[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13333-13337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5085]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-55453; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2006-62]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change as 
Modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto To Trade Shares of the 
PowerShares DB Energy Fund, the PowerShares DB Oil Fund, the 
PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund, the PowerShares DB Gold Fund, the 
PowerShares DB Silver Fund, the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund, and 
the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Pursuant to Unlisted Trading 
Privileges

March 13, 2007.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended, (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is 
hereby given that on October 19, 2006, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' 
or ``Exchange''), through its wholly owned subsidiary NYSE Arca 
Equities, Inc. (``NYSE Arca Equities'') filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as 
described in Items I and II below, which Items have been substantially 
prepared by the Exchange. On October 31, 2006, the Exchange filed 
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change. The Exchange filed 
Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change on February 16, 2007. The 
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the 
proposed rule change, as amended, from interested persons. This order 
provides notice of the proposed rule change as modified by Amendment 
Nos. 1 and 2 and approves the proposed rule change as amended on an 
accelerated basis.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange is proposing to trade shares (``Shares'') of the 
PowerShares DB Energy Fund, the PowerShares DB Oil Fund, the 
PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund, the PowerShares DB Gold Fund, the 
PowerShares DB Silver Fund, the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund, and 
the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (collectively the ``Funds'') 
pursuant to unlisted trading privileges (``UTP'') under Commentary .02 
to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200. The text of the proposed rule change 
is available at the Exchange, the Commission's Public Reference Room, 
and http://nysearca.com.

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 Exchange 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 these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item III below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in 
Sections A, B and C below, of the most significant aspects of such 
statements.

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

1. Purpose
    Pursuant to Commentary .02 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200, the 
Exchange may approve for listing and trading trust issued receipts 
(``TIRs'') investing in shares or securities (``Investment Shares'') 
that hold investments in any combination of futures contracts, options 
on futures contracts, forward contracts, commodities, swaps or high 
credit quality short-term fixed income securities or other 
securities.\3\ The Commission previously approved a proposal to list 
and trade the Shares of the Funds by the American Stock Exchange LLC 
(the ``Amex'').\4\
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    \3\ In April 2006, the Commission approved Commentary .02 to 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200, which sets forth the rules related to 
listing and trading criteria for Investment Shares, and approved 
trading pursuant to UTP the shares of the DB Commodity Index 
Tracking Fund. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53736 (April 
27, 2006), 71 FR 26582 (May 5, 2006) (SR-PCX-2006-22). In addition, 
the Commission recently approved trading pursuant to UTP the shares 
of the PowerShares DB G10 Harvest Fund pursuant to Commentary .02 to 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200. See Securities Exchange Act Release 
No. 34-54569 (October 4, 2006), 71 FR 60594 (October 13, 2006) (SR-
NYSEArca-2006-64).
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55029 (December 29, 
2006), 72 FR 806 (January 8, 2007) (SR-Amex-2006-76) (the ``Amex 
Order'').
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    The Exchange proposes to trade pursuant to UTP the Shares of each 
of the Funds pursuant to Commentary .02 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.200. The Shares represent beneficial ownership interests in the 
corresponding Fund's net assets, consisting solely of the common units 
of beneficial interests of the DB Energy Master Fund, the DB Oil Master 
Fund, the DB Precious Metals Master Fund, the DB Gold Master Fund, the 
DB Silver Master Fund, the DB Base Metals Master Fund and the DB 
Agriculture Master Fund, respectively (collectively, the ``Master 
Funds'').
    DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust (the ``Master Trust'') is 
organized as a Delaware statutory trust with each of the Master Funds 
representing a series of the Master Trust. The Master Funds will hold 
primarily \5\ futures contracts \6\ on the commodities comprising the 
Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index--Optimum Yield Energy Excess 
ReturnTM, Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index--Optimum 
Yield Crude Oil Excess ReturnTM, Deutsche Bank Liquid 
Commodity Index--Optimum Yield Precious Metals Excess 
ReturnTM, Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index--Optimum 
Yield Gold Excess ReturnTM, Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity 
Index--Optimum Yield Silver Excess ReturnTM, Deutsche Bank 
Liquid Commodity Index Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Excess 
ReturnTM, and Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index--Optimum 
Yield Agriculture Excess ReturnTM (collectively, the 
``Indexes''), as the case may be. The sponsor of the Indexes is 
Deutsche Bank AG London (the ``Index Sponsor''). Each of the Funds and 
each of the Master Funds are commodity pools operated by DB Commodity 
Services LLC (the ``Managing Owner'').\7\
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    \5\ Other holdings of the Master Fund will include cash and U.S. 
Treasury securities for deposit with futures commission merchants as 
margin and other high credit quality short-term fixed income 
securities.
    \6\ Following is a list of futures contracts and other commodity 
interests in which the respective Master Fund may invest and the 
exchanges on which they trade: Energy Index--sweet light crude 
(NYMEX), heating oil (NYMEX), brent crude oil (ICE Futures), RBOB 
gasoline (NYMEX), natural gas (NYMEX); Oil Index--sweet light crude 
(NYMEX); Precious Metals Index--gold (COMEX), silver (COMEX); Gold 
Index--gold (COMEX); Silver Index--silver (COMEX); Base Metals 
Index--aluminum (LME), zinc (LME), copper-grade A (LME); Agriculture 
Index--corn (CBOT), wheat (CBOT), soybeans (CBOT), sugar (NYBOT).
    \7\ The Managing Owner is registered as a commodity pool 
operator (the ``CPO'') and commodity trading advisor (the ``CTA'') 
with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and is a 
member of the National Futures Association (``NFA''). The Managing 
Owner will serve as the CPO and CTA of each of the Funds and each of 
the Master Funds.
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The Shares
    The Exchange submits that Commentary .02 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.200 accommodates the listing and trading of the Shares. 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. The Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca 
Marketplace from 9:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET''), 
except that shares of the PowerShares

