
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49315-49319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17664]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-78378; File No. SR-NYSE-2016-49]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change 
Amending the Exchange's Price List

July 21, 2016.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that on July 11, 2016, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'' or 
the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I 
and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. 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\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the 
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's Price List to add 
additional wireless connections and update or remove obsolete text. 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.

II. 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,

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of the most significant parts of such statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange's co-location \4\ services include the means for Users 
\5\ to receive market data feeds from third party markets (``Third 
Party Data'') through a wireless connection.\6\ The Exchange currently 
offers wireless connectivity to six Third Party Data feeds.\7\ The 
Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's Price List to (a) expand the 
existing wireless connections to Bats Pitch BZX Gig shaped data 
(``BZX'') and DirectEdge EDGX Gig shaped data (``EDGX'') to include 
additional market data feeds, and (b) provide a wireless connection to 
NASDAQ TotalView Ultra (FPGA) and BX TotalView-ITCH data. The Exchange 
also proposes to update or remove obsolete text.
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    \4\ The Exchange initially filed rule changes relating to its 
co-location services with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') in 2010. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
62960 (September 21, 2010), 75 FR 59310 (September 27, 2010) (SR-
NYSE-2010-56). The Exchange operates a data center in Mahwah, New 
Jersey (the ``data center'') from which it provides co-location 
services to Users.
    \5\ For purposes of the Exchange's co-location services, a 
``User'' means any market participant that requests to receive co-
location services directly from the Exchange. See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 76008 (September 29, 2015), 80 FR 60190 
(October 5, 2015) (SR-NYSE-2015-40). As specified in the Price List, 
a User that incurs co-location fees for a particular co-location 
service pursuant thereto would not be subject to co-location fees 
for the same co-location service charged by the Exchange's 
affiliates NYSE MKT LLC and NYSE Arca, Inc. See Securities Exchange 
Act Release No. 70206 (August 15, 2013), 78 FR 51765 (August 21, 
2013) (SR-NYSE-2013-59).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76748 (December 23, 
2015), 80 FR 81609 (December 30, 2015) (SR-NYSE-2015-52) (``Wireless 
Approval Release'').
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77119 (February 11, 
2016), 81 FR 8313 (February 18, 2016) (SR-NYSE-2016-01).
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    More specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend the connections 
to BZX and EDGX as follows:
     The wireless connection to BZX data would also include 
Bats Pitch BYX Gig shaped data (``BYX''), and
     the wireless connection to EDGX data would also include 
Bats EDGA Gig shaped data (``EDGA'').
    The related fees would not change.
    Any User that presently has a wireless connection to BZX or EDGX 
data would also receive BYX or EDGA data, respectively, upon 
effectiveness of the proposed change. Such User would not be required 
to pay a second non-recurring initial charge.
    In addition, the Exchange proposes to add a seventh Third Party 
Data feed, which would include NASDAQ TotalView Ultra (FPGA) and BX 
TotalView-ITCH data (``FPGA and TotalView-ITCH''). Both such data feeds 
are currently offered separately. For each wireless connection to FPGA 
and TotalView-ITCH, a User would be charged a $5,000 non-recurring 
initial charge and a monthly recurring charge (``MRC'') of $14,500.
    Any User that presently has a wireless connection to the separate 
FPGA and TotalView-ITCH feeds would become subject to the $14,500 MRC 
upon effectiveness of the proposed change. Such User would not be 
required to pay another non-recurring initial charge.
    The Exchange accordingly proposes to revise its Price List to 
include the following:

