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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Designation of a Longer Period for
Commission Action on a Proposed
Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1, To List and Trade
Shares of the Clearbridge Focus Value
ETF Under BZX Rule 14.11(k)
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On November 27, 2019, Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc. 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
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.7
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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January 31, 2020.
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thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
list and trade shares of the Clearbridge
Focus Value ETF under BZX Rule
14.11(k) (Managed Portfolio Shares).
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2019.3 On
December 16, 2019, the Exchange filed
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule
change, which replaced and superseded
the proposed rule change as originally
filed.4 The Commission has received no
comment letters on the proposed rule
change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 5 provides
that, within 45 days of the publication
of notice of the filing of a proposed rule
change, or within such longer period up
to 90 days as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or as to which the
self-regulatory organization consents,
the Commission shall either approve the
proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule change should be
disapproved. The 45th day after
publication of the notice for this
proposed rule change is January 31,
2020. The Commission is extending this
45-day time period.
The Commission finds that it is
appropriate to designate a longer period
within which to take action on the
proposed rule change so that it has
sufficient time to consider the proposed
rule change. Accordingly, the
Commission, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Act,6 designates March
16, 2020, as the date by which the
Commission shall either approve or
disapprove, or institute proceedings to
determine whether to disapprove, the
proposed rule change (File Number SR–
CboeBZX–2019–102).
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CFR 240.19b–4.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 87719
(December 11, 2019), 84 FR 68999.
4 Amendment No. 1 is available on the
Commission’s website at https://www.sec.gov/
comments/sr-cboebzx-2019-102/srcboebzx20191026634920-203299.pdf.
5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
6 Id.
7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).
3 See
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[Investment Company Act Release No.
33796]
Notice of Applications for
Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
January 31, 2020.
The following is a notice of
applications for deregistration under
section 8(f) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 for the month of January
2020. A copy of each application may be
obtained via the Commission’s website
by searching for the file number, or for
an applicant using the Company name
box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/
search.htm or by calling (202) 551–
8090. An order granting each
application will be issued unless the
SEC orders a hearing. Interested persons
may request a hearing on any
application by writing to the SEC’s
Secretary at the address below and
serving the relevant applicant with a
copy of the request, personally or by
mail. Hearing requests should be
received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on
February 25, 2020, and should be
accompanied by proof of service on
applicants, in the form of an affidavit or,
for lawyers, a certificate of service.
Pursuant to Rule 0–5 under the Act,
hearing requests should state the nature
of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing
upon the desirability of a hearing on the
matter, 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.
Address: The Commission: Secretary,
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
For Further Information Contact:
Shawn Davis, Assistant Director, at
(202) 551–6413 or Chief Counsel’s
Office at (202) 551–6821; SEC, Division
of Investment Management, Chief
Counsel’s Office, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–8010.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term
Government Fund [File No. 811–04563]
Summary: Applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. The applicant has
transferred its assets to AIM Investment
Securities Funds (Invesco Investment
Securities Funds), and on May 24, 2019
made a final distribution to its
shareholders based on net asset value.
Expenses of $1,300,306.94 incurred in
connection with the reorganization were
paid by the applicant’s investment
adviser and the acquiring fund’s
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investment adviser, and/or their
affiliates.
Filing Date: The application was filed
on November 4, 2019.
Applicant’s Address: 6803 South
Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado
80112.
Seligman Capital Fund, Inc. [File No.
811–01886]
Summary: Applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. The applicant has
transferred its assets to Columbia Mid
Cap Growth Fund, a series of Columbia
Funds Series Trust I, and on April, 8
2011, made a final distribution to its
shareholders based on net asset value.
Expenses of $63,153 incurred in
connection with the reorganization were
paid by the applicant.
Filing Dates: The application was
filed on October 4, 2013, and amended
on November 14, 2019.
Applicant’s Address: 225 Franklin
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
For the Commission by the Division of
Investment Management pursuant to
delegated authority.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–88107; File No. SR–
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To List and
Trade Shares of the Hartford Core
Bond ETF of the Hartford Funds
Exchange-Traded Trust Under Rule
14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
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 January
21, 2020, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Exchange filed the
proposal as a ‘‘non-controversial’’
proposed rule change pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 3 and
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) is filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change
to list and trade shares of the Hartford
Core Bond ETF (the ‘‘Fund’’) of the
Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust
(the ‘‘Trust’’) under Rule 14.11(i)
(‘‘Managed Fund Shares’’).
The text of the proposed rule change
is also available on the Exchange’s
website (https://markets.cboe.com/us/
equities/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/), at
the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary,
and at the Commission’s Public
Reference Room.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
January 31, 2020.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
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.
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Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.4 The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
The Exchange proposes to list and
trade the Shares under Rule 14.11(i),
which governs the listing and trading of
Managed Fund Shares on the
Exchange.5 The Fund will be an actively
managed fund. The shares will be
offered by the Trust, which was
established as a Delaware statutory trust
on September 20, 2010. The Trust is
registered with the Commission as an
open-end investment company and has
filed a registration statement on behalf
of the Fund on Form N–1A
5 The Commission approved Rule 14.11(i) in
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65225 (August
30, 2011), 76 FR 55148 (September 6, 2011) (SR–
BATS–2011–018) and subsequently approved
generic listing standards for Managed Fund Shares
under Rule 14.11(i) in Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 78396 (July 22, 2016), 81 FR 49698
(July 28, 2016) (SR–BATS–2015–100).