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DB Base Metals Fund will also trade from 4:15 p.m. until 8 p.m. ET, 
even if the Indicative Fund Value (``IFV''), as discussed below, is not 
disseminated from 4:15 p.m. until 8 p.m. ET.\8\ The Exchange has 
appropriate rules to facilitate transactions in the Shares during these 
trading sessions.
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    \8\ Because the LME is closed for floor and electronic trading 
during the Exchange's late trading session (from 4:15 p.m. until 8 
p.m. ET), an updated IFV for the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund is 
not possible to calculate during such session. The Exchange may rely 
on the listing market to monitor dissemination of the IFV during the 
Exchange's core trading session (9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET). 
Currently the Index Sponsor for the PowerShares DB Base Metals 
Fund's index does not calculate updated index values during the 
Exchange's late trading session; however, if the Index Sponsor did 
so in the future, the Exchange will not trade shares of the 
PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund unless such official index value is 
widely disseminated.
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    Like other exchange traded fund products, each of the Funds will 
issue and redeem its Shares on a continuous basis at a price equal to 
the NAV per share next determined after an order is received in proper 
form. Also, each of the Funds will issue and redeem its Shares only in 
aggregations of 200,000 shares (``Basket Aggregations'') and only 
through qualified market participants that have entered into agreements 
with the Managing Owner (each, an ``Authorized Participant''). 
Additional information about the creation and redemption process is 
included in the Amex Order.\9\ In summary, to create Shares, an 
Authorized Participant must properly place a creation order and deliver 
the specified ``cash deposit amount'' \10\ and applicable transaction 
fee to the Fund Administrator (``The Bank of New York''). The Fund 
Administrator will issue to the Authorized Participant the appropriate 
number of Basket Aggregations. To redeem Shares, an Authorized 
Participant must properly place a redemption order and deliver Shares 
that in the aggregate constitute one or more Basket Aggregations, plus 
any applicable transaction fee. The Fund Administrator will deliver the 
appropriate ``cash redemption amount'' \11\ for each Basket Aggregation 
that an Authorized Participant redeems.
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    \9\ See Amex Order, supra note 4.
    \10\ The ``cash deposit amount'' equals the NAV per Share of the 
applicable Fund times 200,000 (i.e., NAV per Basket Aggregation).
    \11\ The ``cash redemption amount'' equals the NAV per Basket 
Aggregation.
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    On each business day, the Administrator will make available 
immediately prior to the opening of trading on Amex, through the 
facilities of the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA''), the Basket 
Amount for the creation of a Basket. According to the Amex Order, the 
Amex will disseminate every 15 seconds throughout the trading day, via 
the facilities of the CTA, an amount representing on a per Share basis, 
the current values of the Basket Amounts for each of the Funds.
    After 4 p.m. ET each business day, the Administrator will determine 
the NAV for each of the Funds, utilizing the current settlement value 
of the particular commodity futures contracts. The calculation 
methodology for the NAV is described in more detail in the Amex Order.
    After 4 p.m. ET each business day, the Administrator, Amex and 
Managing Owner will disseminate the NAVs for the Shares and the Basket 
Amounts (for orders placed during the day). The Basket Amounts and the 
NAVs are communicated by the Administrator to all Authorized 
Participants via facsimile or electronic mail message and the NAV will 
be available on the Funds' Web site at http://www.dbfunds.db.com.
Availability of Information About the Indexes, the Underlying Futures 
Contracts and the Shares
    Quotations for and last sale information regarding the Shares are 
disseminated through the Consolidated Tape System (``CTS''). The Index 
Sponsor will publish the value of each of the Indexes at least once 
every fifteen (15) seconds throughout each trading day on the CTA, 
Bloomberg, Reuters, and on the Fund's Web site at http://www.dbfunds.db.com. The closing Index levels will similarly be provided 
by the Index Sponsor. In addition, any adjustments or changes to the 
Indexes will also be provided by the Index Sponsor and Amex on their 