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              Description                        Amount of charge
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Wireless connection of Bats Pitch BZX    $5,000 per connection initial
 Gig shaped data and Bats Pitch BYX Gig   charge plus monthly charge per
 shaped data.                             connection of $6,000
                                         Fees are subject to a 30-day
                                          testing period, during which
                                          the monthly charge per
                                          connection is waived.
Wireless connection of Bats EDGX Gig     $5,000 per connection initial
 shaped data and Bats EDGA Gig shaped     charge plus monthly charge per
 data.                                    connection of $6,000
                                         Fees are subject to a 30-day
                                          testing period, during which
                                          the monthly charge per
                                          connection is waived.
Wireless connection of NASDAQ Totalview  $5,000 per connection initial
 Ultra (FPGA) and BX Totalview-ITCH       charge plus monthly charge per
 data.                                    connection of $14,500
                                         Fees are subject to a 30-day
                                          testing period, during which
                                          the monthly charge per
                                          connection is waived.
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    As with all the Third Party Data, the Exchange would utilize a 
network vendor to provide a wireless connection to BZX and BYX, EDGX 
and EDGA or FPGA and TotalView-ITCH data (together, the ``Additional 
Third Party Data'') through wireless connections from an Exchange 
access center to its data center in Mahwah, New Jersey, through a 
series of towers equipped with wireless equipment. A User that wished 
to receive Additional Third Party Data would enter into a contract with 
the relevant third party provider, which would charge the User the 
applicable market data fees. The Exchange would charge the User fees 
for the wireless connection.\8\
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    \8\ A User only receives the Third Party Data for which it 
enters into a contract with the third party provider. If a User 
requested not to be connected to one of the Third Party Data feeds 
(for example, if it entered into a contract with BATS for BZX but 
not BYX, or for EDGA but not EDGX), the Exchange would only provide 
the wireless connection requested, but would charge the User the 
full $5000 initial fee, plus $6000/monthly fee for the wireless 
connection.
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    As with the previously approved wireless connections to Third Party 
Data, if a User purchases two wireless connections to Additional Third 
Party Data, it pays two non-recurring initial charges. Wireless 
connections include the use of one port for connectivity to Third Party 
Data.\9\ As with the previously approved wireless connections to Third 
Party Data, the Exchange proposes to waive the first month's MRC, to 
allow Users to test the receipt of Additional Third Party Data for a 
month before incurring any MRCs.
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    \9\ A User only requires one port to connect to the Third Party 
Data, irrespective of how many of the wireless connections it 
orders. It may, however, purchase additional ports. See Wireless 
Approval Release, supra note 6, at 81610.
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    The Exchange proposes to offer the wireless connections to provide 
Users with an alternative means of connectivity to Additional Third 
Party Data. Currently, Users can receive such Third Party Data from 
wireless networks offered by third party vendors.\10\ Users may also 
receive connections to Additional Third Party Data through other 
methods, including, for example, from another User, through a 
telecommunications provider, or over the internet protocol (``IP'') 
network.\11\
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    \10\ Currently, at least six third party vendors offer Users 
wireless network connections using wireless equipment installed on 
towers and buildings near the data center.
    \11\ The IP network is a local area network available in the 
data center. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74222 (February 
6, 2015), 80 FR 7888 (February 12, 2015) (SR-NYSE-2015-05) (notice 
of filing and immediate effectiveness of proposed rule change to 
include IP network connections).

