[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65443-65444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25799]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-87598; File No. 4-518]


Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 
of Amendment to the Plan Establishing Procedures Under Rule 605 of 
Regulation NMS To Add the Long Term Stock Exchange, Inc. as a 
Participant

November 22, 2019.
    Pursuant to Section 11A(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 608 thereunder,\2\ notice is 
hereby given that on October 18, 2019, Long Term Stock Exchange, Inc. 
(``LTSE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') \3\ an amendment to the national market 
system plan establishing procedures under Rule 605 of Regulation NMS

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(``Plan'').\4\ The amendment adds LTSE as a Participant \5\ to the 
Plan. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on 
the amendment from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C 78k-1(a)(3).
    \2\ 17 CFR 242.608.
    \3\ See Letter from Howard Steinberg, Chief Regulatory Officer, 
Long Term Stock Exchange, Inc., to Vanessa Countryman, Secretary, 
Commission, dated July 2, 2019.
    \4\ 17 CFR 242.605. On April 12, 2001, the Commission approved a 
national market system plan for the purpose of establishing 
procedures for market centers to follow in making their monthly 
reports available to the public under Rule 11Ac1-5 under the 
Exchange Act (n/k/a Rule 605 of Regulation NMS). See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 44177 (April 12, 2001), 66 FR 19814 (April 
17, 2001).
    \5\ The term ``Participant'' is defined as a party to the Plan.
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I. Description and Purpose of the Plan Amendment

    As noted above, the sole proposed amendment to the Plan is to add 
the Exchange as a Participant. On May 10, 2019, the Commission issued 
an order granting LTSE's application for registration as a national 
securities exchange.\6\ A condition of the Commission's approval was 
the requirement for LTSE to join the Plan.
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    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 85828 (May 10, 
2019), 84 FR 21841 (May 15, 2019).
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    Under Section II(c) of the Plan, any entity registered as a 
national securities exchange or national securities association under 
the Exchange Act may become a Participant by: (i) Executing a copy of 
the Plan, as then in effect; (ii) providing each then-current 
Participant with a copy of such executed Plan; and (iii) effecting an 
amendment to the Plan as specified in Section III(b) of the Plan. 
Section III(b) of the Plan sets forth the process for a prospective new 
Participant to effect an amendment of the Plan. Specifically, the Plan 
provides that such an amendment to the Plan may be effected by the new 
national securities exchange or national securities association by 
executing a copy of the Plan, as then in effect (with the only changes 
being the addition of the new Participant's name in Section II(a) of 
the Plan and the new Participant's single-digit code in Section 
VI(a)(1) of the Plan) and submitting such executed Plan to the 
Commission. The amendment will be effective when it is approved by the 
Commission in accordance with Rule 608 of Regulation NMS, or otherwise 
becomes effective pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS.
    LTSE has executed a copy of the Plan currently in effect, with the 
only changes being the addition of its name in Section II(a) of the 
Plan and adding its single-digit code in Section VI(a)(1) of the Plan, 
and has provided a copy of the Plan executed by LTSE to each of the 
other Participants. LTSE has also submitted the executed Plan to the 
Commission. Accordingly, all of the Plan requirements for effecting an 
amendment to the Plan to add LTSE as a Participant have been satisfied.

II. Effectiveness of the Proposed Plan Amendment

    The foregoing Plan amendment has become effective pursuant to Rule 
608(b)(3)(iii) of the Exchange Act \7\ because it involves solely 
technical or ministerial matters. At any time within sixty days of the 
filing of this amendment, the Commission may summarily abrogate the 
amendment and require that it be refiled pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
of Rule 608,\8\ if it appears to the Commission that such action is 
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of 
investors, or the maintenance of fair and orderly markets, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a national market system 
or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Exchange Act.
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    \7\ 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(iii).
    \8\ 17 CFR 242.608(a)(1).
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III. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the amendment is 
consistent with the Exchange Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number 4-518 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number 4-518. This file number 
should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the 
Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please 
use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the 
Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to the proposed plan amendment that are filed 
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the 
amendment between the Commission and any person, other than those that 
may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 
U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection 
and copying at the principal office of the LTSE. All comments received 
will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are 
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying 
information from comment submissions. You should submit only 
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions 
should refer to File Number 4-518 and should be submitted on or before 
December 12, 2019.

By the Commission.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25799 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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