[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22038-22042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09530]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-80614; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2017-029]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order 
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment 
Nos. 2, 3, and 4, to List and Trade Shares of the Gabelli Small Cap 
Growth Fund and the Gabelli RBI Fund Under Nasdaq Rule 5745

May 5, 2017.

I. Introduction

    On March 17, 2017, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' 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 common shares (``Shares'') of 
the Gabelli Small Cap Growth NextSharesTM (``Gabelli Small 
Cap Growth Fund'') and the Gabelli RBI NextSharesTM 
(``Gabelli RBI Fund'') (each, a ``Fund,'' and collectively, the 
``Funds'') under Nasdaq Rule 5745. The proposed rule change was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on March 31, 2017.\3\ On 
April 13, 2017, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule 
change; on April 24, 2017, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 3 to the 
proposed rule change; and on May 3, 2017, the Exchange filed Amendment 
No. 4 to the proposed rule change.\4\ The Commission received no 
comments on the proposed rule change. This order grants approval of the 
proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 4.
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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. 80315 (March 27, 
2017), 82 FR 16075 (``Notice'').
    \4\ On April 11, 2017, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the 
proposed rule change and, on April 13, 2017, the Exchange withdrew 
Amendment No. 1. Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change 
replaces and supersedes the original filing in its entirety. In 
Amendment No. 2, the Exchange: (a) Represents that the Adviser will 
maintain a fire wall with respect to its affiliated broker-dealer 
regarding access to information concerning the composition of, and/
or changes to, each Fund's portfolio; (b) represents that personnel 
who make decisions on each Fund's portfolio composition must be 
subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination 
of material, non-public information regarding each Fund's portfolio; 
(c) provides additional detail regarding the investments of each 
Fund; (d) modifies the continued listing representations to conform 
to Nasdaq rules; and (e) makes other technical, non-substantive 
corrections in the proposed rule change. Amendment No. 2 is 
available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-029/nasdaq2017029-1701356-149968.pdf. Amendment Nos. 3 to the proposed 
rule change is a partial amendment in which the Exchange clarifies 
that, under normal market conditions, the Gabelli RBI Fund invests 
primarily in equity securities, such as common stock, of domestic 
and foreign services and equipment companies focused on physical 
asset development, including roads, bridges, and infrastructure 
(RBI). Amendment No. 3 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-029/nasdaq2017029-1717445-150417.pdf. 
Amendment No. 4 to the proposed rule change is a partial amendment 
in which the Exchange clarifies that the Reporting Authority (as 
defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745) will implement and maintain, or ensure 
that the Composition File (as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745) will be 
subject to, procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination 
of material non-public information regarding the Fund's portfolio 
positions and changes in the positions. Amendment No. 4 is available 
at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-029/nasdaq2017029-1734987-150973.pdf. Because Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 4 to the 
proposed rule change do not materially alter the substance of the 
proposed rule change or raise unique or novel regulatory issues, 
Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 4 are not subject to notice and comment.
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II. Exchange's Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares of the Funds 
under Nasdaq Rule 5745, which governs the listing and trading of 
Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares, as defined in Nasdaq Rule 
5745(c)(1). Each Fund is a series of the Gabelli 
NextSharesTM Trust (``Trust'').\5\ The Exchange represents 
that the Trust is registered with the Commission as an open-end 
investment company and that it has filed a registration statement on 
Form N-1A (``Registration Statement'') with the Commission with respect 
to the Funds.\6\
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    \5\ According to the Exchange, the Commission has issued an 
order granting the Trust and certain affiliates of the Trust 
exemptive relief under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``1940 
Act''). See Investment Company Act Release No. 31608 (May 19, 2015) 
(File No. 812-14438). The Exchange represents that, in compliance 
with Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(5), which applies to Shares based on an 
international or global portfolio, the Trust's application for 
exemptive relief under the 1940 Act states that the Trust will 
comply with the federal securities laws in accepting securities for 
deposits and satisfying redemptions with securities, including that 
the securities accepted for deposits and the securities used to 
satisfy redemption requests are sold in transactions that would be 
exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended.
    \6\ See Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the Trust dated 
March 14, 2017 (File Nos. 333-211881 and 811-23160).
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    Gabelli Funds, LLC (``Adviser'') will be the Adviser to the Funds. 
G.distributors, LLC, will be the principal underwriter and distributor 
of the Funds' Shares. The Bank of New York Mellon will act as custodian 
and transfer agent. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. will act 
as the sub-administrator to the Funds. Interactive Data Pricing and 
Reference Data, Inc. will calculate the Intraday Indicative Value (as 
described below) for the Funds.
    The Exchange has made the following representations and statements 
in describing the Funds.\7\ According to the Exchange, each Fund will 
be actively managed and will pursue the various principal investment 
strategies described below.\8\
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    \7\ The Commission notes that additional information regarding 
the Trust, the Funds, and the Shares, including investment 
strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures, calculation 
of net asset value (``NAV''), fees, distributions, and taxes, among 
other things, can be found in the Notice, Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 
4, and Registration Statement, as applicable. See supra notes 3, 4, 
and 6, respectively, and accompanying text.
    \8\ According to the Exchange, additional information regarding 
the Funds will be available on one of two free public Web sites 
(www.gabelli.com or www.nextshares.com), as well as in the 
Registration Statement for the Funds.
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A. Principal Investment Strategies

