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protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days from the date on
which it was filed, or such shorter time
as the Commission may designate if
consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest, the
proposed rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)
of the Act 26 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)
thereunder.27
The Exchange has asked the
Commission to waive the 30-day
operative delay so that the proposal may
become operative immediately upon
filing. The Commission believes that
waiving the 30-day operative delay is
consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest, as it
will enable the Exchange to meet its
proposed implementation date of May 8,
2015, which will help facilitate the
implementation of harmonized rules
related to the adjustment and
nullification of erroneous options
transactions across the options
exchanges. For this reason, the
Commission designates the proposed
rule change to be operative upon
filing.28
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or 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:
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26 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
27 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). As required under Rule
19b–4(f)(6)(iii), the Exchange provided the
Commission with written notice of its intent to file
the proposed rule change, along with a brief
description and the text of the proposed rule
change, at least five business days prior to the date
of filing of the proposed rule change, or such
shorter time as designated by the Commission.
28 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
operative delay, the Commission has also
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
NYSEArca–2015–41 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEArca–2015–41. This
file number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549 on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change;
the Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–
NYSEArca–2015–41, and should be
submitted on or before June 4, 2015.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.29
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–74909; File No. SR–CTA/
CQ–2015–01]
Consolidated Tape Association; Notice
of Filing of the Twenty Second
Substantive Amendment to the Second
Restatement of the CTA Plan and
Sixteenth Substantive Amendment to
the Restated CQ Plan
May 8, 2015.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on April 27,
2015, the Consolidated Tape
Association (‘‘CTA’’) Plan and
Consolidated Quotation (‘‘CQ’’) Plan
participants (‘‘Participants’’) 3 filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a proposal
to amend the Second Restatement of the
CTA Plan and Restated CQ Plan
(collectively, the ‘‘Plans’’).4 The
amendments represent the 22nd
Substantive Amendment to the CTA
Plan and 16th Substantive Amendment
to the CQ Plan (collectively ‘‘the
Amendments’’). The Amendments
propose to require the Participants to
include timestamps in the trade-report
and bid-and-offer information that they
report to the Plans’ processor.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments from
interested persons on the proposed
Amendments.
1 15
U.S.C. 78k–1.
CFR 242.608.
3 Each participant executed the proposed
Amendments. The Participants are: BATS
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BATS’’), BATS–Y Exchange, Inc.
(BATS–Y), Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
(CBOE), EDGA Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGA’’), EDGX
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGX’’), Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’), International
Securities Exchange, LLC (‘‘ISE’’), NASDAQ OMX
BX, Inc. (‘‘Nasdaq BX’’), NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.
(‘‘Nasdaq PSX’’), Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(‘‘Nasdaq’’), National Stock Exchange (‘‘NSX’’), New
York Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’), NYSE MKT
LLC (‘‘NYSE MKT’’), and NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE
Arca’’).
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787
(May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (May 20, 1974)
(declaring the CTA Plan effective); 15009 (July 28,
1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 7, 1978) (temporarily
authorizing the CQ Plan); and 16518 (January 22,
1980), 45 FR 6521 (January 28, 1980) (permanently
authorizing the CQ Plan). The most recent
restatement of both Plans was in 1995. The CTA
Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and
disseminate last sale price information for nonNASDAQ listed securities, is a ‘‘transaction
reporting plan’’ under Rule 601 under the Act, 17
CFR 242.601, and a ‘‘national market system plan’’
under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608. The
CQ Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and
disseminate bid/ask quotation information for listed
securities, is a ‘‘national market system plan’’ under
Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608.
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I. Rule 608(a)
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A. Purpose of the Amendments
Section VI(c) of the CTA Plan
specifies that the format for a trade’s last
sale price information that a Participant
reports to the Processor under the CTA
Plan shall include the stock symbol, the
number of shares and the price of the
transaction. Section VI(a) of the CQ Plan
provides that each bid and offer that a
Participant reports to the Processor
under the CQ Plan shall be
accompanied by the bid or offer’s
quotation size or aggregate quotation
size.
The Amendments propose to add to
those requirements that Participants
shall also include in reports to the
Processor the time of the trade or the
quotation.
In the case of a Participant that is a
national securities exchange, the time of
the transaction or quotation is to be
reported in microseconds as identified
in the Participant’s matching engine
publication timestamp.