respective Web sites.
    The Web site for the Fund (http://www.dbfunds.db.com), which is 
publicly accessible at no charge, will contain the following 
information: (a) The current NAV per share daily and the prior business 
day's NAV and the reported closing price; (b) the mid-point of the bid-
ask price in relation to the NAV as of the time the NAV is calculated 
(the ``Bid-Ask Price''); \12\ (c) the calculation of the premium or 
discount of such price against such NAV; (d) data in chart form 
displaying the frequency distribution of discounts and premiums of the 
Bid-Ask Price against the NAV, within appropriate ranges for each of 
the four (4) previous calendar quarters; (e) the prospectus; and (f) 
other applicable quantitative information.
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    \12\ The Bid-Ask Price of Shares is determined using the highest 
bid and lowest offer as of the time of calculation of the NAV.
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    As described above, the respective NAVs for the Funds will be 
calculated and disseminated daily to all market participants at the 
same time. According to the Amex Order, the Amex also intends to 
disseminate for each of the Funds on a daily basis by means of CTA/CTS 
High Speed Lines information with respect to the corresponding IFV (as 
discussed below), recent NAV and shares outstanding. The Amex will also 
make available on its Web site daily trading volume of the Shares of 
each of the Funds, closing prices of such Shares, and the corresponding 
NAV. The closing price and settlement prices of the futures contracts 
comprising the Indexes and held by the corresponding Master Funds are 
also readily available from the relevant futures exchanges, automated 
quotation systems, published or other public sources, or on-line 
information services such as Bloomberg or Reuters.
    Amex has represented that it will disseminate through the 
facilities of the CTA an updated IFV for each of the Funds. The 
respective IFVs will be disseminated on a per Share basis at least 
every 15 seconds from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET, according to the Amex 
Order. The IFVs will be calculated based on the cash required for 
creations and redemptions for the respective Funds adjusted to reflect 
the price changes of the corresponding Index commodities through 
investments held by the Master Funds, i.e., futures contracts.
    The IFVs will not reflect price changes to the price of an 
underlying commodity between the close of trading of the futures 
contract at the relevant futures exchange and 4:15 p.m. ET. While the 
Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca Marketplace from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 
p.m. ET (the shares of the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund, however, 
will trade until 8 p.m. ET), regular trading hours for each of the 
Index commodities on the various futures exchanges vary widely, as set 
forth in detail in the Amex Order. Therefore, the value of a Share may 
be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between the NYSE Arca 
Marketplace and the various futures exchanges on which the futures 
contracts based on the Index commodities are traded.
UTP Trading Criteria
    The Exchange represents that it will cease trading the Shares of a 
Fund if: (a) The listing market stops trading the Shares because of a 
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Equities Rule 7.12 or a halt because the IFV or the value of the Index 
is no longer available at least every 15 seconds; or (b) the listing 
market delists the Shares. Additionally, the Exchange may cease trading 
the Shares if such other event shall occur or condition exists which in 
the opinion of the Exchange makes further dealings on the Exchange 
inadvisable. UTP trading in the Shares is also governed by the trading 
halts provisions of NYSE ARCA Equities Rule 7.34 relating to temporary 
interruptions in the calculation or wide dissemination of the Intraday 
Indicative Value (which would encompass the IFV) or the value of the 
underlying index.
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 from 9:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. ET, except 
that shares of the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund will also trade from 
4:15 p.m. until 8 p.m. ET. The Exchange has appropriate rules to 
facilitate transactions in the Shares during core and evening trading 
sessions.\13\
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    \13\ Telephone conversation between Tim Malinowski, Director, 
NYSE, and Ronesha A. Butler, Special Counsel, Division of Market 
