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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-35102; File Nos. SR-AMEX-94-59; SR-CBOE-94-49; SR-CHX-
94-27; SR-MSRB-94-17; SR-NASD-94-72; SR-NYSE-94-43; SR-PHLX-94-52; SR-
PSE-94-35]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule
Changes by the American Stock Exchange, Inc., Chicago Board Options
Exchange, Incorporated, Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated, Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board, National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Pacific Stock Exchange
Incorporated, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to a
Continuing Education Requirement for Registered Persons
December 15, 1994.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on November 30 and December
1, 5, 7, 12, 13, and 14, 1994, the Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated
(``CHX''), the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (``CBOE''),
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE''), the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. (``NASD''), the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board (``MSRB'') and the Pacific Stock Exchange Incorporated
(``PSE''), the American Stock Exchange, Inc. (``AMEX''), and the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``PHLX''), respectively, (each
individually referred to herein as a ``Self-Regulatory Organization''
or ``SRO,'' and two or more collectively referred to as ``Self-
Regulatory Organizations'' or ``SROs'') filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule
changes as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have
been prepared primarily by the SROs. The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule changes from interested
persons.
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\1\15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1) (1988).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organizations' Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Changes
The SROs propose to amend their rules to establish a formal, two-
part continuing education program for securities industry professionals
that includes a Regulatory Element requiring uniform, periodic training
in regulatory matters, and a Firm Element requiring members\2\ to
maintain ongoing programs to keep their registered persons\3\ up-to-
date on job and product related subjects.
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\2\As used herein, the term ``members'' refers to: members and
member organizations when used with reference to the AMEX, CBOE,
CHX, NYSE, and PSE; members, member organizations, participants, or
participant organizations when used with reference to the PHLX;
brokers, dealers, or municipal securities dealers when used with
reference to the MSRB; and members when used with reference to the
NASD.
\3\For purposes of the proposed rules, the term ``registered
person'' means any person required to be registered under the rules
of the applicable SRO, including members and registered
representatives, but does not include any member whose activities
are limited solely to the transaction of business on the floor of a
national securities exchange with other members or registered
broker-dealers. When used with reference to the MSRB, however, the
term ``registered person'' means any person registered with the
appropriate enforcement authority as a municipal securities
representative, municipal securities principal, municipal securities
sales principal, or financial and operations principal pursuant to
MSRB Rule G-3.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organizations' Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Changes
In their filings with the Commission, the SROs included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule changes and
discussed any comments they received on the proposed rule changes. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The SROs have prepared summaries, set forth in Sections
(A), (B), and (C) below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.
(A) Self-Regulatory Organizations' Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Changes
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to adopt uniform
enabling rules for the implementation of a continuing education program
for the securities industry.
2. Description of the Proposal
a. Background. In May 1993, a self-regulatory organization task
force (``Task Force'') was formed by the AMEX, CBOE, MSRB, NASD, NYSE,
and PHLX, which included 12 representatives from a wide range of
broker-dealers, to study the continuing education needs of the
securities industry. In September 1993, the Task Force issued a report
recommending a formal two-part continuing education program that would
require uniform, industry-wide, periodic training in regulatory matters
and ongoing training programs conducted by firms to keep their
employees updated on job and product-related subjects. The Task Force
also recommended that a permanent Council on Continuing Education,
composed of broker-dealer and SRO representatives, be formed to develop
the content and provide ongoing maintenance of the continuing education
program. Pursuant to this recommendation, the Securities Industry/
Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (``Council'') was formed in
September 1993, with representatives from six SROs and 13 broker-
dealers. The Council prepared draft rules to implement the continuing
education program, which the SROs have filed as proposed rule changes
with the Commission.\4\
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\4\See proposed AMEX Rule 341A; proposed CBOE Rule 9.3A;
proposed CHX Article VI, Rule 9; proposed MSRB Rule G-3(h); proposed
Schedule C to the NASD's By-Laws, Part XII; proposed NYSE Rule 345A;
proposed PHLX Rule 640; and proposed PSE Rule 9.27(c).
