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$70 and $14 in response to the lack of
demand by vendors and users. Vendors
simply will only utilize the service
unless and until they conclude that it is
economically beneficial to them and to
their users.
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, as amended.
As a general matter, the Commission has
long held the view that ‘‘competition
and innovation are essential to the
health of the securities markets. Indeed,
competition is one of the hallmarks of
the national market system.’’ 10 The
Commission has also stated ‘‘that the
notion of competition is inextricably
tied with the notion of economic
efficiency, and the Act seeks to
encourage market behavior that
promotes such efficiency, lower costs,
and better service in the interest of
investors and the general public. 11
The Commission goes on to state its
belief ‘‘that the appropriate analysis to
determine a proposal’s competitive
impact is to weigh the proposal’s overall
benefits and costs to competition based
on the particular facts involved, such as
examining whether the proposal would
promote economically efficient
execution of securities and fair
competition between and among
exchange markets and other market
centers, as well as fair competition
between the participants of a particular
market.12
The proposed rule change is designed
to increase transparency and the
efficiency of executions by enabling
vendors to provide additional market
data in a cost efficient manner. There is
significant competition for the provision
of market data to broker-dealers and
other market data consumers, as well as
competition for the orders that generate
the data. Nasdaq fully expects its
competitors to quickly respond to this
proposal as they have responded to
other Nasdaq data products in the past.
Moreover, market forces have shaped
the market data fees that Nasdaq has
charged for this product in the past and
will continue to shape those fees in the
future. As noted above, the Commission
originally approved a fee of $150 for
TotalView. Nasdaq lowered that fee to
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data. Nasdaq believes that this proposed
rule change will encourage the broader
redistribution of the Nasdaq depth of
book information, thus improving
transparency and thereby benefiting the
investing public.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
10 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 43863
(January 19, 2001), 66 FR 8020 (January 26, 2001)
(SR–NASD–99–53).
11 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 54155
(July 14, 2006), 71 FR 41291, 41298 (July 20, 2006)
(SR–NASDAQ–2006–001).
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Written comments were neither
solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 35 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period (i)
as the Commission may designate up to
90 days of such date if it finds such
longer period to be appropriate and
publishes its reasons for so finding or
(ii) as to which the self-regulatory
organization consents, the Commission
will:
A. By order approve such proposed
rule change, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
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 rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
No. SR–NASDAQ–2006–049 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Station Place, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–049. 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
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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 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–2006–049 and
should be submitted on or before April
6, 2007.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.13
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–55444; File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2007–006]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change To
Establish Daily Share Volume Service
and Fees for the Service
March 12, 2007.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on February
7, 2007, The NASDAQ Stock Market
LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II and III
below, which Items have been prepared
by Nasdaq. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
Nasdaq proposes to establish fees to
make Nasdaq Daily Share Volume
13 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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information available via a Web-based
data product that will provide daily
traded share volume by issue for
participating market participants on a
T+1 basis. The text of the proposed rule
change is available at Nasdaq, https://
www.nasdaq.com, and the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.3
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. 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.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
Nasdaq proposes to establish the
Nasdaq Daily Share Volume Service
(‘‘Service’’) and to establish fees for the
Service, to make information available
via a Web-based data product that will
provide daily traded share volume by
issue for participating market
participants on a T+1 basis. Currently,
Nasdaq provides a share volume
product on a monthly basis called the
NASDAQ Monthly Market Maker Share
Volume Report. Nasdaq has received
numerous requests for a comparable
daily product based on trades executed
by, or reported to, Nasdaq systems.
Vendors and other exchanges also
currently make daily broker volume
reports available. Specifically, the New
York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’)
provides a daily NYSE Broker Volume
Report based on trades reported to the
NYSE. Access to the NYSE reports via
the web costs $300/month. Access to the
full dataset via FTP costs $3,000/month.
In response to this demand, Nasdaq
proposes to establish the Service. The
Service will provide subscribers with
the ability to view volume reports on a
T+1 basis. One level of service (‘‘web
subscribers’’) will enable users to access
the product through a web service that
will allow a single subscriber to
construct a variety of custom queries
and view and print the results. Another
level of service (‘‘FTP subscribers’’) will
have FTP access to the full underlying
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in the electronic NASDAQ Manual found at
https://www.nasdaqtrader.com.
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data set to create custom reports and
enable redistribution, but a distributor
agreement will also be required.
The volume data will include trades
from the Nasdaq Execution System and
internalized prints from the Nasdaq/
NASD Trade Report Facility. Nasdaq
proposes to charge:
• Web subscribers $240/month for
individual access to view and print the
reports; or
• FTP subscribers $2,500/month for
FTP access to the underlying data for
redistribution.
These prices fairly reflect the value of
this data. The Service is responsive to
the requests of market participants
seeking an alternative to the NYSE
product and other commercial products.
