Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Securities and Exchange Commission [Release No. 34-67091; File No. 4-631] I. Introduction On April 5, 2011, NYSE Euronext, on behalf of New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”), NYSE Amex LLC (“NYSE Amex”), [ 1 ] and NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), and the following parties to the proposed National Market System Plan: BATS Exchange, Inc., BATS Y-Exchange, Inc., Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (“CBOE”), Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., EDGA Exchange, Inc., EDGX Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, the ( printed page 33499) Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, and National Stock Exchange, Inc. (collectively with NYSE, NYSE MKT, and NYSE Arca, the “Participants”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”), [ 2 ] and Rule 608 thereunder, [ 3 ] a proposed Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility (as amended, the “Plan”). [ 4 ] A copy of the Plan is attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Participants requested that the Commission approve the Plan as a one-year pilot. [ 5 ] The Plan was published for comment in the Federal Register on June 1, 2011. [ 6 ] The Commission received eighteen comment letters in response to the proposal. [ 7 ] On September 27, 2011, the Commission extended the deadline for Commission action on the Plan a…
Citation: 77 FR 33498