In the case of FINRA, the time of a
transaction shall be the time of
execution that a FINRA member reports
to a FINRA trade reporting facility and
the time of a bid or offer shall be the
quotation publication timestamp that
the bidding or offering member reports
to the FINRA quotation facility, all in
accordance with FINRA rules.
In addition, if the FINRA trade
reporting facility or quotation facility
provides a proprietary feed of trades or
quotes reported by the facility to the
Processor, then the FINRA facility shall
also furnish the Processor with the time
of the transmission as published on the
facility’s proprietary feed.
FINRA shall convert times that its
members report to it in seconds or
milliseconds to microseconds and shall
furnish such times to the Processor in
microseconds.
The Participants believe that adding
timestamps to the elements that
Participants must report in connection
with trade reports and bids and offers
will improve transparency regarding the
latencies between the CTA and CQ
Plans’ consolidated data feeds and
industry proprietary feeds. Users of the
consolidated feeds would be better able
to monitor the latency of those feeds
and to assess whether such feeds meet
their trading and other requirements.
B. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
C. Implementation of the Amendments
All of the Participants have
manifested their approval of the
proposed Amendments by means of
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their execution of the Amendments. The
Plan Amendments would become
operational upon approval by the
Commission.
C. Manner of Collecting, Processing,
Sequencing, Making Available and
Disseminating Last Sale Information
See Item I.A above.
D. Development and Implementation
Phases
D. Manner of Consolidation
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The proposed Amendments do not
impose any burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the
Exchange Act. They will improve
transparency regarding the latencies
between the CTA and CQ Plans’
consolidated data feeds and industry
proprietary feeds and will allow
investors to monitor the latency of those
feeds and to assess whether such feeds
meet their trading and other
requirements.
The Participants do not believe that
the proposed plan Amendments
introduce terms that are unreasonably
discriminatory for the purposes of
Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the Exchange
Act.5
F. Written Understanding or Agreements
Relating to Interpretation of, or
Participation in, Plan
Not applicable.
G. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance
With Plan
See Item I.C above.
H. Description of Operation of Facility
Contemplated by the Proposed
Amendments
Not applicable.
I. Terms and Conditions of Access
See Item I.A above.
J. Method of Determination and
Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
Not applicable.
K. Method and Frequency of Processor
Evaluation
Not applicable.
L. Dispute Resolution
Not applicable.
II. Rule 601(a)
A. Equity Securities for Which
Transaction Reports Shall Be Required
by the Plan
Not applicable.
B. Reporting Requirements
See Item I.A above.
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E. Standards and Methods Ensuring
Promptness, Accuracy and
Completeness of Transaction Reports
The Amendments propose to add
timestamps to Participant reports of
trades. The addition of timestamps
should provide investors with a more
complete picture of trades, making those
reports more complete and more
accurate.
F. Rules and Procedures Addressed to
Fraudulent or Manipulative
Dissemination
Not applicable.
G. Terms of Access to Transaction
Reports
Not applicable.
H. Identification of Marketplace of
Execution
Not applicable.
III. Solicitation of Comments
The Commission seeks general
comments on the Amendments.
Interested persons are invited to submit
written data, views, and arguments
concerning the foregoing, including
whether the proposed Amendments are
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 email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
CTA/CQ–2015–01 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–CTA/CQ–2015–01. This file
number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the Amendments that
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are filed with the Commission, and all
written communications relating to the
Amendments between the Commission
and any person, other than those that
may be withheld from the public in
accordance with the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web
site viewing and printing in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549, on official business days
between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the Amendments
also will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of the
CTA.
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–CTA/CQ–2015–01 and
should be submitted on or before June
4, 2015.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.6
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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2015–43]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule
1092
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May 8, 2015.
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 May 8,
2015, NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
(‘‘Phlx’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed
rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been
prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
CFR 200.30–3(a)(27).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to replace
current Rule 1092 (‘‘Current Rule’’),
entitled ‘‘Obvious Errors and
Catastrophic Errors,’’ with new Rule
1092 (‘‘Proposed Rule’’), entitled
‘‘Nullification and Adjustment of
Options Transactions including Obvious
Errors.’’ Rule 1092 relates to the
adjustment and nullification of
electronic options transactions that
occur on the Exchange.3
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s Web site
at https://
nasdaqomxphlx.cchwallstreet.com/, at
the principal office of the Exchange, and
at the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
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
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange 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
Background
For several months the Exchange has
been working with other options
exchanges to identify ways to improve
the process related to the adjustment
and nullification of erroneous options
transactions. The goal of the process
that the options exchanges have
undertaken is to adopt harmonized rules
related to the adjustment and
nullification of erroneous options
transactions as well as a specific
provision related to coordination in
connection with large-scale events
involving erroneous options
transactions. As described below, the
Exchange believes that the changes the
options exchanges and the Exchange
have agreed to propose will provide
transparency and finality with respect to
the adjustment and nullification of
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erroneous options transactions.
