[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12157-12160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4889]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63971; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2011-05]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.16 (Short Sales) in Order To Implement the Provisions 
of Rule 201 of Regulation SHO Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 25, 2011.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that, on February 24, 2011, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 
below, which Items have been substantially prepared by the self-
regulatory organization. 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\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 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 amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.16 (Short 
Sales) in order to implement the provisions of Rule 201 of Regulation 
SHO (``Rule 201'') \4\ under the Act, which, if triggered, imposes a 
restriction on the prices at which covered securities may be sold short 
(``Short Sale Price Test''). Among other things, Rule 201 requires 
trading centers to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies 
and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the execution or display 
of a short sale order of a covered security at a price that is less 
than or equal to the current national best bid if the price of a 
covered security decreases by 10% or more from the covered security's 
closing price as determined by the listing market for the covered 
security as of the end of regular trading hours on the prior day. The 
proposed rule amendment would establish procedures for the Exchange, as 
a listing market, to determine that a Short Sale Price Test has been 
triggered for a covered security. The proposed rule amendment would 
also establish the protocols for the handling of short sale orders by 
the Exchange, as a trading center, in the event the Short Sale Price 
Test is triggered, including establishing what types of short sale 
orders will be re-priced to achieve a permitted price, in accordance 
with Rule 201, during the period in which a Short Sale Price Test is in 
effect (``Short Sale Period'').\5\ Amended Rule 7.16 would also 
establish Exchange procedures regarding the execution and display of 
permissible orders during the Short Sale Period, and the execution of 
orders marked ``short exempt.'' Finally, the proposed rule amendment 
would also establish Exchange procedures for addressing situations 
where the Exchange determines that the Short Sale Price Test for a 
covered security was triggered by a ``clearly erroneous'' execution as 
that term is defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.10.\6\
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    \4\ 17 CFR 242.201.
    \5\ See notes 23-31 infra and accompanying text.
    \6\ See infra note 22 and accompanying text regarding ``clearly 
erroneous'' trades and proposed Rule 7.16(f)(iv)(A). The proposed 
rule amendment would, among other things, establish the duration of 
the Short Sale Price Test. See infra note 21 and accompanying text.
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    The Exchange also proposes to amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.65, 
which applies to the Exchange's Portfolio Crossing Service (``PCS''), 
to exempt PCS transactions from the short sale price test restrictions 
contained in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.16(f). PCS short sale 
transactions would, however, be subject to the order marking and 
securities lending provisions of Paragraphs (a)-(e) of NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.16. The text of the proposed rule change is available 
at the Exchange, the Commission's Public Reference Room, and http://www.nyse.com.

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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
    On February 26, 2010, the Commission adopted amendments to Rule 
201.\7\ Among other things, the amendments establish a short sale-
related circuit breaker that, if triggered with respect to a covered 
security,\8\ imposes a short sale price test.\9\ Amended Rule 201 
became effective on May 10, 2010 and the compliance date for the Rule 
is February 28, 2011.\10\
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    \7\ Amendments to Regulation SHO, Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 61595 (Feb. 26, 2010), 75 FR 11232 (Mar. 10, 2010) 
(``Rule 201 Adopting Release''). In the Rule 201 Adopting Release, 
the Commission also adopted amendments to Rule 200(g) of Regulation 
SHO to include a ``short exempt'' marking requirement. 17 CFR 
242.200(g).
    \8\ The term ``covered security'' shall have the same meaning as 
in Rule 201 of Regulation SHO. Rule 201(a)(1) defines the term 
``covered security'' to mean any ``NMS stock'' as defined under Rule 
600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS. Rule 600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS 
defines an ``NMS stock'' as ``any NMS security other than an 
option.'' Rule 600(b)(46) of Regulation NMS defines an ``NMS 
security'' as ``any security or class of securities for which 
transaction reports are collected, processed, and made available 
pursuant to an effective transaction reporting plan, or an effective 
national market system plan for reporting transactions in listed 
options.'' 17 CFR 242.201(a)(1); 17 CFR 242.600(b)(47); and 17 CFR 
242.600(b)(46).
    \9\ 17 CFR 242.201(b).
    \10\ Rule 201 Adopting Release, 75 FR 11232. The Rule 201 
compliance date, originally set for November 10, 2010, was extended 
to February 28, 2011 in Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63247 
(Nov. 4, 2010), 75 FR 68702 (Nov. 9, 2010). The May 10th effective 
date and February 28th compliance date also apply to amended Rule 
200(g).
