Millington Exchange Traded MAVINS Fund, LLC and Millington Securities, Inc.; Notice of Application, 26814-26818 [2013-10890]
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Dated this 29th day of April 2013 at
Rockville, Maryland.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark R. Shaffer,
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No.
30503; 812–13886]
Millington Exchange Traded MAVINS
Fund, LLC and Millington Securities,
Inc.; Notice of Application
May 2, 2013.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of an application for an
order under section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections
2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the
Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under
sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an
exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
(a)(2) of the Act.
AGENCY:
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Hearing requests should state
the nature of the writer’s interest, the
reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
Applicants: 222 South Mill Street,
Naperville, IL 60540.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer L. Sawin, Branch Chief, at (202)
551–6821 (Division of Investment
Management, Office of Investment
Company Regulation).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
may be obtained via the Commission’s
Web site by searching for the file
number, or an applicant using the
Company name box, at https://
www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
calling (202) 551–8090.
Applicants’ Representations
Millington Exchange
Traded MAVINS Fund, LLC (the
‘‘Company’’) and Millington Securities,
Inc. (the ‘‘Adviser’’).
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants
request an order that permits: (a) Series
of certain open-end management
investment companies to issue shares
(‘‘Shares’’) redeemable in large
aggregations only (‘‘Creation Units’’); (b)
secondary market transactions in Shares
to occur at negotiated market prices; (c)
certain series to pay redemption
proceeds, under certain circumstances,
more than seven days from the tender of
Shares for redemption; and (d) certain
affiliated persons of the series to deposit
securities into, and receive securities
from, the series in connection with the
purchase and redemption of Creation
Units.
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APPLICANTS:
1. The Company, a limited liability
company organized under the laws of
Delaware, intends to register with the
Commission as an open-end
management investment company. The
Applicants are requesting relief not only
for the Company and its current series,
the Millington Large-Cap ETF (‘‘Initial
Fund’’), but also with respect to future
series of the Company, and to any
registered open-end management
investment companies or series thereof
that may be created in the future and
that utilizes active management
investment strategies (‘‘Future Funds’’
and collectively with the Initial Fund,
the ‘‘Funds’’).1 Funds may invest in
equity securities or fixed income
securities traded in the U.S. or non-U.S.
markets or a combination of equity and
fixed income securities, including ‘‘tobe-announced transactions’’ (‘‘TBAs’’) 2
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was
and depositary receipts (‘‘Depositary
filed on April 6, 2011, and amended on
September 23, 2011, June 22, 2012,
1 All entities that currently intend to rely on the
November 16, 2012, and May 1, 2013.
requested order are named as Applicants and any
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An Fund that currently intends to rely on the requested
order is identified in the application. Any other
order granting the requested relief will
be issued unless the Commission orders entity that relies on the requested order in the
future will comply with the terms and conditions
a hearing. Interested persons may
of the application.
request a hearing by writing to the
2 A TBA Transaction is a method of trading
mortgage-backed securities. In a TBA Transaction,
Commission’s Secretary and serving
the buyer and seller agree on general trade
applicants with a copy of the request,
parameters such as agency, settlement date, par
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
amount and price. The actual pools delivered
should be received by the Commission
generally are determined two days prior to the
settlement date.
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Receipts’’).3 The securities, other assets,
and other positions in which a Fund
invests are its ‘‘Portfolio Positions.’’ 4
The Company currently expects that the
Initial Fund’s investment objective will
be to provide the potential for capital
appreciation by investing in a portfolio
of large-cap domestic equity securities.
2. Each Fund will (a) be advised by
Millington Securities, Inc. or an entity
controlling, controlled by or under
common control with Millington
Securities, Inc. (each such entity and
any successor thereto included in the
term ‘‘Adviser’’) and (b) comply with
the terms and conditions stated in the
application. Millington Securities, Inc.
is an Illinois corporation and is
registered as an investment adviser
under section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers
Act’’). Any other Adviser to a Fund will
be registered under the Advisers Act.
The Adviser may retain sub-advisers
(each, a ‘‘Fund Sub-Adviser’’) in
connection with the Funds; each Fund
Sub-Adviser will be registered under the
Advisers Act or not subject to such
registration.
3. Millington Securities, Inc. is also a
broker-dealer registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Exchange Act’’) and either it or
another broker-dealer registered under
the Exchange Act will serve as the
principal underwriter and distributor
for each of the Funds (the
‘‘Distributor’’). No Distributor, Adviser,
Fund Sub-Adviser, Fund or the
Company will be an Affiliate of a Fund’s
Listing Exchange.
3 Depositary Receipts include American
Depositary Receipts (‘‘ADRs’’) and Global
Depositary Receipts (‘‘GDRs’’). With respect to
ADRs, the depositary is typically a U.S. financial
institution and the underlying securities are issued
by a foreign issuer. The ADR is registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘Securities Act’’) on Form
F–6. ADR trades occur either on a national
securities exchange as defined in Section 2(a)(26) of
the Act (‘‘Listing Exchange’’) or off-exchange.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 6620
requires all off-exchange transactions in ADRs to be
reported within 90 seconds and ADR trade reports
to be disseminated on a real-time basis. With
respect to GDRs, the depositary may be a foreign or
a U.S. entity, and the underlying securities may
have a foreign or a U.S. issuer. All GDRs are
sponsored and trade on a foreign exchange. No
affiliated persons of Applicants, any Adviser, Fund
Sub-Adviser (as defined below), or Fund will serve
as the depositary for any Depositary Receipts held
by a Fund. A Fund will not invest in any Depositary
Receipts that the Adviser (or, if applicable, the
Fund Sub-Adviser) deems to be illiquid or for
which pricing information is not readily available.
4 If a Fund invests in derivatives: (a) The Board
periodically will review and approve (i) the Fund’s
use of derivatives and (ii) how the Fund’s
investment adviser assesses and manages risk with
respect to the Fund’s use of derivatives; and (b) the
Fund’s disclosure of its use of derivatives in its
offering documents and periodic reports will be
consistent with relevant Commission and staff
guidance.
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4. Shares of each Fund will be
purchased from the Company only in
large aggregations of a specified number
referred to as ‘‘Creation Units.’’ Creation
Units may be purchased through orders
placed with the Distributor by or
through an ‘‘Authorized Participant’’
which is either (1) a broker-dealer or
other participant in the Continuous Net
Settlement (‘‘CNS’’) System of the
National Securities Clearing Corporation
(‘‘NSCC’’), a clearing agency that is
registered with the Commission, or (2)
a participant (‘‘DTC Participant’’) in the
Depository Trust Company ‘‘DTC’’), and
which in either case has executed a
participant agreement with the
Distributor, the Fund, and the Fund’s
transfer agent with respect to the
creation and redemption of Creation
Units. Purchases and redemptions of the
Funds’ Creation Units will be processed
either through an enhanced clearing
process available to DTC Participants
that are also participants in the CNS
system of the NSCC (the ‘‘NSCC
Process’’) or through a manual clearing
process that is available to all DTC
Participants (the ‘‘DTC Process’’).
