
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44406-44410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18275]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-75499; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2015-036]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order 
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments 
Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto, Relating to the Listing and Trading of the Shares 
of 18 Eaton Vance NextShares ETMFs of Either the Eaton Vance ETMF Trust 
or the Eaton Vance ETMF Trust II

July 21, 2015.

I. Introduction

    On April 10, 2015, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or 
``Exchange'') 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 list and trade the shares (``Shares'') of the 
following 18 exchange-traded managed funds: Eaton Vance Balanced 
NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Global Dividend Income 
NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Growth NextSharesTM; 
Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance 
Richard Bernstein All Asset Strategy NextSharesTM; Eaton 
Vance Richard Bernstein Equity Strategy NextSharesTM; Eaton 
Vance Small-Cap

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NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Stock NextSharesTM; 
Parametric Emerging Markets NextSharesTM; Parametric 
International Equity NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Bond 
NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance TABS 5-to-15 Year Laddered 
Municipal Bond NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Floating-Rate & 
High Income NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute 
Return NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance Government Obligations 
NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities 
NextSharesTM; Eaton Vance High Yield Municipal Income 
NextSharesTM; and Eaton Vance National Municipal Income 
NextSharesTM (individually ``Fund,'' and collectively, 
``Funds''). On April 21, 2015, the Exchange filed Amendments Nos. 1 and 
2 to the proposal.\3\ The proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 thereto, was published for comment in the 
Federal Register on April 29, 2015.\4\ On June 8, 2015, pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ the Commission designated a longer 
period within which to either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change.\6\ The 
Commission received no comments on the proposed rule change. This order 
grants approval of the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendments 
Nos. 1 and 2 thereto.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Amendment No. 1 amended and replaced the proposed rule 
change in its entirety. Amendment No. 2 subsequently amended the 
proposal to include a new footnote to reflect a Web site reference.
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74797 (Apr. 23, 
2015), 80 FR 23831 (``Notice'').
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75121, 80 FR 34184 
(Jun. 15, 2015). The Commission determined that it was 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 designated July 28, 2015 as the date by which it should 
approve, disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether 
to disapprove the proposed rule change.
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II. Description of Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares pursuant to 
Nasdaq Rule 5745, which governs the listing and trading of Exchange-
Traded Managed Fund Shares, as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(1).\7\ 
Each Fund is a series of either Eaton Vance ETMF Trust or Eaton Vance 
ETMF Trust II (individually ``Trust,'' and collectively, 
``Trusts'').\8\ Each Trust is registered with the Commission as an 
open-end investment company and has filed a registration statement on 
Form N-1A (``Registration Statements'') with the Commission.\9\
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    \7\ The Funds would be the first exchange-traded managed funds 
to be listed on the Exchange.
    \8\ According to the Exchange, the Trusts and affiliates of the 
Trusts have obtained exemptive relief under the Investment Company 
Act of 1940 (``1940 Act''). See Investment Company Act Release No. 
31361 (Dec. 2, 2014) (File No. 812-14139). The Exchange represents 
that, in compliance with Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(5), which applies to 
Shares based on an international or global portfolio, the 
application for exemptive relief under the 1940 Act states that the 
Funds will comply with the federal securities laws in accepting 
securities for deposits and satisfying redemptions with securities, 
including that the securities accepted for deposits and the 
securities used to satisfy redemption requests are sold in 
transactions that would be exempt from registration under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
    \9\ See Registration Statements on Form N-1A for the Eaton Vance 
NextShares Trust dated April 9, 2015 (File Nos. 333-197733 and 811-
22982) and for the Eaton Vance NextShares Trust II dated April 9, 
2015 (File Nos. 333-197734 and 811-22983).
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    Eaton Vance Management will be the investment adviser (``Adviser'') 
to the Funds. Foreside Fund Services, LLC will be the principal 
underwriter and distributor of each Fund's Shares. State Street Bank 
and Trust Company will act as the administrator, accounting agent, 
custodian, and transfer agent to the Funds. Interactive Data 
Corporation will be the intraday indicative value calculator to the 
Funds.
    The Exchange has made the following representations and statements 
in describing the Funds.\10\
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    \10\ The Commission notes that additional information regarding 
the Trusts, the Funds, and the Shares, including investment 
strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures, calculation 
of net asset value (``NAV''), fees, distributions, and taxes, among 
other things, can be found in the Notice and Registration 
Statements, as applicable. See supra notes 4 and 9, respectively.
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A. Principal Investment Strategies of the Funds