1. The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund
    The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to provide a high level of 
capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Gabelli Small 
Cap Growth Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings 
for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies that are 
considered to be small companies at the time the Gabelli Small Cap 
Growth Fund makes its investment. The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund 
invests primarily in the common stocks of companies, which the Adviser 
believes are likely to have rapid growth in revenues and above average 
rates of earnings growth. The Adviser currently characterizes small 
companies for the Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund as those with total 
common stock market values of $3 billion or less at the time of 
investment.
2. The Gabelli RBI Fund
    The Gabelli RBI Fund seeks to provide above average capital-
appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Gabelli RBI Fund 
primarily invests in equity securities, such as common stock, of 
domestic and foreign services and equipment companies focused on 
physical asset development, including roads, bridges, and 
infrastructure (RBI). The Adviser

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selects companies which it believes are currently undervalued and have 
the potential to benefit from domestic and global reinvestment and 
development of physical assets, including roads, bridges, and other 
infrastructure-related industries.

B. Portfolio Disclosure and Composition File

    Consistent with the disclosure requirements that apply to 
traditional open-end investment companies, a complete list of each 
Fund's current portfolio positions will be made available at least once 
each calendar quarter, with a reporting lag of not more than 60 days. 
The Funds may provide more frequent disclosures of portfolio positions 
at its discretion.
    As defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(3), the ``Composition File'' is 
the specified portfolio of securities and/or cash that a Fund will 
accept as a deposit in issuing a creation unit of Shares, and the 
specified portfolio of securities and/or cash that a Fund will deliver 
in a redemption of a creation unit of Shares. The Composition File will 
be disseminated through the National Securities Clearing Corporation 
once each business day before the open of trading in Shares on that day 
and also will be made available to the public each day on a free Web 
site.\9\ Because each Fund seeks to preserve the confidentiality of its 
current portfolio trading program, a Fund's Composition File generally 
will not be a pro rata reflection of the Fund's investment positions. 
Each security included in the Composition File will be a current 
holding of a Fund, but the Composition File generally will not include 
all of the securities in the Fund's portfolio or match the weightings 
of the included securities in the portfolio. Securities that the 
Adviser is in the process of acquiring for a Fund generally will not be 
represented in the Fund's Composition File until their purchase has 
been completed. Similarly, securities that are held in a Fund's 
portfolio but are in the process of being sold may not be removed from 
its Composition File until the sale is substantially completed. A Fund 
creating and redeeming Shares in kind will use cash amounts to 
supplement the in-kind transactions to the extent necessary to ensure 
that creation units are purchased and redeemed at NAV. The Composition 
File also may consist entirely of cash, in which case it will not 
include any of the securities in a Fund's portfolio.\10\
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    \9\ The Exchange represents that the free Web site containing 
the Composition File will be www.nextshares.com.
    \10\ In determining whether a Fund will issue or redeem creation 
units entirely on a cash basis, the key consideration will be the 
benefit that would accrue to the Fund and its investors.
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C. Intraday Indicative Value

