[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3068-3069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00222]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79738; File No. SR-NYSEMKT-2016-103]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change Allowing the Exchange To Trade Pursuant to Unlisted Trading 
Privileges for Any NMS Stock Listed on Another National Securities 
Exchange; Establishing Rules for the Trading Pursuant to UTP of 
Exchange-Traded Products; and Adopting New Equity Trading Rules 
Relating to Trading Halts of Securities Traded Pursuant to UTP on the 
Pillar Platform

January 4, 2017.
    On November 17, 2016, NYSE MKT LLC (``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 (1) allow the 
Exchange to trade pursuant to unlisted trading privileges (``UTP'') for 
any NMS Stock listed on another national securities exchange; (2) 
establish rules for the trading pursuant to UTP of exchange-traded 
products; and (3) adopt new equity trading rules relating to trading 
halts of securities traded pursuant to UTP on the Pillar platform. The 
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register 
on December 1, 2016.\3\ The Commission has received no comments on the 
proposed rule change.
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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. 79400 (Nov. 25, 
2016), 81 FR 86750.
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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 after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is January 15, 2017. 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 that it is appropriate to designate a longer 
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within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change. Accordingly, the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates 
March 1, 2017, as the date by which the Commission should either 
approve or disapprove or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove the proposed rule change (File Number SR-NYSEMKT-2016-103).
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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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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00222 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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