[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81692-81697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32513]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63581; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2010-117]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Listing and Trading Shares of the 
Grail Western Asset Ultra Short Duration ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities 
Rule 8.600

December 20, 2010.
    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 December 13, 2010, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE 
Arca'') 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 
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

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the shares of the following 
under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: Grail Western Asset Ultra Short 
Duration ETF (``ETF'' or ``Fund''). The text of the

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proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, 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 self-regulatory organization 
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 those 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 the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the shares (``Shares'') of 
the Grail Western Asset Ultra Short Duration ETF under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600, which governs the listing and trading of Managed 
Fund Shares on the Exchange.\3\ The ETF will be an actively managed 
exchange traded fund and is a series of Grail Advisors ETF Trust 
(``Trust''). The Trust is registered with the Commission as an 
investment company.\4\
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    \3\ The Commission previously approved listing and trading on 
the Exchange of actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See, e.g., 
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May 8, 2008), 73 FR 
27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-31) (order approving Exchange 
listing and trading of twelve actively-managed funds of the 
WisdomTree Trust); 60981 (November 10, 2009), 74 FR 59594 (November 
18, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-79) (order approving listing of five 
fixed income funds of the PIMCO ETF Trust); 61365 (January 15, 
2010), 75 FR 4124 (January 26, 2010) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-114) (order 
approving listing of Grail McDonnell Fixed Income ETFs).
    \4\ See Preliminary Prospectus on Form N-1A for the Trust, dated 
August 31, 2010 (File Nos. 333-148082 and 811-22154) (the 
``Registration Statement''). The descriptions of the ETF and the 
Shares contained herein are based on information in the Registration 
Statement.
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Description of the Shares and the Fund
    Grail Advisors, LLC is the Fund's investment manager (``Manager''). 
Western Asset Management Company is the sub-adviser (``Western Asset'' 
or ``Sub-Adviser'') of the ETF. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 
is the administrator, Fund accountant, transfer agent and custodian for 
the ETF. ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as the distributor of Creation 
Units for the Fund on an agency basis.
Grail Western Asset Ultra Short Duration ETF
    According to the Registration Statement, the ETF's investment 
objective is maximum current income, consistent with preservation of 
capital and daily liquidity. The ETF invests, under normal 
circumstances, primarily in short-term, investment grade fixed income 
securities. The ETF will typically invest in money market securities 
and short-term debt securities, including U.S. treasuries and agencies, 
corporate and bank obligations, asset backed and mortgage backed 
instruments, commercial paper and other highly rated, short maturity 
securities. While the ETF may invest in securities of any maturity, 
under normal circumstances, the average duration of the portfolio is 
typically expected to be one year or less. Duration is a measure of the 
underlying portfolio's price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
    Western Asset employs an active, team-managed strategy and utilizes 
a top-down economic and interest rate outlook, combined with a bottom-
up security selection process. When using a ``top-down'' approach, 
Western Asset looks first at broad economic factors and market 
conditions, such as prevailing and anticipated interest rates. On the 
basis of those factors and conditions, Western Asset selects what it 
views as optimal interest rates and maturities and chooses certain 
sectors or industries within the overall market. Western Asset then 
looks at individual issuers within those sectors or industries to 
select securities for the investment portfolio. While many of the ETF's 
investments are expected to be held until maturity, they may be sold 
depending on market conditions, opportunities and valuations. Western 
Asset may sell a security before maturity when it is necessary to do so 
to meet redemption requests. A security may also be sold if Western 
Asset believes the issuer is no longer as creditworthy, or in order to 
adjust the average duration of the ETF's investment portfolio (for 
example, to reflect changes in Western Asset's expectations concerning 
interest rates), or when Western Asset believes there is superior value 
in other market sectors or industries.
    The ETF invests primarily in investment grade securities (Baa or 
higher by Moody's; BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's) that are rated 
by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization 