    For each Fund, an estimated value of an individual Share, defined 
in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(2) as the ``Intraday Indicative Value'' 
(``IIV'') will be calculated and disseminated at intervals of not more 
than 15 minutes throughout the Regular Market Session \11\ when Shares 
trade on the Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a representation from 
the issuer of the Shares that the IIV will be calculated on an intraday 
basis and provided to Nasdaq for dissemination via the Nasdaq Global 
Index Service. The IIV will be based on current information regarding 
the value of the securities and other assets held by a Fund.\12\ The 
purpose of the IIV is to enable investors to estimate the next-
determined NAV so they can determine the number of Shares to buy or 
sell if they want to transact in an approximate dollar amount.\13\
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    \11\ See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the three trading 
sessions on the Exchange: (1) Pre-Market Session from 4:00 a.m. to 
9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (``E.T.''); (2) Regular Market Session from 
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. E.T.; and (3) Post-Market 
Session from 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. E.T.).
    \12\ IIVs disseminated throughout each trading day would be 
based on the same portfolio as used to calculate that day's NAV. 
Each Fund will reflect purchases and sales of portfolio positions in 
its NAV the next business day after trades are executed.
    \13\ In NAV-Based Trading, prices of executed trades are not 
determined until the reference NAV is calculated, so buyers and 
sellers of Shares during the trading day will not know the final 
value of their purchases and sales until the end of the trading day. 
The Exchange represents that the Registration Statement, Web site 
and any advertising or marketing materials will include prominent 
disclosure of this fact. The Exchange states that although IIVs may 
provide useful estimates of the value of intraday trades, they 
cannot be used to calculate with precision the dollar value of the 
Shares to be bought or sold.
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D. NAV-Based Trading

    Because Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange, Shares 
will be available for purchase and sale on an intraday basis. Shares 
will be purchased and sold in the secondary market at prices directly 
linked to a Fund's next-determined NAV using a trading protocol called 
``NAV-Based Trading.'' All bids, offers, and execution prices of Shares 
will be expressed as a premium/discount (which may be zero) to a Fund's 
next-determined NAV (e.g., NAV-$0.01, NAV+$0.01).\14\ A Fund's NAV will 
be determined each business day, normally as of 4:00 p.m., E.T. Trade 
executions will be binding at the time orders are matched on Nasdaq's 
facilities, with the transaction prices contingent upon the 
determination of NAV. Nasdaq represents that all Shares listed on the 
Exchange will have a unique identifier associated with their ticker 
symbols, which will indicate that the Shares are traded using NAV-Based 
Trading.
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    \14\ According to the Exchange, the premium or discount to NAV 
at which Share prices are quoted and transactions are executed will 
vary depending on market factors, including the balance of supply 
and demand for Shares among investors, transaction fees, and other 
costs in connection with creating and redeeming creation units of 
Shares, the cost and availability of borrowing Shares, competition 
among market makers, the Share inventory positions and inventory 
strategies of market makers, the profitability requirements and 
business objectives of market makers, and the volume of Share 
trading.
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    According to the Exchange, member firms will utilize certain 
existing order types and interfaces to transmit Share bids and offers 
to Nasdaq, which will process Share trades like trades in shares of 
other listed securities.\15\ In the systems used to transmit and 
process transactions in Shares, a Fund's next-determined NAV will be 
represented by a proxy price (e.g., 100.00) and a premium/discount of a 
stated amount to the next-determined NAV to be represented by the same 
increment/decrement from the proxy price used to denote NAV (e.g., NAV-
$0.01 would be represented as 99.99; NAV+$0.01 as 100.01).
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    \15\ According to the Exchange, all orders to buy or sell Shares 
that are not executed on the day the order is submitted will be 
automatically cancelled as of the close of trading on that day. 
Prior to the commencement of trading in a Fund, the Exchange will 
inform its members in an Information Circular of the effect of this 
characteristic on existing order types.
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    To avoid potential investor confusion, Nasdaq represents that it 
will work with member firms and providers of market data services to 
seek to ensure that representations of intraday bids, offers, and 
execution prices of Shares that are made available to the investing 
public follow the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format. 
Specifically, the Exchange will use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last 
Sale data feeds to disseminate intraday price and quote data for Shares 
in real time in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display 
format. Member firms may use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last Sale data 
feeds to source intraday Share prices for presentation to the investing 
public in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format.
    Alternatively, member firms may source intraday Share prices in 
proxy price format from the Consolidated Tape and other Nasdaq data 
feeds (e.g.,