5. In order to keep costs low and
permit each Fund to be as fully invested
as possible, Shares will be purchased
and redeemed in Creation Units and
generally on an in-kind basis.
Accordingly, except where the purchase
or redemption will include cash under
the limited circumstances specified
below, purchasers will be required to
purchase Creation Units by making an
in-kind deposit of specified instruments
(‘‘Deposit Instruments’’), and
shareholders redeeming their Shares
will receive an in-kind transfer of
specified instruments (‘‘Redemption
Instruments’’).5 On any given Business
Day 6 the names and quantities of the
instruments that constitute the Deposit
Instruments and the names and
quantities of the instruments that
constitute the Redemption Instruments
will be identical, and these instruments
may be referred to, in the case of either
a purchase or redemption, as the
‘‘Creation Basket.’’ In addition, the
Creation Basket will correspond pro rata
5 The Funds must comply with the federal
securities laws in accepting Deposit Instruments
and satisfying redemptions with Redemption
Instruments, including that the Deposit Instruments
and Redemption Instruments are sold in
transactions that would be exempt from registration
under the Securities Act. In accepting Deposit
Instruments and satisfying redemptions with
Redemption Instruments that are restricted
securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act, the Funds will comply
with the conditions of Rule 144A.
6 Each Fund will sell and redeem Creation Units
on any day the Fund is open, including as required
by section 22(e) of the Act (each, a ‘‘Business Day’’).
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to the positions in a Fund’s portfolio
(including cash positions),7 except: (a)
In the case of bonds, for minor
differences when it is impossible to
break up bonds beyond certain
minimum sizes needed for transfer and
settlement; (b) for minor differences
when rounding is necessary to eliminate
fractional shares or lots that are not
tradeable round lots; 8 or (c) TBA
Transactions and other positions that
cannot be transferred in kind 9 will be
excluded from the Creation Basket.10 If
there is a difference between the net
asset value (‘‘NAV’’) attributable to a
Creation Unit and the aggregate market
value of the Creation Basket exchanged
for the Creation Unit, the party
conveying instruments with the lower
value will also pay to the other an
amount in cash equal to that difference
(the ‘‘Balancing Amount’’).
6. Purchases and redemptions of
Creation Units may be made in whole or
in part on a cash basis, rather than in
kind, solely under the following
circumstances: (a) To the extent there is
a Balancing Amount, as described
above; (b) if, on a given Business Day,
a Fund announces before the open of
trading that all purchases, all
redemptions or all purchases and
redemptions on that day will be made
entirely in cash; (c) if, upon receiving a
purchase or redemption order from an
Authorized Participant, a Fund
determines to require the purchase or
redemption, as applicable, to be made
entirely in cash; 11 (d) if, on a given
Business Day, a Fund requires all
Authorized Participants purchasing or
redeeming Shares on that day to deposit
7 The portfolio used for this purpose will be the
same portfolio used to calculate the Fund’s NAV for
that Business Day.
8 A tradeable round lot for a security will be the
standard unit of trading in that particular type of
security in its primary market.
9 This includes instruments that can be
transferred in kind only with the consent of the
original counterparty to the extent the Fund does
not intend to seek such consents.
10 Because these instruments will be excluded
from the Creation Basket, their value will be
reflected in the determination of the Balancing
Amount (defined below).
11 In determining whether a particular Fund will
sell or redeem Creation Units entirely on a cash or
in-kind basis (whether for a given day or a given
order), the key consideration will be the benefit that
would accrue to the Fund and its investors. For
instance, in bond transactions, the Adviser may be
able to obtain better execution than Share
purchasers because of the Adviser’s size, experience
and potentially stronger relationships in the fixed
income markets. Purchases of Creation Units either
on an all cash basis or in-kind are expected to be
neutral to the Funds from a tax perspective. In
contrast, cash redemptions typically require selling
portfolio holdings, which may result in adverse tax
consequences for the remaining Fund shareholders
that would not occur with an in-kind redemption.
As a result, tax considerations may warrant in-kind
redemptions.
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or receive (as applicable) cash in lieu of
some or all of the Deposit Instruments
or Redemption Instruments,
respectively, solely because: (i) Such
instruments are not eligible for transfer
through either the NSCC Process or DTC
Process; or (ii) in the case of Funds
holding non-U.S. investments (‘‘Global
Funds’’), such instruments are not
eligible for trading due to local trading
restrictions, local restrictions on
securities transfers or other similar
circumstances; or (e) if a Fund permits
an Authorized Participant to deposit or
receive (as applicable) cash in lieu of
some or all of the Deposit Instruments
or Redemption Instruments,
respectively, solely because: (i) Such
instruments are, in the case of the
purchase of a Creation Unit, not
available in sufficient quantity; (ii) such
instruments are not eligible for trading
by an Authorized Participant or the
investor on whose behalf the
Authorized Participant is acting; or (iii)
a holder of Shares of a Fund holding
non-U.S. investments would be subject
to unfavorable income tax treatment if
the holder receives redemption
proceeds in kind.12
7. Each Business Day, before the open
of trading on the Listing Exchange, each
Fund will cause to be published through
the NSCC the names and quantities of
the instruments comprising the Creation
Basket, as well as the estimated
Balancing Amount (if any), for that day.
The published Creation Basket will
apply until a new Creation Basket is
announced on the following Business
Day, and there will be no intra-day
changes to the Creation Basket except to
correct errors in the published Creation
Basket. The Listing Exchange or a major
market data vendor will disseminate
every 15 seconds throughout the trading
day an amount representing the Fund’s
estimated NAV, which will be the value
of the Fund’s Portfolio Positions, on a
per Share basis.
8. An investor purchasing or
redeeming a Creation Unit will be
charged a fee (‘‘Transaction Fee’’) to
protect existing shareholders of the
Funds from the dilutive costs associated
with the purchase and redemption of
Creation Units.13 The Distributor will
deliver a confirmation and Fund
prospectus (‘‘Prospectus’’) to the
purchaser. In addition, the Distributor
12 A ‘‘custom order’’ is any purchase or
redemption of Shares made in whole or in part on
a cash basis in reliance on clause (e)(i) or (e)(ii).
13 Where a Fund, under the procedures described
above, permits an in-kind purchaser to substitute
cash for a portion of the Deposit Instruments, the
purchaser may be assessed a higher Transaction Fee
to offset the cost to the Fund of buying those
particular Deposit Securities.
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will maintain records of both the orders
placed with it and the confirmations of
acceptance furnished by it.
