Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Waive Distributor Fee for Specific Data Element, 77841-77842 [E6-22086]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / Notices available for inspection and copying in the Commission’s Public Reference Room. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of Nasdaq. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–058 and should be submitted on or before January 17, 2007. For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated authority.16 Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–22081 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–54965; File No. SR– NASDAQ–2006–052] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Waive Distributor Fee for Specific Data Element December 19, 2006. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on December 7, 2006, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been substantially prepared by Nasdaq. Nasdaq has filed the proposal pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4 which renders the proposal effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change Nasdaq proposes to allow for the unlimited, free distribution of Nasdaq’s aggregate best bid and offer quotation 16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 1 15 VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:43 Dec 26, 2006 Jkt 211001 for Nasdaq’s quoting in stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’) and the American Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’). Below is the text of the proposed rule change. Proposed new language is italicized. 7023. Nasdaq TotalView (a)–(b) No change. (c) OpenView (1) The OpenView entitlement package consists of all individual Nasdaq Market Center participant quoting quotes and orders in nonNasdaq exchange-listed securities in the system. There shall be a charge of $6 per month per controlled device for OpenView. (2) The OpenView Top-of-File (‘‘OpenView TOF’’) entitlement package consists of the Nasdaq aggregate best bid and offer quotation for non-Nasdaq exchange-listed securities in the system. There shall be no fee for the distribution of the OpenView TOF. (d) No change. * * * * * II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, Nasdaq included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. Nasdaq has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose To encourage more competition in the trading and quoting of NYSE- and Amex-listed stocks, as well as to encourage subscribership to Nasdaq’s full-depth products, Nasdaq proposes new Nasdaq Rule 7023(c)(2) to institute a fee waiver for firms wishing to distribute the OpenView Top-of-File, which consists of Nasdaq’s aggregate real-time best bid and offer quote for NYSE- and Amex-listed stocks. The aggregate best bid and offer is a single data element within Nasdaq OpenView. That element can be extracted from OpenView and, under this proposal, can be separately distributed free of charge. Nasdaq believes that this will promote wider distribution of data and benefit investors wishing to use that data in PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77841 making investment decisions. Nasdaq has filed this proposal as a change to the rule manual of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. As such, it will be operative when Nasdaq begins operating as an exchange with respect to the trading of NYSE- and Amex-listed securities.5 2. Statutory Basis Nasdaq believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,6 in general, and with Sections 6(b)(5) of the Act,7 in particular, in that waiving the distribution fee for Nasdaq’s aggregate best bid and offer in NYSE and Amex securities will encourage broader dissemination of that data and thereby increase transparency in those securities. B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Burden on Competition Nasdaq does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received from Members, Participants or Others Written comments were neither solicited nor received. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action The foregoing proposed rule change is subject to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 8 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder 9 because the proposal: (i) does not significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) does not impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing or such shorter time as the Commission may designate if consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest; provided that Nasdaq has given the Commission notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such 5 Telephone conversation among John Roeser, Assistant Director, Division of Market Regulation (‘‘Division’’), Commission, David Liu, Special Counsel, Division, Commission, and Jeffrey Davis, Vice President-Deputy General Counsel, Nasdaq, on December 18, 2006. 6 15 U.S.C. 78f. 7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 9 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1 77842 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / Notices shorter time as designated by the Commission.10 At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. IV. Solicitation of Comments should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–052 and should be submitted on or before January 17, 2007. For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated authority.11 Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–22086 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Electronic Comments Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Nasdaq Custom Data Feeds jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES • Use the Commission’s Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–052 on the subject line. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–54959; File No. SR– NASDAQ–2006–056] December 18, 2006. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 Paper Comments notice is hereby given that on December 12, 2006, The NASDAQ Stock Market • Send paper comments in triplicate LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) filed with the Securities to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, and Exchange Commission Securities and Exchange Commission, (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC change as described in Items I, II and III 20549–1090. below, which Items have been prepared All submissions should refer to File substantially by Nasdaq. The Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–052. This Commission is publishing this notice to file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s only one method. The Commission will Statement of the Terms of Substance of post all comments on the Commission’s the Proposed Rule Change Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/ Nasdaq proposes to establish a new rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the data filtration service—Nasdaq Custom submission, all subsequent Data Feeds—that will permit entities to amendments, all written statements request and receive customized data with respect to the proposed rule feeds containing data elements from change that are filed with the Nasdaq’s current data feeds. The text of Commission, and all written the proposed rule change is available at communications relating to the https://nasdaq.complinet.com/file_store/ proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than pdf/rulebooks/SR–NASDAQ–2006– 056.pdf, at Nasdaq, and at the those that may be withheld from the Commission’s Public Reference Room.3 public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s available for inspection and copying in Statement of the Purpose of, and the Commission’s Public Reference Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Room. Copies of the filing also will be Change available for inspection and copying at In its filing with the Commission, the principal office of Nasdaq. All Nasdaq included statements concerning comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). not edit personal identifying 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). information from submissions. You 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 10 Nasdaq has satisfied the five-day pre-filing requirement. VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:43 Dec 26, 2006 Jkt 211001 3 Changes are marked to the rule text that appears in the electronic NASDAQ Manual found at https:// www.nasdaqtrader.com. PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. Nasdaq has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose As quoting and trading have become increasingly automated, the rate of market data traffic has increased materially. For example, the rate of message traffic on TotalView has increased by more than 250% since January 1, 2004. Nasdaq notes that the integration of INET, Brut and Nasdaq execution systems into a single system has increased message traffic further. The data feeds of all markets are seeing similar, and in some cases more pronounced, increases in message traffic. These increases strain the capacity of brokers and vendors in two ways, at significant expense. First, the telecommunications bandwidth a firm purchases must be increased to handle the message traffic without material increases in latency or dropped information. Second, once the data is received it must be processed, with resulting hardware expenses. As a result, participants are seeking to ‘‘filter’’ or reduce the amount of data received without losing information necessary for their trading activities. A service that can filter the data without impacting data performance or integrity is considered valuable, given the savings obtained from lower telecommunications and hardware costs. Moreover, some firms prefer that Nasdaq undertake the filtering prior to delivery rather than accept the full data and filter it themselves. Firms are willing to pay in kind to have ‘‘irrelevant’’ data removed from their data stream, avoiding superfluous, recurring payments to telecommunication providers for what they consider to be ‘‘noise.’’ To respond to this demand, Nasdaq proposes to establish Nasdaq Custom Data Feeds, a customized data feed service that would allow Nasdaq to accommodate particular subscribers’ requests for market data feeds containing a pre-specified combination of data elements otherwise delivered on multiple data feeds. Customized data feeds would allow a customer to receive an entirely unique combination of functionality and content. E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77841-77842]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-54965; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2006-052]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to 
Waive Distributor Fee for Specific Data Element