Regulation (``Division''), Commission, on March 6, 2007.
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    The trading of the Shares will be subject to Commentary .02(e)(1)-
(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200, which sets forth certain 
restrictions on ETP Holders acting as registered Market Makers in TIRs 
that invest in Investment Shares to facilitate surveillance. See 
``Surveillance'' below for more information.
    With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all 
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares. Trading may be halted because of market 
conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make 
trading in the Shares inadvisable. These may include: (1) The extent to 
which trading is not occurring in the underlying futures contracts, or 
(2) whether other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to 
the maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. In addition, 
trading in Shares will be subject to trading halts caused by 
extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the Exchange's ``circuit 
breaker'' rule \14\ or by the halt or suspension of trading of the 
underlying futures contracts. See ``UTP Trading Criteria'' above for 
specific instances when the Exchange will cease trading the Shares.\15\
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    \14\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12.
    \15\ Pursuant to a telephone conversation between Tim 
Malinowski, Director, NYSE and Ronesha A. Butler, Special Counsel, 
Division, Commission, on March 13, 2007, a paragraph contained in 
this section was deleted to eliminate the reference to the ITS Plan.
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    The Shares will not be subject to the short sale rule pursuant to a 
letter issued in response to a request for no-action advice under Rule 
10a-1 under the Act.\16\
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    \16\ See Letter to George T. Simon, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, 
from Racquel L. Russell, Branch Chief, Office of Trading Practices 
and Processing, Commission, dated June 21, 2006.
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Surveillance
    The Exchange intends to utilize its existing surveillance 
procedures applicable to derivative products to monitor trading in the 
Shares. The Exchange represents that these procedures are adequate to 
properly monitor Exchange trading of the Shares and to deter and detect 
violations of Exchange rules.
    The Exchange's current trading surveillance focuses on detecting 
securities trading outside their normal patterns. 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.
    Further, trading in the Shares will be subject to Commentary 
.02(e)(1)-(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200, which sets forth 
certain restrictions on ETP Holders acting as registered Market Makers 
in TIRs that invest in Investment Shares to facilitate surveillance. 
Commentary .02(e)(1) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200 requires that the 
ETP Holder acting as a registered Market Maker in the Shares provide 
the Exchange with information relating to its trading in the underlying 
physical asset or commodity, related futures or options on futures, or 
any other related derivatives. Commentary .02(e)(4) to NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.200 prohibits the ETP Holder acting as a registered 
Market Maker in the Shares from using any material nonpublic 
information received from any person associated with an ETP Holder or 
employee of such person regarding trading by such person or employee in 
the underlying physical asset or commodity, related futures or options 
on futures or any other related derivative (including the Shares). In 
addition, Commentary .02(e)(1) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200 
prohibits the ETP Holder acting as a registered Market Maker in the 
Shares from being affiliated with a market maker in the underlying 
physical asset or commodity, related futures or options on futures or 
any other related derivative unless adequate information barriers are 
in place, as provided in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.26. Commentary 
.02(e)(2)-(3) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200 requires that Market 
Makers handling the Shares provide the Exchange with all the necessary 
information relating to their trading in the underlying physical assets 
or commodities, related futures contracts and options thereon or any 
other derivative.
    The Exchange currently has in place an Information Sharing 
Agreement with the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), Futures, 