9. Beneficial owners of Shares may
sell their Shares in the secondary
market. Shares will be listed on a
Listing Exchange and traded in the
secondary market in the same manner as
other equity securities. Applicants state
that one or more specialists or market
makers will be assigned to the Shares.14
The price of Shares trading on the
secondary market will be based on a
current bid-offer market. Transactions
involving the sale of Shares on the
Listing Exchange will be subject to
customary brokerage commissions and
charges.
10. Applicants expect that purchasers
of Creation Units will include
arbitrageurs and that Listing Exchange
specialists or market makers, acting in
their unique role to provide a fair and
orderly secondary market for Shares,
also may purchase Creation Units for
use in their own market making
activities. Applicants expect that
secondary market purchasers of Shares
will include both institutional investors
and retail investors.15 Applicants state
that because the market price of
Creation Units will be disciplined by
arbitrage opportunities, investors should
be able to sell Shares in the secondary
market at prices that do not vary
materially from their NAV.
11. Neither the Company nor any
Fund will be advertised or marketed as
a conventional open-end investment
company or mutual fund. Instead, each
Fund will be marketed as an ‘‘activelymanaged exchange-traded fund.’’ Any
advertising material that describes the
features of obtaining, buying or selling
Creation Units, or buying or selling
Shares on the Listing Exchange, or
where there is reference to
redeemability, will prominently
disclose that Shares are not individually
redeemable and that owners of Shares
may acquire Shares from a Fund and
tender those Shares for redemption to a
Fund in Creation Units only.
12. The Funds’ Web site, which will
be publicly available prior to the public
14 If Shares are listed on NASDAQ, no specialist
would be contractually obligated to make a market
in Shares. Rather, under NASDAQ’s listing
requirements, two or more Market Makers will be
registered in Shares and required to make a
continuous, two-sided market or face regulatory
sanctions. Applicants do not believe that any
characteristics of a NASDAQ listing would cause
Shares to operate or trade differently than if they
were listed on another Listing Exchange.
15 Shares will be registered in book-entry form
only. DTC or its nominee will be the record or
registered owner of all outstanding Shares. DTC or
DTC Participants will maintain records of beneficial
ownership of Shares.
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offering of Shares, will include, or will
include links to, each Fund’s current
Prospectus and Summary Prospectus (if
any), which may be downloaded. That
Web site, which will be publicly
available at no charge, will also contain,
on a per Share basis for each Fund, the
prior Business Day’s NAV and the
market closing price or the mid-point of
the bid/ask spread at the time of
calculation of such NAV (the ‘‘Bid/Ask
Price’’), and a calculation of the
premium or discount of the market
closing price or Bid/Ask Price against
such NAV. On each Business Day,
before commencement of trading in
Shares on the Listing Exchange, each
Fund will also disclose on the Web site
the identities and quantities of its
Portfolio Positions held by the Fund
that will form the basis for the Fund’s
calculation of NAV at the end of the
Business Day.16
security of which it is the issuer.
Section 2(a)(32) of the Act defines a
redeemable security as any security,
other than short-term paper, under the
terms of which the holder, upon its
presentation to the issuer, is entitled to
receive approximately a proportionate
share of the issuer’s current net assets,
or the cash equivalent. Applicants
request an order to permit the Company
to register as an open-end management
investment company and redeem Shares
in Creation Units only. Applicants state
that each investor is entitled to purchase
or redeem Creation Units rather than
trade the individual Shares in the
secondary market. Applicants further
state that because of the arbitrage
possibilities created by the
redeemability of Creation Units, it is
expected that the market price of an
individual Share will not vary
materially from its NAV.
Applicants’ Legal Analysis
1. Applicants request an order under
section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption
from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and
22(e) of the Act and rule 22c–1 under
the Act, and under sections 6(c) and
17(b) of the Act for an exemption from
sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act.
2. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that
the Commission may exempt any
person, security or transaction, or any
class of persons, securities or
transactions, from any provision of the
Act, if and to the extent that such
exemption is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest and consistent
with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy
and provisions of the Act. Section 17(b)
of the Act authorizes the Commission to
exempt a proposed transaction from
section 17(a) of the Act if evidence
establishes that the terms of the
proposed transaction, including the
consideration to be paid or received, are
reasonable and fair and do not involve
overreaching on the part of any person
concerned, and the proposed
transaction is consistent with the
policies of the registered investment
company and the general provisions of
the Act.
Section 22(d) of the Act and Rule
22c–1 Under the Act
Sections 5(a)(1) and 2(a)(32) of the Act
3. Section 5(a)(1) of the Act defines an
‘‘open-end company’’ as a management
investment company that is offering for
sale or has outstanding any redeemable
16 Under accounting procedures followed by the
Funds, trades made on the prior Business Day (‘‘T’’)
will be booked and reflected in NAV on the current
Business Day (‘‘T+1’’). Accordingly, the Funds will
be able to disclose at the beginning of the Business
Day the portfolio that will form the basis for the
NAV calculation at the end of the Business Day.
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4. Section 22(d) of the Act, among
other things, prohibits a dealer from
selling a redeemable security, which is
currently being offered to the public by
or through a principal underwriter,
except at a current public offering price
described in the prospectus. Rule 22c–
1 under the Act generally requires that
a dealer selling, redeeming, or
repurchasing a redeemable security do
so only at a price based on its NAV.
Applicants state that secondary market
trading in Shares will take place at
negotiated prices, rather than at the
current offering price described in the
Fund’s Prospectus. Thus, purchases and
sales of Shares in the secondary market
will not comply with section 22(d) of
the Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act.
Applicants request an exemption under
section 6(c) from these provisions.
5. Applicants assert that the concerns
sought to be addressed by section 22(d)
of the Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act
with respect to pricing are equally
satisfied by the proposed method of
pricing Shares. Applicants maintain that
while there is little legislative history
regarding section 22(d), its provisions,
as well as those of rule 22c–1, appear to
have been intended (a) to prevent
dilution caused by certain risklesstrading schemes by principal
underwriters and contract dealers, (b) to
prevent unjust discrimination or
preferential treatment among buyers,
and (c) to ensure an orderly distribution
of shares by eliminating price
competition from brokers offering shares
at less than the published sales price
and repurchasing shares at more than
the published redemption price.
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6. Applicants state that (a) secondary
market transactions in Shares would not
cause dilution for owners of such Shares
because such transactions do not
involve the Company or Funds as
parties, and (b) to the extent different
prices exist during a given trading day,
or from day to day, such variances occur
as a result of third-party market forces,
such as supply and demand. Therefore,
applicants assert that secondary market
transactions in Shares will not lead to
discrimination or preferential treatment
among purchasers. Finally, applicants
contend that the proposed distribution
system will be orderly because arbitrage
activity will ensure that the difference
between the market price of Shares and
their NAV remains immaterial.