However, Nasdaq believes that the
Service is aggressively priced and that
the prices of the Service are designed to
respond to customer demand, while
recognizing the challenge of establishing
a new product in the marketplace.
Nasdaq will provide eligible market
participants with the opportunity to
choose whether to advertise their trade
volume by market participant ID code
and issue. Participation by eligible
market participants will be completely
voluntary.
2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
provisions of Section 6 of the Act,4 in
general, and with Section 6(b)(4) of the
Act,5 in particular, in that it provides for
the equitable allocation of reasonable
dues, fees and other charges among
members and issuers and other persons
using any facility or system which
Nasdaq operates or controls, and it does
not unfairly discriminate between
customers, issuers, brokers or dealers.
Use of the Service is voluntary and the
subscription fees will be imposed on all
purchasers equally based on the level of
service selected. The proposed fees will
cover the costs associated with
establishing the Service, responding to
customer requests, configuring Nasdaq’s
systems, programming to user
specifications, and administering the
Service, among other things.
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, as amended.
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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
Within 35 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period (i)
as the Commission may designate up to
90 days of such date if it finds such
longer period to be appropriate and
publishes its reasons for so finding or
(ii) as to which the self-regulatory
organization consents, the Commission
will:
A. By order approve such proposed
rule change, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
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 rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
No. SR–NASDAQ–2007–006 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Station Place, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2007–006. 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
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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 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–2007–006 and
should be submitted on or before April
6, 2007.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.6
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–4814 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am]
[Release No. 34–55439; File No. SR–NYSE–
2007–16]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New
York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
Proposed Rule Change To Eliminate
the Individual Investor Express
Delivery Service
March 9, 2007.
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 February
14, 2007, the New York Stock Exchange
LLC (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been substantially prepared by the
Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comment on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
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In its filing with the Commission, the
NYSE included statements concerning
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. The
NYSE has prepared summaries, set forth
in Sections A, B, and C below, of the
most significant aspects of such
statements.
1. Purpose
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COMMISSION
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is proposing to amend
Exchange Rule 123B, ‘‘Exchange
Automated Order Routing Systems,’’ by
eliminating the functionality of the
Individual Investor Express Delivery
Service (‘‘IIEDS’’). The text of the
proposed rule change is available on the
617
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
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Office of the Secretary, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
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IIEDS is an order processing service
that, in certain situations, provides
priority delivery to the specialist’s post
through SuperDOT for simple roundlot market orders and market GTC
(‘‘good ’til canceled’’) orders that are for
an amount up to 2,099 shares and are
for the account of an individual
investor 3 as identified by the member
organization or its customer, if enabled
by the member organization, entering
the order. Market orders to buy minus,
sell plus, sell short, buy or sell stop, as
well as limit orders are not eligible for
IIEDS. In addition, a limit order that is
cancelled and replaced with a market
order when entered as a single cancel/
replacement order is not eligible for
IIEDS. IIEDS was adopted in the wake
of the 1987 market correction to enable
retail-sized orders to avoid being
negatively impacted by a sudden and
significant influx of non-retail orders
such as what generally happens when
automated program trading benchmarks
are reached.
IIEDS provides eligible orders with
priority systematized delivery, ahead of
other orders, to the specialist’s post only
when a queue of orders, which is caused
by extraordinarily high levels of
message traffic, exists in the Common
Message Switch (‘‘CMS’’).4 Where no
3 The term ‘‘individual investor’’ is defined to
parallel the concept of ‘‘natural person’’ contained
in Section 11(a)(1)(E) of the Act, 15 U.S.C.
78k(a)(1)(E), including the interpretations made by
the Commission pursuant to that section.
4 CMS is the central communications hub
between member organizations and the NYSE. CMS
receives, validates, and passes orders and
administrative inquiries from member organizations
to other NYSE systems, including SuperDOT. In
addition, CMS sends execution reports, responses
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queue exists in CMS, IIEDS-eligible
orders received by the Exchange are
routed to the specialist’s post through
SuperDOT, along with all other orders
received by CMS, in the normal
sequence in which they are received.
Once an IIEDS order reaches the
specialist’s post, whether it received
priority delivery or not in arriving there,
all normal Exchange market procedures,
including rules related to priority and
parity, are applied in executing the
order.
The NYSE is proposing to eliminate
the functionality of IIEDS because it is
no longer necessary due to systems
capacity upgrades made to CMS that the
Exchange has implemented over time.
In addition, IIEDS is infrequently used,
and orders eligible for the service
represent a very small percentage of
order flow received on the Exchange.
Finally, the service is no longer needed
in light of the increased speed and
efficiency of order executions that will
occur as a result of the NYSE HYBRID
MARKETSM initiative.5
Due to capacity increases made to
CMS on an annual basis over the years,
the Exchange rarely experiences order
queues, a condition precedent for an
IIEDS order to be sent to the specialist’s
post ahead of another order.