Particularly, the proposed changes seek
to achieve consistent results for
participants across U.S. options
exchanges while maintaining a fair and
orderly market, protecting investors and
protecting the public interest.
The Proposed Rule is the culmination
of this coordinated effort and reflects
discussions by the options exchanges to
universally adopt: (1) Certain provisions
already in place on one or more options
exchanges; and (2) new provisions that
the options exchanges collectively
believe will improve the handling of
erroneous options transactions. Thus,
although the Proposed Rule is in many
ways similar to and based on the
Exchange’s Current Rule, the Exchange
is adopting various provisions to
conform with existing rules of one or
more options exchanges and also to
adopt rules that are not currently in
place on any options exchange. As
noted above, in order to adopt a rule
that is similar in most material respects
to the rules adopted by other options
exchanges, the Exchange proposes to
delete the Current Rule in its entirety
and to replace it with the Proposed
Rule.
The Exchange notes that it has
proposed additional objective standards
in the Proposed Rule as compared to the
Current Rule. The Exchange also notes
that the Proposed Rule will ensure that
the Exchange will have the same
standards as all other options
exchanges. However, there are still areas
under the Proposed Rule where
subjective determinations need to be
made by Exchange personnel with
respect to the calculation of Theoretical
Price. The Exchange notes that the
Exchange and all other options
exchanges have been working to further
improve the review of potentially
erroneous transactions as well as their
subsequent adjustment by creating an
objective and universal way to
determine Theoretical Price in the event
a reliable NBBO is not available. For
instance, the Exchange and all other
options exchanges may utilize an
independent third party to calculate and
disseminate or make available
Theoretical Price. However, this
initiative requires additional exchange
and industry discussion as well as
additional time for development and
implementation. The Exchange will
continue to work with other options
exchanges and the options industry
towards the goal of additional
objectivity and uniformity with respect
to the calculation of Theoretical Price.
As additional background, the
Exchange believes that the Proposed
Rule supports an approach consistent
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-74909; File No. SR-CTA/CQ-2015-01]
Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing of the Twenty
Second Substantive Amendment to the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan
and Sixteenth Substantive Amendment to the Restated CQ Plan
May 8, 2015.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 608 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on April 27, 2015, the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') Plan and
Consolidated Quotation (``CQ'') Plan participants (``Participants'')
\3\ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'')
a proposal to amend the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan and Restated
CQ Plan (collectively, the ``Plans'').\4\ The amendments represent the
22nd Substantive Amendment to the CTA Plan and 16th Substantive
Amendment to the CQ Plan (collectively ``the Amendments''). The
Amendments propose to require the Participants to include timestamps in
the trade-report and bid-and-offer information that they report to the
Plans' processor.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
\2\ 17 CFR 242.608.
\3\ Each participant executed the proposed Amendments. The
Participants are: BATS Exchange, Inc. (``BATS''), BATS-Y Exchange,
Inc. (BATS-Y), Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. (CBOE), EDGA
Exchange, Inc. (``EDGA''), EDGX Exchange, Inc. (``EDGX''), Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), International
Securities Exchange, LLC (``ISE''), NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (``Nasdaq
BX''), NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. (``Nasdaq PSX''), Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC (``Nasdaq''), National Stock Exchange (``NSX''), New York Stock
Exchange LLC (``NYSE''), NYSE MKT LLC (``NYSE MKT''), and NYSE Arca,
Inc. (``NYSE Arca'').
\4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787 (May 10,
1974), 39 FR 17799 (May 20, 1974) (declaring the CTA Plan
effective); 15009 (July 28, 1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 7, 1978)
(temporarily authorizing the CQ Plan); and 16518 (January 22, 1980),
45 FR 6521 (January 28, 1980) (permanently authorizing the CQ Plan).
The most recent restatement of both Plans was in 1995. The CTA Plan,
pursuant to which markets collect and disseminate last sale price
information for non-NASDAQ listed securities, is a ``transaction
reporting plan'' under Rule 601 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.601, and a
``national market system plan'' under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR
242.608. The CQ Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and
disseminate bid/ask quotation information for listed securities, is
a ``national market system plan'' under Rule 608 under the Act, 17
CFR 242.608.