    According to the Exchange, each Fund will be actively managed and 
will pursue the various principal investment strategies described 
below.\11\
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    \11\ According to the Exchange, additional information regarding 
the Funds also will be available on the public Web site for the 
Funds.
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1. Eaton Vance Balanced NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide current income 
and long-term growth of capital. The Fund normally will invest between 
50% and 75% of its net assets in equity securities and between 25% and 
50% of its net assets in fixed-income securities.
2. Eaton Vance Global Dividend Income NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide current income 
and long-term growth of capital. The Fund normally will invest 
primarily in common stocks and, in the adviser's discretion, preferred 
stocks of U.S. and foreign companies that pay dividends.
3. Eaton Vance Growth NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. The Fund 
will invest in a broadly diversified selection of equity securities, 
seeking companies with above-average growth and financial strength. 
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest primarily in 
large-cap companies.
4. Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. Under normal 
market conditions, the Fund will invest primarily in value stocks of 
large-cap companies.
5. Eaton Vance Richard Bernstein All Asset Strategy 
NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. In seeking 
its investment objective, the Fund will have flexibility to allocate 
its assets in markets around the world and among various asset classes, 
including equity, fixed-income, commodity, currency and cash 
investments.
6. Eaton Vance Richard Bernstein Equity Strategy 
NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. Under normal 
market conditions, the Fund will invest primarily in equity securities 
and derivative instruments that provide exposure to equity securities.
7. Eaton Vance Small-Cap NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is long-term capital 
appreciation. The Fund normally will invest primarily in equity 
securities of small-cap companies.
8. Eaton Vance Stock NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term 
capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity 
securities. The Fund normally will invest primarily in a diversified 
portfolio of common stocks.
9. Parametric Emerging Markets NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is long-term capital 
appreciation. The Fund normally will invest primarily in equity 
securities of companies located in emerging market countries.
10. Parametric International Equity NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is long-term capital 
appreciation. The

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Fund normally will invest primarily in companies domiciled in developed 
markets outside of the United States, including securities trading in 
the form of depositary receipts.
11. Eaton Vance Bond NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. The Fund 
normally will invest primarily in bonds and other fixed and floating-
rate income instruments.
12. Eaton Vance TABS 5-to-15 Year Laddered Municipal Bond 
NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide current income 
exempt from regular federal income tax. The Fund normally will invest 
primarily in municipal obligations with remaining maturities of between 
5 and 15 years, the interest on which is exempt from regular federal 
income tax.
13. Eaton Vance Floating-Rate & High Income NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide a high level of 
current income. The Fund normally will invest primarily in a 
combination of income-producing floating rate loans and other floating 
rate debt securities and high-yield corporate bonds.
14. Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is total return. The Fund 
will seek its investment objective by investing in securities, 
derivatives and other instruments to establish long and short 
investment exposures around the world.
15. Eaton Vance Government Obligations NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide a high current 
return. The Fund normally will invest primarily in securities issued, 
backed or otherwise guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or 
instrumentalities.
16. Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities NextSharesTM
    The primary investment objective of this Fund is to provide a high 
level of current income. The Fund will seek growth of capital as a 
secondary investment objective. The Fund normally will invest primarily 
in fixed-income securities, including preferred stocks, senior and 
subordinated floating rate loans, and convertible securities.
17. Eaton Vance High Yield Municipal Income NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide high current 
income exempt from regular federal income tax. The Fund normally will 
invest primarily in municipal obligations, the interest on which is 
exempt from regular federal income tax.
18. Eaton Vance National Municipal Income NextSharesTM
    The investment objective of this Fund is to provide current income 
exempt from regular federal income tax. The Fund normally will invest 
primarily in municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt 
from regular federal income tax.