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    Rule 201(b) requires that trading centers,\11\ including NYSE Arca, 
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to prevent the execution or display of a short sale 
order of a covered security at a price that is less than or equal to 
the current national best bid \12\ if the price of that covered 
security decreases by 10% or more from the covered security's closing 
price as determined by the listing market \13\ for the covered security 
as of the end of regular trading hours on the prior day (``Trigger 
Price'').\14\ In addition, Rule 201(b) requires that trading centers 
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to impose the Short Sale Price Test for the 
remainder of the day and the following day when a national best bid for 
the covered security is calculated and disseminated on a current and 
continuing basis by a plan processor pursuant to an effective national 
market system plan.\15\
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    \11\ Rule 201(a)(9) states that the term ``trading center'' 
shall have the same meaning as in Rule 600(b)(78) of Regulation NMS. 
Rule 600(b)(78) defines a ``trading center'' as ``a national 
securities exchange or national securities association that operates 
an SRO trading facility, an alternative trading system, an exchange 
market maker, an OTC market maker, or any other broker or dealer 
that executes orders internally by trading as principal or crossing 
orders as agent.'' 17 CFR 242.600(b)(78).
    \12\ The term ``national best bid'' shall have the same meaning 
as in Rule 201 of Regulation SHO. Rule 201(a)(4) states that such 
term shall have the same meaning as in Rule 600(b)(42) of Regulation 
NMS. 17 CFR 242.201(a)(4). See also 17 CFR 242.600(b)(42).
    \13\ The term ``listing market'' shall have the same meaning as 
in Rule 201 of Regulation SHO. Rule 201(a)(3) defines the term 
``listing market'' to have the same meaning as the term ``listing 
market'' as defined in the effective transaction reporting plan for 
the covered security. 17 CFR 242.201(a)(3). See also 17 CFR 
242.201(a)(2).
    \14\ 17 CFR 242.201(b)(1)(i).
    \15\ 17 CFR 242.201(b)(1)(ii). In addition, if the price of a 
covered security declines intra-day by at least 10% on a day on 
which the security is already subject to the short sale price test 
restriction of Rule 201, the restriction will be re-triggered and, 
therefore, will continue in effect for the remainder of that day and 
the following day. See Rule 201 Adopting Release, 75 FR 11232, 
11253, n. 290. Rule 201 does not place any limit on the frequency or 
number of times the circuit breaker can be re-triggered with respect 
to a particular stock. Division of Trading and Markets: Responses to 
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Rule 201 of Regulation SHO, at 
Q&A 2.2 (``T&M FAQs'').
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    In the Rule 201 Adopting Release, the Commission stated that it was 
appropriate to adopt a short sale-related circuit breaker because, when 
triggered, it will prevent short selling, including potentially 
manipulative or abusive short selling, from driving down further the 
price of a security that has already experienced a significant intra-
day price decline, and will facilitate the ability of long sellers to 
sell first upon such a decline.\16\ The Commission further stated that 
this approach establishes a narrowly-tailored Rule that strikes an 
appropriate balance between its goal of preventing potential short sale 
abuses and the need to limit impediments to the normal operations of 
the market,\17\ and as such, the Rule will help address the erosion of 
investor confidence in markets generally.\18\ For these reasons, the 
Exchange seeks to amend its short sale rule to comply with the 
Commission's amendment of Rule 201.
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    \16\ Rule 201 Adopting Release, 75 FR 11232.
    \17\ Rule 201 Adopting Release, 75 FR 11232, 11252.
    \18\ See id.
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    Paragraph (f)(ii) of Rule 7.16, as proposed to be amended, makes 
clear that, in compliance with Rule 201, in the event a covered 
security experiences a decrease in price of 10% or more, as determined 
by the listing market for the security, from the security's closing 
price on the listing market as of the end of regular trading hours on 
the prior day, except for certain permissible and ``short exempt'' 
orders,\19\ Exchange systems will not execute or display a short sale 
order with respect to that security at a price that is less than or 
equal to the current national best bid.
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    \19\ See paragraphs (vi) and (vii) of proposed Rule 7.16(f) 
regarding the treatment of permissible and ``short exempt'' orders.
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    Where the Exchange is the listing market for a covered security, 
Exchange systems will determine whether the short sale price test 
restrictions of Rule 201 have been triggered (i.e., whether a 
transaction in a covered security has occurred at a Trigger Price) and 
will notify the single plan processor responsible for consolidation of 
information for the covered security pursuant to Rule 603(b) of 
Regulation NMS.\20\ The Trigger Price of a covered security will not be 
calculated until the Exchange opens trading for that security. In 
circumstances where a covered security did not trade on the Exchange on 
the prior trading day (for example, due to a trading halt, trading 
suspension, or otherwise), the Exchange will base its determination of 
the Trigger Price on the last sale price on the Exchange for that 
security on the most recent day on which the security did trade.
