Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares), 37588-37595 [2023-12216]

Download as PDF 37588 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule’s Competitive Products List. SUMMARY: DATES: Date of required notice: June 8, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. The United States Postal Service® hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on May 31, 2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a USPS Request to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground Advantage® Contract 1 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2023–165, CP2023–169. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [Release No. 34–97645; File No. SR– NYSEARCA–2023–38] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares) June 2, 2023. POSTAL SERVICE Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3 notice is hereby given that, on May 24, 2023, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 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 self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. Product Change—Priority Mail, FirstClass Package Service & Parcel Select Negotiated Service Agreement I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change Sean Robinson, Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. [FR Doc. 2023–12220 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–12–P AGENCY: ACTION: Postal ServiceTM. Notice. The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule’s Competitive Products List. SUMMARY: DATES: Date of required notice: June 8, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean C. Robinson, 202–268–8405. The United States Postal Service® hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on June 2, 2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Contract 25 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2023–166, CP2023–170. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sean Robinson, Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. [FR Doc. 2023–12221 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–12–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E. The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s website at www.nyse.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 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. 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). U.S.C. 78a. 3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 2 15 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and the Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose The Exchange has adopted NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E for the purpose of permitting the listing and trading, or trading pursuant to unlisted trading privileges (‘‘UTP’’), of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, which are securities issued by an actively managed open-end investment management company.4 Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601–E requires the Exchange to file separate proposals under section 19(b) of the Act before listing and trading any series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares on the Exchange. Therefore, the Exchange is submitting this proposal in order to list and trade shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF (the ‘‘Fund’’) under Rule 8.601–E. Key Features of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares While funds issuing Active Proxy Portfolio Shares will be activelymanaged and, to that extent, will be similar to Managed Fund Shares, Active Proxy Portfolio Shares differ from 4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89185 (June 29, 2020), 85 FR 40328 (July 6, 2020) (SR– NYSEArca–2019–95). Rule 8.601–E(c)(1) provides that ‘‘[t]he term ‘‘Active Proxy Portfolio Share’’ means a security that (a) is issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Investment Company’’) organized as an open-end management investment company that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by the Investment Company’s investment adviser consistent with the Investment Company’s investment objectives and policies; (b) is issued in a specified minimum number of shares, or multiples thereof, in return for a deposit by the purchaser of the Proxy Portfolio or Custom Basket, as applicable, and/or cash with a value equal to the next determined net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) when aggregated in the same specified minimum number of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, or multiples thereof, may be redeemed at a holder’s request in return for the Proxy Portfolio or Custom Basket, as applicable, and/or cash to the holder by the issuer with a value equal to the next determined NAV; and (d) the portfolio holdings for which are disclosed within at least 60 days following the end of every fiscal quarter.’’ Rule 8.601–E(c)(2) provides that ‘‘[t]he term ‘‘Actual Portfolio’’ means the identities and quantities of the securities and other assets held by the Investment Company that shall form the basis for the Investment Company’s calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.’’ Rule 8.601– E(c)(3) provides that ‘‘[t]he term ‘‘Proxy Portfolio’’ means a specified portfolio of securities, other financial instruments and/or cash designed to track closely the daily performance of the Actual Portfolio of a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares as provided in the exemptive relief pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 applicable to such series.’’ Rule 8.601–E(c)(4) provides that the term ‘‘Custom Basket’’ means a portfolio of securities that is different from the Proxy Portfolio and is otherwise consistent with the exemptive relief issued pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 applicable to a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Managed Fund Shares in the following important respects. First, in contrast to Managed Fund Shares, which are actively-managed funds listed and traded under NYSE Arca Rule 8.600–E 5 and for which a ‘‘Disclosed Portfolio’’ is required to be disseminated at least once daily,6 the portfolio for an issue of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares will be publicly disclosed within at least 60 days following the end of every fiscal quarter in accordance with normal disclosure requirements otherwise applicable to open-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘1940 Act’’).7 The composition of the portfolio of an issue of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares would not be available at commencement of Exchange listing and trading. Second, in connection with the creation and redemption of Active 5 The Commission has previously approved listing and trading on the Exchange of a number of issues of Managed Fund Shares under NYSE Arca Rule 8.600–E. See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May 8, 2008), 73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR–NYSEArca–2008–31) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of twelve actively-managed funds of the WisdomTree Trust); 60460 (August 7, 2009), 74 FR 41468 (August 17, 2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–55) (order approving listing of Dent Tactical ETF); 63076 (October 12, 2010), 75 FR 63874 (October 18, 2010) (SR– NYSEArca–2010–79) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of Cambria Global Tactical ETF); 63802 (January 31, 2011), 76 FR 6503 (February 4, 2011) (SR–NYSEArca–2010–118) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of the SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income ETF and SiM Dynamic Allocation Growth Income ETF). The Commission also has approved a proposed rule change relating to generic listing standards for Managed Fund Shares. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78397 (July 22, 2016), 81 FR 49320 (July 27, 2016) (SR–NYSEArca–2015–110) (amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 to adopt generic listing standards for Managed Fund Shares). 6 NYSE Arca Rule 8.600–E(c)(2) defines the term ‘‘Disclosed Portfolio’’ as the identities and quantities of the securities and other assets held by the Investment Company that will form the basis for the Investment Company’s calculation of net asset value at the end of the business day. NYSE Arca Rule 8.600–E(d)(2)(B)(i) requires that the Disclosed Portfolio will be disseminated at least once daily and will be made available to all market participants at the same time. 7 A mutual fund is required to file with the Commission its complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal quarters on Form N–CSR under the 1940 Act. Information reported on Form N–PORT for the third month of a fund’s fiscal quarter will be made publicly available 60 days after the end of a fund’s fiscal quarter. Form N– PORT requires reporting of a fund’s complete portfolio holdings on a position-by-position basis on a quarterly basis within 60 days after fiscal quarter end. Investors can obtain a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares’ Statement of Additional Information (‘‘SAI’’), its Shareholder Reports, its Form N–CSR, filed twice a year, and its Form N– CEN, filed annually. A series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares’ SAI and Shareholder Reports will be available free upon request from the Investment Company, and those documents and the Form N– PORT, Form N–CSR, and Form N–CEN may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 Proxy Portfolio Shares, such creation or redemption may be exchanged for a Proxy Portfolio or Custom Basket, as applicable, and/or cash with a value equal to the next-determined NAV. A series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares will disclose the Proxy Portfolio on a daily basis, which, as described above, is designed to track closely the daily performance of the Actual Portfolio of a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, instead of the actual holdings of the Investment Company, as provided by a series of Managed Fund Shares. As set forth in NYSE Arca Rule 8.601– E(d)(2)(B)(ii), for Active Proxy Portfolio Shares using a Custom Basket, each Business Day,8 before the opening of trading in the Core Trading Session (as defined in NYSE Arca Rule 7.34–E (a)), the Investment Company shall make publicly available on its website the composition of any Custom Basket transacted on the previous Business Day, except a Custom Basket that differs from the applicable Proxy Portfolio only with respect to cash. The Commission has previously approved 9 and noticed for immediate effectiveness 10 the listing and trading 8 ‘‘Business Day’’ is defined to mean any day that the Exchange is open, including any day when the Fund satisfies redemption requests as required by section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. 9 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 89185 (June 29, 2020), 85 FR 40328 (July 6, 2020) (SR– NYSEArca–2019–95) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 6 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 6, to Adopt NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E to Permit the Listing and Trading of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares and To List and Trade Shares of the Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF Under Proposed NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E); 89192 (June 30, 2020), 85 FR 40699 (July 7, 2020) (SR– NYSEArca–2019–96) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 5 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 5, to List and Trade Two Series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares Issued by the American Century ETF Trust under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E); 89191 (June 30, 2020), 85 FR 40358 (July 6, 2020) (SR–NYSEArca–2019–92) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 3 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 3, to List and Trade Four Series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares Issued by T. Rowe Price Exchange-Traded Funds, Inc. under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E); 89438 (July 31, 2020), 85 FR 47821 (August 6, 2020) (SR– NYSEArca–2020–51) (Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, to List and Trade Shares of Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF and Natixis Vaughan Nelson MidCap ETF under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E); 91266 (March 5, 2021), 86 FR 13930 (March 11, 2021) (SR–NYSEArca–2020–104) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, To List and Trade Shares of the Stance Equity ESG Large Cap Core ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E). 10 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 92104 (June 3, 2021), 86 FR 30635 (June 9, 2021) (NYSEArca–2021–46) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of the Nuveen Santa Barbara Dividend Growth ETF, Nuveen Small Cap PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37589 on the Exchange of series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E. The Shares of the Fund will be series of Natixis ETF Trust II (the ‘‘Company’’), a Massachusetts business trust registered with the Commission as an open-end management investment company.11 Natixis Advisors, LLC will be the investment adviser to the Fund (the ‘‘Adviser’’). Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (‘‘Sub-Adviser’’) will be the Sub-Adviser to the Fund. State Street Bank and Trust Company will serve as the Fund’s custodian. ALPS Distributors, Inc. will act as the distributor (the ‘‘Distributor’’) for the Fund. Commentary .04 to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E provides that, if the investment Select ETF, and Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth ESG ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 92958 (September 13, 2021), 86 FR 51933 (September 17, 2021) (NYSEArca–2021–77) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601– E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 93264 (October 6, 2021), 86 FR 56989 (October 13, 2021) (SR– NYSEArca–2021–84) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Schwab Ariel ESG ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 94486 (March 22, 2022), 87 FR 17351 (March 28, 2022) (SR–NYSEArca–2022–14) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of the Columbia Seligman Semiconductor and Technology ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601 (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 94908 (May 13, 2022), 87 FR 30524 (May 19, 2022) (SR–NYSEArca– 2022–28) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of the Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601 (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares)); 94902 (May 12, 2022), 87 FR 30286 (May 18, 2022) (SR–NYSEArca– 2022–29) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of the IQ Winslow Large Cap Growth ETF and IQ Winslow Focused Large Cap Growth ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares)). 