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The proposed rule changes would codify the Task Force's
recommendations, enable uniform implementation of the continuing
education program, and provide a means for the SROs to monitor and
enforce the program's requirements. The proposal provides for a two-
part continuing education program consisting of a Regulatory Element
requiring uniform, periodic training in regulatory matters and a Form
Element requiring firms to maintain ongoing programs to keep their
employees up-to-date on job and product related subjects.
b. The Regulatory Element. Satisfaction of the Regulatory Element
would require all registered persons (unless exempt) to complete a
prescribed training program after their second, fifth, and tenth
registration anniversary dates.\5\ The Regulatory Element would be
administered using computer-based interactive training techniques and
would consist of standardized subject matters covering generally
compliance, ethics, and sales practice issues. Failure to complete the
program within prescribed time-frames (i.e., within 120 days after the
occurrence of the applicable registration anniversary date, or as
otherwise determined by the SROs) would result in a person's
registration being deemed inactive and that person being prohibited
from performing the functions of a registered person until such time as
the person has completed the program. The SRO will terminate
administratively the registration of anyone who is inactive for two
years, provided that upon application and a showing of good cause, the
SRO may allow a registered person additional time to satisfy the
program requirements.\6\
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\5\Any registered person who has terminated his or her
association with a member and who, within two years of the date of
termination, becomes reassociated in a registered capacity with a
member, would be required to participate in the Regulatory Element
at such intervals (two, five, and 10 years) as would apply based
upon the individual's initial registration anniversary date rather
than the date of reassociation in a registered capacity.
\6\Anyone administratively terminated must requalify on the
Series 7 (the General Securities Registered Representative
Examination) before such person's registration could be reactivated.
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Persons registered for more than 10 years as of the effective date
of the rule would not have to satisfy the Regulatory Element
requirements. Persons registered for 10 years or less as of the
effective date of the rule would be required to satisfy the Regulatory
Element and complete the computer-based training program after the
occurrence of the next relevant registration anniversary date and on
any applicable registration anniversary date(s) thereafter.
A registered person who has completed all or part of the regulatory
Element of the program or otherwise is exempt from participation
therein would have to reenter the Regulatory Element in the event he or
she is subject to certain disciplinary actions. Such individual would
have to complete the computer-based training program within 120 days of
such reentry and at two, five and 10 years thereafter. The following
disciplinary events would trigger such reentry:
A. Being subject to a statutory disqualification as defined in
Section 3(a)(39) of the Act;\7\
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\7\15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(39) (1988 & Supp. 1993).
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B. Being ordered to reenter the Regulatory Element by the
Commission, an SRO, or state securities regulatory agency as a sanction
in a disciplinary action; or
C. Being subject to suspension or imposition of a fine of $5,000 or
more for the violation of any securities law or regulation, or
agreement with, or rule or standard of conduct of, any SRO or
securities regulatory agency, or as imposed by any such SRO or
regulatory agency in connection with a disciplinary proceeding.
c. The Firm Element. Satisfaction of the Firm Element of the
program would require SRO members to develop and administer training
programs to enhance the securities knowledge, skills, and
professionalism of their registered sales, trading, and investment
banking personnel who have direct contact with customers, and for the
immediate supervisors of such persons. Members would be required to
prepare training plans taking into consideration the organization's
size, organizational structure, and scope of business activities, as
well as regulatory developments and the performance of covered persons
in the Regulatory Element. At a minimum, programs used to implement a
member's training plan must be appropriate for the business of the
members and must cover the following matters concerning securities
products, services, and strategies offered by the member: General
investment features and associated risk factors; suitability and sales
practice considerations; and applicable regulatory requirements.
Members would be required to review and, if necessary, update their
training plans annually. The SROs may require their members, either
individually or as part of a group, to provide specific training in any
areas the SROs deem necessary. Persons subject to the training plan
would have an affirmative obligation to participate in the programs
identified by the member. Finally, members would be required to
maintain records documenting the content of their training programs and
the completion of the program by registered persons covered under the
plan.
d. Effective Date. The SROs intend that the requirements of the
Regulatory Element portion of the continuing education program become
effective on July 1, 1995, and that the Firm Element be implement in
two steps whereby members would be required to have completed their
Firm Element plans by July 1, 1995, and have implemented their plans no
later than January 1, 1996.
3. Statutory Basis
The SROs believe that their respective proposed rule changes are
consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to national securities exchanges,
national securities associations, and the MSRB and, in particular, the
respective requirements of Sections 6(b)(5), 15A(b)(6), and
15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act.\8\ Sections 6(b)(5), 15A(b)(6), and
15B(b)(2)(C) require, among other things, that the rules of an
exchange, and association, or the MSRB, respectively, be designed 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. The SROs further believe that their proposed rule changes
also are consistent with the respective provisions of Sections
6(c)(3)(B), 15A(g)(3)(A), and 15B(b)(2)(A) of the Act,\9\ each of which
makes it the responsibility of an exchange, an association, or the MSRB
to prescribe standards of training, experience and competence for
persons associated with SRO members.
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\8\15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5), 78o-3(b)(6), 78o-4(b)(2)(C) (1988).