Historically, the Exchange has
maintained ‘‘message per second’’
system capacity for CMS equaling
approximately two times the highest
Floor-wide five-minute average message
per second rate experienced during the
year. Thus, for example, during 2005,
the Exchange experienced a peak fiveminute average message per second rate
of 6,043, while the actual CMS system
capacity for year end 2005 was
increased to handle approximately
13,000 messages per second. Year-toyear evaluation of actual message per
second rate coupled with attendant
proportional increases in CMS capacity
has enabled the Exchange to experience
a statistically insignificant number of
order queues, thereby obviating the
need for IIEDS.
The Exchange is also proposing to
eliminate IIEDS because the service is
seldom used by its customers; less than
two-tenths of 1% (approximately .18%)
of order flow received by the Exchange
is eligible for IIEDS processing. The
average number of IIEDS-eligible orders
is approximately 64,000 orders per day,
out of approximately 35.36 million
to administrative inquiries, and status messages
back to member organizations.
5 The Hybrid Market initiative was proposed in
SR–NYSE–2004–05 and Amendments No. 1, 2, 3, 5,
6, 7, and 8 thereto, approved on March 22, 2006.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53539
(March 22, 2006), 71 FR 16353 (March 31, 2006).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-55444; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2007-006]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Daily Share
Volume Service and Fees for the Service
March 12, 2007.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on February 7, 2007, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the
proposed rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, which
Items have been prepared by Nasdaq. 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).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
Nasdaq proposes to establish fees to make Nasdaq Daily Share Volume
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information available via a Web-based data product that will provide
daily traded share volume by issue for participating market
participants on a T+1 basis. The text of the proposed rule change is
available at Nasdaq, https://www.nasdaq.com, and the Commission's Public
Reference Room.\3\
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, Nasdaq included statements
concerning 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
Nasdaq proposes to establish the Nasdaq Daily Share Volume Service
(``Service'') and to establish fees for the Service, to make
information available via a Web-based data product that will provide
daily traded share volume by issue for participating market
participants on a T+1 basis. Currently, Nasdaq provides a share volume
product on a monthly basis called the NASDAQ Monthly Market Maker Share
Volume Report. Nasdaq has received numerous requests for a comparable
daily product based on trades executed by, or reported to, Nasdaq
systems.
Vendors and other exchanges also currently make daily broker volume
reports available. Specifically, the New York Stock Exchange (``NYSE'')
provides a daily NYSE Broker Volume Report based on trades reported to
the NYSE. Access to the NYSE reports via the web costs $300/month.
Access to the full dataset via FTP costs $3,000/month.
In response to this demand, Nasdaq proposes to establish the
Service. The Service will provide subscribers with the ability to view
volume reports on a T+1 basis. One level of service (``web
subscribers'') will enable users to access the product through a web
service that will allow a single subscriber to construct a variety of
custom queries and view and print the results. Another level of service
(``FTP subscribers'') will have FTP access to the full underlying data
set to create custom reports and enable redistribution, but a
distributor agreement will also be required.
The volume data will include trades from the Nasdaq Execution
System and internalized prints from the Nasdaq/NASD Trade Report
Facility. Nasdaq proposes to charge:
Web subscribers $240/month for individual access to view
and print the reports; or
FTP subscribers $2,500/month for FTP access to the
underlying data for redistribution.
These prices fairly reflect the value of this data. The Service is
responsive to the requests of market participants seeking an
alternative to the NYSE product and other commercial products. However,
Nasdaq believes that the Service is aggressively priced and that the
prices of the Service are designed to respond to customer demand, while
recognizing the challenge of establishing a new product in the
marketplace.
Nasdaq will provide eligible market participants with the
opportunity to choose whether to advertise their trade volume by market
participant ID code and issue. Participation by eligible market
participants will be completely voluntary.
2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with
the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\4\ in general, and with Section
6(b)(4) of the Act,\5\ in particular, in that it provides for the
equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among
members and issuers and other persons using any facility or system
which Nasdaq operates or controls, and it does not unfairly
discriminate between customers, issuers, brokers or dealers. Use of the
Service is voluntary and the subscription fees will be imposed on all
purchasers equally based on the level of service selected. The proposed
fees will cover the costs associated with establishing the Service,
responding to customer requests, configuring Nasdaq's systems,
programming to user specifications, and administering the Service,
among other things.
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\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
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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, as amended.
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
Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to
be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
A. By order approve such proposed rule change, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.
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 No. SR-NASDAQ-2007-006 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2007-006.
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
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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 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-2007-
006 and should be submitted on or before April 6, 2007.
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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\6\17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4814 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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