London Metals Exchange (LME) and New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), 
for the purpose of providing information in connection with trading in 
or related to futures contracts traded on their respective exchanges 
comprising the Indexes. The Exchange may obtain information via the 
Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') from other exchanges who are 
members or affiliates of the ISG, including Chicago Board of Trade 
(CBOT) and Board of Trade of the City of New York (NYBOT).\17\
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    \17\ For a list of the current members and affiliate members of 
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Information Bulletin
    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin of the special characteristics 
and risks associated with trading the Shares. Specifically, the 
Information Bulletin will discuss the following: (1) The procedures for 
purchases and redemptions of Shares in Baskets (and that Shares are not 
individually redeemable); (2) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a),\18\ which 
imposes a duty of due diligence on its ETP Holders to learn the 
essential facts relating to every customer prior to trading the Shares; 
(3) how information regarding the IFVs is disseminated; (4) the 
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ETP Holders deliver a prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued 
Shares prior to or concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction; 
and (5) trading information.
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    \18\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a) (``Diligence as to 
Accounts'') provides that ETP Holders, before recommending a 
transaction, must have reasonable grounds to believe that the 
recommendation is suitable for the customer based on any facts 
disclosed by the customer as to his other security holdings and as 
to his financial situation and needs. Further, the proposed rule 
amendment provides, with a limited exception, that prior to the 
execution of a transaction recommended to a non-institutional 
customer, the ETP Holders shall make reasonable efforts to obtain 
information concerning the customer's financial status, tax status, 
investment objectives, and any other information that they believe 
would be useful to make a recommendation. See Securities Exchange 
Act Release No. 54045 (June 26, 2006), 71 FR 37971 (July 3, 2006) 
(SR-PCX-2005-115).
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    In addition, the Information Bulletin will advise ETP Holders, 
prior to the commencement of trading, of the prospectus delivery 
requirements applicable to the Funds. The Exchange notes that investors 
purchasing Shares directly from a Fund (by delivery of the 
corresponding Cash Deposit Amount) will receive a prospectus. ETP 
Holders purchasing Shares from a Fund for resale to investors will 
deliver a prospectus to such investors. The Information Bulletin will 
also discuss any exemptive, no-action and interpretive relief granted 
by the Commission from any rules under the Act.
    In addition, the Information Bulletin will reference that the Funds 
are subject to various fees and expenses described in the Registration 
Statement. The Information Bulletin will also reference that the CFTC 
has regulatory jurisdiction over the trading of futures contracts.
    The Information Bulletin will also disclose the trading hours of 
the Shares of the Funds and that the NAV for the Shares will be 
calculated after 4 p.m. ET each trading day. The Bulletin will disclose 
that information about the Shares of each Fund and the corresponding 
Indexes will be publicly available on the Funds' Web site.
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) \19\ of 
the Act, in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) 
\20\ in particular in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and 
manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with 
persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities, and to 
remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of a free and open 
market and a national market system.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    In addition, the proposed rule change is consistent with Rule 12f-5 
\21\ under the Act because it deems the Shares to be equity securities, 
thus rendering the Shares subject to the Exchange's rules governing the 
trading of equity securities.
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    \21\ 17 CFR 240.12f-5.
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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.