Section 22(e)
7. Section 22(e) of the Act generally
prohibits a registered investment
company from suspending the right of
redemption or postponing the date of
payment of redemption proceeds for
more than seven days after the tender of
a security for redemption. Applicants
observe that the settlement of
redemptions of Creation Units of Global
Funds will be contingent not only on
the settlement cycle of the U.S.
securities markets but also on the
delivery cycles in foreign markets in
which those Funds invest. Applicants
assert that, under certain circumstances,
the delivery cycles for transferring
Portfolio Positions to redeeming
investors, coupled with local market
holiday schedules, may require a
delivery process of up to 14 calendar
days. Applicants therefore request relief
from section 22(e) in order for each
Global Fund to provide payment or
satisfaction of redemptions within the
maximum number of calendar days
required for such payment or
satisfaction in the principal local
market(s) where transactions in its
Portfolio Positions customarily clear
and settle, but in any event, within a
period not to exceed fourteen calendar
days.17
8. Applicants submit that Congress
adopted section 22(e) to prevent
unreasonable, undisclosed or
unforeseen delays in the actual payment
of redemption proceeds. Applicants
state that allowing redemption
payments for Creation Units of a Global
Fund to be made within 14 calendar
days would not be inconsistent with the
spirit and intent of section 22(e).
17 Applicants acknowledge that no relief obtained
from the requirements of section 22(e) will affect
any obligations that they may otherwise have under
rule 15c6–1 under the Exchange Act, which
requires that most securities transactions be settled
within three business days of the trade date.
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Applicants state that each Global Fund’s
statement of additional information
(‘‘SAI’’) will disclose those local
holidays (over the period of at least one
year following the date of the SAI), if
any, that are expected to prevent the
delivery of redemption proceeds in
seven calendar days and the maximum
number of days, up to 14 calendar days,
needed to deliver the proceeds for that
Global Fund. Applicants are not seeking
relief from section 22(e) with respect to
Global Funds that do not effect
redemptions of Creation Units in-kind.
Sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act
9. Section 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act
generally prohibit an affiliated person of
a registered investment company, or an
affiliated person of such a person
(‘‘second tier affiliate’’), from selling any
security to or purchasing any security
from the company. Section 2(a)(3) of the
Act defines ‘‘affiliated person’’ to
include any person directly or indirectly
owning, controlling, or holding with
power to vote 5% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of the
other person and any person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with, the other
person. Section 2(a)(9) of the Act
defines ‘‘control’’ of a fund as ‘‘the
power to exercise a controlling
influence over the management or
policies’’ of the fund and provides that
a control relationship will be presumed
where one person owns more than 25%
of another person’s voting securities.
The Funds may be deemed to be
controlled by an Adviser and hence
affiliated persons of each other. In
addition, the Funds may be deemed to
be under common control with any
other registered investment company (or
series thereof) advised by an Adviser (an
‘‘Affiliated Fund’’).
10. Applicants request an exemption
from section 17(a) under sections 6(c)
and 17(b) to permit in-kind purchases
and redemptions of Creation Units from
the Funds by persons that are affiliated
persons or second tier affiliates of the
Funds solely by virtue of one or more
of the following: (1) Holding 5% or
more, or more than 25%, of the
outstanding Shares of one or more
Funds; (2) an affiliation with a person
with an ownership interest described in
(1); or (3) holding 5% or more, or more
than 25%, of the shares of one or more
Affiliated Funds.
11. Applicants assert that no useful
purpose would be served by prohibiting
the affiliated persons described above
from making in-kind purchases or inkind redemptions of Shares of a Fund in
Creation Units. Both the deposit
procedures for in-kind purchases of
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Creation Units and the redemption
procedures for in-kind redemptions will
be effected in exactly the same manner
for all purchases and redemptions. The
valuation of the Deposit Instruments
and Redemption Instruments will be
made in the same manner, and in the
same manner as the Fund’s Portfolio
Positions, regardless of the identity of
the purchaser or redeemer. Except with
respect to cash determined in
accordance with the procedures
described in section I.G.1. of the
application, Deposit Instruments and
Redemption Instruments will be the
same for all purchasers and redeemers.
Therefore, applicants state that the inkind purchases and redemptions will
afford no opportunity for the specified
affiliated persons of a Fund to effect a
transaction detrimental to other holders
of Shares of that Fund. Applicants do
not believe that in-kind purchases and
redemptions will result in abusive selfdealing or overreaching of the Fund.
Applicant’s Conditions
Applicants agree that any order of the
Commission granting the requested
relief will be subject to the following
conditions:
1. As long as the Funds operate in
reliance on the requested order, the
Shares of the Funds will be listed on a
Listing Exchange.
2. Neither the Company nor any Fund
will be advertised or marketed as an
open-end investment company or a
mutual fund. Any advertising material
that describes the purchase or sale of
Creation Units or refers to redeemability
will prominently disclose that the
Shares are not individually redeemable
and that owners of the Shares may
acquire those Shares from the Fund and
tender those Shares for redemption to
the Fund in Creation Units only.
3. The Web site for the Funds, which
is and will be publicly accessible at no
charge, will contain on a per Share
basis, for each Fund, the prior Business
Day’s NAV and the market closing price
or Bid/Ask Price, and a calculation of
the premium or discount of the market
closing price or Bid/Ask Price against
such NAV.
4. On each Business Day, before
commencement of trading in Shares on
the Listing Exchange, the Fund will
disclose on its Web site the identities
and quantities of the Portfolio Positions
held by the Fund that will form the
basis for the Fund’s calculation of NAV
at the end of the Business Day.
5. The Adviser or any Fund SubAdviser, directly or indirectly, will not
cause any Authorized Participant (or
any investor on whose behalf an
Authorized Participant may transact
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with the Fund) to acquire any Deposit
Instrument for the Fund through a
transaction in which the Fund could not
engage directly.
6. The requested relief to permit ETF
operations will expire on the effective
date of any Commission rule under the
Act that provides relief permitting the
operation of actively managed
exchange-traded funds.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–10890 Filed 5–7–13; 8:45 am]
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–69502; File No. SR–NYSE–
2013–30]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New
York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
Proposed Rule Change Amending Rule
13 to Expand the Availability of SelfTrade Prevention Modifiers
May 2, 2013.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
notice is hereby given that, on April 22,
2013, New York Stock Exchange LLC
(‘‘NYSE’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been prepared by the self-regulatory
organization. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
Rule 13 to expand the availability of
self-trade prevention (‘‘STP’’) modifiers.
The text of the proposed rule change is
available on the Exchange’s Web site at
www.nyse.com, at the principal office of
the Exchange, and at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room.
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
U.S.C. 78a.
