[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24950]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-73364; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2014-89]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change To List and Trade Shares of Eight PIMCO Exchange-Traded Funds

October 15, 2014.
    On August 15, 2014, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or ``Exchange'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to 
list and trade shares of the following eight PIMCO exchange-traded 
funds, pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: PIMCO 
StocksPLUS[supreg] Absolute Return Exchange-Traded Fund, PIMCO Small 
Cap StocksPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy Exchange-Traded Fund, PIMCO 
Fundamental IndexPLUS[supreg] AR Exchange-Traded Fund, PIMCO Small 
Company Fundamental IndexPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy Exchange-Traded Fund, 
PIMCO EM Fundamental IndexPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy Exchange-Traded 
Fund, PIMCO International Fundamental IndexPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy 
Exchange-Traded Fund, PIMCO EM StocksPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy Exchange-
Traded Fund, and PIMCO International StocksPLUS[supreg] AR Strategy 
Exchange-Traded Fund (Unhedged). The proposed rule change was published 
for comment in the Federal Register on September 3, 2014.\3\ The 
Commission received no comments on the proposal.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72937 (August 27, 
2014), 79 FR 52385.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day for this filing is October 18, 2014. The Commission is 
extending this 45-day time period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider this proposed rule change. Accordingly, the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates 
December 2, 2014, as the date by which the Commission shall either 
approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-NYSEArca-2014-89).
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-24950 Filed 10-20-14; 8:45 am]
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