rating that security, or if unrated, determined by Western Asset to be 
of comparable quality.
    The ETF may invest in securities issued by the U.S. Government, its 
agencies and instrumentalities and repurchase agreements for these 
obligations, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, and 
obligations of U.S. and non-U.S. banks and other foreign private 
issuers. In addition, the ETF may invest in obligations issued or 
guaranteed by the governments of Western Europe, Australia, Japan and 
Canada, and commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper. 
The ETF may only invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities. It may 
also invest in securities of other investment companies. Under adverse 
market conditions, the ETF may, for temporary defensive purposes, 
invest up to 100% of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. Due to the 
short-term nature of many of the ETF's investments, the ETF may have an 
annual portfolio turnover rate over 100%.
    As discussed below, the ETF may invest in derivative instruments, 
such as futures and interest rate, total return and credit default 
swaps. Investments in derivatives must be consistent with the ETF's 
investment objective and may only be used to manage risk and not to 
enhance leverage.
    The ETF will not invest in non-U.S. equity securities.
Investment Policies of the ETF
    The ETF (1) may not invest more than 5% of its total assets (taken 
at market value) in securities of any one issuer, other than 
obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies 
and instrumentalities, or purchase more than 10% of the voting 
securities of any one issuer, with respect to 75% of the ETF's total 
assets; and (2) regarding concentration, may not invest more than 25% 
of its total assets in the securities of companies primarily engaged in 
any one industry or group of industries provided that: (i) This 
limitation does not apply to obligations issued or guaranteed by the 
U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities; and (ii) 
municipalities and their agencies and authorities are not deemed to be 
industries.
    The ETF may not invest more than 15% of its net assets in: (1) 
Illiquid securities; and (2) Rule 144A securities, including time 
deposits and repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days. 
For this purpose, ``illiquid securities'' are securities that the ETF 
may not sell or dispose of within seven days in the ordinary course of 
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at approximately the amount at which the ETF has valued the securities.
    The ETF may invest in mortgage- or other asset-backed securities. 
Mortgage backed securities in which the Fund invests will be investment 
grade. Mortgage-related securities include mortgage pass-through 
securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (``CMOs''), commercial 
mortgage-backed securities, mortgage dollar rolls, CMO residuals, 
stripped mortgage-backed securities (``SMBSs'') and other securities 
that directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are 
secured by and payable from, mortgage loans on real property. The ETF 
will not purchase mortgage-related securities or any other assets which 
in the Sub-Adviser's opinion are illiquid if, as a result, more than 
15% of the value of the ETF's net assets will be illiquid.
    The ETF may invest in unregistered securities, including Rule 144A 
securities, that are purchased directly from the issuer or in the 
secondary market and are subject to limitations on resale.
    The ETF may hold preferred stocks. The ETF may purchase or 
otherwise receive warrants or rights. The ETF may enter into repurchase 
agreements with banks and broker-dealers. The ETF may engage in reverse 
repurchase agreements as a means of raising cash to satisfy redemption 
requests or for other temporary emergency purposes. The ETF may hold 
zero coupon securities and bank obligations, which include certificates 
of deposit, bankers' acceptances, and fixed time deposits. The ETF may 
invest in the securities of other investment companies to the extent 
permitted by law. The ETF may hold corporate and other debt and fixed 
income securities; U.S. Government securities; municipal securities; 
and real estate investment trusts.
    Detailed descriptions of the ETF and the Shares; procedures for 
creating and redeeming Shares; transaction fees and expenses; ETF 
investments; dividends and distributions; taxes; risks; and reports to 
be distributed to beneficial owners of the Shares can be found in the 
Registration Statement or on the Web site for the Fund (http://www.grailadvisors.com.
    Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600 provides that, if the investment 
adviser to the Investment Company issuing Managed Fund Shares is 
affiliated with a broker-dealer, such investment adviser shall erect a 
``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer with 
respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or 
changes to such Investment Company portfolio.\5\ In addition, 
Commentary .06 further requires that personnel who make decisions on 
the open-end fund's portfolio composition must be subject to procedures 
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material nonpublic 
information regarding the open-end fund's portfolio. Commentary .06 to 
Rule 8.600 is similar to Commentary .03(a)(i) and (iii) to NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3); however, Commentary .06 in connection with the 
establishment of a ``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the 
broker-dealer reflects the applicable open-end fund's portfolio, not an 
underlying benchmark index, as is the case with index-based funds. The 
