[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 215 (Monday, November 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 78228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26787]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79216; File No. SR-CHX-2016-16]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; 
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a 
Proposed Rule Change To Adopt the CHX Liquidity Taking Access Delay

November 1, 2016.
    On September 6, 2016, the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. (``CHX'') 
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 
adopt the CHX Liquidity Taking Access Delay. The proposed rule change 
was published for comment in the Federal Register on September 22, 
2016.\3\ The Commission received thirteen comment letters on the 
proposed rule change \4\ and a response letter from the Exchange.\5\
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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. 78860 (September 16, 
2016), 81 FR 65442.
    \4\ See letters from: Douglas A. Cifu, Chief Executive Officer, 
Virtu Financial, dated September 21, 2016; R.T. Leuchtkafer, dated 
September 29, 2016; Adam Nunes, Head of Business Development, Hudson 
River Trading LLC, dated October 6, 2016; Beste Bidd, Trader, dated 
October 9, 2016; Joanna Mallers, Secretary, FIA Principal Traders 
Group, dated October 13, 2016; John L. Thornton, Co-Chair, Hal S. 
Scott, Director, and R. Glenn Hubbard, Co-Chair, Committee on 
Capital Markets Regulation, dated October 13, 2016; Adam C. Cooper, 
Senior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, Citadel 
Securities, dated October 13, 2016; Tyler Gellasch, Executive 
Director, Healthy Markets Association, dated October 13, 2016; Eric 
Budish, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School 
of Business, dated October 13, 2016; Elizabeth K. King, General 
Counsel and Corporate Secretary, New York Stock Exchange, dated 
October 14, 2016; James J. Angel, Associate Professor, McDonough 
School of Business, Georgetown University, dated October 16, 2016; 
Eric Swanson, EVP, General Counsel, and Secretary, Bats Global 
Markets, Inc., dated October 25, 2016; and Eric Pritchett, Chief 
Executive Officer, Potamus Trading LLC, dated October 26, 2016. All 
of the comment letters are available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-chx-2016-16/chx201616.shtml.
    \5\ See letter from James Ongena, Executive Vice President and 
General Counsel, Chicago Stock Exchange, dated October 28, 2016.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \6\ 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 after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is November 6, 2016. The Commission is extending this 45-day time 
period.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer 
period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that 
it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the 
comment letters. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 
19(b)(2) of the Act,\7\ designates December 21, 2016, 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 Number SR-CHX-2016-16).
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    \7\ Id.
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    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
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    \8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).

Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-26787 Filed 11-4-16; 8:45 am]
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