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    \20\ 17 CFR 242.201(b)(3). See also Rule 201(a)(6) of Regulation 
SHO, which defines the term ``plan processor'' to have the same 
meaning as in Rule 600(b)(55) of Regulation NMS. 17 CFR 
242.600(b)(55). The single plan processors are ``exclusive 
processors'' as defined under Section 3(a)(22) of the Act. See 15 
U.S.C. 78c(a)(22).
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    Once a Short Sale Price Test is triggered by the listing market, 
the Short Sale Price Test will remain in effect until the close of 
trading on the next trading day.\21\ If, however, the Exchange 
determines that the Short Sale Price Test for a covered security was 
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execution,\22\ the Exchange may lift the Short Sale Price Test before 
the Short Sale Period ends for securities for which the Exchange is the 
listing market or, for securities listed on another market, notify the 
other market of the Exchange's determination that the triggering 
transaction was a clearly erroneous execution. Similarly, if the 
Exchange determines that the prior day's closing price for a covered 
security for which the Exchange is the listing market is incorrect in 
Exchange systems and resulted in an incorrect determination that the 
short sale price test restriction had been triggered, the Exchange may 
correct the prior day's closing price and lift the Short Sale Price 
Test before the Short Sale Period ends.
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    \21\ The Short Sale Price Test will remain in effect at all 
times when quotation information and the national best bid is 
collected, processed and disseminated. This may extend beyond 
regular trading hours. T&M FAQs, supra note 15, at Q&A 2.1.
    \22\ Determination of a ``clearly erroneous'' transaction will 
be made in accordance with Rule 7.10.
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    During the Short Sale Period, short sale orders that are limited to 
the national best bid or lower and short sale market orders will be re-
priced by Exchange systems one minimum price increment above the 
current national best bid (``Permitted Price'') to permit their 
execution at a price that is compliant with the Short Sale Price Test. 
Consistent with Rule 201,\23\ the Permitted Price for securities for 
which the national best bid is $1 or more is $.01 above the national 
best bid; the Permitted Price for securities for which the national 
best bid is below $1 is $.0001 above the national best bid.\24\
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    \23\ Rule 201 Adopting Release, 75 FR 11232, 11247.
    \24\ See 17 CFR 242.612.
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    For displayed orders, the Exchange will continue to re-price a 
short sale order downward as the national best bid moves down but will 
not re-price upwards. For non-displayed orders, the Exchange will 
continue to re-price short sale orders both downward and upwards to 
reflect changes in the national best bid. The following are the pricing 
protocols during the Short Sale Period for specific order types that 
are not marked ``short exempt'':
    (A) Reject Option--Individual short sale orders may be marked to be 
rejected back if entered while a symbol is subject to the Short Sale 
Price Test.
    (B) MPL Orders--Mid-Point Passive Liquidity (``MPL'') orders \25\ 
will continue to be priced at the mid-point of the national best bid 
and national best offer, including situations where the mid-point is 
not one minimum price increment above the national best bid.\26\
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    \25\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(h)(5). These orders will not 
be displayed or executed at the national best bid in locked markets.
    \26\ Exchange system handling of orders will comply with the 
pricing increment provisions of Rule 612 of Regulation NMS. See 17 
CFR 242.612.
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    (C) Re-pricing of Marketable Orders--All other marketable short 
sale orders will be re-priced at the Permitted Price. To reflect 
declines in the national best bid, the Exchange will continue to re-
price a short sale order at the lowest Permitted Price down to the 
order's original limit price, or if a market order, until the order is 
filled.
    (D) Undisplayed Orders--Short sale orders that are not displayable 
upon entry will be handled as follows by Exchange systems:
    (i) Market orders and Passive Liquidity (``PL'') orders \27\ will 
be re-priced at a Permitted Price. Market orders and PL orders will 
continuously re-price at a Permitted Price as the national best bid 
moves both up and down.
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    \27\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(h)(4).
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    (ii) PNP (``Post No Preference'') Blind (``PNPB'') orders \28\ will 
be re-priced at a Permitted Price. PNPB orders are displayed once they 
are re-priced. PNPB orders will re-price down when the national best 
bid moves down but will not move up in price if the national best bid 
moves up and will instead remain at the price displayed.
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    \28\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(mm).
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    (E) IOC Orders--Immediate or Cancel (IOC'') orders,\29\ requiring 
that all of part of the order be executed immediately, will be executed 
to the extent possible at a Permitted Price and higher and then 
cancelled, and will not be re-priced.
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    \29\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(e).
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    (F) PNP ISO Orders--PNP Inter-market Sweep orders \30\ are rejected 
if the price is at or below the current national best bid.
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    \30\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(w) and (jj).
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    (G) Short Sale Cross Orders--Short sale cross orders \31\ priced at 
or below the current national best bid will be rejected.
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    \31\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.31(s).