3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend
Rule 13 to expand the availability of
STP modifiers functionality to
additional order types.4 STP modifiers
are designed to prevent two orders from
the same market participant identifier
(‘‘MPID’’) assigned to a member
organization from executing against
each other. Use of the STP modifiers is
optional and is not automatically
implemented by the Exchange. Rather, a
member organization can choose to add
a STP modifier on eligible orders. The
STP modifier on the incoming order
determines the interaction between two
orders marked with STP modifiers and
whether the incoming or the resting
order would cancel. Both the buy and
the sell order must include an STP
modifier in order to prevent a trade from
occurring and to effect a cancel
instruction.
The Exchange proposes to make STP
modifiers available to additional order
types. Specifically, the Exchange
proposes to make STP modifiers
available for market orders and stop
orders entered by off-Floor participants
in a manner that is similar to limit
orders. As proposed, the STP modifiers
would be available for market orders
and stop orders sent to the matching
engine by off-Floor participants.
Because of technology issues, the
Exchange would continue to reject all
GTC and MTS-IOC orders with an STP
modifier.
In addition, the Exchange proposes to
make the STP modifier available for
certain Floor broker interest. In adopting
STP modifiers, the Exchange noted that
the technology supporting the proposed
4 The Exchange recently amended Rule 13 to add
STP Modifiers. See Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 69102 (Mar. 11, 2013), 78 FR 16561 (Mar. 15,
2013) (SR–NYSE–2013–17).
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of,
and basis for, the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
on the proposed rule change. The text
of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
of the most significant parts of such
statements.
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STP modifiers was not compatible with
the Floor broker systems, but the
Exchange was actively working to
develop the technology to extend STP
modifiers to be available for Floor
brokers.5 The Exchange did not believe
it should delay the deployment of the
STP modifiers for other market
participants while it performed the
technical modifications required for the
use of STP modifiers for Floor brokers.
Although the technology supporting
STP modifiers is still not compatible
with certain Floor broker systems, the
Exchange is able to make the STP
modifiers available to algorithms used
by Floor brokers to route interest to the
Exchange’s matching engine.
Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to
make STP modifiers available for eQuotes, pegging e-Quotes, and g-Quotes
entered into the matching engine by an
algorithm on behalf of a Floor broker.
STP modifiers would not be available
for d-Quotes at this time, regardless of
the system used to enter d-Quotes.
Because of the technology changes
associated with this rule proposal, the
Exchange will announce the
implementation date of the STP
modifiers in a Trader Update to be
published no later than 60 days after the
publication of the notice in the Federal
Register. The implementation date will
be no later than 60 days following
publication of the Trader Update
announcing publication of the notice in
the Federal Register.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with
the provisions of Section 6(b) 6 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’), in general, and furthers the
objectives of Section 6(b)(5) 7 in
particular in that it is designed to
prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with
persons engaged in facilitating
transactions in securities, and to remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system. The
Exchange believes that expanding the
availability STP functionality to
additional order types would remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system because it
would allow firms to better manage
order flow and prevent unintended
executions with themselves or the
5 See
id.
U.S.C. 78f(b).
7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 30503; 812-13886]
Millington Exchange Traded MAVINS Fund, LLC and Millington
Securities, Inc.; Notice of Application
May 2, 2013.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from sections
2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the
Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from
sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act.
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APPLICANTS: Millington Exchange Traded MAVINS Fund, LLC (the
``Company'') and Millington Securities, Inc. (the ``Adviser'').
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants request an order that permits: (a)
Series of certain open-end management investment companies to issue
shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation
Units''); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at
negotiated market prices; (c) certain series to pay redemption
proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days from the
tender of Shares for redemption; and (d) certain affiliated persons of
the series to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the
series in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation
Units.
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was filed on April 6, 2011, and
amended on September 23, 2011, June 22, 2012, November 16, 2012, and
May 1, 2013.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on May 28, 2013, and should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, the reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the Commission's Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants:
222 South Mill Street, Naperville, IL 60540.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer L. Sawin, Branch Chief, at
(202) 551-6821 (Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment
Company Regulation).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant
using the Company name box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or
by calling (202) 551-8090.
Applicants' Representations
1. The Company, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of Delaware, intends to register with the Commission as an open-
end management investment company. The Applicants are requesting relief
not only for the Company and its current series, the Millington Large-
Cap ETF (``Initial Fund''), but also with respect to future series of
the Company, and to any registered open-end management investment
companies or series thereof that may be created in the future and that
utilizes active management investment strategies (``Future Funds'' and
collectively with the Initial Fund, the ``Funds'').\1\ Funds may invest
in equity securities or fixed income securities traded in the U.S. or
non-U.S. markets or a combination of equity and fixed income
securities, including ``to-be-announced transactions'' (``TBAs'') \2\
and depositary receipts (``Depositary Receipts'').\3\ The securities,
other assets, and other positions in which a Fund invests are its
``Portfolio Positions.'' \4\ The Company currently expects that the
Initial Fund's investment objective will be to provide the potential
for capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of large-cap
domestic equity securities.
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\1\ All entities that currently intend to rely on the requested
order are named as Applicants and any Fund that currently intends to
rely on the requested order is identified in the application. Any
other entity that relies on the requested order in the future will
comply with the terms and conditions of the application.
\2\ A TBA Transaction is a method of trading mortgage-backed
securities. In a TBA Transaction, the buyer and seller agree on
general trade parameters such as agency, settlement date, par amount
and price. The actual pools delivered generally are determined two
days prior to the settlement date.
\3\ Depositary Receipts include American Depositary Receipts
(``ADRs'') and Global Depositary Receipts (``GDRs''). With respect
to ADRs, the depositary is typically a U.S. financial institution
and the underlying securities are issued by a foreign issuer. The
ADR is registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities
Act'') on Form F-6. ADR trades occur either on a national securities
exchange as defined in Section 2(a)(26) of the Act (``Listing
Exchange'') or off-exchange. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Rule 6620 requires all off-exchange transactions in ADRs to be
reported within 90 seconds and ADR trade reports to be disseminated
on a real-time basis. With respect to GDRs, the depositary may be a
foreign or a U.S. entity, and the underlying securities may have a
foreign or a U.S. issuer. All GDRs are sponsored and trade on a
foreign exchange. No affiliated persons of Applicants, any Adviser,
Fund Sub-Adviser (as defined below), or Fund will serve as the
depositary for any Depositary Receipts held by a Fund. A Fund will
not invest in any Depositary Receipts that the Adviser (or, if
applicable, the Fund Sub-Adviser) deems to be illiquid or for which
pricing information is not readily available.