\9\15 U.S.C. 78f(c)(3)(B), 78o-3(g)(3)(A), 78o-4(b)(2)(A)
(1988).
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(B) Self-Regulatory Organizations' Statement on Burden on Competition
The SROs do not believe that the proposed rule changes would result
in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
(C) Self-Regulatory Organizations' Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Changes Received From Members, Participants, or Others
1. Comments Received by the NASD
On August 15, 1994, the NASD published Special Notice to Members
(``NTM'') 94-59 to request member comment regarding the Council's draft
rules to create a mandated continuing education program for the
securities industry. Thirty-three comment letters were received in
response. Twenty-six letters were from financial services firms, four
from trade associations, two from firms active in the continuing
education field, and one was from the NASD's District 1. Five of the
letters were opposed to the NASD's proposal, while the remaining
letters either expressed support for, or were not opposed to, the
proposal. As discussed below, the proposed rules that the SROs have
filed with the Commission have been revised from the Council's original
draft rules to address some of the commenters' concerns.
Three letters from financial services firms question the usefulness
of the Regulatory Element. The first, from a firm that limits its
business primarily to wholesaling mutual funds, stated that the
Regulatory Element creates more problems than it solves, costs too
much, and would have the effect of fostering a negative attitude
towards regulation. The second letter requests that the Regulatory
Element be tailored to the specific products and services provided by
each member. The third letter questions the use of the disciplinary
fine threshold with respect to the re-entry provision, and believes the
10 year grandfather provision should be shortened in some cases. The
writer concludes that the securities industry should model its program
after state insurance continuing education programs, where the
licensing authority imposes the regulatory requirement directly on the
individual, rather than on the firm.
Three letters from financial services firms express concern that
the Regulatory Element of the program would be administered at testing
centers operated by the NASD. The request that firms be allowed to
administer the Regulatory Element in-house, subject to appropriate
controls.
Three letters support the goals of the Regulatory Element, but
raise concerns about its specific focus. One letter suggests that the
Regulatory Element be divided into two separate units, one for
commissioned brokers and one for registered persons operating in a no-
load environment. One letter suggests that this part be divided based
on the registration category of the individual and the membership of
the individual's firm. The third commenter believes that the Regulatory
Element should relate to the daily activities of the largest number of
registered persons possible.
Three letters address concerns regarding the statistics that would
be generated from the Regulatory Element. All three letters seek
specific information on the types of statistics that would be
available. Two of the letters express concern that the NASD has not
enuniated clearly the intended and acceptable uses of these statistics.
Two letters from financial services firms seek a clearer definition
of ``inactive status'' as used in the Regulatory Element. The letters
have questions regarding the disposition of monies earned, but not
paid, prior to inactive status, and the allowable level of interaction
between an individual on inactive status and his or her member firm.
One writer asks whether inactive status should be treated as a
disciplinary event, while the other writer believes that the rules
should state clearly that inactive status is in no way a disciplinary
event.
Four commenters address the re-entry provisions of the Regulatory
Element. These concerns range from technical wording of the re-entry
provision, to stating that the fine threshold is unfair with respect to
technical violations and ambiguous in cases where several individuals
are held jointly and severally liable, to stating that the provision
regarding disciplinary actions is overly harsh. One commenter believes
that the provision allowing the SEC, SROs, and state regulators to
require a registered person to re-enter the Regulatory Element should
be deleted, or at least changed to require a showing of cause.
Another commenter believes that Central Registration Depository
(``CRD'')10 support would help firms comply with the Regulatory
Element. Specifically, CRD could be used by firms to identify
registered persons and their length of service to determine how many of
their registered persons would be subject to the Regulatory Element in
each of the next few years.
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\1\0CRD is a computerized filing and data processing system
operated by the NASD that maintains registration information
regarding registered broker-dealers and their registered personnel
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One letter offers broad insights and recommendations for a
continuing education program, but does not contain specific reactions
to the proposal.
Four letters were received from financial services firms that
expressed concerns regarding the costs of complying with the Firm
Element. Generally, these firms state that the Firm Element could have
a disproportionately burdensome effect on smaller firms, as compared to
larger ones. To mitigate these effects, the commenters suggest that the
NASD prepare and administer training programs, or, alternatively, that
subsidies be provided to smaller firms to help them comply with the
Firm Element. Another commenter recommends a video via satellite
program that would enable firms to secure qualified speakers, and be
assured that the material provided would comply with the Firm Element.