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(‘‘Registration Statement’’) with the
Commission.6
Rule 14.11(i)(4)(C)(ii)(d) requires that
component securities that in aggregate
account for at least 90% of the fixed
income weight of the portfolio must
satisfy at least one of five conditions.
The Exchange submits this proposal
because the Fund will not meet this
requirement; 7 however, it will meet all
of the other requirements of Rule
14.11(i). The Exchange notes that this
proposed exception to Rule
14.11(i)(4)(C)(ii)(d) is substantively
identical to an exception included in
several other rule filings that were either
immediately effective or approved by
the Commission.8
Hartford Funds Management
Company LLC acts as adviser to the
Fund (the ‘‘Adviser’’). Wellington
Management is the sub-adviser (‘‘SubAdviser’’) to the Fund. State Street Bank
and Trust Company is the administrator,
custodian, and transfer agent for the
Trust. ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as
the distributor for the Trust.
Rule 14.11(i)(7) provides that, if the
investment adviser or sub-adviser to the
investment company issuing Managed
Fund Shares is affiliated with a broker6 The Trust filed a post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement on March 1, 2019 (the
‘‘Registration Statement’’). See Registration
Statement on Form N–1A for the Trust (File Nos.
333–215165 and 811–23222). The descriptions of
the Fund and the Shares contained herein are
based, in part, on information included in the
Registration Statement. The Commission has issued
an order granting certain exemptive relief to the
Trust and affiliated persons under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘1940 Act’’) (15 U.S.C.
80a-1). See Investment Company Act Release No.
30695 (September 24, 2013) (File No. 812- 14178).
7 Rule 14.11(i)(4)(C)(ii)(d) provides that
‘‘component securities that in aggregate account for
at least 90% of the fixed income weight of the
portfolio must be either: (a) From issuers that are
required to file reports pursuant to Sections 13 and
15(d) of the Act; (b) from issuers that have a
worldwide market value of its outstanding common
equity held by non-affiliates of $700 million or
more; (c) from issuers that have outstanding
securities that are notes, bonds, debentures, or
evidence of indebtedness having a total remaining
principal amount of at least $1 billion; (d) exempted
securities as defined in Section 3(a)(12) of the Act;
or (e) from issuers that are a government of a foreign
country or a political subdivision of a foreign
country.’’ The Exchange instead is proposing that
the fixed income portion of the portfolio excluding
Non-Agency ABS and MBS, as defined below, will
satisfy this 90% requirement.
8 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 84047
(September 6, 2018), 83 FR 46200 (September 12,
2018) (SR–NASDAQ–2017–128) (the ‘‘Nasdaq
Approval Order’’); and 85701 (April 22, 2019), 84
FR 17902 (April 26, 2019) (SR–CboeBZX–2019–016)
(the ‘‘Exchange Approval Order’’). The Exchange
notes that it filed a non-controversial rule change
related to another fund issued by the Trust that
allows for an identical exception to Rule
14.11(i)(4)(C)(ii)(d). See also Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 87651 (December 3, 2019), 84 FR
67327 (December 9, 2019) (SR–CboeBZX–2019–
099).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 33796]
Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
January 31, 2020.
The following is a notice of applications for deregistration under
section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for the month of
January 2020. A copy of each application may be obtained via the
Commission's website by searching for the file number, or for an
applicant using the Company name box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090. An order granting each
application will be issued unless the SEC orders a hearing. Interested
persons may request a hearing on any application by writing to the
SEC's Secretary at the address below and serving the relevant applicant
with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on February 25, 2020, and
should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of
an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to
Rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing
on the matter, 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.
Address: The Commission: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
For Further Information Contact: Shawn Davis, Assistant Director,
at (202) 551-6413 or Chief Counsel's Office at (202) 551-6821; SEC,
Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office, 100 F Street
NE, Washington, DC 20549-8010.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund [File No. 811-04563]
Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. The applicant has transferred its assets to
AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds),
and on May 24, 2019 made a final distribution to its shareholders based
on net asset value. Expenses of $1,300,306.94 incurred in connection
with the reorganization were paid by the applicant's investment adviser
and the acquiring fund's
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investment adviser, and/or their affiliates.
Filing Date: The application was filed on November 4, 2019.
Applicant's Address: 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado
80112.
Seligman Capital Fund, Inc. [File No. 811-01886]
Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. The applicant has transferred its assets to
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, a series of Columbia Funds Series Trust
I, and on April, 8 2011, made a final distribution to its shareholders
based on net asset value. Expenses of $63,153 incurred in connection
with the reorganization were paid by the applicant.
Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 4, 2013, and
amended on November 14, 2019.
Applicant's Address: 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02110.
For the Commission by the Division of Investment Management
pursuant to delegated authority.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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