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The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments from
interested persons on the proposed Amendments.
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I. Rule 608(a)
A. Purpose of the Amendments
Section VI(c) of the CTA Plan specifies that the format for a
trade's last sale price information that a Participant reports to the
Processor under the CTA Plan shall include the stock symbol, the number
of shares and the price of the transaction. Section VI(a) of the CQ
Plan provides that each bid and offer that a Participant reports to the
Processor under the CQ Plan shall be accompanied by the bid or offer's
quotation size or aggregate quotation size.
The Amendments propose to add to those requirements that
Participants shall also include in reports to the Processor the time of
the trade or the quotation.
In the case of a Participant that is a national securities
exchange, the time of the transaction or quotation is to be reported in
microseconds as identified in the Participant's matching engine
publication timestamp.
In the case of FINRA, the time of a transaction shall be the time
of execution that a FINRA member reports to a FINRA trade reporting
facility and the time of a bid or offer shall be the quotation
publication timestamp that the bidding or offering member reports to
the FINRA quotation facility, all in accordance with FINRA rules.
In addition, if the FINRA trade reporting facility or quotation
facility provides a proprietary feed of trades or quotes reported by
the facility to the Processor, then the FINRA facility shall also
furnish the Processor with the time of the transmission as published on
the facility's proprietary feed.
FINRA shall convert times that its members report to it in seconds
or milliseconds to microseconds and shall furnish such times to the
Processor in microseconds.
The Participants believe that adding timestamps to the elements
that Participants must report in connection with trade reports and bids
and offers will improve transparency regarding the latencies between
the CTA and CQ Plans' consolidated data feeds and industry proprietary
feeds. Users of the consolidated feeds would be better able to monitor
the latency of those feeds and to assess whether such feeds meet their
trading and other requirements.
B. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
C. Implementation of the Amendments
All of the Participants have manifested their approval of the
proposed Amendments by means of their execution of the Amendments. The
Plan Amendments would become operational upon approval by the
Commission.
D. Development and Implementation Phases
Not applicable.
E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The proposed Amendments do not impose any burden on competition
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of
the Exchange Act. They will improve transparency regarding the
latencies between the CTA and CQ Plans' consolidated data feeds and
industry proprietary feeds and will allow investors to monitor the
latency of those feeds and to assess whether such feeds meet their
trading and other requirements.
The Participants do not believe that the proposed plan Amendments
introduce terms that are unreasonably discriminatory for the purposes
of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the Exchange Act.\5\
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F. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of,
or Participation in, Plan
Not applicable.
G. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance With Plan
See Item I.C above.
H. Description of Operation of Facility Contemplated by the Proposed
Amendments
Not applicable.
I. Terms and Conditions of Access
See Item I.A above.
J. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
Not applicable.
K. Method and Frequency of Processor Evaluation
Not applicable.
L. Dispute Resolution
Not applicable.
II. Rule 601(a)
A. Equity Securities for Which Transaction Reports Shall Be Required by
the Plan
Not applicable.
B. Reporting Requirements
See Item I.A above.
C. Manner of Collecting, Processing, Sequencing, Making Available and
Disseminating Last Sale Information
See Item I.A above.
D. Manner of Consolidation
Not applicable.
E. Standards and Methods Ensuring Promptness, Accuracy and Completeness
of Transaction Reports
The Amendments propose to add timestamps to Participant reports of
trades. The addition of timestamps should provide investors with a more
complete picture of trades, making those reports more complete and more
accurate.
F. Rules and Procedures Addressed to Fraudulent or Manipulative
Dissemination
Not applicable.
G. Terms of Access to Transaction Reports
Not applicable.
H. Identification of Marketplace of Execution
Not applicable.
III. Solicitation of Comments
The Commission seeks general comments on the Amendments. Interested
persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments
concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed Amendments are
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 email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number SR-CTA/CQ-2015-01 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CTA/CQ-2015-01. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the Amendments that
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are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating
to the Amendments between the Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the Amendments also will be
available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the
CTA.
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-CTA/CQ-2015-01
and should be submitted on or before June 4, 2015.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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\6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(27).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-11621 Filed 5-13-15; 8:45 am]
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