[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56847-56848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23380]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-65286; File No. SR-DTC-2011-07]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; 
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change as Modified by Amendment Nos. 
1 and 2 Relating to a New Daily Report Subscription for Security 
Position Reports

September 7, 2011.
    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 August 24, 2011, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') and on August 
31, 2011, and September 7, 2011, filed Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, 
respectively, to the proposed rule change \3\ as described in Items I 
and II below, which Items have been prepared primarily by DTC. The 
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the 
proposed rule change, as amended, from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ DTC's amendment of August 31, 2011, clarified that the 
effective date of the proposed fee schedule would be the date that 
the Commission approves the proposed rule change. DTC's amendment of 
September 7, 2011, added a statement that DTC believes that the 
proposed rule change is consistent with Rule 17Ad-8, 17 CFR 
240.17Ad-8, which is reflected in the last paragraph of Section II.A 
below.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    DTC proposes to add a new Daily Report subscription category to its 
Security Position Report (``SPR'') Service.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, DTC 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. DTC 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

    SPRs are reports produced by DTC that provide information on the 
holdings on a specified day of an issuer's security in DTC participant 
accounts. The SPR service enables an issuer, trustee, or authorized 
third party to request a report that reflects each participant's 
closing position recorded by DTC for a specific issue on a subscription 
basis. Currently, DTC offers subscription on a weekly, monthly, 
dividend record date, and special request (i.e., an ``as needed'') 
basis.\4\ With respect to special request SPRs, the entities requesting 
these reports tend to be corporate issuers seeking holder information 
with respect to their equity securities.
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    \4\ For information on DTC's current rules relating to SPRs, 
refer to Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52393 (Sept. 8, 2005), 
70 FR 54598 (Sept. 15, 2005) [File No. SR-DTC-2005-12].
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    Recently, some authorized users of the SPR service have been 
ordering the special request SPR on a daily basis in order to satisfy 
certain tax reporting requirements in non-US markets. DTC's fees for 
special request SPRs are currently $120 per CUSIP. As a result of the 
expense associated with ordering SPRs on a daily basis, the non-US 
issuer/trustee community has requested that DTC create a daily 
subscription for SPRs so that a manual tracking process implemented on 
an interim basis can be replaced by the more efficient SPR process. DTC 
reviewed this request and determined that it would be feasible for

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it to offer SPR subsriptions on a daily basis.
    This proposed change to the SPR service will require an update to 
the DTC Fee Schedule to reflect the new subscription type. 
Specifically, DTC proposes to charge $9,450 per year for the first 
recipient of the SPR for a security issue and $6,785 for each 
additional recipient of the SPR for that security. In addition, DTC 
proposes to charge $2,785 per year for each additional CUSIP in the 
same family (i.e., securities whose CUSIP numbers have the same first 
six characters) of securities, one of which is the subject of an 
existing Daily Report annual subscription. A one year minimum Daily 
Report subscription would be required to qualify for this new 
subscription category.
    In addition, DTC proposes to offer a new ``Commercial Paper Family 
Report'' that would indicate DTC's participants' closing positions in 
commercial paper securities as of a specific date. The fee for this 
report would be $22 per report for each additional CUSIP in the same 
family, which, similar to the proposed Daily Report subscription 
explained above, refers to securities with the same base CUSIP number 
(i.e., securities whose CUSIP numbers have the same first six 
characters), of securities, one of which is the subject of an existing 
Daily Report annual subscription.
    DTC is also updating its SPR Fee Schedule with certain technical 
changes that are detailed in Exhibit 5 to DTC's filing and that can be 
viewed online at http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rule_filings/dtc/2011.php.
    DTC states that the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
requirements of Section 17A of the Act \5\ and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to DTC because it is designed to 
facilitate the distribution of security position information to issuers 
and trustees in connection with their regulatory reporting obligations 
and, as such, promotes the protection of investors and the public 
interest. In addition and more specifically, DTC believes that the 
proposed rule filing is consistent with Rule 17Ad-8 under the Act \6\ 
in that the proposed fees are designed to recover the reasonable costs 
of providing the securities position listing. DTC based its pricing for 
the provision of the securities position listing using the underlying 
costs of providing the service versus the projected volumes.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
    \6\ Supra note 2.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    DTC does not believe that the proposed rule change will have any 
impact or impose any burden on competition.

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

    DTC has not solicited or received written comments relating to the 
proposed rule change. DTC will notify the Commission of any written 
comments it receives.

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 (i) as the Commission may 
designate up to ninety days of such date 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 No. SR-DTC-2011-07 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-DTC-2011-07. 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, on official business days between the hours of 10 
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filings also will be available for 
inspection and copying at DTC's principal office and DTC's Web site at 
http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rule_filings/dtc/2011.php. 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. SR-DTC-2011-07 and should be 
submitted on or before October 5, 2011.

    For the Commission by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-23380 Filed 9-13-11; 8:45 am]
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