[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33009-33011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16174]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-60204; File No. SR-BATS-2009-020]


 Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
BATS Rule 11.9, Entitled ``Orders and Modifiers,'' and BATS Rule 11.12, 
Entitled ``Priority of Orders''

July 1, 2009.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on June 29, 2009, BATS Exchange, Inc. (``BATS'' or the 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and 
II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange 
has designated this proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule 
change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder,\4\ which renders it effective upon filing with 
the Commission. 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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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 amend BATS Rule 11.9, entitled 
``Orders and Modifiers,'' and BATS Rule 11.12, entitled ``Priority of 
Orders,'' to permit Users to use a ``Replace Message'' to modify 
certain types of information originally submitted with an order without 
modifying the priority of such order.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange's 
Web site at http://www.batstrading.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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 IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in 
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such 
statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The purpose of the proposed rule change is to permit Users of the 
Exchange to change additional terms of an order through the use of a 
Replace Message. Currently, Rule 11.9(e)(3) states that the only terms 
of an order that may be changed through use of a Replace Message are 
the price and quantity terms of an order, including changing a limit 
order to a market order. Also, current Rule 11.12(a)(3) states that a 
decrease to the size of an order is the only change that a User can 
make that will not result in a loss of priority for an order compared 
to other orders in the BATS Book. The Exchange believes that Users 
should also be permitted to

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modify an order through a Replace Message in order to reflect a change 
from a long sale to a short sale and vice-versa. Under the proposed 
rule, Users will be permitted to use a Replace Message to modify the 
sale indicator associated with an order without canceling and 
resubmitting the order, and, with the proposed change to Rule 
11.12(a)(3), without losing priority on the BATS Book. The Exchange 
does not currently associate the priority of an order with whether an 
order to sell is a long sale or a short sale, and therefore, does not 
believe that an update to an order to change the status from long to 
short or short to long should affect priority. The Exchange notes that 
it is not at this time proposing a rule change to require Users to 
update the position indicator associated with a sale order they have 
submitted, but rather, is amending its rule to make such updates 
permissible through use of a Replace Message.\5\
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    \5\ The proposed rule does not affect Users' obligations 
contained in Regulation SHO under the Act, and Users must continue 
to comply with such obligations, including the order marking and 
locate requirements.
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    In addition to the proposed change discussed above, in the interest 
of developing rule text that is easier to understand, the Exchange has 
proposed modifying the language that permits use of a Replace Message 
to change a limit order to a market order.
2. Statutory Basis
    The rule change proposed in this submission is consistent with the 
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder that 
are applicable to a national securities exchange, and, in particular, 
with the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\6\ Specifically, the 
proposed change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\7\ 
because it would promote just and equitable principles of trade, remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of, a free and open market 
and a national market system, and, in general, protect investors and 
the public interest, by modifying its system specifications to permit 
Users to update the position indicated for a sale (long or short), to 
the extent such position changes while their order is resting on the 
Exchange's order book.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change imposes 
any burden on competition.

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

    Because the foregoing rule change does not: (1) Significantly 
affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) impose 
any significant burden on competition; and (3) become operative for 30 
days after the date of this filing, or such shorter time as the 
Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \8\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\9\
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally may 
not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing.\10\ 
However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \11\ permits the Commission to designate 
a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest. The Exchange has requested that the 
Commission waive the 30-day operative delay. BATS believes that the 
proposal will benefit the protection of investors and the public 
interest by permitting Users to elect to update the sale indicator 
associated with an order that has already been submitted to the 
Exchange. BATS expects to have technological changes in place to 
support the proposed rule change on July 2, 2009, and believes that 
benefits to Exchange Members expected from the proposed rule change 
should not be delayed.\12\ Based on the foregoing, the Commission 
believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest and hereby designates 
the proposal operative upon filing.\13\
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    \10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii). In addition, Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) requires that a self-regulatory organization submit to 
the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed 
rule change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed 
rule change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing 
of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by 
the Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
    \11\ Id.
    \12\ See SR-BATS-2009-020, Item 7.
    \13\ For the purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative 
delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such 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 No. SR-BATS-2009-020 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File No. SR-BATS-2009-020. 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, 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 BATS. 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 No.

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SR-BATS-2009-020 and should be submitted on or before July 30, 2009.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\14\
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    \14\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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