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[Release No. 34–83383; File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2017–087]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change
To Modify the Listing Requirements
Related to Special Purpose Acquisition
Companies Listing Standards To
Reduce Round Lot Holders on Nasdaq
Capital Market for Initial Listing From
300 to 150 and Eliminate Public
Holders for Continued Listing From
300 to Zero, Require $5 Million in Net
Tangible Assets for Initial and
Continued Listing on Nasdaq Capital
Market, and Impose a Deadline To
Demonstrate Compliance With Initial
Listing Requirements on All Nasdaq
Markets Within 30 Days Following
Each Business Combination
June 5, 2018.
On September 20, 2017, The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’
or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
modify the listing requirements for
securities of Special Purpose
Acquisition Companies (‘‘SPACs’’)
listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market by
reducing the number of round lot
holders required for initial listing from
300 to 150, and eliminating the
continued listing requirement for a
minimum number of holders, which is
also currently 300, that applies until the
SPAC completes one or more business
combinations.3 Nasdaq also proposed to
require that a SPAC maintain at least $5
million net tangible assets for initial and
continued listing of its securities on the
Nasdaq Capital Market. Finally, Nasdaq
proposed to allow SPACs listed on any
of its three listing tiers (Nasdaq Global
Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market,
and Nasdaq Capital Market) 30 days to
demonstrate compliance with initial
listing requirements following each
business combination.4
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on October 11, 2017.5 In
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3 See Nasdaq Rule IM–5101–2(b).
4 The Exchange also proposed to delete a
duplicative paragraph from the rule text and alter
the paragraph’s formatting within certain provisions
in order to enhance the rule’s readability.
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81816
(October 4, 2017), 82 FR 47269 (October 11, 2017)
(‘‘Notice’’).
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response, the Commission received six
comments on the proposal.6 On
November 22, 2017, the Commission
extended the time period within which
to approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or
institute proceedings to determine
whether to approve or disapprove the
proposed rule change, to January 9,
2018.7 On January 9, 2018, the
Commission issued an order instituting
proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of
the Act to determine whether to approve
or disapprove the proposed rule change
(‘‘OIP’’).8 The Commission received
three additional comments, one of
which included a response from
Nasdaq.9 On April 6, 2018, the
Commission designated a longer period
for the Commission to issue an order
approving or disapproving the proposed
rule change.10 On June 1, 2018, the
Exchange withdrew the proposed rule
change (SR–NASDAQ–2017–087).
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.11
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Sunshine Act Meetings
12:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
PLACE: SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office,
Multipurpose Room 1061.
TIME AND DATE:
6 See Letters to Brent J. Fields, Secretary,
Commission, from Jeffrey M. Solomon, Chief
Executive Officer, Cowen and Company, LLC, dated
October 19, 2017 (‘‘Cowen Letter’’); Jeffrey P.
Mahoney, General Counsel, Council of Institutional
Investors, dated October 25, 2017 (‘‘CII Letter’’);
Sean Davy, Managing Director, Capital Markets
Division, SIFMA, dated October 31, 2017 (‘‘SIFMA
Letter’’); Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP,
dated November 1, 2017 (‘‘Akin Gump Letter’’);
Steven Levine, Chief Executive Officer,
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., dated November 3, 2017
(‘‘EarlyBird Letter’’); and Christian O. Nagler and
David A. Curtiss, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, dated
November 9, 2017 (‘‘Kirkland Letter’’).
7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82142
(November 22, 2017), 82 FR 56293 (November 28,
2017).
8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82478
(January 9, 2018), 83 FR 2278 (January 16, 2018).
9 See Letters to Brent J. Fields, Secretary,
Commission, from Jeffrey P. Mahoney, General
Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors, dated
January 25, 2018 (‘‘CII Letter II’’); Paul D. Tropp,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, dated
January 30, 2018 (‘‘Freshfields Letter’’); and Arnold
Golub, Deputy General Counsel, Nasdaq, dated
February 23, 2018 (‘‘Nasdaq Response Letter’’ or
‘‘Response Letter’’).
10 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83010
(April 6, 2018), 83 FR 15880 (April 12, 2018).
11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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This meeting will be closed to
the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the closed meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters also may be present.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B)
and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3),
(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and
(a)(10), permit consideration of the
scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
Commissioner Jackson, as duty
officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed
session.
The subject matters of the closed
meeting will be:
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings; and
Other matters relating to enforcement
proceedings.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting items.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For further information and to ascertain
what, if any, matters have been added,
deleted or postponed; please contact
Brent J. Fields from the Office of the
Secretary at (202) 551–5400.
STATUS:
Dated: June 6, 2018.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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Processing Fees Charged by
Intermediaries for Distributing
Materials Other Than Proxy Materials
To Fund Investors
Securities and Exchange
Commission.
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Securities and Exchange
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on the framework under which
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
PLACE: SEC's Atlanta Regional Office, Multipurpose Room 1061.
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners,
the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend
the closed meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the
matters also may be present.
The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10),
permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
Commissioner Jackson, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed session.
The subject matters of the closed meeting will be:
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; and
Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings.
At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in
the scheduling of meeting items.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed;
please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at
(202) 551-5400.
Dated: June 6, 2018.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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