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Nasdaq TotalView and Nasdaq Level 2) and use a simple algorithm to 
convert prices into the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display 
format. Prior to the commencement of trading in a Fund, the Exchange 
will inform its members in an Information Circular of the identities of 
the specific Nasdaq data feeds from which intraday Share prices in 
proxy price format may be obtained.

III. Discussion and Commission Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the Exchange's 
proposal to list and trade the Shares is consistent with the Act and 
the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national 
securities exchange.\16\ In particular, the Commission finds that the 
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\17\ 
which requires, among other things, that the Exchange's rules be 
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation 
and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in 
securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \16\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has 
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, 
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Shares will be subject to Rule 5745, which sets forth the 
initial and continued listing criteria applicable to Exchange-Traded 
Managed Fund Shares. A minimum of 50,000 Shares for each Fund and no 
less than two creation units of each Fund will be outstanding at the 
commencement of trading on the Exchange.
    Nasdaq deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus rendering 
trading in the Shares subject to Nasdaq's existing rules governing the 
trading of equity securities. Every order to trade Shares of the Funds 
is subject to the proxy price protection threshold of plus/minus $1.00, 
which determines the lower and upper thresholds for the life of the 
order and provides that the order will be cancelled at any point if it 
exceeds $101.00 or falls below $99.00.\18\ With certain exceptions, 
each order also must contain the applicable order attributes, including 
routing instructions and time-in-force information, as described in 
Nasdaq Rule 4703.\19\
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    \18\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(h).
    \19\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(6).
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    Nasdaq also represents that trading in the Shares will be subject 
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by both Nasdaq and 
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA'') on behalf 
of the Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of Exchange 
rules and applicable federal securities laws.\20\ The Exchange 
represents that these surveillance procedures are adequate to properly 
monitor trading of Shares on the Exchange and to deter and detect 
violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws. 
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as needed with, and 
may obtain information from, other markets and entities that are 
members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') \21\ regarding 
trading in the Shares, and in exchange-traded securities and 
instruments held by the Funds (to the extent those exchange-traded 
securities and instruments are known through the publication of the 
Composition File and periodic public disclosures of a Fund's portfolio 
holdings). In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding 
trading in the Shares, and in exchange-traded securities and 
instruments held by the Funds (to the extent those exchange-traded 
securities and instruments are known through the publication of the 
Composition File and periodic public disclosures of a Fund's portfolio 
holdings), from markets and other entities that are members of ISG or 
with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance 
sharing agreement.
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    \20\ The Exchange states that FINRA provides surveillance of 
trading on the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement, 
and that the Exchange is responsible for FINRA's performance under 
this regulatory services agreement.
    \21\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see 
www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all components of a 
Fund's portfolio may trade on markets that are members of ISG or 
with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance 
sharing agreement.
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    Prior to the commencement of trading in a Fund, the Exchange will 
inform its members in an Information Circular of the special 
characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. 
Specifically, the Information Circular will discuss the following: (a) 
The procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in creation 
units (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); (b) Nasdaq 
Rule 2111A, which imposes suitability obligations on Nasdaq members 
with respect to recommending transactions in the Shares to customers; 
(c) how information regarding the IIV and Composition File is 
disseminated; (d) the requirement that members deliver a prospectus to 
investors purchasing Shares prior to or concurrently with the 
confirmation of a transaction; and (e) information regarding NAV-Based 
Trading protocols.
    The Information Circular also will identify the specific Nasdaq 
data feeds from which intraday Share prices in proxy price format may 
be obtained. As noted above, all orders to buy or sell Shares that are 
not executed on the day the order is submitted will be automatically 
cancelled as of the close of trading on that day, and the Information 
Circular will discuss the effect of this characteristic on existing 
order types. In addition, Nasdaq intends to provide its members with a 
detailed explanation of NAV-Based Trading through a Trading Alert 
issued prior to the commencement of trading in Shares on the Exchange.
    Nasdaq states that the Adviser is not a registered broker-dealer; 
however, it is is affiliated with a broker-dealer and has implemented 
and will maintain a fire wall with respect to its affiliated broker-
dealer regarding access to information concerning the composition of, 
and/or changes to, each Fund's portfolio.\22\ The Reporting Authority 
\23\ will implement and maintain, or ensure that the Composition File 
will be subject to, procedures designed to prevent the use and 
dissemination of material non-public information regarding a Fund's 
portfolio positions and changes in the positions.\24\ In the event that 
(a) the Adviser registers as a broker-dealer or becomes newly 
affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-