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

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on 
the proposed rule change.

III. 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 Exchange 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 [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2006-62 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2006-62. 
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 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 inspection 
and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such 
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the 
principal offices of the Exchange. 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-NYSEArca-2006-62 and should be submitted on or before 
April 11, 2007.

IV. Commission's Findings and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of 
the Proposed Rule Change

    The Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.\22\ In 
particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\23\ which requires that an 
exchange have rules designed, among other things, 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.
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    \22\ In approving this rule change, the Commission notes that it 
has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, 
competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    In addition, the Commission finds that the proposal is consistent 
with Section 12(f) of the Act,\24\ which permits an exchange to trade, 
pursuant to UTP, a security that is listed and registered on another 
exchange.\25\ The Commission notes that it previously approved the 
listing and trading of the Shares on the Amex.\26\ The Commission also 
finds that the proposal is consistent with Rule 12f-5 under the 
Act,\27\ which provides that an exchange shall not extend UTP to a 
security unless the exchange has in effect a rule or rules providing 
for transactions in the class or type of security to which the exchange 
extends UTP. The Exchange has represented that it meets this 
requirement because it deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus 
trading in the Shares will be subject to the Exchange's existing rules 
governing the trading of equity securities.
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    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(f).
    \25\ Section 12(a) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 78l(a), generally 
prohibits a broker-dealer from trading a security on a national 
securities exchange unless the security is registered on that 
exchange pursuant to Section 12 of the Act. Section 12(f) of the Act 
excludes from this restriction trading in any security to which an 
exchange ``extends UTP.'' When an exchange extends UTP to a 
security, it allows its members to trade the security as if it were 
listed and registered on the exchange even though it is not so 
listed and registered.
    \26\ See Amex Order, supra note 4.
    \27\ 17 CFR 240.12f-5.

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    The Commission further believes that the proposal is consistent 
with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,\28\ which sets forth 
Congress' finding that it is in the public interest and appropriate for 
the protection of investors and the maintenance of fair and orderly 
markets to assure the availability to brokers, dealers, and investors 
of information with respect to quotations for and transactions in 
securities.
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    \28\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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    Finally, the Commission notes that, if the Shares should be 
delisted by the Amex, the original listing exchange, the Exchange would 
no longer have authority to trade the Shares pursuant to this order.
    In support of this proposal, the Exchange has made the following 
representations:
    1. The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions in 
this type of security in the core and evening trading sessions.
    2. The Exchange's surveillance procedures are adequate to properly 
monitor the trading of the Shares on the Exchange. In particular, the 
Exchange has in place an Information Sharing Agreement with ICE, LME, 
and NYMEX, for the purpose of providing information in connection with 
trading in or related to futures contracts traded on their respective 
exchanges comprising the Indexes. Further, the Exchange is a member of 
the ISG. In addition, to facilitate surveillance, the Exchange 
represents that trading in the Shares will be subject to Commentary 
.02(e)(1)-(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200.
    3. The Exchange will inform its ETP Holders in an Information 
Bulletin of the special characteristics and risks associated with 
trading the Shares.
    4. The Exchange will require its ETP Holders to deliver a 
prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or 
concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction and will note this 
prospectus delivery requirement in the Information Bulletin.
    5. The Exchange will cease trading the Shares of a Fund if: (a) The 
listing market stops trading the Shares because of a regulatory halt 
similar to a halt based on NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 or a halt 
because the IFV or the value of the applicable Underlying Index is no 
longer available at least every 15 seconds; or (b) the listing market 
delists the Shares.
    6. The Exchange will halt trading as provided in NYSE Arca Equities 
Rule 7.34.
    This approval order is conditioned on the Exchange's adherence to 
these representations.
    The Commission finds good cause for approving this proposal before 
the thirtieth day after the publication of notice thereof in the 
Federal Register. As noted previously, the Commission previously found 
that the listing and trading of the Shares on the Amex is consistent 
with the Act.\29\ The Commission presently is not aware of any 
regulatory issue that should cause it to revisit that earlier finding 
or preclude the trading of the Shares on the Exchange pursuant to UTP. 
Therefore, accelerating approval of this proposal should benefit 
investors by creating, without undue delay, additional competition in 
the market for the Shares.
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    \29\ See Amex Order, supra note 4.
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V. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\30\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2006-62), as 
modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, be, and it hereby is, approved on 
an accelerated basis.
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    \30\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \31\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\31\
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-5085 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]
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