[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67739-67740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24397]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34747; File No. 812-15383]


J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, et al.

November 3, 2022.
AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION:  Notice.

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    Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 
2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the 
Act

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and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from 
sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:  Applicants request an order (``Order'') that 
permits: (a) The Funds (as defined below) to issue shares (``Shares'') 
redeemable in large aggregations only (``creation units''); (b) 
secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market 
prices rather than at net asset value; (c) certain Funds to pay 
redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days 
after the tender of Shares for redemption; and (d) certain affiliated 
persons of a Fund to deposit securities into, and receive securities 
from, the Fund in connection with the purchase and redemption of 
creation units. The relief in the Order would incorporate by reference 
terms and conditions of the same relief of a previous order granting 
the same relief sought by applicants, as that order may be amended from 
time to time (``Reference Order'').\1\
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    \1\ Natixis ETF Trust II, et al., Investment Company Act Rel. 
Nos. 33684 (November 14, 2019) (notice) and 33711 (December 10, 
2019) (order).

APPLICANTS: J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, J.P. Morgan 
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Investment Management Inc. and JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc.

FILING DATES: The application was filed on September 6, 2022 and 
amended on October 27, 2022.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the Commission's Secretary at [email protected] and serving 
applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on November 
28, 2022, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, 
in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the 
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: 
Gregory S. Samuels, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., 4 New York 
Plaza, New York, New York 10004; Jon S. Rand, Esq., Allison M. Fumai, 
Esq., Dechert LLP, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 
10036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, or 
Terri G. Jordan, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Chief Counsel's 
Office, Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' amended and 
restated application, dated October 27, 2022, which may be obtained via 
the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, 
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at 
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You 
may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24397 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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