88 FR 224 pgs. 81462-81463 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Section 312.03(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual To Modify the Circumstances Under Which a Listed Company Must Obtain Shareholder Approval of a Sale of Securities Below the Minimum Price to a Substantial Security Holder of the Company
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 224Pages: 81462 - 81463
Pages: 81462, 81463Docket number: [Release No. 34-98967; File No. SR-NYSE-2023-34]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-25776 Filed 11-21-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-98967; File No. SR-NYSE-2023-34]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Section 312.03(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual To Modify the Circumstances Under Which a Listed Company Must Obtain Shareholder Approval of a Sale of Securities Below the Minimum Price to a Substantial Security Holder of the Company
November 16, 2023.
On September 26, 2023, New York Stock Exchange LLC (the "Exchange") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act")? 1 and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, 2 a proposed rule change to amend Section 312.03(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual ("Manual") to modify the circumstances under which a listed company must obtain shareholder approval of a sale of securities below the Minimum Price? 3 to a substantial security holder of the listed company. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on October 4, 2023. 4 The Commission received no comments on the proposed rule change.
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1 ?15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 ?17 CFR 240.19b-4.
3 ?Minimum Price is defined in Section 312.04(h) of the Manual.
4 ? See Securities Exchange Act Release No. No. 98662 (September 29, 2023), 88 FR 68675 (October 4, 2023).
[top] Section 19(b)(2) of the Act? 5 provides that, within 45 days of the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding, or as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the
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5 ?15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, 6 designates January 2, 2024, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-NYSE-2023-34).
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6 ? Id.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority. 7
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7 ?17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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