Fund's Manager and Sub-Adviser each is affiliated with a broker-dealer 
and has implemented a fire wall with respect to the affiliated broker-
dealer regarding access to information concerning the composition and/
or changes to a portfolio.\6\ Any additional Fund sub-advisers that are 
affiliated with a broker-dealer will be required to implement a fire 
wall with respect to such broker-dealer regarding access to information 
concerning the composition and/or changes to a portfolio. The Manager 
and Sub-Adviser, each as a Reporting Authority under NYSE Arca Equities 
Rule 8.600(c)(4), have implemented and will maintain, or are subject 
to, procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of 
material non-public information regarding the actual components of the 
Fund's portfolio.
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    \5\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be 
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers 
Act''). As a result, the Manager and Sub-adviser are subject to the 
provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act relating to codes 
of ethics. This Rule requires investment advisers to adopt a code of 
ethics that reflects the fiduciary nature of the relationship to 
clients as well as compliance with other applicable securities laws. 
Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent the communication and 
misuse of non-public information by an investment adviser must be 
consistent with Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act.
    \6\ The Exchange represents that Grail Advisors, LLC, as the 
investment adviser of the Fund, and Western Asset, the Sub-Adviser, 
and their related personnel, are subject to Investment Advisers Act 
Rule 204A-1. This Rule specifically requires the adoption of a code 
of ethics by an investment adviser to include, at a minimum: (i) 
Standards of business conduct that reflect the firm's/personnel 
fiduciary obligations; (ii) provisions requiring supervised persons 
to comply with applicable federal securities laws; (iii) provisions 
that require all access persons to report, and the firm to review, 
their personal securities transactions and holdings periodically as 
specifically set forth in Rule 204A-1; (iv) provisions requiring 
supervised persons to report any violations of the code of ethics 
promptly to the chief compliance officer (``CCO'') or, provided the 
CCO also receives reports of all violations, to other persons 
designated in the code of ethics; and (v) provisions requiring the 
investment adviser to provide each of the supervised persons with a 
copy of the code of ethics with an acknowledgement by said 
supervised persons. In addition, Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers 
Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to provide 
investment advice to clients unless such investment adviser has (i) 
adopted and implemented written policies and procedures reasonably 
designed to prevent violation, by the investment adviser and its 
supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the Commission rules 
adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an annual review 
regarding the adequacy of the policies and procedures established 
pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness of their 
implementation; and (iii) designated an individual (who is a 
supervised person) responsible for administering the policies and 
procedures adopted under subparagraph (i) above.
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Creations and Redemptions of Shares
    As described in the Registration Statement, Shares can be purchased 
by or through an Authorized Participant directly from the ETF only in 
Creation Units, currently 50,000 Shares, or multiples thereof. Creation 
Units may be purchased in exchange for a Fund Deposit, which consists 
of (i) all cash (the ``Cash Value''), (ii) a basket of certain in-kind 
securities and cash (``Partial Cash Value,'' and together with the in-
kind securities (``In-Kind/Cash Basket'') or (iii) a basket of 
securities (the ``In-Kind Creation Basket'') and a Balancing Amount. In 
all instances the value of the Fund Deposit will be equal to the value 
of the Creation Unit.\7\
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    \7\ For an order involving a Creation Unit to be effectuated at 
the ETF's NAV on a particular day, it must be received by the 
Distributor by or before the deadline for such order (``Order Cut-
Off Time''). The Order Cut-Off Time for creation and redemption 
orders for the ETF are 2 p.m. Eastern Time for In-Kind/Cash Basket 
for Cash Value, 2 p.m. Eastern Time for Partial Cash Value and In-
Kind/Cash Basket, and 4 p.m. Eastern Time for In-Kind Creation 
Basket.
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    Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV next 
determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by the 
ETF through the Transfer Agent and only on a Business Day. Creation 
Units generally may be redeemed in exchange for a ``Fund Redemption'', 
which consists of (i) A Cash Value (ii) a basket of in-kind securities 
and Partial Cash Value or (iii) a basket of securities (``In-Kind 
Redemption Basket'') and a Balancing Amount, in all instances equal to 
the value of a Creation Unit.
    The ETF imposes a ``Transaction Fee'' on purchases or redemptions 
of Creation Units to be paid by the purchaser or redeemer in cash.
Availability of Information
    The ETF's Web site (http://www.grailadvisors.com), which will be 
publicly available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include 
a form of the prospectus for the ETF that may be downloaded. The Web 
site will include additional quantitative

