73 FR 210 pgs. 64372-64373 - Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Fourteenth Substantive Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan and the Tenth Substantive Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 210Pages: 64372 - 64373
Docket number: [Release No. 34-58838; File No. SR-CTA/CQ-2008-04]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-25806 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-58838; File No. SR-CTA/CQ-2008-04]
Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Fourteenth Substantive Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan and the Tenth Substantive Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan
October 23, 2008.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act"),1and Rule 608 thereunder,2notice is hereby given that on October 21, 2008, the Consolidated Tape Association ("CTA") Plan and Consolidated Quotation ("CQ") Plan participants ("Participants")3submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") proposals to amend the CTA and CQ Plans (collectively, the "Plans").4The proposals represent the fourteenth substantive amendment to the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan ("Fourteenth Amendment to the CTA Plan") and the tenth substantive amendment to the Restated CQ Plan ("Tenth Amendment to the CQ Plan"), and seek to add BATS Exchange, Inc. as a new Participant to each Plan.
Footnotes:
1 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
2 17 CFR 242.608.
3 The Participants are the American Stock Exchange LLC (n/k/a NYSE Alternext U.S. LLC); Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., (n/k/a NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.); Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., International Securities Exchange, LLC; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; National Stock Exchange, Inc.; New York Stock Exchange LLC; NYSE Arca, Inc.; and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (n/k/a NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.)
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787 (May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (order approving CTA Plan); 15009 (July 28, 1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 7, 1978) (order temporarily approving CQ Plan); and 16518 (January 22, 1980), 45 FR 6521 (order permanently approving CQ Plan). The CTA Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and disseminate last sale price information for listed securities, is a "transaction reporting plan" under Rule 601 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.601, and a "national market system plan" under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608. The CQ Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and disseminate bid/ask quotation information for listed securities, is also a "national market system plan" under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608.
Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(ii) under the Act,5the Participants designated the Amendments as concerned solely with the administration of the Plans. As a result, the Amendments have become effective upon filing with the Commission. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the Amendments, the Commission may summarily abrogate the Amendments and require that the Amendments be refiled in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 608 and reviewed in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of Rule 608, if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or the maintenance of fair and orderly markets, to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a national market system or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments from interested persons.
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5 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(ii).
I. Rule 608(a)
A. Description and Purpose of the Amendments
The Amendments propose to add BATS Exchange, Inc. as a new Participant to each Plan. The text of the proposed Amendments is available on the CTA's Web site ( http://www.nysedata.com/cta ), at the principal office of the CTA, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
B. Additional Information Required by Rule 608(a)
1. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
2. Implementation of the Amendments
Because the Amendments constitute Ministerial Amendments under both clause (1) of Section IV(b) of the CTA Plan and clause (1) of Section IV(c) of the CQ Plan, the Chairman of CTA and the CQ Plan's Operating Committee may submit these Amendments to the Commission on behalf of the Participants in the Plans. Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(ii) under the Act,6the Participants designated Ministerial Amendments as amendments concerned solely with the administration of the Plans, and therefore the Amendments become effective upon filing with the Commission.
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6 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(ii).
3. Development and Implementation Phases
See Item B(2) above.
4. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The proposed Amendments do not impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Exchange Act. The Participants do not believe that the proposed plan Amendments introduce terms that are unreasonably discriminatory for the purposes of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the Exchange Act.7
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7 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(c)(1)(D).
5. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of, or Participation in, Plan
Not applicable.
6. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance With Plan
See Item B(2) above.
7. Description of Operation of Facility Contemplated by the Proposed Amendment
a. Terms and Conditions of Access
See Item A above.
b. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and Charges
See Item A above.
c. Method of Frequency of Processor Evaluation
Not applicable.
d. Dispute Resolution
Not applicable.
II. Rule 601(a)
A. Equity Securities for Which Transaction Reports Shall be Required by the Plan
Not applicable.
B. Reporting Requirements
Not applicable.
C. Manner of Collecting, Processing, Sequencing, Making Available and Disseminating Last Sale Information
Not applicable.
D. Manner of Consolidation
Not applicable.
E. Standards and Methods Ensuring Promptness, Accuracy and Completeness of Transaction Reports
Not applicable.
F. Rules and Procedures Addressed to Fraudulent or Manipulative Dissemination
Not applicable.
G. Terms of Access to Transaction Reports
Not applicable.
H. Identification of Marketplace Execution
Not applicable.
III. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed Amendments are consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission's Internet comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ); or
• Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov . Please include File Number SR-CTA/CQ-2008-04 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-CTA/CQ-2008-04. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the Amendments that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the Amendments between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the Amendments also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the CTA. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CTA/CQ-2008-04 and should be submitted on or before November 19, 2008.
Footnotes:
8 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(27).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.8
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
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