[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57371-57372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19751]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-56591; File No. SR-NYSE-2007-89]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To 
Institute a Revised System of Payments to Specialist Firms

October 1, 2007.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on September 27, 2007, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, 
and III below, which Items have been substantially prepared by the 
Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments 
on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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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

    NYSE proposes to amend its system of variable payments to 
specialist firms for liquidity provision (``Liquidity Provision 
Payments'' or ``LPPs''). For each of the three months in the three-
month period commencing October 1, 2007, 20% of Exchange transaction 
fee revenues will be allocated to the Liquidity Provision Payment pool. 
In January 2008, and each month thereafter, the percentage allocated 
will be 17%. The text of the proposed rule change is available at NYSE, 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, and http://www.nyse.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. The 
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item IV 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
    On September 1, 2007, the Exchange instituted a program to provide 
variable Liquidity Provision Payments to specialist firms.\3\
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56337 (August 29, 
2007), 72 FR 51287 (September 6, 2007) (SR-NYSE-2007-78) (the 
``Initial LPP Filing'').
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    Liquidity Provision Payments are based on two revenue sources in 
NYSE-listed securities (excluding exchange traded funds): (1) The 
Exchange's share of market data revenue derived from quoting share; and 
(2) the Exchange's transaction fee revenue.
    Under the transaction fee revenue portion of the LPPs, the Exchange 
distributes among the specialists each month a payment pool consisting 
of the Exchange's NYSE-listed stock transaction revenue on matched 
volume (excluding crossing services) in both electronic and manually 
executed transactions. The pool size was initially set at 25% of the 
above-noted Exchange transaction revenue and the Exchange noted in the 
Initial LPP Filing that this percentage may change if the Exchange 
adjusts its pricing and/or based on other conditions such as specialist 
performance. The Exchange proposes to reset at 20% the percentage of 
Exchange transaction fee revenue allocated to the LPP payment pool for 
each of the three months in the three-month period commencing October 
1, 2007. In January 2008, and each month thereafter, the percentage 
allocated will be 17%.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the objectives of Section 6 of the Act \4\ in general and furthers 
the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \5\ in particular, in that 
it is designed to provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable 
dues, fees, and other charges among its members and other persons using 
its facilities.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    The foregoing proposed rule change has become effective upon filing 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \6\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \7\ 
thereunder, because it establishes or changes a due, fee, or other 
charge imposed by the Exchange.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \7\ 17 CFR 19b-4(f)(2).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 
change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it 
appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate 
in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

IV. 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 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-NYSE-2007-89 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSE-2007-89. This file 
number should be included on the

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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 Commissions 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, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official 
business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such 
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the 
principal office of the NYSE. 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-NYSE-2007-89 and should be submitted on or before 
October 30, 2007.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
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    \8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-19751 Filed 10-5-07; 8:45 am]
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