11 The Company is registered under the 1940 Act. On March 24, 2023, the Company filed a registration statement on Form N–1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a), and under the 1940 Act relating to the Fund (File Nos. 333– 235466 and 811–23500) (the ‘‘Registration Statement’’). The Company filed a seventh amended and restated application for an order under section 6(c) of the 1940 Act for exemptions from various provisions of the 1940 Act and rules thereunder on October 21, 2019 (File No. 812–14870). See Investment Company Act Release No. 33684 (File No. 812–14870) (the ‘‘Application’’). On December 10, 2019, the Commission issued an order under the 1940 Act granting the exemptions requested in the Application (Investment Company Act Release No. 33711 (December 10, 2019)) (the ‘‘Exemptive Order’’). Investments made by the Fund will comply with the conditions set forth in the Application and the Exemptive Order. The description of the operation of the Fund herein is based, in part, on the Registration Statement, Application, and Exemptive Order. The Exchange will not commence trading in Shares of the Fund until the Registration Statement is effective. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 37590 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 adviser to the Investment Company issuing Active Proxy Portfolio Shares is registered as a broker-dealer or is affiliated with a broker-dealer, such investment adviser will erect and maintain a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the investment adviser and personnel of the broker-dealer or broker-dealer affiliate, as applicable, with respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to such Investment Company’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable. Any person related to the investment adviser or Investment Company who makes decisions pertaining to the Investment Company’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or has access to non-public information regarding the Investment Company’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto must be subject to procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding the Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. Commentary .04 is similar to Commentary .03(a)(i) and (iii) to NYSE Arca Rule 5.2–E(j)(3); however, Commentary .04, in connection with the establishment of a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the investment adviser and the brokerdealer, reflects the applicable open-end fund’s portfolio, not an underlying benchmark index, as is the case with index-based funds.12 Commentary .04 is also similar to Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600–E related to Managed Fund Shares, except that Commentary .04 relates to establishment and 12 An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’). As a result, the Adviser, Sub-Adviser and their related personnel will be subject to the provisions of Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers Act relating to codes of ethics. This Rule requires investment advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as well as compliance with other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent the communication and misuse of non-public information by an investment adviser must be consistent with Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers Act. In addition, Rule 206(4)–7 under the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to provide investment advice to clients unless such investment adviser has (i) adopted and implemented written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations, by the investment adviser and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the Commission rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an annual review regarding the adequacy of the policies and procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness of their implementation; and (iii) designated an individual (who is a supervised person) responsible for administering the policies and procedures adopted under subparagraph (i) above. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 maintenance of a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the investment adviser and personnel of the broker-dealer or broker-dealer affiliate, as applicable, applicable to an Investment Company’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto, and not just to the underlying portfolio, as is the case with Managed Fund Shares. In addition, Commentary .05 to Rule 8.601–E provides that any person or entity, including a custodian, Reporting Authority, distributor, or administrator, who has access to non-public information regarding the Investment Company’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto, must be subject to procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding the applicable Investment Company Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. Moreover, if any such person or entity is registered as a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer, such person or entity will erect and maintain a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the person or entity and the broker-dealer with respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to such Investment Company Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, as applicable. Neither the Adviser nor the SubAdviser is registered as a broker-dealer but each is affiliated with a brokerdealer. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser have implemented and will maintain a ‘‘fire wall’’ with respect to such brokerdealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the composition of and/or changes to the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable. In the event (a) the Adviser or SubAdviser becomes registered as a brokerdealer or becomes newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser is a registered brokerdealer, or becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will implement and maintain a ‘‘fire wall’’ with respect to its relevant personnel or its broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, and will be subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material nonpublic information regarding the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. Any person related to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the Fund who makes decisions pertaining to the PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, as applicable, or has access to non-public information regarding the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto are subject to procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable or changes thereto. In addition, any person or entity, including any service provider for the Fund, who has access to non-public information regarding the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto, will be subject to procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. Moreover, if any such person or entity is registered as a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer, such person or entity has erected and will maintain a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the person or entity and the broker-dealer with respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to the Fund’s Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable. Description of the Fund According to the Registration Statement, the Adviser will identify a Proxy Portfolio for the Fund that is designed to replicates the daily performance of the Fund’s Actual Portfolio and will only include securities and investments in which the Fund may invest. While the Fund’s Proxy Portfolio and Actual Portfolio will hold some of the same securities, the Proxy Portfolio and Actual Portfolio may not include identical securities. The composition of the Proxy Portfolio will be published on the Fund’s website (im.natixis.com) each Business Day before the commencement of trading of the Fund’s Shares. The Fund’s website will include the following information for each portfolio holding in the Proxy Portfolio: (1) ticker symbol; (2) CUSIP or other identifier; (3) description of holding; (4) quantity of each security or other asset held; and (5) percentage weight of the holding in the Proxy Portfolio. The Proxy Portfolio will be reconstituted daily, and the Adviser or Sub-Adviser will not make intra-day changes to the Proxy Portfolio except to correct errors in the published Proxy Portfolio. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices The Fund will, at the end of each trading day, calculate the percentage weight overlap between the holdings of its Proxy Portfolio and the Actual Portfolio (the ‘‘Proxy Overlap’’) that formed the basis for the Fund’s calculation of NAV at the end of the prior Business Day by taking the lesser weight of each asset held in common between the Actual Portfolio and the Proxy Portfolio and adding the totals. The Fund’s holdings will conform to the permissible investments as set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive Order.13 Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be traded on an exchange that is a member of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (‘‘ISG’’) or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. According to the Registration Statement, the Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest primarily in exchange-traded U.S.-listed common stocks and other exchange-traded equity securities across a wide range of sectors and industries that the Adviser believes have sustainable long-term competitive advantages and trade at a significant discount to estimates of intrinsic value. The Fund focuses on stocks of large capitalization companies, but the Fund may invest in companies of any size. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. Typically, the Fund’s portfolio will hold 20 to 30 securities. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Investment Restrictions The Shares of the Fund will conform to the initial and continued listing criteria under Rule 8.601–E. The Fund’s 13 Pursuant to the Application and Exemptive Order, the permissible investments for the Fund include only the following instruments: exchangetraded funds, exchange-traded notes, exchangetraded common stocks, exchange-traded preferred stocks, exchange-traded American Depositary Receipts, exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, exchange-traded commodity pools, exchange-traded metal trusts, exchange-traded currency trusts and exchange-traded futures that trade contemporaneously with the Fund’s shares. In addition, the Fund may hold cash and cash equivalents (short-term U.S. Treasury securities, government money market funds, and repurchase agreements). Pursuant to the Application and Exemptive Order, the Fund will not hold short positions or invest in derivatives other than U.S. exchange-traded futures, will not borrow for investment purposes, and will not purchase any securities that are illiquid investments at the time of purchase. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 holdings will be limited to and consistent with permissible holdings as described in the Application and Exemptive Order and all requirements in the Application and Exemptive Order.14 The Fund’s investments, including derivatives, will be consistent with its investment objectives and will not be used to enhance leverage (although certain derivatives and other investments may result in leverage). That is, the Fund’s investments will not be used to seek performance that is the multiple or inverse multiple (e.g., 2X or –3X) of the Fund’s primary broad-based securities benchmark index (as defined in Form N–1A).15 Purchases and Redemptions According to the Registration Statement, the Company will issue and sell Shares of the Fund only in specified minimum size ‘‘Creation Units’’ on a continuous basis through the Distributor at their NAV next determined after receipt of an order, on any Business Day, in proper form. The NAV of the Fund’s Shares will be calculated each Business Day as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange, ordinarily 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (‘‘E.T.’’). A Creation Unit will generally consist of at least 10,000 Shares. According to the Registration Statement, Shares of the Fund will be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units. Creation Units will generally be purchased in-kind through the deposit of a designated portfolio of securities (the ‘‘Deposit Securities’’), which will typically replicate the Proxy Portfolio, plus the ‘‘Cash Component,’’ which is an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the Fund’s shares (per Creation Unit) and the market value of the Deposit Securities or ‘‘Cash Deposit’’ (as defined below), as applicable. The Cash Component serves the function of compensating for any differences between the NAV per Creation Unit and the market value of the Deposit Securities or Cash Deposit, as applicable. The Cash Deposit is a ‘‘cash in lieu’’ amount that the Company may permit or require to be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security. The names and quantities of the instruments that constitute the Deposit Securities will be the same as the Proxy Portfolio, except to the extent that the Fund requires purchases and redemptions to be made entirely or in part on a cash basis. Together, the 14 See id. Fund’s broad-based securities benchmark index will be identified in a future amendment to its Registration Statement following the Fund’s first full calendar year of performance. 15 The PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37591 Deposit Securities or Cash Deposit, as applicable, and the Cash Component constitute the ‘‘Fund Deposit,’’ which represents the minimum initial and subsequent investment amount for a Creation Unit of the Fund. Creation Units of the Fund may be purchased and/or redeemed entirely or partially for cash in the Company’s discretion. When full or partial cash purchases or redemptions of Creation Units are available or specified for the Fund, they will be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind purchases or redemptions thereof.16 The identity and number of shares comprising a Creation Unit may change from time to time. The Fund, through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the ‘‘NSCC’’), will make available on each Business Day, immediately prior to the opening of business on the Exchange, the list of the names and the required number of shares of each Deposit Security or the required amount of Cash Deposit, as applicable, to be included in the Fund Deposit. The published Fund Deposit will apply until such time as the nextannounced composition of the Deposit Securities is made available, and there will be no intra-day changes except to correct errors in the published Fund Deposit. The Fund Deposit will be published each Business Day regardless of whether the Fund decides to issue or redeem Creation Units entirely or in part on a cash basis. The identity of the Fund Securities that will be applicable to redemption requests received in proper form on a Business Day will also be made available prior to the opening of business on the Exchange on each Business Day. All orders to purchase or redeem Creation Units must be placed with the Distributor by or through an Authorized Participant, who may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund.17 Orders to purchase or redeem Creation Units must be submitted at the close of regular trading on the Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m. E.T., on each Business Day in order to receive the NAV of Shares of the Fund on that Business Day. The date on which an order to purchase or redeem Creation Units is placed is referred to as the ‘‘Transmittal Date.’’ When the 16 The Adviser represents that, to the extent the Company effects the creation or redemption of Shares in cash on any given day, such transactions will be effected in the same manner for all Authorized Participants (as defined below) placing trades with the Fund on that day. 17 According to the Registration Statement, an ‘‘Authorized Participant’’ is (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC or (ii) a DTC Participant. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 37592 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices Exchange closes earlier than normal, the Fund may require orders for Creation Units to be placed earlier in the Business Day. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Availability of Information The Fund’s website (www.im.natixis.com), which will be publicly available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form of the prospectus for the Fund that may be downloaded. The Fund’s website will include on a daily basis, per Share for the Fund: (1) the prior Business Day’s NAV; (2) the prior Business Day’s ‘‘Closing Price’’ or ‘‘Mid-Point of the Bid/Ask Price at Close’’; 18 and (3) a calculation of the premium/discount of such Closing Price or Mid-Point of the Bid/Ask Price at Close against such NAV.19 The Adviser has represented that the Fund’s website will also provide: (1) any other information regarding premiums/discounts as may be required for other ETFs under Rule 6c–11 under the 1940 Act, as amended, and (2) any information regarding the bid/ask spread for the Fund as may be required for other ETFs under Rule 6c– 11 under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund’s website also will disclose the information required under Rule 8.601– E(c)(3).20 The website and information will be publicly available at no charge. The identity and quantity of investments in the Proxy Portfolio for the Fund will be publicly available on the Fund’s website before the commencement of trading in Shares on each Business Day. The website will also include information relating to the Proxy Overlap and Tracking Error, as discussed above. With respect to each Custom Basket utilized by the Fund, each Business Day, before the opening of trading in the Core Trading Session (as defined in NYSE Arca Rule 7.34–E 18 The records relating to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by the Fund or its service providers. The ‘‘Bid/Ask Price’’ is the midpoint of the highest bid and lowest offer based upon the National Best Bid and Offer as of the time of calculation of the Fund’s NAV. The ‘‘National Best Bid and Offer’’ is the current national best bid and national best offer as disseminated by the Consolidated Quotation System or UTP Plan Securities Information Processor. The ‘‘Closing Price’’ of Shares is the official closing price of the Shares on the Exchange. 19 The ‘‘premium/discount’’ refers to the premium or discount to the NAV at the end of a trading day and will be calculated based on the last Bid/Ask Price on a given trading day. 20 See note 4, supra. Rule 8.601–E (c)(3) provides that the website for each series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares shall disclose the information regarding the Proxy Portfolio as provided in the exemptive relief pursuant to the 1940 Act applicable to such series, including the following, to the extent applicable: (i) Ticker symbol; (ii) CUSIP or other identifier; (iii) Description of holding; (iv) Quantity of each security or other asset held; and (v) Percentage weighting of the holding in the portfolio. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 (a)), the Fund’s website will also include the composition of any Custom Basket transacted on the previous Business Day, except a Custom Basket that differs from the Proxy Portfolio only with respect to cash. Typical mutual fund-style annual, semi-annual and quarterly disclosures contained in the Fund’s Commission filings will be provided on the Fund’s website on a current basis.21 Thus, the Fund will publish the portfolio contents of its Actual Portfolio on a periodic basis, and no less than 60 days after the end of every fiscal quarter. Investors can also obtain the Fund’s SAI, Shareholder Reports, Form N–CSR, N–PORT, and Form N–CEN. The prospectus, SAI, and Shareholder Reports are available free upon request, and those documents and the Form N– CSR, N–PORT, and Form N–CEN may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the Commission’s website. The Exchange also notes that pursuant to the Application, the Fund must comply with Regulation Fair Disclosure, which prohibits selective disclosure of any material non-public information. Information regarding the market price of Shares and trading volume in Shares, will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout the day on brokers’ computer screens and other electronic services. The previous day’s closing price and trading volume information for the Shares will be published daily in the financial section of newspapers. Quotation and last sale information for the Shares and U.S. exchange-traded instruments (excluding futures contracts) will be available via the Consolidated Tape Association (‘‘CTA’’) high-speed line, from the exchanges on which such securities trade, or through major market data vendors or subscription services. Quotation and last sale information for futures contracts will be available from the exchanges on which they trade. Intraday price information for all exchangetraded instruments, which include all eligible instruments except cash and cash equivalents, will be available from the exchanges on which they trade, or through major market data vendors or subscription services. Intraday price information for cash equivalents is available through major market data vendors, subscription services and/or pricing services. Trading Halts With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all relevant factors in exercising its discretion to 21 See PO 00000 note 7, supra. Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 halt or suspend trading in the Shares of the Fund.22 Trading in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Rule 7.12–E have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable. Trading in the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601– E(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of the Fund will be halted. Specifically, Rule 8.601–E(d)(2)(D) provides that the Exchange may consider all relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt trading in a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. Trading may be halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in the series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares inadvisable. These may include: (a) the extent to which trading is not occurring in the securities and/or the financial instruments composing the Proxy Portfolio and/or Actual Portfolio; or (b) whether other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. If the Exchange becomes aware that the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, or Actual Portfolio with respect to a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares is not disseminated to all market participants at the same time, the Exchange shall halt trading in such series until such time as the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, or Actual Portfolio is available to all market participants at the same time. Trading Rules The Exchange deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus rendering trading in the Shares subject to the Exchange’s existing rules governing the trading of equity securities. Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca Marketplace in all trading sessions in accordance with NYSE Arca Rule 7.34–E(a). As provided in NYSE Arca Rule 7.6–E, the minimum price variation (‘‘MPV’’) for quoting and entry of orders in equity securities traded on the NYSE Arca Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception of securities that are priced less than $1.00 for which the MPV for order entry is $0.0001. The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing criteria under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E. The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate trading in the Shares during all trading sessions. A minimum of 100,000 Shares for the Fund will be outstanding at the commencement of trading on the 22 See Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM NYSE Arca Rule 7.12–E. 08JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Exchange. In addition, pursuant to Rule 8.601–E(d)(1)(B), the Exchange, prior to commencement of trading in the Shares, will obtain a representation from the Company that (i) the NAV per Share of the Fund will be calculated daily, (ii) the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, and the Actual Portfolio for the Fund will be made publicly available to all market participants at the same time, and (iii) the Company and any person acting on behalf of the Company will comply with Regulation Fair Disclosure under the Act, including with respect to any Custom Basket. With respect to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, all of the Exchange member obligations relating to product description and prospectus delivery requirements will continue to apply in accordance with Exchange rules and federal securities laws, and the Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’) will continue to monitor Exchange members for compliance with such requirements. Surveillance The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject to the existing trading surveillances, administered by the Exchange, as well as cross-market surveillances administered by FINRA on behalf of the Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws.23 The Exchange represents that these procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading of the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and federal securities laws applicable to trading on the Exchange. The surveillances referred to above generally focus on detecting securities trading outside their normal patterns, which could be indicative of manipulative or other violative activity. When such situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows and investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of all relevant parties for all relevant trading violations. The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, will communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares and underlying exchange-traded instruments with other markets and other entities that are members of the ISG, and the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or 23 FINRA conducts cross-market surveillances on behalf of the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The Exchange is responsible for FINRA’s performance under this regulatory services agreement. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 both, may obtain trading information regarding trading such securities and underlying exchange-traded instruments from such markets and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in such securities and underlying exchangetraded instruments from markets and other entities that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.24 The Adviser will make available daily to FINRA and the Exchange the Actual Portfolio of the Fund, upon request, as necessary to assist with the performance of the surveillances and investigations referred to above. In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the distribution of material, non-public information by its employees. Commentary .03 to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E provides that the Exchange will implement and maintain written surveillance procedures applicable to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. As part of these surveillance procedures, the Investment Company’s investment adviser will, upon request by the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, make available to the Exchange or FINRA the daily Actual Portfolio holdings of each series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. The Exchange believes that the ability to access the information on an as needed basis will provide it with sufficient information to perform the necessary regulatory functions associated with listing and trading series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares on the Exchange, including the ability to monitor compliance with the initial and continued listing requirements as well as the ability to surveil for manipulation of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. The Exchange will utilize its existing procedures to monitor issuer compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601–E. For example, the Exchange will continue to use intraday alerts that will notify Exchange personnel of trading activity throughout the day that may indicate that unusual conditions or circumstances are present that could be detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. The Exchange will require from the issuer of a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, upon initial listing and periodically thereafter, a representation that it is in compliance with Rule 8.601–E. The Exchange notes that Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601–E requires an issuer of Active Proxy 24 For a list of the current members of ISG, see www.isgportal.org. PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37593 Portfolio Shares to notify the Exchange of any failure to comply with the continued listing requirements of Rule 8.601–E. In addition, the Exchange will require issuers to represent that they will notify the Exchange of any failure to comply with the terms of applicable exemptive and no-action relief. As part of its surveillance procedures, the Exchange will rely on the foregoing procedures to become aware of any noncompliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601–E. With respect to the Fund, all statements and representations made in this filing regarding (a) the description of the portfolio, (b) limitations on portfolio holdings, or (c) the applicability of Exchange listing rules specified in this rule filing shall constitute continued listing requirements for listing the Shares on the Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a representation from the Company, prior to commencement of trading in the Shares of the Fund, that it will advise the Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply with the continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations under section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for compliance with the continued listing requirements. If the Fund is not in compliance with the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will commence delisting procedures under NYSE Arca Rule 5.5–E(m). 2. Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with section 6(b) of the Act,25 in general, and furthers the objectives of section 6(b)(5) of the Act,26 in particular, in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.27 With respect to the proposed listing and trading of Shares of the Fund, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E. 25 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 27 The Exchange represents that, for initial and continued listing, the Fund will be in compliance with Rule 10A–3 under the Act, as provided by NYSE Arca Rule 5.3–E. 26 15 E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 37594 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices The Fund’s holdings will conform to the permissible investments as set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive Order.28 The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, will communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares and underlying exchange-traded instruments with other markets and other entities that are members of the ISG, and the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, may obtain trading information regarding trading in the Shares and underlying exchange-traded instruments from such markets and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in the Shares and underlying exchange-traded instruments from markets and other entities that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be traded on an exchange that is a member of the ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. The daily dissemination of the identity and quantity of Proxy Portfolio component investments, together with the right of Authorized Participants to create and redeem each day at the NAV, will be sufficient for market participants to value and trade Shares in a manner that will not lead to significant deviations between the Shares’ Closing Price or Bid/Ask Price and NAV. The Fund’s investments, including derivatives, will be consistent with its investment objective and will not be used to enhance leverage (although certain derivatives and other investments may result in leverage). That is, the Fund’s investments will not be used to seek performance that is the multiple or inverse multiple (e.g., 2X or –3X) of the Fund’s primary broad-based securities benchmark index (as defined in Form N–1A). The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in that the Exchange will obtain a representation from the Company that the NAV per Share of the Fund will be calculated daily and that the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, Actual Portfolio and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, for the Fund will be made available to all market participants at the same time. Investors can obtain the Fund’s SAI, shareholder reports, and its Form N–CSR, Form N–PORT, and Form 28 See note 13, supra. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 N–CEN. The Fund’s SAI and shareholder reports will be available free upon request from the Fund, and those documents and the Form N–CSR, Form N–PORT, and Form N–CEN may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the Commission’s website. Commentary .03 to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E provides that the Exchange will implement and maintain written surveillance procedures applicable to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. As part of these surveillance procedures, the Investment Company’s investment adviser will, upon request by the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, make available to the Exchange or FINRA the daily portfolio holdings of each series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. The Exchange believes that the ability to access the information on an as needed basis will provide it with sufficient information to perform the necessary regulatory functions associated with listing and trading series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares on the Exchange, including the ability to monitor compliance with the initial and continued listing requirements as well as the ability to surveil for manipulation of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. With respect to the Fund, the Adviser will make available daily to FINRA and the Exchange the portfolio holdings of the Fund upon request as necessary to facilitate the performance of the surveillances and investigations referred to above. The Exchange will utilize its existing procedures to monitor compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601–E. For example, the Exchange will continue to use intraday alerts that will notify Exchange personnel of trading activity throughout the day that may indicate that unusual conditions or circumstances are present that could be detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. The Exchange will require from the Company, upon initial listing and periodically thereafter, a representation that it is in compliance with Rule 8.601–E. The Exchange notes that Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601–E requires the issuer of Shares to notify the Exchange of any failure to comply with the continued listing requirements of Rule 8.601–E. In addition, the Exchange will require the issuer to represent that it will notify the Exchange of any failure to comply with the terms of applicable exemptive and no-action relief. The Exchange will rely on the foregoing procedures to become aware of any non-compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601–E. In addition, with respect to the Fund, a large amount of information will be publicly available regarding the Fund PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and the Shares, thereby promoting market transparency. Quotation and last sale information for the Shares and U.S. exchange-traded instruments (excluding futures contracts) will be available via the CTA high-speed line, from the exchanges on which such securities trade, or through major market data vendors or subscription services. Quotation and last sale information for futures contracts will be available from the exchanges on which they trade. Intraday price information for all exchange-traded instruments, which include all eligible instruments except cash and cash equivalents, will be available from the exchanges on which they trade, or through major market data vendors or subscription services. Intraday price information for cash equivalents is available through major market data vendors, subscription services and/or pricing services. The website for the Fund will include a form of the prospectus that may be downloaded, and additional data relating to NAV and other applicable quantitative information, updated on a daily basis. Trading in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Rule 7.12–E have been reached or because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable. Trading in the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601–E(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of the Fund will be halted. In addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to the Proxy Portfolio and quotation and last sale information for the Shares. The identity and quantity of investments in the Proxy Portfolio will be publicly available on the Fund’s website before the commencement of trading in Shares on each Business Day. The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing criteria under Rule 8.601–E.29 The Fund’s holdings will conform to the permissible investments as set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive Order.30 Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be traded on an exchange that is a member of the ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest in that 29 See 30 See E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM note 4, supra. note 13, supra. 08JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices it will facilitate the listing and trading of an additional type of activelymanaged exchange-traded product that will enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of investors and the marketplace. The Exchange will obtain a representation from the Adviser, prior to commencement of trading in the Shares of the Fund, that it will advise the Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply with the continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations under section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for compliance with the continued listing requirements. If the Fund is not in compliance with the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will commence delisting procedures under NYSE Arca Rule 5.5– E(m). As noted above, the Exchange has in place surveillance procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. In addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to information regarding quotation and last sale information for the Shares. B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Burden on Competition The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes the proposed rule change would permit listing and trading of an additional actively-managed ETF that has characteristics different from existing actively-managed and index ETFs and would introduce additional competition among various ETF products to the benefit of investors. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the proposed rule change. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) significantly affect the 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, it has become effective pursuant to section VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 31 and Rule 19b– 4(f)(6) thereunder.32 A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b–4(f)(6) under the Act normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date of its filing. However, Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) 33 permits the Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Exchange notes that the Commission has approved and noticed for immediate effectiveness proposed rule changes to permit listing and trading on the Exchange of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares similar to the Fund.34 The proposed listing rule for the Fund raises no novel legal or regulatory issues. Thus, the Commission believes that waiver of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. Accordingly, the Commission hereby waives the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed rule change operative upon filing.35 At any time within 60 days of the filing of such 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. 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: Electronic Comments • Use the Commission’s internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or 31 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and 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. The Exchange has satisfied this requirement. 33 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 34 See supra notes 9 and 10. 35 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). 32 17 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 37595 • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– NYSEARCA–2023–38 on the subject line. Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSEARCA–2023–38. 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 website (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 website 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 filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. Do not include personal identifiable information in submissions; you should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. We may redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted material that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSEARCA–2023– 38, and should be submitted on or before June 29, 2023. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.36 Sherry R. Haywood, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–12216 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 36 17 E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12), (59). 08JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
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[Release No. 34-97645; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2023-38]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade 
Shares of the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF Under NYSE Arca 
Rule 8.601-E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares)

June 2, 2023.
    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given 
that, on May 24, 2023, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or ``Exchange'') 
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 self-regulatory organization. The Commission 
is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule 
change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Natixis 
Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E. The 
proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's website at 
www.nyse.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 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.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange has adopted NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E for the purpose of 
permitting the listing and trading, or trading pursuant to unlisted 
trading privileges (``UTP''), of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, which 
are securities issued by an actively managed open-end investment 
management company.\4\ Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601-E requires the 
Exchange to file separate proposals under section 19(b) of the Act 
before listing and trading any series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares 
on the Exchange. Therefore, the Exchange is submitting this proposal in 
order to list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the Natixis Loomis 
Sayles Focused Growth ETF (the ``Fund'') under Rule 8.601-E.
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    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89185 (June 29, 
2020), 85 FR 40328 (July 6, 2020) (SR-NYSEArca-2019-95). Rule 8.601-
E(c)(1) provides that ``[t]he term ``Active Proxy Portfolio Share'' 
means a security that (a) is issued by an investment company 
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment 
Company'') organized as an open-end management investment company 
that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by the Investment 
Company's investment adviser consistent with the Investment 
Company's investment objectives and policies; (b) is issued in a 
specified minimum number of shares, or multiples thereof, in return 
for a deposit by the purchaser of the Proxy Portfolio or Custom 
Basket, as applicable, and/or cash with a value equal to the next 
determined net asset value (``NAV''); (c) when aggregated in the 
same specified minimum number of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, or 
multiples thereof, may be redeemed at a holder's request in return 
for the Proxy Portfolio or Custom Basket, as applicable, and/or cash 
to the holder by the issuer with a value equal to the next 
determined NAV; and (d) the portfolio holdings for which are 
disclosed within at least 60 days following the end of every fiscal 
quarter.'' Rule 8.601-E(c)(2) provides that ``[t]he term ``Actual 
Portfolio'' means the identities and quantities of the securities 
and other assets held by the Investment Company that shall form the 
basis for the Investment Company's calculation of NAV at the end of 
the business day.'' Rule 8.601-E(c)(3) provides that ``[t]he term 
``Proxy Portfolio'' means a specified portfolio of securities, other 
financial instruments and/or cash designed to track closely the 
daily performance of the Actual Portfolio of a series of Active 
Proxy Portfolio Shares as provided in the exemptive relief pursuant 
to the Investment Company Act of 1940 applicable to such series.'' 