\4\ If a Fund invests in derivatives: (a) The Board periodically
will review and approve (i) the Fund's use of derivatives and (ii)
how the Fund's investment adviser assesses and manages risk with
respect to the Fund's use of derivatives; and (b) the Fund's
disclosure of its use of derivatives in its offering documents and
periodic reports will be consistent with relevant Commission and
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2. Each Fund will (a) be advised by Millington Securities, Inc. or
an entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with
Millington Securities, Inc. (each such entity and any successor thereto
included in the term ``Adviser'') and (b) comply with the terms and
conditions stated in the application. Millington Securities, Inc. is an
Illinois corporation and is registered as an investment adviser under
section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers
Act''). Any other Adviser to a Fund will be registered under the
Advisers Act. The Adviser may retain sub-advisers (each, a ``Fund Sub-
Adviser'') in connection with the Funds; each Fund Sub-Adviser will be
registered under the Advisers Act or not subject to such registration.
3. Millington Securities, Inc. is also a broker-dealer registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') and either
it or another broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act will
serve as the principal underwriter and distributor for each of the
Funds (the ``Distributor''). No Distributor, Adviser, Fund Sub-Adviser,
Fund or the Company will be an Affiliate of a Fund's Listing Exchange.
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4. Shares of each Fund will be purchased from the Company only in
large aggregations of a specified number referred to as ``Creation
Units.'' Creation Units may be purchased through orders placed with the
Distributor by or through an ``Authorized Participant'' which is either
(1) a broker-dealer or other participant in the Continuous Net
Settlement (``CNS'') System of the National Securities Clearing
Corporation (``NSCC''), a clearing agency that is registered with the
Commission, or (2) a participant (``DTC Participant'') in the
Depository Trust Company ``DTC''), and which in either case has
executed a participant agreement with the Distributor, the Fund, and
the Fund's transfer agent with respect to the creation and redemption
of Creation Units. Purchases and redemptions of the Funds' Creation
Units will be processed either through an enhanced clearing process
available to DTC Participants that are also participants in the CNS
system of the NSCC (the ``NSCC Process'') or through a manual clearing
process that is available to all DTC Participants (the ``DTC
Process'').
5. In order to keep costs low and permit each Fund to be as fully
invested as possible, Shares will be purchased and redeemed in Creation
Units and generally on an in-kind basis. Accordingly, except where the
purchase or redemption will include cash under the limited
circumstances specified below, purchasers will be required to purchase
Creation Units by making an in-kind deposit of specified instruments
(``Deposit Instruments''), and shareholders redeeming their Shares will
receive an in-kind transfer of specified instruments (``Redemption
Instruments'').\5\ On any given Business Day \6\ the names and
quantities of the instruments that constitute the Deposit Instruments
and the names and quantities of the instruments that constitute the
Redemption Instruments will be identical, and these instruments may be
referred to, in the case of either a purchase or redemption, as the
``Creation Basket.'' In addition, the Creation Basket will correspond
pro rata to the positions in a Fund's portfolio (including cash
positions),\7\ except: (a) In the case of bonds, for minor differences
when it is impossible to break up bonds beyond certain minimum sizes
needed for transfer and settlement; (b) for minor differences when
rounding is necessary to eliminate fractional shares or lots that are
not tradeable round lots; \8\ or (c) TBA Transactions and other
positions that cannot be transferred in kind \9\ will be excluded from
the Creation Basket.\10\ If there is a difference between the net asset
value (``NAV'') attributable to a Creation Unit and the aggregate
market value of the Creation Basket exchanged for the Creation Unit,
the party conveying instruments with the lower value will also pay to
the other an amount in cash equal to that difference (the ``Balancing
Amount'').
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\5\ The Funds must comply with the federal securities laws in
accepting Deposit Instruments and satisfying redemptions with
Redemption Instruments, including that the Deposit Instruments and
Redemption Instruments are sold in transactions that would be exempt
from registration under the Securities Act. In accepting Deposit
Instruments and satisfying redemptions with Redemption Instruments
that are restricted securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act, the Funds will comply with the
conditions of Rule 144A.
\6\ Each Fund will sell and redeem Creation Units on any day the
Fund is open, including as required by section 22(e) of the Act
(each, a ``Business Day'').
\7\ The portfolio used for this purpose will be the same
portfolio used to calculate the Fund's NAV for that Business Day.
\8\ A tradeable round lot for a security will be the standard
unit of trading in that particular type of security in its primary
market.
\9\ This includes instruments that can be transferred in kind
only with the consent of the original counterparty to the extent the
Fund does not intend to seek such consents.
\10\ Because these instruments will be excluded from the
Creation Basket, their value will be reflected in the determination
of the Balancing Amount (defined below).
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6. Purchases and redemptions of Creation Units may be made in whole
or in part on a cash basis, rather than in kind, solely under the
following circumstances: (a) To the extent there is a Balancing Amount,
as described above; (b) if, on a given Business Day, a Fund announces
before the open of trading that all purchases, all redemptions or all
purchases and redemptions on that day will be made entirely in cash;
(c) if, upon receiving a purchase or redemption order from an
Authorized Participant, a Fund determines to require the purchase or
redemption, as applicable, to be made entirely in cash; \11\ (d) if, on
a given Business Day, a Fund requires all Authorized Participants
purchasing or redeeming Shares on that day to deposit or receive (as
applicable) cash in lieu of some or all of the Deposit Instruments or
Redemption Instruments, respectively, solely because: (i) Such
instruments are not eligible for transfer through either the NSCC
Process or DTC Process; or (ii) in the case of Funds holding non-U.S.
investments (``Global Funds''), such instruments are not eligible for
trading due to local trading restrictions, local restrictions on
securities transfers or other similar circumstances; or (e) if a Fund
permits an Authorized Participant to deposit or receive (as applicable)
cash in lieu of some or all of the Deposit Instruments or Redemption
Instruments, respectively, solely because: (i) Such instruments are, in
the case of the purchase of a Creation Unit, not available in
sufficient quantity; (ii) such instruments are not eligible for trading
by an Authorized Participant or the investor on whose behalf the
Authorized Participant is acting; or (iii) a holder of Shares of a Fund
holding non-U.S. investments would be subject to unfavorable income tax
treatment if the holder receives redemption proceeds in kind.\12\
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\11\ In determining whether a particular Fund will sell or
redeem Creation Units entirely on a cash or in-kind basis (whether
for a given day or a given order), the key consideration will be the
benefit that would accrue to the Fund and its investors. For
instance, in bond transactions, the Adviser may be able to obtain
better execution than Share purchasers because of the Adviser's
size, experience and potentially stronger relationships in the fixed
income markets. Purchases of Creation Units either on an all cash
basis or in-kind are expected to be neutral to the Funds from a tax
perspective. In contrast, cash redemptions typically require selling
portfolio holdings, which may result in adverse tax consequences for
the remaining Fund shareholders that would not occur with an in-kind
redemption. As a result, tax considerations may warrant in-kind
redemptions.