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adviser to a Fund is a registered broker-dealer or becomes affiliated 
with a broker-dealer, such new adviser or sub-adviser will implement 
and maintain a fire wall with respect to its relevant personnel and/or 
such broker-dealer affiliate, as the case may be, regarding access to 
information concerning the composition of, and/or changes to, a Fund's 
portfolio, and will be subject to procedures designed to prevent the 
use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding the 
portfolio.\25\
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    \22\ See Amendment No. 2, supra note 4. The Exchange further 
represents that an investment adviser to an open-end fund is 
required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 
(``Advisers Act''). As a result, the Adviser and its related 
personnel are subject to the provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the 
Advisers Act relating to codes of ethics. This Rule requires 
investment advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the 
fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as well as 
compliance with other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, 
procedures designed to prevent the communication and misuse of non-
public information by an investment adviser must be consistent with 
Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act. In addition, Rule 206(4)-7 under 
the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to 
provide investment advice to clients unless such investment adviser 
has: (i) Adopted and implemented written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to prevent violation, by the investment adviser 
and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the Commission 
rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an annual 
review regarding the adequacy of the policies and procedures 
established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness 
of their implementation; and (iii) designated an individual (who is 
a supervised person) responsible for administering the policies and 
procedures adopted under subparagraph (i) above. See Amendment No. 
2, supra note 4, at note 9.
    \23\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(4).
    \24\ See Amendment No. 4, supra note 4.
    \25\ See Amendment No. 2, supra note 4.
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    The Commission finds that the proposal to list and trade the Shares 
on the Exchange is consistent with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the 
Act,\26\ which sets forth Congress' finding that it is in the public 
interest and appropriate for the protection of investors and the 
maintenance of fair and orderly markets to assure the availability to 
brokers, dealers, and investors of information with respect to 
quotations for, and transactions in, securities. Information regarding 
NAV-based trading prices, best bids and offers for Shares, and volume 
of Shares traded will be continuously available on a real-time basis 
throughout each trading day on brokers' computer screens and other 
electronic services. All bids and offers for Shares and all Share trade 
executions will be reported intraday in real time by the Exchange to 
the Consolidated Tape \27\ and separately disseminated to member firms 
and market data services through the Exchange data feeds.
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    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
    \27\ Due to systems limitations, the Consolidated Tape will 
report intraday execution prices and quotes for Shares using a proxy 
price format. Nasdaq has represented that it will separately report 
real-time execution prices and quotes to member firms and providers 
of market data services in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) 
display format, and will otherwise seek to ensure that 
representations of intraday bids, offers and execution prices for 
Shares that are made available to the investing public follow the 
same display format.
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    Once a Fund's daily NAV has been calculated and disseminated, 
Nasdaq will price each Share trade entered into during the day at the 
Fund's NAV plus/minus the trade's executed premium/discount. Using the 
final trade price, each executed Share trade will then be disseminated 
to member firms and market data services via a File Transfer Protocol 
(``FTP'') file \28\ that will be created for exchange-traded managed 
funds and will be confirmed to the member firms participating in the 
trade to supplement the previously provided information with final 
pricing.
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    \28\ According to Nasdaq, FTP is a standard network protocol 
used to transfer computer files on the Internet. Nasdaq will arrange 
for the daily dissemination of an FTP file with executed Share 
trades to member firms and market data services.
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    The Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the 
Shares that the NAV per Share will be calculated daily (on each 
business day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading) and 
provided to Nasdaq via the Mutual Fund Quotation Service (``MFQS'') by 
the fund accounting agent. As soon as the NAV is entered into the MFQS, 
Nasdaq will disseminate the NAV to market participants and market data 
