsequent data requests. Must                                                                     broker, of the client clearing the
                                                      indicate side(s) of Limit State.                  [Release No. 34–82883; File No. SR–LCH                  transaction. Specifically, LCH SA would
                                                   1. Market/marketable sell orders arrivals            SA–2018–001]
                                                                                                                                                                amend Section 4 of its CDS Clearing
                                                      and executions
                                                   a. Count                                             Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH                      Procedures to revise the eligibility
                                                   b. Shares                                            SA; Order Granting Approval on an                       requirement for SN CDS to make a
                                                   c. Shares executed                                   Accelerated Basis of Proposed Rule                      distinction between house and client
                                                   2. Market/marketable buy orders arrivals             Change Relating to Self-Referencing                     self-referencing transactions in order to
                                                      and executions
                                                                                                        Transactions                                            permit clients to clear CDS where the
                                                   a. Count                                                                                                     underlying reference entity is the
                                                   b. Shares                                            March 15, 2018.                                         client’s clearing broker or an affiliate
                                                   c. Shares executed
                                                   3. Count arriving, volume arriving and               I. Introduction                                            3 Capitalized terms used in this order, but not
                                                      shares executing in limit sell orders
                                                                                                           On January 31, 2018, Banque Centrale                 defined herein, have the same meaning as in the
                                                      above NBBO mid-point                                                                                      LCH SA Rules, CDS Clearing Supplement, or CDS
                                                   4. Count arriving, volume arriving and               de Compensation, which conducts
                                                                                                                                                                Clearing Procedures.
                                                      shares executing in limit sell orders at or       business under the name LCH SA (‘‘LCH                      4 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34–82675
                                                      below NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)             SA’’), filed with the Securities and                    (February 9, 2018), 83 FR 6915 (February 15, 2018)
                                                   5. Count arriving, volume arriving and               Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’),                   (SR–LCH SA–2018–001) (‘‘Notice’’).
                                                      shares executing in limit buy orders at or        pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                        5 A house transaction is any Cleared Transaction

                                                      above NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)             Securities Exchange Act of 1934                         registered in the House Trade Account of a Clearing
                                                   6. Count arriving, volume arriving and                                                                       Member. A House Trade Account, in turn, is an
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                                                                                                        (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a               account opened by LCH SA at the request and in
                                                      shares executing in limit buy orders              proposed rule change (SR–LCH SA–                        the name of a Clearing Member within the Account
                                                      below NBBO mid-point
                                                   7. Count and volume arriving of limit sell           2018–001) to amend its CDS Clearing                     Structure of the Clearing Member in the CDS
                                                                                                        Supplement and its CDS Clearing                         Clearing System in order to register Cleared
                                                      orders priced at or above NBBO mid-                                                                       Transactions cleared by such Clearing Member for
                                                      point plus $0.05                                  Procedures in order to allow for the                    its own account. See Section 1.1.1, Terms defined
                                                   8. Count and volume arriving of limit buy                                                                    in the CDS Clearing Rule Book, LCH SA CDS
                                                      orders priced at or below NBBO mid-                 1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                              Clearing Rule Book, 4 January 2018.
                                                      point minus $0.05                                   2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                                    6 Notice, 83 FR at 6915.




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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation83 FR 12432 

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