Rule 8.601-E(c)(4) provides that the term ``Custom Basket'' means a 
portfolio of securities that is different from the Proxy Portfolio 
and is otherwise consistent with the exemptive relief issued 
pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 applicable to a 
series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares.
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Key Features of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares
    While funds issuing Active Proxy Portfolio Shares will be actively-
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Managed Fund Shares in the following important respects. First, in 
contrast to Managed Fund Shares, which are actively-managed funds 
listed and traded under NYSE Arca Rule 8.600-E \5\ and for which a 
``Disclosed Portfolio'' is required to be disseminated at least once 
daily,\6\ the portfolio for an issue of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares 
will be publicly disclosed within at least 60 days following the end of 
every fiscal quarter in accordance with normal disclosure requirements 
otherwise applicable to open-end management investment companies 
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 
Act'').\7\ The composition of the portfolio of an issue of Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares would not be available at commencement of Exchange 
listing and trading. Second, in connection with the creation and 
redemption of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, such creation or 
redemption may be exchanged for a Proxy Portfolio or Custom Basket, as 
applicable, and/or cash with a value equal to the next-determined NAV. 
A series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares will disclose the Proxy 
Portfolio on a daily basis, which, as described above, is designed to 
track closely the daily performance of the Actual Portfolio of a series 
of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, instead of the actual holdings of the 
Investment Company, as provided by a series of Managed Fund Shares. As 
set forth in NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E(d)(2)(B)(ii), for Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares using a Custom Basket, each Business Day,\8\ before 
the opening of trading in the Core Trading Session (as defined in NYSE 
Arca Rule 7.34-E (a)), the Investment Company shall make publicly 
available on its website the composition of any Custom Basket 
transacted on the previous Business Day, except a Custom Basket that 
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    \5\ The Commission has previously approved listing and trading 
on the Exchange of a number of issues of Managed Fund Shares under 
NYSE Arca Rule 8.600-E. See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release 
Nos. 57801 (May 8, 2008), 73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-
2008-31) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of twelve 
actively-managed funds of the WisdomTree Trust); 60460 (August 7, 
2009), 74 FR 41468 (August 17, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-55) (order 
approving listing of Dent Tactical ETF); 63076 (October 12, 2010), 
75 FR 63874 (October 18, 2010) (SR-NYSEArca-2010-79) (order 
approving Exchange listing and trading of Cambria Global Tactical 
ETF); 63802 (January 31, 2011), 76 FR 6503 (February 4, 2011) (SR-
NYSEArca-2010-118) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of 
the SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income ETF and SiM Dynamic 
Allocation Growth Income ETF). The Commission also has approved a 
proposed rule change relating to generic listing standards for 
Managed Fund Shares. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78397 
(July 22, 2016), 81 FR 49320 (July 27, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-110) 
(amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 to adopt generic listing 
standards for Managed Fund Shares).
    \6\ NYSE Arca Rule 8.600-E(c)(2) defines the term ``Disclosed 
Portfolio'' as the identities and quantities of the securities and 
other assets held by the Investment Company that will form the basis 
for the Investment Company's calculation of net asset value at the 
end of the business day. NYSE Arca Rule 8.600-E(d)(2)(B)(i) requires 
that the Disclosed Portfolio will be disseminated at least once 
daily and will be made available to all market participants at the 
same time.
    \7\ A mutual fund is required to file with the Commission its 
complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal 
quarters on Form N-CSR under the 1940 Act. Information reported on 
Form N-PORT for the third month of a fund's fiscal quarter will be 
made publicly available 60 days after the end of a fund's fiscal 
quarter. Form N-PORT requires reporting of a fund's complete 
portfolio holdings on a position-by-position basis on a quarterly 
basis within 60 days after fiscal quarter end. Investors can obtain 
a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares' Statement of Additional 
Information (``SAI''), its Shareholder Reports, its Form N-CSR, 
filed twice a year, and its Form N-CEN, filed annually. A series of 
Active Proxy Portfolio Shares' SAI and Shareholder Reports will be 
available free upon request from the Investment Company, and those 
documents and the Form N-PORT, Form N-CSR, and Form N-CEN may be 
viewed on-screen or downloaded from the Commission's website at 
www.sec.gov.
    \8\ ``Business Day'' is defined to mean any day that the 
Exchange is open, including any day when the Fund satisfies 
redemption requests as required by section 22(e) of the 1940 Act.
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    The Commission has previously approved \9\ and noticed for 
immediate effectiveness \10\ the listing and trading on the Exchange of 
series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E.
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    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 89185 (June 29, 
2020), 85 FR 40328 (July 6, 2020) (SR-NYSEArca-2019-95) (Notice of 
Filing of Amendment No. 6 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of 
a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 6, to Adopt 
NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E to Permit the Listing and Trading of Active 
Proxy Portfolio Shares and To List and Trade Shares of the Natixis 
U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF Under Proposed NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-
E); 89192 (June 30, 2020), 85 FR 40699 (July 7, 2020) (SR-NYSEArca-
2019-96) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 5 and Order Granting 
Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 
Amendment No. 5, to List and Trade Two Series of Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares Issued by the American Century ETF Trust under NYSE 
Arca Rule 8.601-E); 89191 (June 30, 2020), 85 FR 40358 (July 6, 
2020) (SR-NYSEArca-2019-92) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 3 and 
Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as 
Modified by Amendment No. 3, to List and Trade Four Series of Active 
Proxy Portfolio Shares Issued by T. Rowe Price Exchange-Traded 
Funds, Inc. under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E); 89438 (July 31, 2020), 85 
FR 47821 (August 6, 2020) (SR-NYSEArca-2020-51) (Order Granting 
Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, 
to List and Trade Shares of Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF and 
Natixis Vaughan Nelson MidCap ETF under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E); 
91266 (March 5, 2021), 86 FR 13930 (March 11, 2021) (SR-NYSEArca-
2020-104) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 
Amendment No. 2, To List and Trade Shares of the Stance Equity ESG 
Large Cap Core ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E).
    \10\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 92104 (June 
3, 2021), 86 FR 30635 (June 9, 2021) (NYSEArca-2021-46) (Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List 
and Trade Shares of the Nuveen Santa Barbara Dividend Growth ETF, 
Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF, and Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth ESG 
ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 
92958 (September 13, 2021), 86 FR 51933 (September 17, 2021) 
(NYSEArca-2021-77) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 
Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Nuveen Growth 
Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E (Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares); 93264 (October 6, 2021), 86 FR 56989 (October 13, 
2021) (SR-NYSEArca-2021-84) (Notice of Filing and Immediate 
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of 
the Schwab Ariel ESG ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E (Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares); 94486 (March 22, 2022), 87 FR 17351 (March 28, 
2022) (SR-NYSEArca-2022-14) (Notice of Filing and Immediate 
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of 
the Columbia Seligman Semiconductor and Technology ETF Under NYSE 
Arca Rule 8.601 (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares); 94908 (May 13, 
2022), 87 FR 30524 (May 19, 2022) (SR-NYSEArca-2022-28) (Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to List 
and Trade Shares of the Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities 
ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601 (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares)); 
94902 (May 12, 2022), 87 FR 30286 (May 18, 2022) (SR-NYSEArca-2022-
29) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule 
Change to List and Trade Shares of the IQ Winslow Large Cap Growth 
ETF and IQ Winslow Focused Large Cap Growth ETF Under NYSE Arca Rule 
8.601-E (Active Proxy Portfolio Shares)).
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    The Shares of the Fund will be series of Natixis ETF Trust II (the 
``Company''), a Massachusetts business trust registered with the 
Commission as an open-end management investment company.\11\ Natixis 
Advisors, LLC will be the investment adviser to the Fund (the 
``Adviser''). Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (``Sub-Adviser'') will be 
the Sub-Adviser to the Fund. State Street Bank and Trust Company will 
serve as the Fund's custodian. ALPS Distributors, Inc. will act as the 
distributor (the ``Distributor'') for the Fund.
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    \11\ The Company is registered under the 1940 Act. On March 24, 
2023, the Company filed a registration statement on Form N-1A under 
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a), and under the 1940 Act 
relating to the Fund (File Nos. 333-235466 and 811-23500) (the 
``Registration Statement''). The Company filed a seventh amended and 
restated application for an order under section 6(c) of the 1940 Act 
for exemptions from various provisions of the 1940 Act and rules 
thereunder on October 21, 2019 (File No. 812-14870). See Investment 
Company Act Release No. 33684 (File No. 812-14870) (the 
``Application''). On December 10, 2019, the Commission issued an 
order under the 1940 Act granting the exemptions requested in the 
Application (Investment Company Act Release No. 33711 (December 10, 
2019)) (the ``Exemptive Order''). Investments made by the Fund will 
comply with the conditions set forth in the Application and the 
Exemptive Order. The description of the operation of the Fund herein 
is based, in part, on the Registration Statement, Application, and 
Exemptive Order. The Exchange will not commence trading in Shares of 
the Fund until the Registration Statement is effective.
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adviser to the Investment Company issuing Active Proxy Portfolio Shares 
is registered as a broker-dealer or is affiliated with a broker-dealer, 
such investment adviser will erect and maintain a ``fire wall'' between 
the investment adviser and personnel of the broker-dealer or broker-
dealer affiliate, as applicable, with respect to access to information 
concerning the composition and/or changes to such Investment Company's 
Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable. 