December 19, 2006.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on December 7, 2006, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'') filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the 
proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items 
have been substantially prepared by Nasdaq. Nasdaq has filed the 
proposal pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposal effective upon filing 
with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    Nasdaq proposes to allow for the unlimited, free distribution of 
Nasdaq's aggregate best bid and offer quotation for Nasdaq's quoting in 
stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') and the 
American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex''). Below is the text of the 
proposed rule change. Proposed new language is italicized.

7023. Nasdaq TotalView

    (a)-(b) No change.
    (c) OpenView
    (1) The OpenView entitlement package consists of all individual 
Nasdaq Market Center participant quoting quotes and orders in non-
Nasdaq exchange-listed securities in the system. There shall be a 
charge of $6 per month per controlled device for OpenView.
    (2) The OpenView Top-of-File (``OpenView TOF'') entitlement package 
consists of the Nasdaq aggregate best bid and offer quotation for non-
Nasdaq exchange-listed securities in the system. There shall be no fee 
for the distribution of the OpenView TOF.
    (d) No change.
* * * * *

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

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

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

1. Purpose
    To encourage more competition in the trading and quoting of NYSE- 
and Amex-listed stocks, as well as to encourage subscribership to 
Nasdaq's full-depth products, Nasdaq proposes new Nasdaq Rule 
7023(c)(2) to institute a fee waiver for firms wishing to distribute 
the OpenView Top-of-File, which consists of Nasdaq's aggregate real-
time best bid and offer quote for NYSE- and Amex-listed stocks. The 
aggregate best bid and offer is a single data element within Nasdaq 
OpenView. That element can be extracted from OpenView and, under this 
proposal, can be separately distributed free of charge. Nasdaq believes 
that this will promote wider distribution of data and benefit investors 
wishing to use that data in making investment decisions. Nasdaq has 
filed this proposal as a change to the rule manual of The NASDAQ Stock 
Market LLC. As such, it will be operative when Nasdaq begins operating 
as an exchange with respect to the trading of NYSE- and Amex-listed 
securities.\5\
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    \5\ Telephone conversation among John Roeser, Assistant 
Director, Division of Market Regulation (``Division''), Commission, 
David Liu, Special Counsel, Division, Commission, and Jeffrey Davis, 
Vice President-Deputy General Counsel, Nasdaq, on December 18, 2006.
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2. Statutory Basis
    Nasdaq believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\6\ in general, and with 
Sections 6(b)(5) of the Act,\7\ in particular, in that waiving the 
distribution fee for Nasdaq's aggregate best bid and offer in NYSE and 
Amex securities will encourage broader dissemination of that data and 
thereby increase transparency in those securities.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    Nasdaq does not believe that the proposed rule change will result 
in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

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

    The foregoing proposed rule change is subject to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \8\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder \9\ 
because the proposal: (i) does not significantly affect the protection 
of investors or the public interest; (ii) does not impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (iii) does not become operative 
prior to 30 days after the date of filing or such shorter time as the 
Commission may designate if consistent with the protection of investors 
and the public interest; provided that Nasdaq has given the Commission 
notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a 
brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five 
business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, 
or such

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shorter time as designated by the Commission.\10\
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \10\ Nasdaq has satisfied the five-day pre-filing requirement.
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule 
change the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it 
appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate 
in the public interest, for the protection of investors or otherwise in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-NASDAQ-2006-052 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2006-052. 
This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is 
used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more 
efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all 
comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, 
all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that 
are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating 
to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, 
other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance 
with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection 
and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of the 
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the 
principal office of Nasdaq. All comments received will be posted 
without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying 
information from submissions. You should submit only information that 
you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to 
File Number SR-NASDAQ-2006-052 and should be submitted on or before 
January 17, 2007.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
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    \11\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-22086 Filed 12-26-06; 8:45 am]
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