Northcreek Mezzanine Fund I, L.P.; Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company, 12066 [2021-04138]
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writing when the Commission approves
any such proposed rule changes.16
According to the Exchange, this
exemption is necessary and appropriate
because it would result in the MIAX
PEARL Equities Rules being consistent
with the relevant cross-referenced
FINRA and MIAX rules at all times, thus
ensuring identical regulation of joint
members of the Exchange, FINRA, and/
or MIAX with respect to such rules.17
Without such an exemption, joint
members of the Exchange, FINRA, and/
or MIAX could be subject to two
different standards.18 In addition, the
Exchange believes that the exemption
would ensure consistency between
certain MIAX PEARL Equities Rules and
FINRA rules that are covered by the
Exchange’s regulatory services
agreement (‘‘RSA’’) with FINRA, which
would facilitate FINRA’s provision of
services to the Exchange under the RSA
within the scope of those MIAX PEARL
Equities Rules.19
The Commission has issued
exemptions similar to the Exchange’s
request.20 In granting one such
exemption in 2010, the Commission
repeated a prior, 2004 Commission
statement that it would consider similar
16 See
id.
id. at 3.
18 See id.
19 See id.
20 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
83296 (May 21, 2018), 83 FR 24362 (May 25, 2018)
(order granting NYSE National, Inc.’s exemptive
request relating to rules of FINRA incorporated by
reference); 83040 (April 12, 2018), 83 FR 17198
(April 18, 2018) (order granting MIAX PEARL’s
exemptive request relating to rules of MIAX
incorporated by reference); 78101 (June 17, 2016),
81 FR 41141, 41165 (June 23, 2016) (order granting
application for registration as a national securities
exchange of Investors’ Exchange, LLC and
exemptive request relating to rules of FINRA
incorporated by reference); 76998 (January 29,
2016), 81 FR 6066, 6083–84 (February 4, 2016)
(order granting application for registration as a
national securities exchange of ISE Mercury, LLC
(now known as Nasdaq MRX, LLC) and exemptive
request relating to rules of the International
Securities Exchange, LLC (now known as Nasdaq
ISE, LLC) (‘‘ISE’’) incorporated by reference,
including index options rules); 70050 (July 26,
2013), 78 FR 46622, 46642 (August 1, 2013) (order
granting application for registration as a national
securities exchange of Topaz Exchange, LLC (now
known as Nasdaq GEMX, LLC) and exemptive
request relating to rules of ISE incorporated by
reference, including index options rules); 61152
(December 10, 2009), 74 FR 66699, 66709–10
(December 16, 2009) (order granting application for
registration as a national securities exchange of C2
Options Exchange, Incorporated and exemptive
request relating to rules of CBOE incorporated by
reference, including index options rules). See also,
e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61534
(February 18, 2010), 75 FR 8760 (February 25, 2010)
(order granting BATS Exchange, Inc.’s exemptive
request relating to rules incorporated by reference
by the BATS Exchange Options Market rules)
(‘‘BATS Options Market Order’’).
17 See
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future exemption requests from other
SROs, provided that:
• An SRO wishing to incorporate
rules of another SRO by reference has
submitted a written request for an order
exempting it from the requirement in
Section 19(b) of the Exchange Act to file
proposed rule changes relating to the
rules incorporated by reference, has
identified the applicable originating
SRO(s), together with the rules it wants
to incorporate by reference, and
otherwise has complied with the
procedural requirements set forth in the
Commission’s release governing
procedures for requesting exemptive
orders pursuant to Rule 0–12 under the
Exchange Act; 21
• The incorporating SRO has
requested incorporation of categories of
rules (rather than individual rules
within a category) that are not trading
rules (e.g., the SRO has requested
incorporation of rules such as margin,
suitability, or arbitration); and
• The incorporating SRO has
reasonable procedures in place to
provide written notice to its members
each time a change is proposed to the
incorporated rules of another SRO.22
The Commission believes that the
Exchange has satisfied each of these
conditions. The Commission also
believes that granting the Exchange an
exemption from the rule filing
requirements under Section 19(b) of the
Exchange Act will promote efficient use
of Commission and Exchange resources
by avoiding duplicative rule filings
based on simultaneous changes to
identical rule text sought by more than
one SRO.23 The Commission therefore
finds it appropriate in the public
interest and consistent with the
protection of investors to exempt the
Exchange from the rule filing
requirements under Section 19(b) of the
Exchange Act with respect to the abovedescribed rules it has incorporated by
reference. This exemption is
conditioned upon the Exchange
promptly providing written notice to its
members whenever FINRA or MIAX
changes a rule that the Exchange has
incorporated by reference.
21 See
17 CFR 240.0–12; Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 39624 (February 5, 1998), 63 FR 8101
(February 18, 1998) (Commission Procedures for
Filing Applications for Orders for Exemptive Relief
Pursuant to Section 36 of the Exchange Act).
22 See BATS Options Market Order, supra note 20
(citing Securities Exchange Act Release No. 49260
(February 17, 2004), 69 FR 8500 (February 24, 2004)
(order granting exemptive request relating to rules
incorporated by reference by several SROs) (‘‘2004
Order’’)).
23 See id. at 8761. See also 2004 Order, supra note
22, at 8502.
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Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to
Section 36 of the Exchange Act,24 that
the Exchange is exempt from the rule
filing requirements of Section 19(b) of
the Exchange Act solely with respect to
changes to the MIAX PEARL Equities
Rules identified in its request that
incorporate by reference certain FINRA
and MIAX rules that are the result of
changes to such FINRA or MIAX rules,
provided that the Exchange promptly
provides written notice to its members
whenever FINRA or MIAX proposes to
change a rule that the Exchange has
incorporated by reference.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.25
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Northcreek Mezzanine Fund I, L.P.;
Surrender of License of Small
Business Investment Company
Pursuant to the authority granted to
the United States Small Business
Administration under the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as
amended, under Section 309 of the Act
and Section 107.1900 of the Small
Business Administration Rules and
Regulations (13 CFR 107.1900) to
function as a small business investment
company under the Small Business
Investment Company License No. 05/
05–0295 issued to Northcreek
Mezzanine Fund I, L.P., said license is
hereby declared null and void.
United States Small Business
Administration.
Thomas G. Morris,
Acting Associate Administrator, Director,
Office of SBIC Liquidation, Office of
Investment and Innovation.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[License No. 05/05-0295]
Northcreek Mezzanine Fund I, L.P.; Surrender of License of Small
Business Investment Company
Pursuant to the authority granted to the United States Small
Business Administration under the Small Business Investment Act of
1958, as amended, under Section 309 of the Act and Section 107.1900 of
the Small Business Administration Rules and Regulations (13 CFR
107.1900) to function as a small business investment company under the
Small Business Investment Company License No. 05/05-0295 issued to
Northcreek Mezzanine Fund I, L.P., said license is hereby declared null
and void.
United States Small Business Administration.
Thomas G. Morris,
Acting Associate Administrator, Director, Office of SBIC Liquidation,
Office of Investment and Innovation.
[FR Doc. 2021-04138 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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