Any person related to the investment adviser or Investment Company who 
makes decisions pertaining to the Investment Company's Actual 
Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or has 
access to non-public information regarding the Investment Company's 
Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, 
or changes thereto must be subject to procedures reasonably designed to 
prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information 
regarding the Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, 
as applicable, or changes thereto. Commentary .04 is similar to 
Commentary .03(a)(i) and (iii) to NYSE Arca Rule 5.2-E(j)(3); however, 
Commentary .04, in connection with the establishment of a ``fire wall'' 
between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer, reflects the 
applicable open-end fund's portfolio, not an underlying benchmark 
index, as is the case with index-based funds.\12\ Commentary .04 is 
also similar to Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600-E related to Managed Fund 
Shares, except that Commentary .04 relates to establishment and 
maintenance of a ``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and 
personnel of the broker-dealer or broker-dealer affiliate, as 
applicable, applicable to an Investment Company's Actual Portfolio, 
Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes 
thereto, and not just to the underlying portfolio, as is the case with 
Managed Fund Shares.
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    \12\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be 
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers 
Act''). As a result, the Adviser, Sub-Adviser and their related 
personnel will be subject to the provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the 
Advisers Act relating to codes of ethics. This Rule requires 
investment advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the 
fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as well as 
compliance with other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, 
procedures designed to prevent the communication and misuse of non-
public information by an investment adviser must be consistent with 
Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act. In addition, Rule 206(4)-7 under 
the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to 
provide investment advice to clients unless such investment adviser 
has (i) adopted and implemented written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to prevent violations, by the investment adviser 
and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the Commission 
rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an annual 
review regarding the adequacy of the policies and procedures 
established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness 
of their implementation; and (iii) designated an individual (who is 
a supervised person) responsible for administering the policies and 
procedures adopted under subparagraph (i) above.
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    In addition, Commentary .05 to Rule 8.601-E provides that any 
person or entity, including a custodian, Reporting Authority, 
distributor, or administrator, who has access to non-public information 
regarding the Investment Company's Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, 
or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto, must be subject to 
procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of 
material non-public information regarding the applicable Investment 
Company Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, as 
applicable, or changes thereto. Moreover, if any such person or entity 
is registered as a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer, 
such person or entity will erect and maintain a ``fire wall'' between 
the person or entity and the broker-dealer with respect to access to 
information concerning the composition and/or changes to such 
Investment Company Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, or Custom Basket, 
as applicable.
    Neither the Adviser nor the Sub-Adviser is registered as a broker-
dealer but each is affiliated with a broker-dealer. The Adviser and 
Sub-Adviser have implemented and will maintain a ``fire wall'' with 
respect to such broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information 
concerning the composition of and/or changes to the Fund's Actual 
Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable.
    In the event (a) the Adviser or Sub-Adviser becomes registered as a 
broker-dealer or becomes newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) 
any new adviser or sub-adviser is a registered broker-dealer, or 
becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will implement and maintain 
a ``fire wall'' with respect to its relevant personnel or its broker-
dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the 
composition and/or changes to the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy 
Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, and will be subject to 
procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material 
non-public information regarding the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy 
Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. Any 
person related to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the Fund who makes 
decisions pertaining to the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, 
or Custom Basket, as applicable, or has access to non-public 
information regarding the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, 
and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto are subject to 
procedures reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of 
material non-public information regarding the Fund's Actual Portfolio, 
Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable or changes 
thereto.
    In addition, any person or entity, including any service provider 
for the Fund, who has access to non-public information regarding the 
Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as 
applicable, or changes thereto, will be subject to procedures 
reasonably designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material 
non-public information regarding the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy 
Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable, or changes thereto. 
Moreover, if any such person or entity is registered as a broker-dealer 
or affiliated with a broker-dealer, such person or entity has erected 
and will maintain a ``fire wall'' between the person or entity and the 
broker-dealer with respect to access to information concerning the 
composition and/or changes to the Fund's Actual Portfolio, Proxy 
Portfolio, and/or Custom Basket, as applicable.
Description of the Fund
    According to the Registration Statement, the Adviser will identify 
a Proxy Portfolio for the Fund that is designed to replicates the daily 
performance of the Fund's Actual Portfolio and will only include 
securities and investments in which the Fund may invest. While the 
Fund's Proxy Portfolio and Actual Portfolio will hold some of the same 
securities, the Proxy Portfolio and Actual Portfolio may not include 
identical securities.
    The composition of the Proxy Portfolio will be published on the 
Fund's website (im.natixis.com) each Business Day before the 
commencement of trading of the Fund's Shares. The Fund's website will 
include the following information for each portfolio holding in the 
Proxy Portfolio: (1) ticker symbol; (2) CUSIP or other identifier; (3) 
description of holding; (4) quantity of each security or other asset 
held; and (5) percentage weight of the holding in the Proxy Portfolio. 
The Proxy Portfolio will be reconstituted daily, and the Adviser or 
Sub-Adviser will not make intra-day changes to the Proxy Portfolio 
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    The Fund will, at the end of each trading day, calculate the 
percentage weight overlap between the holdings of its Proxy Portfolio 
and the Actual Portfolio (the ``Proxy Overlap'') that formed the basis 
for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the prior Business Day 
by taking the lesser weight of each asset held in common between the 
Actual Portfolio and the Proxy Portfolio and adding the totals.
    The Fund's holdings will conform to the permissible investments as 
set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will 
be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive 
Order.\13\ Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be traded on 
an exchange that is a member of the Intermarket Surveillance Group 
(``ISG'') or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive 
surveillance sharing agreement.
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    \13\ Pursuant to the Application and Exemptive Order, the 
permissible investments for the Fund include only the following 
instruments: exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, exchange-
traded common stocks, exchange-traded preferred stocks, exchange-
traded American Depositary Receipts, exchange-traded real estate 
investment trusts, exchange-traded commodity pools, exchange-traded 
metal trusts, exchange-traded currency trusts and exchange-traded 
futures that trade contemporaneously with the Fund's shares. In 
addition, the Fund may hold cash and cash equivalents (short-term 
U.S. Treasury securities, government money market funds, and 
repurchase agreements). Pursuant to the Application and Exemptive 
Order, the Fund will not hold short positions or invest in 
derivatives other than U.S. exchange-traded futures, will not borrow 
for investment purposes, and will not purchase any securities that 
are illiquid investments at the time of purchase.
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    According to the Registration Statement, the Fund's investment 
objective is long-term growth of capital. The Fund will, under normal 
circumstances, invest primarily in exchange-traded U.S.-listed common 
stocks and other exchange-traded equity securities across a wide range 
of sectors and industries that the Adviser believes have sustainable 
long-term competitive advantages and trade at a significant discount to 
estimates of intrinsic value. The Fund focuses on stocks of large 
capitalization companies, but the Fund may invest in companies of any 
size. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a 
greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest 
in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. Typically, the Fund's 
portfolio will hold 20 to 30 securities.
Investment Restrictions
    The Shares of the Fund will conform to the initial and continued 
listing criteria under Rule 8.601-E. The Fund's holdings will be 
limited to and consistent with permissible holdings as described in the 
Application and Exemptive Order and all requirements in the Application 
and Exemptive Order.\14\
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    The Fund's investments, including derivatives, will be consistent 
with its investment objectives and will not be used to enhance leverage 
(although certain derivatives and other investments may result in 
leverage). That is, the Fund's investments will not be used to seek 
performance that is the multiple or inverse multiple (e.g., 2X or -3X) 
of the Fund's primary broad-based securities benchmark index (as 
defined in Form N-1A).\15\
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    \15\ The Fund's broad-based securities benchmark index will be 
identified in a future amendment to its Registration Statement 
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Purchases and Redemptions
    According to the Registration Statement, the Company will issue and 
sell Shares of the Fund only in specified minimum size ``Creation 
Units'' on a continuous basis through the Distributor at their NAV next 
determined after receipt of an order, on any Business Day, in proper 
form. The NAV of the Fund's Shares will be calculated each Business Day 
as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange, ordinarily 4:00 
p.m. Eastern Time (``E.T.''). A Creation Unit will generally consist of 
at least 10,000 Shares.
    According to the Registration Statement, Shares of the Fund will be 
purchased and redeemed in Creation Units. Creation Units will generally 
be purchased in-kind through the deposit of a designated portfolio of 
securities (the ``Deposit Securities''), which will typically replicate 
the Proxy Portfolio, plus the ``Cash Component,'' which is an amount 
equal to the difference between the NAV of the Fund's shares (per 
Creation Unit) and the market value of the Deposit Securities or ``Cash 
Deposit'' (as defined below), as applicable. The Cash Component serves 
the function of compensating for any differences between the NAV per 
Creation Unit and the market value of the Deposit Securities or Cash 
Deposit, as applicable. The Cash Deposit is a ``cash in lieu'' amount 
that the Company may permit or require to be added to the Cash 
Component to replace any Deposit Security. The names and quantities of 
the instruments that constitute the Deposit Securities will be the same 
as the Proxy Portfolio, except to the extent that the Fund requires 
purchases and redemptions to be made entirely or in part on a cash 
basis. Together, the Deposit Securities or Cash Deposit, as applicable, 
and the Cash Component constitute the ``Fund Deposit,'' which 
represents the minimum initial and subsequent investment amount for a 
Creation Unit of the Fund.
    Creation Units of the Fund may be purchased and/or redeemed 
entirely or partially for cash in the Company's discretion. When full 
or partial cash purchases or redemptions of Creation Units are 
available or specified for the Fund, they will be effected in 
essentially the same manner as in-kind purchases or redemptions 
thereof.\16\
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    \16\ The Adviser represents that, to the extent the Company 
effects the creation or redemption of Shares in cash on any given 
day, such transactions will be effected in the same manner for all 
Authorized Participants (as defined below) placing trades with the 
Fund on that day.
