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. 34-74892; File No. 4-657] I. Introduction On August 25, 2014, NYSE Group, Inc., on behalf of BATS Exchange, Inc., BATS Y-Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., EDGA Exchange, Inc., EDGX Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE MKT LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc., (collectively “SROs” or “Participants”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”), [ 1 ] and Rule 608 thereunder, [ 2 ] a proposed national market system (“NMS”) Plan to Implement a Tick Size Pilot Program on a one-year basis (“NMS plan”). [ 3 ] The Participants filed the NMS plan to comply with an order issued by the Commission on June 24, 2014 (“June 2014 Order”). [ 4 ] The NMS plan, which included the details of Participants' proposal of the Tick Size Pilot Program (“Tick Size Pilot”), was published for comment in the Federal Register on November 7, 2014. [ 5 ] The Commission received 77 comment letters in response to the NMS plan. [ 6 ] On ( printed page 27515) February 26, 2015, the Commission extended the deadline for Commission action on the NMS plan and designated May 6, 2015 as the new date by which the Commission would be req…
Citation: 80 FR 27514
