[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16459-16460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06569]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-80337; File No. SR-NYSEMKT-2017-01]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To Adopt New Equities Trading Rules To Transition Trading on the 
Exchange From a Floor Based Market With a Parity Allocation Model to 
Fully Automated Price-Time Priority Model on the Exchange's New Trading 
Technology Platform, Pillar

March 29, 2017.
    On January 25, 2017, NYSE MKT LLC (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE MKT'') 
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 
transition trading on the Exchange to Pillar, the Exchange's new 
trading technology platform, and to operate as a fully automated cash 
equities market. The proposed rule change was published for comment in 
the Federal Register on February 15, 2017.\3\ The Commission 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. 79993 (Feb. 9, 
2017), 82 FR 10814.
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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 approved or 
disapproved. The 45th day after publication of the notice for this 
proposed rule change is April 1, 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 
period 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 May 16, 2017, as the date by which the

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Commission should either approve or disapprove or institute proceedings 
to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change (File 
Number SR-NYSEMKT-2017-01).
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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. 2017-06569 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
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