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    During the Short Sale Period, Exchange systems will execute and 
display a short sale order without regard to price if, at the time of 
initial display of the short sale order, the order was at a price above 
the then current national best bid.\32\ Un-displayed short sale orders 
that are entered into the Exchange's systems prior to the Short Sale 
Period will be re-priced as described above.
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    \32\ 17 CFR 242.201(b)(1)(iii)(A).
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    As permitted by Rule 201, during the Short Sale Period, Exchange 
systems will execute and display orders marked ``short exempt'' without 
regard to whether the order is at a Permitted Price. Exchange systems 
will also accept orders marked ``short exempt'' at any time when such 
systems are open for order entry, regardless of whether the Short Sale 
Price Test has been triggered.\33\
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    \33\ Exchange systems will also follow the guidance in the T&M 
FAQs. See supra note 15.
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    During the Short Sale Period, re-priced PNP Blind, PL and MPL 
discretion orders will be ranked in the NYSE Arca Book \34\ in time 
order. Market orders have priority over all other order types.
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    \34\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 1.1 (definition of NYSE Arca Book).
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    In addition, at any time sell orders may be cancelled and replaced 
as follows; (1) sell to sell short, (2) sell to sell short exempt, (3) 
sell short to sell, (4) sell short to sell short exempt, (5) sell short 
exempt to sell, and (6) sell short exempt to sell short. Orders 
modified will retain their priority in the NYSE Arca Book provided they 
are not increasing in volume or changing price.\35\
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    \35\ Cancelled and replaced orders that have been re-priced will 
not retain their priority in the NYSE Arca Book.
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    The Exchange is also proposing to amend 7.16(a) to define ``short 
exempt'' orders and to amend 7.16(b) and 7.16(c) to add language 
providing for ``short exempt'' marking in accordance with Rule 200(g) 
of Regulation SHO.\36\
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    \36\ 17 CFR 242.200(g)(2). Under Rule 200(g)(2), an order may be 
marked ``short exempt'' if the broker-dealer had a reasonable basis 
for believing that the order meets one of the exceptions specified 
in Rule 201(d) of Regulation SHO or if it is entered during a Short 
Sale Period and meets the conditions specified in Rule 201(c) of 
Regulation SHO. See 17 CFR 242.201(d); 17 CFR 242.201(c); T&M FAQs, 
supra note 15, at Q&As 4.2, 5.4 and 5.5.
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    Finally, the Exchange also proposes to amend NYSE Arca Equities 
Rule 7.65, which applies to the Exchange's PCS, to exempt PCS 
transactions from the short sale price test contained in NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.16(f). PCS transactions occur after the 8 pm (Eastern 
time) close of the consolidated transaction reporting system and 
consolidated quotation dissemination. Accordingly, PCS transactions 
would not be subject to the short sale price test restrictions of Rule 
201, as reflected in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.16, which apply only 
when the national best bid is calculated and disseminated.\37\ PCS 
short sale transactions would, however, be subject to the order marking 
and securities lending provisions of Paragraphs (a)-(e) of NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.16.
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    \37\ See T&M FAQs, supra note 15, at Q&A 2.1.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 
6(b)

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of the Act,\38\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 
6(b)(5) of the Act,\39\ in particular, in that it is designed to, among 
other things, prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, 
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest. The proposal is designed to 
implement the provisions of Rule 201 of Regulation SHO by establishing, 
maintaining and enforcing written policies and procedures reasonably 
designed to prevent the execution or display of a short sale order of a 
covered security in violation of the short sale price restrictions 
established in that rule. To that end, the proposed rule change will, 
among other things, establish the Exchange's procedures regarding the 
execution and display of permissible orders during the Short Sale 
Period, and the execution of orders marked ``short exempt.''
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    \38\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \39\ 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

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \40\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\41\ 
Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the 
protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 
30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as 
the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \42\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.\43\
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    \40\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \41\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \42\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \43\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file 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.
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \44\ normally 
does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the 
filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\45\ the Commission 
may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has asked 
the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal 
may become operative immediately upon filing. The Commission hereby 
grants the request.\46\ Waiving the 30-day operative delay will allow 
the Exchange to implement the proposed amendments by February 28, 2011, 
which, as noted by the Exchange, is the compliance date for amendments 
to Regulation SHO under the Act. By waiving the operative delay, the 
Exchange will be able to comply with the amendments to Regulation SHO 
by February 28, 2011. Therefore, the Commission believes it is 
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest to 
waive the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposal as 
operative upon filing.
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    \44\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \45\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \46\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has considered the proposed rule change's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 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 summarily may temporarily suspend 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-NYSEARCA-2011-05 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-2011-05. 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. Copies of the filing will also 
be available for inspection and copying at the Exchange's principal 
office and on its Internet Web site at http://www.nyse.com. 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-2011-05 and should 
be submitted on or before March 25, 2011.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\47\
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    \47\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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