B. Portfolio Disclosure

    Consistent with the disclosure requirements that apply to 
traditional open-end investment companies, a complete list of current 
Fund portfolio positions will be made available at least once each 
calendar quarter, with a reporting lag of not more than 60 days. Funds 
may provide more frequent disclosures of portfolio positions at their 
discretion.

C. Intraday Indicative Value

    For each series of Shares, an estimated value of an individual 
Share, defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(2) as the ``Intraday Indicative 
Value,'' will be calculated and disseminated at intervals of not more 
than 15 minutes throughout the Regular Market Session \12\ when Shares 
trade on the Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a representation from 
the issuer of the Shares that the Intraday Indicative Value will be 
calculated on an intraday basis and provided to Nasdaq for 
dissemination via the Nasdaq Global Index Service (``GIDS''). The 
Intraday Indicative Value will be based on current information 
regarding the value of the securities and other assets held by a 
Fund.\13\ The purpose of the Intraday Indicative Value is to enable 
investors to estimate the next-determined NAV so they can determine the 
number of Shares to buy or sell if they want to transact in an 
approximate dollar amount (e.g., if an investor wants to acquire 
approximately $5,000 of a Fund, how many Shares should the investor 
buy?).\14\
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    \12\ See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the three trading 
sessions on the Exchange: (1) Pre-Market Session from 4 a.m. to 9:30 
a.m. E.T.; (2) Regular Market Session from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 
4:15 p.m. E.T.; and (3) Post-Market Session from 4 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. 
to 8 p.m. E.T.).
    \13\ The Intraday Indicative Value disseminated throughout each 
trading day would be based on the same portfolio as used to 
calculate that day's NAV. Funds will reflect purchases and sales of 
portfolio positions in their NAV the next business day after trades 
are executed.
    \14\ Because, in NAV-Based Trading, prices of executed trades 
are not determined until the reference NAV is calculated, buyers and 
sellers of Shares during the trading day will not know the final 
value of their purchases and sales until the end of the trading day. 
A Fund's Registration Statement, Web site and any advertising or 
marketing materials will include prominent disclosure of this fact. 
Although Intraday Indicative Values may provide useful estimates of 
the value of intraday trades, they cannot be used to calculate with 
precision the dollar value of the Shares to be bought or sold.
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D. NAV-Based Trading

    Shares will be purchased and sold in the secondary market at prices 
directly linked to the Fund's next-determined NAV using a new trading 
protocol called ``NAV-Based Trading.'' All bids, offers, and execution 
prices of Shares will be expressed as a premium/discount (which may be 
zero) to the Fund's next-determined NAV (e.g., NAV-$0.01, 
NAV+$0.01).\15\ A Fund's NAV will be determined each business day, 
normally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Trade executions will be binding 
at the time orders are matched on Nasdaq's facilities, with the 
transaction prices contingent upon the determination of NAV. Nasdaq 
represents that all Shares listed on the Exchange will have a unique 
identifier associated with their ticker symbols, which will indicate 
that the Shares are traded using NAV-Based Trading.
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    \15\ According to the Exchange, the premium or discount to NAV 
at which Share prices are quoted and transactions are executed will 
vary depending on market factors, including the balance of supply 
and demand for Shares among investors, transaction fees and other 
costs in connection with creating and redeeming creation units of 
Shares, the cost and availability of borrowing Shares, competition 
among market makers, the Share inventory positions and inventory 
strategies of market makers, the profitability requirements and 
business objectives of market makers, and the volume of Share 
trading.
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    According to the Exchange, member firms will utilize certain 
existing order types and interfaces to transmit Share bids and offers 
to Nasdaq, which will process Share trades like trades in shares of 
other listed securities.\16\ In the systems used to transmit and 
process transactions in Shares, a Fund's next-determined NAV will be 
represented by a proxy price (e.g., 100.00) and a premium/discount of a 
stated amount to the next-determined NAV to be represented by the same 
increment/decrement from the proxy price used to denote NAV (e.g., NAV-
$0.01 would be represented as 99.99; NAV+$0.01 as 100.01).
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    \16\ According to the Exchange, all orders to buy or sell Shares 
that are not executed on the day the order is submitted will be 
automatically cancelled as of the close of trading on such day. 
Prior to the commencement of trading in a Fund, the Exchange will 
inform its members in an Information Circular of the effect of this 
characteristic on existing order types.
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    To avoid potential investor confusion, Nasdaq represents that it 
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member firms and providers of market data services to seek to ensure 
that representations of intraday bids, offers and execution prices of 
Shares that are made available to the investing public follow the 
``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format. Specifically, the 
Exchange will use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last Sale data feeds to 
disseminate intraday price and quote data for Shares in real time in 
the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format. Member firms 
may use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last Sale data feeds to source 
intraday Share prices for presentation to the investing public in the 
``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format. Alternatively, 
member firms may source intraday Share prices in proxy price format 
from the Consolidated Tape and other Nasdaq data feeds (e.g., Nasdaq 
TotalView and Nasdaq Level 2) and use a simple algorithm to convert 
prices into the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV+$0.01'' (or similar) display format. 
Prior to the commencement of trading in a Fund, the Exchange will 
inform its members in an Information Circular of the identities of the 
specific Nasdaq data feeds from which intraday Share prices in proxy 
price format may be obtained.

