Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.11(a)(6)(C) To Add Inside Limit Orders as Eligible for Repricing Instructions

Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)

Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)

Notices

Pages 28008-28010

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2013-11224

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Release No. 34-69527; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2013-45

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.11(a)(6)(C) To Add Inside Limit Orders as Eligible for Repricing Instructions

May 7, 2013.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on April 23, 2013, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.

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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.

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  1. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.11(a)(6)(C) to add Inside Limit Orders as eligible for repricing instructions. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

  2. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such statements.

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    1. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

      1. Purpose

        The Exchange is proposing to amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.11 (``Rule 7.11''), which implements the Limit Up--Limit Down Plan,\3\ the first phase of which became effective on April 8, 2013, to add Inside Limit Orders as eligible for repricing. Under Rule 7.11, buy or sell interest that is priced or could be executed above or below the Price Bands, as that term is used in the Rule, would be canceled, with one exception. That exception, set out in sub-paragraph (a)(6) of the Rule, permits an ETP Holder to instruct the Exchange to reprice eligible limit orders that are priced above or below the Price Bands, rather than cancel such orders. Eligible limit orders would be repriced to the Price Bands.

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        \3\ As defined in Rule 7.11, ``Plan'' means the Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility Submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Exhibit A to Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67091 (May 31, 2012), 77 FR 33498 (June 6, 2012), as it may be amended from time to time.

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        The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.11(a)(6)(C) to add another limit order type that is eligible for repricing instructions. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to add Inside Limit Orders, which are defined in Rule 7.31(d),\4\ to the list of orders eligible for repricing instructions. The Exchange proposes to announce by Trader Update when the functionality associated with repricing instructions for Inside Limit Orders will be made available and anticipates that such instructions will be made available to ETP Holders before the roll out of the implementation of Phase I of the Plan has been completed.

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        \4\ An Inside Limit Order is a Limit Order, which, if routed away pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.37(d), will be routed to the market participant with the best displayed price. Any unfilled portion of the order will not be routed to the next best price level until all quotes at the current best bid or offer are exhausted. Once each current best bid or offer is exhausted, Exchange systems reevaluate the next best displayed price and route to that single price point and continue such assessment at each new best displayed price level until the order is filled or no longer marketable. If the order is no longer marketable it will be ranked in the NYSE Arca Book pursuant to Rule 7.36.

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      2. Statutory Basis

        The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act''),\5\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5),\6\ in particular, in that it is 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, and to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system. The Exchange believes that adding Inside Limit Orders to the list of orders eligible for repricing instructions removes impediments to and perfects the mechanism of a free and open market because it provides greater choice to ETP Holders of how to instruct the Exchange to handle their orders under the Plan.

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        \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).

        \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

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    2. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

      The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes that the proposed amendment will reduce burdens on competition by giving ETP Holders greater flexibility to add repricing instructions for additional limit orders, specifically, Inside Limit Orders.

    3. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

      No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the proposed rule change.

  3. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \7\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\8\ Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-

    4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.

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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).

    \8\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) requires the Exchange to give the Commission written notice of the Exchange's intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.

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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \9\ normally does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\10\ the Commission may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest because such waiver would allow the Exchange immediately to provide that Inside Limit Orders will be treated similar to other limit orders eligible for repricing instructions under the recently implemented Limit Up--Limit Down Plan. Accordingly, the Commission hereby grants the Exchange's request and designates the proposal operative upon filing.\11\

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    \9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).

    \10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).

    \11\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).

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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

  4. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the 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 rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include File Number SR-NYSEArca-2013-45 on the subject line.

    Paper Comments

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

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    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2013-45. 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 Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change 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 Web site 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 Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make publicly available. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2013-45 and should be submitted on or before June 3, 2013.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\12\

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    \12\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

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    Kevin M. O'Neill,

    Deputy Secretary.

    FR Doc. 2013-11224 Filed 5-10-13; 8:45 am

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