[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19157]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-100790; File No. SR-NYSE-2024-35]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a 
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Section 302.00 of the NYSE Listed Company 
Manual To Exempt Closed-End Funds Registered Under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 From the Requirement To Hold Annual Shareholder 
Meetings

August 21, 2024.
    On June 21, 2024, The New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') 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 amend 
Section 302.00 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual exempt closed-end 
funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from the 
requirement to hold annual shareholder meetings. The proposed rule 
change was published for comment in the Federal Register on July 9, 
2024.\3\
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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. 100460 (Jul. 3, 
2024), 89 FR 56447. Comments on the proposed rule change are 
available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nyse-2024-35/srnyse202435.htm.
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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 August 23, 2024. 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 it 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 and the comments 
received. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of 
the Act,\5\ designates October 7, 2024, as the date by which the 
Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings 
to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. 
SR-NYSE-2024-35).
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    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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Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-19157 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
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