III. Discussion and Commission Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the Exchange's 
proposal to list and trade the Shares is consistent with the Act and 
the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national 
securities exchange.\17\ In particular, the Commission finds that the 
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\18\ 
which requires, among other things, that the Exchange's rules be 
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, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \17\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has 
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, 
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Shares will be subject to Rule 5745, which sets forth the 
initial and continued listing criteria applicable to Exchange-Traded 
Managed Fund Shares. A minimum of 50,000 Shares and no less than two 
creation units of each Fund will be outstanding at the commencement of 
trading on the Exchange. The Shares are deemed to be equity securities, 
thus rendering trading in the Shares subject to the Exchange's existing 
rules governing the trading of equity securities.
    Nasdaq represents that trading in the Shares will be subject to the 
existing trading surveillances, administered by both Nasdaq and the 
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') on behalf of the 
Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules and 
applicable federal securities laws.\19\ The Exchange represents that 
its surveillance procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange 
trading of the Shares and to deter and detect violations of Exchange 
rules and applicable federal securities laws. FINRA, on behalf of the 
Exchange, will communicate as needed with other markets and other 
entities that are members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group 
(``ISG'') regarding trading in Shares, and in exchange-traded 
securities and instruments held by the Funds (to the extent such 
exchange-traded securities and instruments are known through the 
publication of the Composition File and periodic public disclosures of 
a Fund's portfolio holdings), and FINRA may obtain trading information 
regarding such trading from other markets and other entities. In 
addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in 
Shares, and in exchange-traded securities and instruments held by the 
Funds (to the extent such exchange-traded securities and instruments 
are known through the publication of the Composition File and periodic 
public disclosures of a Fund's portfolio holdings), from markets and 
other entities that are members of ISG, which includes securities and 
futures exchanges, or with which the Exchange has in place a 
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
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    \19\ The Exchange states that FINRA surveils trading on the 
Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement, and that the 
Exchange is responsible for FINRA's performance under this 
regulatory services agreement.
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    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
members in an Information Circular of the special characteristics and 
risks associated with trading the Shares. Specifically, the Information 
Circular will discuss the following: (a) The procedures for purchases 
and redemptions of Shares in creation units (and that Shares are not 
individually redeemable); (b) Nasdaq Rule 2111A, which imposes 
suitability obligations on Nasdaq members with respect to recommending 
transactions in the Shares to customers; (c) the dissemination of 
information regarding the Intraday Indicative Value and Composition 
File; (d) the requirement that members deliver a prospectus to 
investors purchasing Shares prior to or concurrently with the 
confirmation of a transaction; and (e) information regarding NAV-Based 
Trading protocols.
    The Information Circular also will identify the specific Nasdaq 
data feeds from which intraday Share prices in proxy price format may 
be obtained. As noted above, all orders to buy or sell Shares that are 
not executed on the day the order is submitted will be automatically 
cancelled as of the close of trading on such day. The Information 
Circular will discuss the effect of this characteristic on existing 
order types. In addition, Nasdaq intends to provide its members with a 
detailed explanation of NAV-Based Trading through a Trading Alert 
issued prior to the commencement of trading in Shares on the Exchange.
    Nasdaq represents that the Adviser is affiliated with a broker-
dealer and has implemented a fire wall with respect to its broker-
dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the 
composition and/or changes to each Fund's portfolio. In the event (a) 
