79 FR 190 pgs. 59337-59338 - Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Quote Meter Audit Late Fee Twentieth Charges Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 190Pages: 59337 - 59338
Pages: 59337, 59338Docket number: [Release No. 34-73214; File No. SR-CTA-2014-01]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-23311 Filed 9-30-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-73214; File No. SR-CTA-2014-01]
Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Quote Meter Audit Late Fee Twentieth Charges Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan
September 25, 2014.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act"),1and Rule 608 thereunder,2notice is hereby given that on August 8, 2014, the Consolidated Tape Association ("CTA") Plan and participants ("Participants")3filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") a proposal to amend the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan (the "CTA Plan").4The proposal represents the twentieth charges amendment to the CTA Plan ("Twentieth Charges Amendment"), and reflects changes unanimously adopted by the Participants. The Twentieth Charges Amendment seeks to impose a late fee ("Late Fee") on a vendor or other data redistributor that fails to submit the results of the required audit of its quote meter system in a timely manner. Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3) under Regulation NMS, the Participants designate the amendment as establishing or changing a fee or other charge collected on their behalf in connection with access to, or use of, the facilities contemplated by the CTA Plan. As a result, the amendment becomes effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments from interested persons on the proposed Late Fee amendment.
Footnotes:
1 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
2 17 CFR 242.608.
3 Each participant executed the proposed amendment. The Participants are: BATS Exchange, Inc., BATS-Y Exchange Inc., Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., EDGA Exchange, Inc., EDGX Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., International Securities Exchange, LLC, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, National Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE MKT LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc. (collectively, "Participants").
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 10787 (May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (declaring the CTA Plan effective). The most recent restatement of the CTA Plan was in 1995. The CTA Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and disseminate last sale price information for non-NASDAQ 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.
I. Rule 608(a)
A. Purpose of the Amendment
One of the payment options that the Participants make available to data redistributors is the per-query option. Currently, a data redistributor may pay $0.005 for every data query to which it responds.
The Participant's form of "Agreement for Receipt and Use of Market Data" requires each data redistributor that wishes to redistribute data on a per-query basis to periodically audit its quote-metering system. The Participants have required per-query vendors to periodically audit their quote meter systems since they first established the per-query payment option in the late 1990's. They have found that the audits are essential to assuring the accuracy of per-query counts and payments.
However, some data redistributors have been derelict in performing the audits or have been tardy in providing the Participants with reports of the results of the audits. These instances place administrative burdens on the network administrators and add cost to the payment-collection process.
The amendment seeks to compensate the Participants for the added administrative costs, to reduce the risk that the Participants will under-bill a data redistributor due to faulty quote meter counts, and to provide incentives for data redistributors to submit the results of their quote meter audits to the Participants in a timely manner. The amendment proposes to impose a Late Fee of $3,000 for each month a data redistributor falls behind in submitting the results of the required quote meter audit to the Participants. The Late Fee applies once a data redistributor fails to provide NYSE with its audit results on or prior to December 31 of a year in which an audit is required.
The Participants do not view the amendment as establishing a new revenue source. Rather, they hope it encourages all data redistributors to submit the results of their quote meter audits in a timely fashion. They hope that the Late Fee will motivate non-compliant, or late-complying, per-query data redistributors to adopt the same practices that the majority of per-query data redistributors follow.
B. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
C. Implementation of the Amendment
Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(i) under Regulation NMS, the Participants have designated the proposed Late Fee as establishing or changing fees and are submitting the amendment for immediate effectiveness. The Participants anticipate commencing to impose the Late Fee on data redistributors that are required to submit audit reports during 2014, but fail to do so on or prior to December 31, 2014. Prior to then, the Participants will give notice of the Late Fee to data redistributors that provide per-query service.
D. Development and Implementation Phases
See Item I(C) above.
E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The amendment will impose no burden on competition.
F. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of, or Participation in, Plan
The Participants have no written understandings or agreements relating to interpretation of the CTA Plan as a result of the amendment.
G. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance With Plan
In accordance with Section XII(b)(iii) of the CTA Plan, each of the Participants has approved the Late Fee.
H. Description of Operation of Facility Contemplated by the Proposed Amendment
Not applicable.
I. Terms and Conditions of Access
Not applicable.
J. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and Charges
[top] The Participants believe that the proposed Late Fee is fair and reasonable and provides for an equitable allocation
K. Method and Frequency of Processor Evaluation
Not applicable.
L. 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 of 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 Twentieth Charges Amendment to the CTA Plan is 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
• Use the Commission's Internet comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include File Number SR-CTA-2014-01 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-2014-01. 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 Web site ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml ). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the Twentieth Charges Amendment to the CTA Plan that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the Twentieth Charges Amendment to the CTA Plan 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 Web site 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 Twentieth Charges Amendment to the CTA Plan 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-2014-01 and should be submitted on or before October 22, 2014.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.5
Footnotes:
5 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(27).
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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