\12\ A ``custom order'' is any purchase or redemption of Shares
made in whole or in part on a cash basis in reliance on clause
(e)(i) or (e)(ii).
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7. Each Business Day, before the open of trading on the Listing
Exchange, each Fund will cause to be published through the NSCC the
names and quantities of the instruments comprising the Creation Basket,
as well as the estimated Balancing Amount (if any), for that day. The
published Creation Basket will apply until a new Creation Basket is
announced on the following Business Day, and there will be no intra-day
changes to the Creation Basket except to correct errors in the
published Creation Basket. The Listing Exchange or a major market data
vendor will disseminate every 15 seconds throughout the trading day an
amount representing the Fund's estimated NAV, which will be the value
of the Fund's Portfolio Positions, on a per Share basis.
8. An investor purchasing or redeeming a Creation Unit will be
charged a fee (``Transaction Fee'') to protect existing shareholders of
the Funds from the dilutive costs associated with the purchase and
redemption of Creation Units.\13\ The Distributor will deliver a
confirmation and Fund prospectus (``Prospectus'') to the purchaser. In
addition, the Distributor
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confirmations of acceptance furnished by it.
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\13\ Where a Fund, under the procedures described above, permits
an in-kind purchaser to substitute cash for a portion of the Deposit
Instruments, the purchaser may be assessed a higher Transaction Fee
to offset the cost to the Fund of buying those particular Deposit
Securities.
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9. Beneficial owners of Shares may sell their Shares in the
secondary market. Shares will be listed on a Listing Exchange and
traded in the secondary market in the same manner as other equity
securities. Applicants state that one or more specialists or market
makers will be assigned to the Shares.\14\ The price of Shares trading
on the secondary market will be based on a current bid-offer market.
Transactions involving the sale of Shares on the Listing Exchange will
be subject to customary brokerage commissions and charges.
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\14\ If Shares are listed on NASDAQ, no specialist would be
contractually obligated to make a market in Shares. Rather, under
NASDAQ's listing requirements, two or more Market Makers will be
registered in Shares and required to make a continuous, two-sided
market or face regulatory sanctions. Applicants do not believe that
any characteristics of a NASDAQ listing would cause Shares to
operate or trade differently than if they were listed on another
Listing Exchange.
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10. Applicants expect that purchasers of Creation Units will
include arbitrageurs and that Listing Exchange specialists or market
makers, acting in their unique role to provide a fair and orderly
secondary market for Shares, also may purchase Creation Units for use
in their own market making activities. Applicants expect that secondary
market purchasers of Shares will include both institutional investors
and retail investors.\15\ Applicants state that because the market
price of Creation Units will be disciplined by arbitrage opportunities,
investors should be able to sell Shares in the secondary market at
prices that do not vary materially from their NAV.
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\15\ Shares will be registered in book-entry form only. DTC or
its nominee will be the record or registered owner of all
outstanding Shares. DTC or DTC Participants will maintain records of
beneficial ownership of Shares.
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11. Neither the Company nor any Fund will be advertised or marketed
as a conventional open-end investment company or mutual fund. Instead,
each Fund will be marketed as an ``actively-managed exchange-traded
fund.'' Any advertising material that describes the features of
obtaining, buying or selling Creation Units, or buying or selling
Shares on the Listing Exchange, or where there is reference to
redeemability, will prominently disclose that Shares are not
individually redeemable and that owners of Shares may acquire Shares
from a Fund and tender those Shares for redemption to a Fund in
Creation Units only.
12. The Funds' Web site, which will be publicly available prior to
the public offering of Shares, will include, or will include links to,
each Fund's current Prospectus and Summary Prospectus (if any), which
may be downloaded. That Web site, which will be publicly available at
no charge, will also contain, on a per Share basis for each Fund, the
prior Business Day's NAV and the market closing price or the mid-point
of the bid/ask spread at the time of calculation of such NAV (the
``Bid/Ask Price''), and a calculation of the premium or discount of the
market closing price or Bid/Ask Price against such NAV. On each
Business Day, before commencement of trading in Shares on the Listing
Exchange, each Fund will also disclose on the Web site the identities
and quantities of its Portfolio Positions held by the Fund that will
form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the
Business Day.\16\
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\16\ Under accounting procedures followed by the Funds, trades
made on the prior Business Day (``T'') will be booked and reflected
in NAV on the current Business Day (``T+1''). Accordingly, the Funds
will be able to disclose at the beginning of the Business Day the
portfolio that will form the basis for the NAV calculation at the
end of the Business Day.
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Applicants' Legal Analysis
1. Applicants request an order under section 6(c) of the Act for an
exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act
and rule 22c-1 under the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the
Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act.
2. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt
any person, security or transaction, or any class of persons,
securities or transactions, from any provision of the Act, if and to
the extent that such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.
Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to exempt a proposed
transaction from section 17(a) of the Act if evidence establishes that
the terms of the proposed transaction, including the consideration to
be paid or received, are reasonable and fair and do not involve
overreaching on the part of any person concerned, and the proposed
transaction is consistent with the policies of the registered
investment company and the general provisions of the Act.
Sections 5(a)(1) and 2(a)(32) of the Act
3. Section 5(a)(1) of the Act defines an ``open-end company'' as a
management investment company that is offering for sale or has
outstanding any redeemable security of which it is the issuer. Section
2(a)(32) of the Act defines a redeemable security as any security,
other than short-term paper, under the terms of which the holder, upon
its presentation to the issuer, is entitled to receive approximately a
proportionate share of the issuer's current net assets, or the cash
equivalent. Applicants request an order to permit the Company to
register as an open-end management investment company and redeem Shares
in Creation Units only. Applicants state that each investor is entitled
to purchase or redeem Creation Units rather than trade the individual
Shares in the secondary market. Applicants further state that because
of the arbitrage possibilities created by the redeemability of Creation
Units, it is expected that the market price of an individual Share will
not vary materially from its NAV.
Section 22(d) of the Act and Rule 22c-1 Under the Act
4. Section 22(d) of the Act, among other things, prohibits a dealer
from selling a redeemable security, which is currently being offered to
the public by or through a principal underwriter, except at a current
public offering price described in the prospectus. Rule 22c-1 under the
Act generally requires that a dealer selling, redeeming, or
repurchasing a redeemable security do so only at a price based on its
NAV. Applicants state that secondary market trading in Shares will take
place at negotiated prices, rather than at the current offering price
described in the Fund's Prospectus. Thus, purchases and sales of Shares
in the secondary market will not comply with section 22(d) of the Act
and rule 22c-1 under the Act. Applicants request an exemption under
section 6(c) from these provisions.