the Adviser registers as a broker-dealer or becomes newly affiliated 
with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or a sub-adviser to a Fund 
is a registered broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with a broker-
dealer, the applicable entity will implement a fire wall with respect 
to its relevant personnel and/or such broker-dealer affiliate, as the 
case may be, regarding access to information concerning the composition 
and/or changes to the relevant Fund's portfolio, and will be subject to 
procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material 
non-public information regarding such portfolio.
    The Commission also finds that the proposal to list and trade the 
Shares on the Exchange is consistent with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of 
the Act,\20\ which sets forth Congress' finding that it is in the 
public interest and appropriate for the protection of investors and the 
maintenance of fair and orderly markets to assure the availability to 
brokers, dealers, and investors of information with respect to 
quotations for, and transactions in, securities. Information regarding 
NAV-based trading prices, best bids and offers for Shares, and volume 
of the Shares traded will be continually available on a real-time basis 
throughout the day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic 
services. All bids and offers for Shares and all Share trade executions 
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reported intraday in real time by the Exchange to the Consolidated Tape 
and separately disseminated to member firms and market data services 
through the Exchange data feeds. Once a Fund's daily NAV has been 
calculated and disseminated, Nasdaq will price each Share trade entered 
into during the day at the Fund's NAV plus/minus the trade's executed 
premium/discount. Using the final trade price, each executed Share 
trade will then be disseminated to member firms and market data 
services via an FTP file \21\ to be created for exchange-traded managed 
funds and confirmed to the member firms participating in the trade to 
supplement the previously provided information to include final 
pricing.
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
    \21\ According to Nasdaq, File Transfer Protocol (``FTP'') is a 
standard network protocol used to transfer computer files on the 
Internet. Nasdaq will arrange for the daily dissemination of an FTP 
file with executed Share trades to member firms and market data 
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    Prior to the commencement of market trading in Shares, each Fund 
will be required to establish and maintain a public Web site through 
which its current prospectus may be downloaded. The Web site will 
include the prior business day's NAV, and the following trading 
information for such business day expressed as premiums/discounts to 
NAV: (a) Intraday high, low, average and closing prices of Shares in 
Exchange trading; (b) the midpoint of the highest bid and lowest offer 
prices as of the close of Exchange trading, expressed as a premium/
discount to NAV (the ``Closing Bid/Ask Midpoint''); and (c) the spread 
between highest bid and lowest offer prices as of the close of Exchange 
trading (the ``Closing Bid/Ask Spread.''). The Web site will also 
contain charts showing the frequency distribution and range of values 
of trading prices, Closing Bid/Ask Midpoints and Closing Bid/Ask 
Spreads over time.
    This approval order is based on all of the Exchange's 
representations, including those set forth above and in the Notice,\22\ 
and the Exchange's description of the Funds. The Commission notes that 
the Funds and the Shares must comply with the requirements of Nasdaq 
Rule 5745 to be listed and traded on the Exchange.
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    \22\ See supra note 4.
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    For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed 
rule change, as modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 thereto, is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \23\ and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.
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    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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IV. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\24\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2015-036), as 
modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 thereto, be, and it hereby is, 
approved.
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    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\25\
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    \25\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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