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    The identity and number of shares comprising a Creation Unit may 
change from time to time. The Fund, through the National Securities 
Clearing Corporation (the ``NSCC''), will make available on each 
Business Day, immediately prior to the opening of business on the 
Exchange, the list of the names and the required number of shares of 
each Deposit Security or the required amount of Cash Deposit, as 
applicable, to be included in the Fund Deposit. The published Fund 
Deposit will apply until such time as the next-announced composition of 
the Deposit Securities is made available, and there will be no intra-
day changes except to correct errors in the published Fund Deposit. The 
Fund Deposit will be published each Business Day regardless of whether 
the Fund decides to issue or redeem Creation Units entirely or in part 
on a cash basis. The identity of the Fund Securities that will be 
applicable to redemption requests received in proper form on a Business 
Day will also be made available prior to the opening of business on the 
Exchange on each Business Day.
    All orders to purchase or redeem Creation Units must be placed with 
the Distributor by or through an Authorized Participant, who may engage 
in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund.\17\ 
Orders to purchase or redeem Creation Units must be submitted at the 
close of regular trading on the Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m. E.T., on 
each Business Day in order to receive the NAV of Shares of the Fund on 
that Business Day. The date on which an order to purchase or redeem 
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Exchange closes earlier than normal, the Fund may require orders for 
Creation Units to be placed earlier in the Business Day.
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    \17\ According to the Registration Statement, an ``Authorized 
Participant'' is (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the 
clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the 
NSCC or (ii) a DTC Participant.
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Availability of Information
    The Fund's website (www.im.natixis.com), which will be publicly 
available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form 
of the prospectus for the Fund that may be downloaded. The Fund's 
website will include on a daily basis, per Share for the Fund: (1) the 
prior Business Day's NAV; (2) the prior Business Day's ``Closing 
Price'' or ``Mid-Point of the Bid/Ask Price at Close''; \18\ and (3) a 
calculation of the premium/discount of such Closing Price or Mid-Point 
of the Bid/Ask Price at Close against such NAV.\19\ The Adviser has 
represented that the Fund's website will also provide: (1) any other 
information regarding premiums/discounts as may be required for other 
ETFs under Rule 6c-11 under the 1940 Act, as amended, and (2) any 
information regarding the bid/ask spread for the Fund as may be 
required for other ETFs under Rule 6c-11 under the 1940 Act, as 
amended. The Fund's website also will disclose the information required 
under Rule 8.601-E(c)(3).\20\ The website and information will be 
publicly available at no charge.
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    \18\ The records relating to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by 
the Fund or its service providers. The ``Bid/Ask Price'' is the 
midpoint of the highest bid and lowest offer based upon the National 
Best Bid and Offer as of the time of calculation of the Fund's NAV. 
The ``National Best Bid and Offer'' is the current national best bid 
and national best offer as disseminated by the Consolidated 
Quotation System or UTP Plan Securities Information Processor. The 
``Closing Price'' of Shares is the official closing price of the 
Shares on the Exchange.
    \19\ The ``premium/discount'' refers to the premium or discount 
to the NAV at the end of a trading day and will be calculated based 
on the last Bid/Ask Price on a given trading day.
    \20\ See note 4, supra. Rule 8.601-E (c)(3) provides that the 
website for each series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares shall 
disclose the information regarding the Proxy Portfolio as provided 
in the exemptive relief pursuant to the 1940 Act applicable to such 
series, including the following, to the extent applicable: (i) 
Ticker symbol; (ii) CUSIP or other identifier; (iii) Description of 
holding; (iv) Quantity of each security or other asset held; and (v) 
Percentage weighting of the holding in the portfolio.
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    The identity and quantity of investments in the Proxy Portfolio for 
the Fund will be publicly available on the Fund's website before the 
commencement of trading in Shares on each Business Day. The website 
will also include information relating to the Proxy Overlap and 
Tracking Error, as discussed above. With respect to each Custom Basket 
utilized by the Fund, each Business Day, before the opening of trading 
in the Core Trading Session (as defined in NYSE Arca Rule 7.34-E (a)), 
the Fund's website will also include the composition of any Custom 
Basket transacted on the previous Business Day, except a Custom Basket 
that differs from the Proxy Portfolio only with respect to cash.
    Typical mutual fund-style annual, semi-annual and quarterly 
disclosures contained in the Fund's Commission filings will be provided 
on the Fund's website on a current basis.\21\ Thus, the Fund will 
publish the portfolio contents of its Actual Portfolio on a periodic 
basis, and no less than 60 days after the end of every fiscal quarter.
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    Investors can also obtain the Fund's SAI, Shareholder Reports, Form 
N-CSR, N-PORT, and Form N-CEN. The prospectus, SAI, and Shareholder 
Reports are available free upon request, and those documents and the 
Form N-CSR, N-PORT, and Form N-CEN may be viewed on-screen or 
downloaded from the Commission's website. The Exchange also notes that 
pursuant to the Application, the Fund must comply with Regulation Fair 
Disclosure, which prohibits selective disclosure of any material non-
public information.
    Information regarding the market price of Shares and trading volume 
in Shares, will be continually available on a real-time basis 
throughout the day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic 
services. The previous day's closing price and trading volume 
information for the Shares will be published daily in the financial 
section of newspapers.
    Quotation and last sale information for the Shares and U.S. 
exchange-traded instruments (excluding futures contracts) will be 
available via the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') high-speed 
line, from the exchanges on which such securities trade, or through 
major market data vendors or subscription services. Quotation and last 
sale information for futures contracts will be available from the 
exchanges on which they trade. Intraday price information for all 
exchange-traded instruments, which include all eligible instruments 
except cash and cash equivalents, will be available from the exchanges 
on which they trade, or through major market data vendors or 
subscription services. Intraday price information for cash equivalents 
is available through major market data vendors, subscription services 
and/or pricing services.
Trading Halts
    With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all 
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares of the Fund.\22\ Trading in Shares of the Fund 
will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Rule 
7.12-E have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of market 
conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make 
trading in the Shares inadvisable. Trading in the Shares will be 
subject to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E(d)(2)(D), which sets forth 
circumstances under which Shares of the Fund will be halted.
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    \22\ See NYSE Arca Rule 7.12-E.
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    Specifically, Rule 8.601-E(d)(2)(D) provides that the Exchange may 
consider all relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt 
trading in a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. Trading may be 
halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of 
the Exchange, make trading in the series of Active Proxy Portfolio 
Shares inadvisable. These may include: (a) the extent to which trading 
is not occurring in the securities and/or the financial instruments 
composing the Proxy Portfolio and/or Actual Portfolio; or (b) whether 
other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the 
maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. If the Exchange 
becomes aware that the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, or Actual Portfolio with 
respect to a series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares is not 
disseminated to all market participants at the same time, the Exchange 
shall halt trading in such series until such time as the NAV, Proxy 
Portfolio, or Actual Portfolio is available to all market participants 
at the same time.
Trading Rules
    The Exchange deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus 
rendering trading in the Shares subject to the Exchange's existing 
rules governing the trading of equity securities. Shares will trade on 
the NYSE Arca Marketplace in all trading sessions in accordance with 
NYSE Arca Rule 7.34-E(a). As provided in NYSE Arca Rule 7.6-E, the 
minimum price variation (``MPV'') for quoting and entry of orders in 
equity securities traded on the NYSE Arca Marketplace is $0.01, with 
the exception of securities that are priced less than $1.00 for which 
the MPV for order entry is $0.0001.
    The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing 
criteria under NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E. The Exchange has appropriate 
rules to facilitate trading in the Shares during all trading sessions.
    A minimum of 100,000 Shares for the Fund will be outstanding at the 
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Exchange. In addition, pursuant to Rule 8.601-E(d)(1)(B), the Exchange, 
prior to commencement of trading in the Shares, will obtain a 
representation from the Company that (i) the NAV per Share of the Fund 
will be calculated daily, (ii) the NAV, Proxy Portfolio, and the Actual 
Portfolio for the Fund will be made publicly available to all market 
participants at the same time, and (iii) the Company and any person 
acting on behalf of the Company will comply with Regulation Fair 
Disclosure under the Act, including with respect to any Custom Basket.
    With respect to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares, all of the Exchange 
member obligations relating to product description and prospectus 
delivery requirements will continue to apply in accordance with 
Exchange rules and federal securities laws, and the Exchange and the 
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA'') will continue 
to monitor Exchange members for compliance with such requirements.
Surveillance
    The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject 
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by the Exchange, as 
well as cross-market surveillances administered by FINRA on behalf of 
the Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules 
and applicable federal securities laws.\23\ The Exchange represents 
that these procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading 
of the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect 
violations of Exchange rules and federal securities laws applicable to 
trading on the Exchange.
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    \23\ FINRA conducts cross-market surveillances on behalf of the 
Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The Exchange 
is responsible for FINRA's performance under this regulatory 
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    The surveillances referred to above generally focus on detecting 
securities trading outside their normal patterns, which could be 
indicative of manipulative or other violative activity. When such 
situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows and 
investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of 
all relevant parties for all relevant trading violations.
    The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, will 
communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares and underlying 
exchange-traded instruments with other markets and other entities that 
are members of the ISG, and the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the 
Exchange, or both, may obtain trading information regarding trading 
such securities and underlying exchange-traded instruments from such 
markets and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain 
information regarding trading in such securities and underlying 
exchange-traded instruments from markets and other entities that are 
members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive 
surveillance sharing agreement.\24\
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    \24\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see 
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    The Adviser will make available daily to FINRA and the Exchange the 
Actual Portfolio of the Fund, upon request, as necessary to assist with 
the performance of the surveillances and investigations referred to 
above.
    In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the 
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
    Commentary .03 to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E provides that the Exchange 
will implement and maintain written surveillance procedures applicable 
to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. As part of these surveillance 
procedures, the Investment Company's investment adviser will, upon 
request by the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, make 
available to the Exchange or FINRA the daily Actual Portfolio holdings 
of each series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. The Exchange believes 
that the ability to access the information on an as needed basis will 
provide it with sufficient information to perform the necessary 
regulatory functions associated with listing and trading series of 
Active Proxy Portfolio Shares on the Exchange, including the ability to 
monitor compliance with the initial and continued listing requirements 
as well as the ability to surveil for manipulation of Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares.