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information updated on a daily basis, including, for the ETF: (1) the 
prior business day's reported NAV, mid-point of the bid/ask spread at 
the time of calculation of such NAV (the ``Bid/Ask Price''),\8\ and a 
calculation of the premium and discount of the Bid/Ask Price against 
the NAV; and (2) data in chart format displaying the frequency 
distribution of discounts and premiums of the daily Bid/Ask Price 
against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four 
previous calendar quarters. On each business day, before commencement 
of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session \9\ on the Exchange, 
the Trust will disclose on its Web site the identities and quantities 
of the portfolio of securities and other assets (the ``Disclosed 
Portfolio'') held by the ETF that will form the basis for the ETF's 
calculation of NAV at the end of the business day \10\ as of the close 
of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, generally 4 p.m., 
Eastern Time. The Web site and information will be publicly available 
at no charge.
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    \8\ The Bid/Ask Price of the ETF is determined using the 
midpoint of the highest bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as 
of the time of calculation of the NAV. The records relating to Bid/
Ask Prices will be retained by the ETF and its service providers.
    \9\ The Core Trading Session is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern 
time.
    \10\ Under accounting procedures followed by the ETF, trades 
made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and reflected 
in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Notwithstanding the 
foregoing, portfolio trades that are executed prior to the opening 
of the Exchange on any business day may be booked and reflected in 
NAV on such business day. Accordingly, each ETF will be able to 
disclose at the beginning of the business day the portfolio that 
will form the basis for the NAV calculation at the end of the 
business day.
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    In addition, for the ETF, an estimated value, defined in NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600 as the ``Portfolio Indicative Value,'' that 
reflects an estimated intraday value of the ETF's portfolio, will be 
disseminated through one or more major market data vendors. The 
Portfolio Indicative Value will be based upon the current value for the 
components of the Disclosed Portfolio, provided that illiquid 
securities, mortgage-related securities and other asset-backed 
securities will be valued based on the prior business day's closing 
value, which is the most current value available for such securities. 
The Portfolio Indicative Value will be updated and disseminated by one 
or more major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the 
Core Trading Session. According to the Registration Statement, this 
approximate value should not be viewed as a ``real-time'' update of the 
NAV of the ETF because the approximate value may not be calculated in 
the same manner as the NAV, which is computed once a day. According to 
the Registration Statement, the Portfolio Indicative Value is an 
approximate per-Share value of the ETF's portfolio holdings and does 
not necessarily reflect the precise composition of the current 
portfolio of securities held by the ETF at a particular point in time. 
The quotations for certain investments may not be updated during U.S. 
trading hours if such holdings do not trade in the U.S., except such 
quotations may be updated to reflect currency fluctuations.
    Information regarding market price and volume of the Shares is and 
will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout the day 
on brokers' computer screens and other electronic services. The 
previous day's closing price and trading volume information will be 
published daily in the financial section of newspapers. Quotation and 
last sale information for the Shares will be available via the 
Consolidated Tape Association high-speed line.
    On a daily basis, the ETF will disclose on the ETF's Web site for 
each portfolio security or other financial instrument of the ETF the 
following information: ticker symbol (if applicable), name of security 
or financial instrument, number of shares or dollar value of financial 
instruments held in the portfolio, and percentage weighting of the 
security or financial instrument in the portfolio.
    Investors can also obtain the Trust's Statement of Additional 
Information (``SAI''), the ETF's Shareholder Reports, and its Form N-
CSR and Form N-SAR, filed twice a year. The Trust's SAI and Shareholder 
Reports are available free upon request from the Trust, and those 
documents and the Form N-CSR and Form N-SAR may be viewed on-screen or 
downloaded from the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. 
Information regarding market price and trading volume of the Shares is 
and will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout the 
day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic services. 
Information regarding the previous day's closing price and trading 
volume information will be published daily in the financial section of 
newspapers. Additional information regarding the Shares and the ETF, 
including investment strategies, risks, creation and redemption 
procedures, fees, portfolio holdings disclosure policies, distributions 
and taxes is included in the Registration Statement. All terms relating 
to the ETF that are referred to, but not defined in, this proposed rule 
change are defined in the Registration Statement.
Initial and Continued Listing
    The Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d), 
which sets forth the initial and continued listing criteria applicable 
to Managed Fund Shares. The Exchange represents that, for initial and/
or continued listing, the Shares must be in compliance with Rule 10A-3 
\11\ under the Exchange Act, as provided by NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares will be outstanding at the 
commencement of trading on the Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a 