Two letters regarding the Firm Element have questions about those
to whom it would apply. The first letter asks whether municipal
securities brokers fall under the definition of ``covered persons'' for
this part of the program. The second asks whether the Firm Element
applies to sales assistants who are registered persons, or whether an
accommodation for such persons could be made.
Five letters comment on the standards for the Firm Element. The
first commenter asks how and what information should be maintained
regarding the program and offers suggestions. The second commenter
believes that the Firm Element should focus on suitability, and favors
some form of pre-approval regarding the contents of a firm's program.
The third commenter asks whether a firm may include relevant compliance
matters in the Firm Element so that it may meet its ``annual compliance
interview/meeting'' requirement under the NASD Rules of Fair Practice.
The fourth commenter believes that the Firm Element content
requirements are too vague to ensure proper compliance. The fifth
commenter questions the usefulness of feedback from the Regulatory
Element in developing an appropriate Firm Element.
Two financial services firms comment on the provision allowing the
NASD to require members to undertake specific training. The first
letter seeks a definition of the phrase ``class of covered registered
person,'' stating that such a class should be clearly identifiable by
firms. The second letter states that to grant the NASD discretion to
mandate specific training for certain individuals or groups could have
potentially arbitrary results that could place certain firms at a
competitive disadvantage.
Four industry associations submitted letters in response to the
proposal. Two associations, the Securities Industry Association
(``SIA'') and the Security Traders Association (``STA''), are comprised
almost entirely of people potentially affected by the proposal. The
other two, The Association for Investment Management and Research
``AIMR'') and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
(``CFP''), are active in the continuing education field and have many
members who are potentially affected people.
The STA strongly supports the proposal, and expresses its desire to
help implement the program. The SIA also supports the program, but
believes that several of its aspects merit further consideration. The
SIA believes that the NASD and the Council should develop standards to
determine when registered persons may be required by regulators to re-
enter the Regulatory Element, and the power of the NASD arbitrarily to
prescribe specific training for a member firm. The SIA also supports
in-house administration of the Regulatory Element, with appropriate
controls. Lastly, the SIA seeks clearer guidelines to determine the
adequacy of a given Firm Element training program.
Although the AIMR and the CFP each endorse the proposal, both are
concerned about overlap for individuals who hold their designations and
are also subject to this proposal. Both groups desire to work with the
Council to minimize the impact caused by the overlap between the
proposed rules and the existing requirements of the AIMR and CFP on
individuals who would be subject to both regimes.
Two parties that are active in the continuing education field
responded to the proposal, the Securities Education Institute, Inc.
(``SEI''), and the American Institute for Continuing Education
(``AICE''). Both focus on the differences between the proposed program
and programs that already exist in the insurance industry. Both seek
more information regarding the Firm Element so as to help NASD members
and independent training providers meet the program requirements. The
SEI believes that administration of the Regulatory Element should not
be limited to the NASD testing centers or to those firms with the
proper in-house delivery means. Instead, interactive programs similar
to those the SEI provides to the futures industry should be used (these
would include safeguards already authorized by the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission).
NASD District 1 supports the proposal and offers two suggestions.
First, with respect to the Regulatory Element, the commenter suggests
that the sections relating to ``Requirements'' and ``Re-entry into
Program'' be amended to make it clear that the time frame of the
Regulatory Element is 10 years, not 15. Regarding the Firm Element, the
commenter asks who the ``Specific Training'' provision would operate
(i.e., at what level of the NASD would such decisions be made).
The comments submitted on NTM 94-59 were reviewed by the Council
and by the NASD Membership Committee. Neither the Council nor the
Membership Committee agreed with those commenters who opposed
instituting a continuing education program for the securities industry,
believing that it is in the best interest of the investing public and
the industry to proceed with the program.
The Membership Committee made three technical changes to the rule
as originally proposed in NTM 94-59. First, the language in Section
(1)(a)(i) of the NASD's proposal was redrafted to state clearly that
registered persons must participate in the Regulatory Element of the
continuing education program on three occasions, after the occurrence
of their second, fifth, and tenth registration anniversary dates.
Second, Section (1)(b) of the NASD's proposal has been expanded to
state that a registration that is inactive for a period of two calendar
years would be terminated administratively, and that a person whose
reregistration is so terminated must requalify by taking the Series 7
examination before such person's registration could be reactivated.
Finally, Section (1)(c)(iii) of the NASD's proposal was amended to
clarify that the Commission, a state securities regulator, or an SRO
could require re-entry into the program only as a result of a sanction
in a formal disciplinary action. This change is meant to address the
concerns of those commenting on the due process issues that could arise
were regulatory authorities able to mandate re-entry arbitrarily.