    The Exchange will utilize its existing procedures to monitor issuer 
compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601-E. For example, the 
Exchange will continue to use intraday alerts that will notify Exchange 
personnel of trading activity throughout the day that may indicate that 
unusual conditions or circumstances are present that could be 
detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. The 
Exchange will require from the issuer of a series of Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares, upon initial listing and periodically thereafter, a 
representation that it is in compliance with Rule 8.601-E. The Exchange 
notes that Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601-E requires an issuer of Active 
Proxy Portfolio Shares to notify the Exchange of any failure to comply 
with the continued listing requirements of Rule 8.601-E. In addition, 
the Exchange will require issuers to represent that they will notify 
the Exchange of any failure to comply with the terms of applicable 
exemptive and no-action relief. As part of its surveillance procedures, 
the Exchange will rely on the foregoing procedures to become aware of 
any non-compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601-E.
    With respect to the Fund, all statements and representations made 
in this filing regarding (a) the description of the portfolio, (b) 
limitations on portfolio holdings, or (c) the applicability of Exchange 
listing rules specified in this rule filing shall constitute continued 
listing requirements for listing the Shares on the Exchange. The 
Exchange will obtain a representation from the Company, prior to 
commencement of trading in the Shares of the Fund, that it will advise 
the Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply with the continued 
listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations under section 
19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for compliance with the 
continued listing requirements. If the Fund is not in compliance with 
the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will commence 
delisting procedures under NYSE Arca Rule 5.5-E(m).
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with section 6(b) of the Act,\25\ in general, and furthers the 
objectives of section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\26\ in particular, in that it 
is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, 
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and 
a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the 
public interest.\27\
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    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \27\ The Exchange represents that, for initial and continued 
listing, the Fund will be in compliance with Rule 10A-3 under the 
Act, as provided by NYSE Arca Rule 5.3-E.
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    With respect to the proposed listing and trading of Shares of the 
Fund, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed 
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the 
Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the 
initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E.

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    The Fund's holdings will conform to the permissible investments as 
set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will 
be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive 
Order.\28\
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    The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, will 
communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares and underlying 
exchange-traded instruments with other markets and other entities that 
are members of the ISG, and the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the 
Exchange, or both, may obtain trading information regarding trading in 
the Shares and underlying exchange-traded instruments from such markets 
and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain information 
regarding trading in the Shares and underlying exchange-traded 
instruments from markets and other entities that are members of ISG or 
with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance 
sharing agreement. Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be 
traded on an exchange that is a member of the ISG or with which the 
Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
    The daily dissemination of the identity and quantity of Proxy 
Portfolio component investments, together with the right of Authorized 
Participants to create and redeem each day at the NAV, will be 
sufficient for market participants to value and trade Shares in a 
manner that will not lead to significant deviations between the Shares' 
Closing Price or Bid/Ask Price and NAV.
    The Fund's investments, including derivatives, will be consistent 
with its investment objective and will not be used to enhance leverage 
(although certain derivatives and other investments may result in 
leverage). That is, the Fund's investments will not be used to seek 
performance that is the multiple or inverse multiple (e.g., 2X or -3X) 
of the Fund's primary broad-based securities benchmark index (as 
defined in Form N-1A).
    The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in 
that the Exchange will obtain a representation from the Company that 
the NAV per Share of the Fund will be calculated daily and that the 
NAV, Proxy Portfolio, Actual Portfolio and/or Custom Basket, as 
applicable, for the Fund will be made available to all market 
participants at the same time. Investors can obtain the Fund's SAI, 
shareholder reports, and its Form N-CSR, Form N-PORT, and Form N-CEN. 
The Fund's SAI and shareholder reports will be available free upon 
request from the Fund, and those documents and the Form N-CSR, Form N-
PORT, and Form N-CEN may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the 
Commission's website.
    Commentary .03 to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E provides that the Exchange 
will implement and maintain written surveillance procedures applicable 
to Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. As part of these surveillance 
procedures, the Investment Company's investment adviser will, upon 
request by the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, make 
available to the Exchange or FINRA the daily portfolio holdings of each 
series of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares. The Exchange believes that the 
ability to access the information on an as needed basis will provide it 
with sufficient information to perform the necessary regulatory 
functions associated with listing and trading series of Active Proxy 
Portfolio Shares on the Exchange, including the ability to monitor 
compliance with the initial and continued listing requirements as well 
as the ability to surveil for manipulation of Active Proxy Portfolio 
Shares. With respect to the Fund, the Adviser will make available daily 
to FINRA and the Exchange the portfolio holdings of the Fund upon 
request as necessary to facilitate the performance of the surveillances 
and investigations referred to above.
    The Exchange will utilize its existing procedures to monitor 
compliance with the requirements of Rule 8.601-E. For example, the 
Exchange will continue to use intraday alerts that will notify Exchange 
personnel of trading activity throughout the day that may indicate that 
unusual conditions or circumstances are present that could be 
detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. The 
Exchange will require from the Company, upon initial listing and 
periodically thereafter, a representation that it is in compliance with 
Rule 8.601-E. The Exchange notes that Commentary .01 to Rule 8.601-E 
requires the issuer of Shares to notify the Exchange of any failure to 
comply with the continued listing requirements of Rule 8.601-E. In 
addition, the Exchange will require the issuer to represent that it 
will notify the Exchange of any failure to comply with the terms of 
applicable exemptive and no-action relief. The Exchange will rely on 
the foregoing procedures to become aware of any non-compliance with the 
requirements of Rule 8.601-E.
    In addition, with respect to the Fund, a large amount of 
information will be publicly available regarding the Fund and the 
Shares, thereby promoting market transparency. Quotation and last sale 
information for the Shares and U.S. exchange-traded instruments 
(excluding futures contracts) will be available via the CTA high-speed 
line, from the exchanges on which such securities trade, or through 
major market data vendors or subscription services. Quotation and last 
sale information for futures contracts will be available from the 
exchanges on which they trade. Intraday price information for all 
exchange-traded instruments, which include all eligible instruments 
except cash and cash equivalents, will be available from the exchanges 
on which they trade, or through major market data vendors or 
subscription services. Intraday price information for cash equivalents 
is available through major market data vendors, subscription services 
and/or pricing services.
    The website for the Fund will include a form of the prospectus that 
may be downloaded, and additional data relating to NAV and other 
applicable quantitative information, updated on a daily basis. Trading 
in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters 
in NYSE Arca Rule 7.12-E have been reached or because of market 
conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make 
trading in the Shares inadvisable. Trading in the Shares will be 
subject to NYSE Arca Rule 8.601-E(d)(2)(D), which sets forth 
circumstances under which Shares of the Fund will be halted. In 
addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to the Proxy 
Portfolio and quotation and last sale information for the Shares. The 
identity and quantity of investments in the Proxy Portfolio will be 
publicly available on the Fund's website before the commencement of 
trading in Shares on each Business Day. The Shares will conform to the 
initial and continued listing criteria under Rule 8.601-E.\29\
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    \29\ See note 4, supra.
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    The Fund's holdings will conform to the permissible investments as 
set forth in the Application and Exemptive Order, and the holdings will 
be consistent with all requirements in the Application and Exemptive 
Order.\30\ Any foreign common stocks held by the Fund will be traded on 
an exchange that is a member of the ISG or with which the Exchange has 
in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
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    \30\ See note 13, supra.
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    The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the 
public interest in that

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it will facilitate the listing and trading of an additional type of 
actively-managed exchange-traded product that will enhance competition 
among market participants, to the benefit of investors and the 
marketplace. The Exchange will obtain a representation from the 
Adviser, prior to commencement of trading in the Shares of the Fund, 
that it will advise the Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply 
with the continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its 
obligations under section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will 
monitor for compliance with the continued listing requirements. If the 
Fund is not in compliance with the applicable listing requirements, the 
Exchange will commence delisting procedures under NYSE Arca Rule 5.5-
E(m).
    As noted above, the Exchange has in place surveillance procedures 
relating to trading in the Shares and may obtain information via ISG 
from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange 
has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. In 
addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to 
information regarding quotation and last sale information for the 
Shares.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes the 
proposed rule change would permit listing and trading of an additional 
actively-managed ETF that has characteristics different from existing 
actively-managed and index ETFs and would introduce additional 
competition among various ETF products to the benefit of investors.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) 
significantly affect the 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, it has become 
effective pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \31\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\32\
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    \31\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \32\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along 
with a brief description and 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. 
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the 
Act normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date of 
its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \33\ permits the Commission 
to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has 
requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that 
the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Exchange 
notes that the Commission has approved and noticed for immediate 
effectiveness proposed rule changes to permit listing and trading on 
the Exchange of Active Proxy Portfolio Shares similar to the Fund.\34\ 
The proposed listing rule for the Fund raises no novel legal or 
regulatory issues. Thus, the Commission believes that waiver of the 30-
day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and 
the public interest. Accordingly, the Commission hereby waives the 30-
day operative delay and designates the proposed rule change operative 
upon filing.\35\
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    \33\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \34\ See supra notes 9 and 10.
    \35\ 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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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such 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.

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:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2023-38 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2023-38. 
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 website (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 website 
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 filing also will be 
available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the 
Exchange. Do not include personal identifiable information in 
submissions; you should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. We may redact in part or withhold entirely from 
publication submitted material that is obscene or subject to copyright 
protection. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEARCA-
2023-38, and should be submitted on or before June 29, 2023.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\36\
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    \36\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12), (59).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12216 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P

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