vendors via the Mutual Fund Dissemination Service so that all firms 
will receive the NAV per share at the same time.
    The Exchange further represents that it may consider all relevant 
factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend trading in the 
Shares. The Exchange will halt trading in the Shares under the 
conditions specified in Nasdaq Rule 4120 and in Nasdaq Rule 
5745(d)(2)(C). Additionally, the Exchange may cease trading the Shares 
if other unusual conditions or circumstances exist that, in the opinion 
of the Exchange, make further dealings on the exchange detrimental to 
the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. To manage the risk of a 
non-regulatory Share trading halt, Nasdaq has in place back-up 
processes and procedures to ensure orderly trading. Prior to the 
commencement of market trading in the Shares, the Funds will be 
required to establish and maintain a public Web site through which its 
current prospectus may be downloaded.\29\ A separate Web site 
(www.nextshares.com) will include additional information concerning the 
Funds updated on a daily basis, including the prior business day's NAV, 
and the following trading information for that business day expressed 
as premiums/discounts to NAV: (a) Intraday high, low, average, and 
closing prices of Shares in Exchange trading; (b) the midpoint of the 
highest bid and lowest offer prices as of the close of Exchange 
trading, expressed as a premium/discount to NAV (``Closing Bid/Ask 
Midpoint''); and (c) the spread between highest bid and lowest offer 
prices as of the close of Exchange trading (``Closing Bid/Ask 
Spread.''). The www.nextshares.com Web site will also contain charts 
showing the frequency distribution and range of values of trading 
prices, Closing Bid/Ask Midpoints, and Closing Bid/Ask Spreads over 
time.
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    \29\ The Exchange represents that the Web site containing this 
information will be www.gabelli.com.
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    The Exchange represents that all statements and representations 
made in the filing regarding: (a) The description of the Funds' 
portfolio, (b) limitations on portfolio holdings or reference assets, 
(c) dissemination and availability of the reference asset or intraday 
indicative values, or (d) the applicability of Exchange listing rules 
shall constitute continued listing requirements for listing the Shares 
on the Exchange. The issuer has represented to the Exchange that it 
will advise the Exchange of any failure by either Fund to comply with 
the continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations 
under Section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for 
compliance with the continued listing requirements.\30\ If a Fund is 
not in compliance with the applicable listing requirements, the 
Exchange will commence delisting procedures for the Fund under the 
Nasdaq 5800 Series.
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    \30\ The Commission notes that certain other proposals for the 
listing and trading of Managed Fund Shares include a representation 
that the exchange will ``surveil'' for compliance with the continued 
listing requirements. See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
78005 (Jun. 7, 2016), 81 FR 38247 (Jun. 13, 2016) (SR-BATS-2015-
100). In the context of this representation, it is the Commission's 
view that ``monitor'' and ``surveil'' both mean ongoing oversight of 
a fund's compliance with the continued listing requirements. 
Therefore, the Commission does not view ``monitor'' as a more or 
less stringent obligation than ``surveil'' with respect to the 
continued listing requirements.
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    This approval order is based on all of the Exchange's 
representations, including those set forth above, in the Notice, and 
Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 4,\31\ and the Exchange's description of the 
Funds. The Commission notes that the Funds and the Shares must comply 
with the requirements of Nasdaq Rule 5745 and the conditions set forth 
in this proposed rule change to be listed and traded on the Exchange on 
an initial and continuing basis.
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    \31\ See supra notes 3 and 4.
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    For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed 
rule change, as modified by Amendment Nos. 2, 3, and 4, is consistent 
with Section 6(b)(5) \32\ and Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,\33\ 
and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national 
securities exchange.
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    \32\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \33\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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IV. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\34\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2017-029), as 
modified by Amendment

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Nos. 2, 3, and 4, be, and it hereby is, approved.
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    \34\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\35\
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    \35\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09530 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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