The NASD Membership Committee did not respond to other
recommendations made by commenters. The Committee believes that it is
unnecessary to state explicitly that inactive status under the
Regulatory Element of the program is not a disciplinary action.
Explanatory materials on this point would accompany the notice to
members announcing the effectiveness of the rule.
A number of commenters suggested that member firms be permitted to
administer the Regulatory Element in-house. The Council and the SROs
will continue to study this issue and will formulate a final response
for the industry in the future. The program, however, initially would
be implemented only in the NASD's testing centers. The Membership
Committee believes this to be necessary to allow the NASD to manage the
introduction of the program in a reasonable manner. The technology and
administrative issues that arise with respect to the in-house
administration of the Regulatory Element will require further study to
be resolved.
Finally, some commenters questioned the use of a single computer-
based training program in a Regulatory Element for all persons within
the first 10 years of their initial registration. The Membership
Committee and the Council recognized that there are variations in
function and degree of involvement in the securities industry among the
approximately 500,000 individuals registered as representatives. Both
the Council and the NASD Membership Committee believe that the initial
computer-based training program should deal with the most important
compliance and regulatory concerns confronting the industry, and that
these matters are important for all segments of the securities
industry. The Council, the Membership Committee, and the other SROs
would continue to review the need for more specialized computer-based
training programs for different segments of the industry. In the
future, these groups may recommend that such programs be introduced,
but only after further assessing the experience with the initial single
computer-based training program.
2. Comments Received by the MSRB
In August 1994, the MSRB published its proposal for comment, and
subsequently received five comment letters.
One commenter stated that its dealer department is a two-person
operation and the proposed Firm Element is an unreasonable burden to be
placed on such a small operation. The Firm Element Committee of the
Council is developing materials for dealers' use in devising and
carrying out training programs to meet the requirements of the Firm
Element. The Committee intends to incorporate ``samples'' of how
different firms might approach the requirements (e.g., firms that deal
with one product, small firms, and firms with large numbers of very
small offices or solo representatives). The MSRB believes this future
guidance would assuage the concerns of small firms as to the burden of
compliance with this requirement.
One commenter, a municipal securities broker's broker, asked
whether it would be subject to the Firm Element requirements. The Firm
Element is applicable to all persons who conduct business with retail,
institutional, or investment banking customers of the dealer and the
immediate supervisors of such persons. The Firm Element is not
applicable to dealers who deal only with other brokers and dealers.
One commenter stated that the MSRB has not shown that a continuing
education program is needed in the industry. Another commenter
expressed similar concerns. The Task Force formed by the securities
industry to study the issue of continuing education and to develop
recommendations concluded that the industry would be will served by a
uniform continuing education program. The MSRB believes that a formal
industry-wide continuing education program to keep professionals up-to-
date on products, markets, and rules would be beneficial to the
municipal securities industry.
Another commenter sent the same comments to the MSRB and the NASD.
These comments have been summarized above.
The MSRB also received two telephone inquiries from bank dealers
concerning the planned procedure for the CRD system to track and
communicate an individual's registration anniversary date for use with
the Regulatory Element. Bank dealer personnel are not registered on the
CRD system. The MSRB has discussed this notification matter on an
informal basis with the bank regulatory agencies. Such agencies have
stated that they would probably require banks to put procedures into
place for internal tracking of anniversary dates.
3. Comment Received by the NYSE
The NYSE received one letter from a member organization commenting
on its proposal. The commenter endorsed the computer-based training of
the Regulatory Element, but recommended that such training be required
upon an individual's initial registration, in addition to the required
three occasions thereafter (i.e., after the second, fifth and tenth
registration anniversary dates).
The NYSE believes that the continuing education program has been
designed to apply to registered persons after they have satisfied the
initial qualification requirements and that two years after a person's
initial registration and qualification is an appropriate time to
reinforce significant general regulatory and sales practice concepts
and provide training on recent rule and other current developments
through the continuing education process.
4. Comments Received by Other SROs
The other SROS have not solicited, and do not intend to solicit,
comments regarding the proposed rule change. They also have not
received any unsolicited written comments from members or other
interested parties. All of the SROs have made, or intend to make,
changes to their proposals to conform to changes made by the other SROs
in response to comments they received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Changes and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to
be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organizations consent, the Commission will:
A. By order approve such proposed rule changes, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
changes should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing. Persons making written submissions
should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule changes that are filed
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the
proposed rule changes 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. Copies of such
filing will also be available for inspection and copying at the
principal offices of the Exchanges. All submissions should refer to the
file number(s) in the caption above and should be submitted by January
10, 1995.
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
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\11\17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12) (1993).
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Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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