5. Applicants assert that the concerns sought to be addressed by
section 22(d) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act with respect to
pricing are equally satisfied by the proposed method of pricing Shares.
Applicants maintain that while there is little legislative history
regarding section 22(d), its provisions, as well as those of rule 22c-
1, appear to have been intended (a) to prevent dilution caused by
certain riskless-trading schemes by principal underwriters and contract
dealers, (b) to prevent unjust discrimination or preferential treatment
among buyers, and (c) to ensure an orderly distribution of shares by
eliminating price competition from brokers offering shares at less than
the published sales price and repurchasing shares at more than the
published redemption price.
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6. Applicants state that (a) secondary market transactions in
Shares would not cause dilution for owners of such Shares because such
transactions do not involve the Company or Funds as parties, and (b) to
the extent different prices exist during a given trading day, or from
day to day, such variances occur as a result of third-party market
forces, such as supply and demand. Therefore, applicants assert that
secondary market transactions in Shares will not lead to discrimination
or preferential treatment among purchasers. Finally, applicants contend
that the proposed distribution system will be orderly because arbitrage
activity will ensure that the difference between the market price of
Shares and their NAV remains immaterial.
Section 22(e)
7. Section 22(e) of the Act generally prohibits a registered
investment company from suspending the right of redemption or
postponing the date of payment of redemption proceeds for more than
seven days after the tender of a security for redemption. Applicants
observe that the settlement of redemptions of Creation Units of Global
Funds will be contingent not only on the settlement cycle of the U.S.
securities markets but also on the delivery cycles in foreign markets
in which those Funds invest. Applicants assert that, under certain
circumstances, the delivery cycles for transferring Portfolio Positions
to redeeming investors, coupled with local market holiday schedules,
may require a delivery process of up to 14 calendar days. Applicants
therefore request relief from section 22(e) in order for each Global
Fund to provide payment or satisfaction of redemptions within the
maximum number of calendar days required for such payment or
satisfaction in the principal local market(s) where transactions in its
Portfolio Positions customarily clear and settle, but in any event,
within a period not to exceed fourteen calendar days.\17\
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\17\ Applicants acknowledge that no relief obtained from the
requirements of section 22(e) will affect any obligations that they
may otherwise have under rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, which
requires that most securities transactions be settled within three
business days of the trade date.
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8. Applicants submit that Congress adopted section 22(e) to prevent
unreasonable, undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the actual payment of
redemption proceeds. Applicants state that allowing redemption payments
for Creation Units of a Global Fund to be made within 14 calendar days
would not be inconsistent with the spirit and intent of section 22(e).
Applicants state that each Global Fund's statement of additional
information (``SAI'') will disclose those local holidays (over the
period of at least one year following the date of the SAI), if any,
that are expected to prevent the delivery of redemption proceeds in
seven calendar days and the maximum number of days, up to 14 calendar
days, needed to deliver the proceeds for that Global Fund. Applicants
are not seeking relief from section 22(e) with respect to Global Funds
that do not effect redemptions of Creation Units in-kind.
Sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act
9. Section 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act generally prohibit an
affiliated person of a registered investment company, or an affiliated
person of such a person (``second tier affiliate''), from selling any
security to or purchasing any security from the company. Section
2(a)(3) of the Act defines ``affiliated person'' to include any person
directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with power to
vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the other
person and any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by, or under common control with, the other person. Section 2(a)(9) of
the Act defines ``control'' of a fund as ``the power to exercise a
controlling influence over the management or policies'' of the fund and
provides that a control relationship will be presumed where one person
owns more than 25% of another person's voting securities. The Funds may
be deemed to be controlled by an Adviser and hence affiliated persons
of each other. In addition, the Funds may be deemed to be under common
control with any other registered investment company (or series
thereof) advised by an Adviser (an ``Affiliated Fund'').
10. Applicants request an exemption from section 17(a) under
sections 6(c) and 17(b) to permit in-kind purchases and redemptions of
Creation Units from the Funds by persons that are affiliated persons or
second tier affiliates of the Funds solely by virtue of one or more of
the following: (1) Holding 5% or more, or more than 25%, of the
outstanding Shares of one or more Funds; (2) an affiliation with a
person with an ownership interest described in (1); or (3) holding 5%
or more, or more than 25%, of the shares of one or more Affiliated
Funds.
11. Applicants assert that no useful purpose would be served by
prohibiting the affiliated persons described above from making in-kind
purchases or in-kind redemptions of Shares of a Fund in Creation Units.
Both the deposit procedures for in-kind purchases of Creation Units and
the redemption procedures for in-kind redemptions will be effected in
exactly the same manner for all purchases and redemptions. The
valuation of the Deposit Instruments and Redemption Instruments will be
made in the same manner, and in the same manner as the Fund's Portfolio
Positions, regardless of the identity of the purchaser or redeemer.
Except with respect to cash determined in accordance with the
procedures described in section I.G.1. of the application, Deposit
Instruments and Redemption Instruments will be the same for all
purchasers and redeemers. Therefore, applicants state that the in-kind
purchases and redemptions will afford no opportunity for the specified
affiliated persons of a Fund to effect a transaction detrimental to
other holders of Shares of that Fund. Applicants do not believe that
in-kind purchases and redemptions will result in abusive self-dealing
or overreaching of the Fund.
Applicant's Conditions
Applicants agree that any order of the Commission granting the
requested relief will be subject to the following conditions:
1. As long as the Funds operate in reliance on the requested order,
the Shares of the Funds will be listed on a Listing Exchange.
2. Neither the Company nor any Fund will be advertised or marketed
as an open-end investment company or a mutual fund. Any advertising
material that describes the purchase or sale of Creation Units or
refers to redeemability will prominently disclose that the Shares are
not individually redeemable and that owners of the Shares may acquire
those Shares from the Fund and tender those Shares for redemption to
the Fund in Creation Units only.
3. The Web site for the Funds, which is and will be publicly
accessible at no charge, will contain on a per Share basis, for each
Fund, the prior Business Day's NAV and the market closing price or Bid/
Ask Price, and a calculation of the premium or discount of the market
closing price or Bid/Ask Price against such NAV.
4. On each Business Day, before commencement of trading in Shares
on the Listing Exchange, the Fund will disclose on its Web site the
identities and quantities of the Portfolio Positions held by the Fund
that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end
of the Business Day.
5. The Adviser or any Fund Sub-Adviser, directly or indirectly,
will not cause any Authorized Participant (or any investor on whose
behalf an Authorized Participant may transact
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with the Fund) to acquire any Deposit Instrument for the Fund through a
transaction in which the Fund could not engage directly.
6. The requested relief to permit ETF operations will expire on the
effective date of any Commission rule under the Act that provides
relief permitting the operation of actively managed exchange-traded
funds.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10890 Filed 5-7-13; 8:45 am]
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