representation from the issuer of the Shares that the net asset value 
per Share will be calculated daily and that the net asset value and the 
Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market participants 
at the same time.
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Trading Halts
    With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all 
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares of the ETF. Shares of the ETF will be halted if 
the ``circuit breaker'' parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 are 
reached. 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 securities comprising the Disclosed Portfolio and/or 
the financial instruments of the ETF; or (2) whether other unusual 
conditions or circumstances detrimental to the maintenance of a fair 
and orderly market are present. Trading in the Shares will be subject 
to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth 
circumstances under which Shares of the ETF may be halted.
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 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in 
accordance with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34 (Opening, Core, and Late 
Trading Sessions). The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate 
transactions in the Shares during all trading sessions. As provided in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03, the minimum price 
variation (``MPV'') for quoting and entry of orders in equity 
securities traded on the NYSE Arca Marketplace is $0.01, with the 
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$1.00 for which the MPV for order entry is $0.0001.
Surveillance
    The Exchange intends to utilize its existing surveillance 
procedures applicable to derivative products (which includes Managed 
Fund Shares) to monitor trading in the Shares. The Exchange represents 
that these procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading 
of the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect 
violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws.
    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.
    The Exchange may obtain information via the Intermarket 
Surveillance Group (``ISG'') from other exchanges who are members of 
ISG.\12\
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    \12\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see http://www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that many of the components of 
the Disclosed Portfolio for the ETF may not trade on exchanges that 
are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a 
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
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    In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the 
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
Information Bulletin
    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin (``Bulletin'') of the special 
characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. 
Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss the following: (1) The 
procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit 
aggregations (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); (2) 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), 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) the risks involved in trading 
the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading Sessions when an updated 
Portfolio Indicative Value will not be calculated or publicly 
disseminated; (4) how information regarding the Portfolio Indicative 
Value is disseminated; (5) the requirement that ETP Holders deliver a 
prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or 
concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction; and (6) trading 
information.
    In addition, the Bulletin will reference that the ETF is subject to 
various fees and expenses described in the Registration Statement. The 
Bulletin will discuss any exemptive, no-action, and interpretive relief 
granted by the Commission from any rules under the Exchange Act. The 
Bulletin will also disclose that the NAV for the Shares will be 
calculated after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time each trading day.
2. Statutory Basis
    The basis under the Exchange Act for this proposed rule change is 
the requirement under Section 6(b)(5) \13\ that an exchange have rules 
that are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and 
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market 
and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. The 
Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will facilitate the 
listing and trading of additional types of exchange-traded products 
that will enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit 
of investors and the marketplace. In addition, the listing and trading 
criteria set forth in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 are intended to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(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

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

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

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) By order approve or disapprove the proposed rule change, or
    (B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

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-NYSEArca-2010-117 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 Number SR- NYSEArca-2010-117. 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 Web site 
viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090 on official business days 
between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing will also be available 
for inspection and copying at the Exchange's principal office. 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-2010-117 and should 
be submitted on or before January 18, 2011.


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    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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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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