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    The proposed connectivity to the FPGA and TotalView-ITCH data feeds 
would be available upon effectiveness. The proposed connectivity to the 
BZX and BYX or EDGX and EDGA data feeds is expected to be available no 
later than September 1, 2016. The Exchange will announce the date that 
the wireless connections will be made available through a customer 
notice.
    In addition, the Exchange proposes to replace the existing 
references to ``DirectEdge'' and ``BATS'' in the Price List with 
references to ``Bats'' in order to reflect the recent name changes of 
BATS Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. to Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. 
and Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., respectively.\12\
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    \12\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77298 (March 4, 
2016), 81 FR 12757 (March 10, 2016) (SR-EDGX-2016-04) (notice of 
filing and immediate effectiveness of proposed rule change to 
reflect a legal name change by BATS Global Markets, Inc. and the 
legal names of certain subsidiaries).
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    Finally, the Exchange proposes to delete statements in the Price 
List that say that the wireless connections for Third Party Data are 
expected to be available no later than March 1, 2016, as such 
statements are obsolete. This proposed change would have no impact on 
pricing.
    As is the case with all Exchange co-location arrangements, (i) 
neither a User nor any of the User's customers would be permitted to 
submit orders directly to the Exchange unless such User or customer is 
a member organization, a Sponsored Participant or an agent thereof 
(e.g., a service bureau providing order entry services); (ii) use of 
the co-location services proposed herein would be completely voluntary 
and available to all Users on a non-discriminatory basis; \13\ and 
(iii) a User would only incur one charge for the particular co-location 
service described herein, regardless of whether the User connects only 
to the Exchange or to the Exchange and one or both of its 
affiliates.\14\
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    \13\ As is currently the case, Users that receive co-location 
services from the Exchange will not receive any means of access to 
the Exchange's trading and execution systems that is separate from, 
or superior to, that of other Users. In this regard, all orders sent 
to the Exchange enter the Exchange's trading and execution systems 
through the same order gateway, regardless of whether the sender is 
co-located in the data center or not. In addition, co-located Users 
do not receive any market data or data service product that is not 
available to all Users, although Users that receive co-location 
services normally would expect reduced latencies in sending orders 
to, and receiving market data from, the Exchange.
    \14\ See SR-NYSE-2013-59, supra note 5 at 51766. The Exchange's 
affiliates have also submitted substantially the same proposed rule 
change to propose the changes described herein. See SR-NYSEMKT-2016-
70 and SR-NYSEArca-2016-99.
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    The proposed change is not otherwise intended to address any other 
issues relating to co-location services and/or related fees, and the 
Exchange is not aware of any problems that Users would have in 
complying with the proposed change.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\15\ in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of 
the Act,\16\ in particular, because 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 regulating, clearing, settling, processing 
information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in 
securities, to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a 
free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest and because it is not 
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, 
brokers, or dealers. The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule 
change furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\17\ in 
particular, because it provides for the equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its members, issuers and 
other persons using its facilities and does not unfairly discriminate 
between customers, issuers, brokers or dealers.
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed service is not designed to 
permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers, or 
dealers because the proposed changes would provide Users with an 
alternative means of connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data. 
Users that do not opt to utilize the Exchange's proposed wireless 
connections would still be able to obtain the Additional Third Party 
Data through other methods, including, for example, from wireless 
networks offered by third party vendors, another User, through a 
telecommunications provider, or over the IP network. Users that opt to 
use wireless connections to Additional Third Party Data would receive 
the Additional Third Party Data that is available to all Users, as all 
market participants that contract with the relevant third party market 
for the Additional Third Party Data may receive it.
    The Exchange believes that this removes impediments to, and 
perfects the mechanisms of, a free and open market and a national 
market system and, in general, protects investors and the public 
interest because it would provide Users with choices with respect to 
the form and optimal latency of the connectivity they use to receive 
Additional Third Party Data, allowing a User that opts to receive such 
Additional Third Party Data to select the connectivity and number of 
ports that better suit its needs, helping it tailor its data center 
operations to the requirements of its business operations.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed change is equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory because it will result in fees being charged 
only to Users that voluntarily select to receive the corresponding 
services and because those services will be available to all Users. 
Furthermore, the Exchange believes that the services and fees proposed 
herein are not unfairly discriminatory and are equitably allocated 
because, in addition to the services being completely voluntary, they 
are available to all Users on an equal basis (i.e., the same products 
and services are available to all Users). All Users that voluntarily 
select wireless connections to Additional Third Party Data would be 
charged the same amount for the same services and would have their 
first month MRC for wireless connections waived.
    Overall, the Exchange believes that the proposed change is 
reasonable because the Exchange proposes to offer the wireless 
connections to described herein as a convenience to Users, but in doing 
so would incur certain costs, including costs related to the data 
center facility, hardware and equipment and costs related to personnel 
required for initial installation and monitoring, support and 
maintenance of such services. The costs associated with the wireless 
connections are incrementally higher than fiber optics-based solutions 
due to the expense of the wireless equipment, cost of installation and 
testing and ongoing maintenance of the network.
    The Exchange believes that it is reasonable not to charge a User a 
second non-recurring initial charge if it has a wireless connection to 
BZX or EDGX data as of the date of effectiveness of the proposed 
change, because such User would have already paid a non-recurring 
initial charge for the wireless connection to BZX or EDGX data that it 
already has. The Exchange believes that it is reasonable that a User 
that presently has a wireless connection to the separate FPGA and 
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feeds would become subject to the $14,500 MRC upon effectiveness of the 
proposed change, because such User would have the same service as a 
User that obtained wireless connectivity to the FPGA and TotalView-ITCH 
feeds after effectiveness. Similarly, the Exchange believes that it is 
reasonable that such a User would not be required to pay another non-
recurring initial charge, because such User would have already paid 
non-recurring initial charges for the two wireless connections that it 
already has.
    The Exchange believes that it is reasonable that a User that has 
already purchased wireless connections to other Third Party Data would 
be charged a non-recurring initial charge when it purchases a wireless 
connection to Additional Third Party Data, because the Exchange would 
incur certain costs in installing the wireless connection to such Third 
Party Data irrespective of whether the User had existing wireless 
connections to other Third Party Data. Such costs related to initial 
installation include, in particular, costs related to personnel 
required for initial installation and testing. The costs associated 
with installing wireless connections are incrementally higher than 
those associated with installing fiber optics-based solutions.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed pricing is reasonable 
because it allows Users to select the Additional Third Party Data 
connectivity option that better suits their needs. The fees also 
reflect the benefit received by Users in terms of lower latency over 
the fiber optics option. For competitive reasons, the Exchange has 
opted not to change the existing fees for the BZX and EDGX Third Party 
Data feeds. Accordingly, Users that already receive the BZX or EDGX 
Third Party Data feed will receive an additional feed at no incremental 
cost.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed waiver of the first month's 
MRC is reasonable as it would allow Users to test the receipt of the 
feed for a month before incurring any monthly recurring fees and may 
act as an incentive to Users to connect to Additional Third Party Data.
    Moreover, the Exchange believes that the proposed fees are 
equitably allocated and not unfairly discriminatory because the 
wireless connections to Additional Third Party Data would provide Users 
with an alternative means of connectivity to such feeds. Users that do 
not opt to utilize the Exchange's proposed wireless connections would 
still be able to obtain Additional Third Party Data through other 
methods, including, for example, from wireless networks offered by 
third party vendors, another User, through a telecommunications 
provider, or over the IP network. Users that opt to use wireless 
connections for Additional Third Party Data would receive the 
Additional Third Party Data that is available to all Users, as all 
market participants that contract with the relevant third party market 
for the Additional Third Party Data may receive it.
    The Exchange believes that deleting statements in the Price List 
that say that the wireless connections for Third Party Data are 
expected to be available no later than March 1, 2016, is reasonable, 
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because the reference is 
obsolete and no longer has an impact on pricing. The Exchange also 
believes that replacing the existing references to ``DirectEdge'' and 
``BATS'' in the Price List with references to ``Bats'' is reasonable, 
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory, because it will reflect the 
recent name changes of BATS Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. to 
Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. and Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., respectively. The 
proposed changes would result in the removal or update of obsolete text 
from the Price List and therefore add greater clarity to the Price List 
regarding the services offered and the applicable fees.
    For the reasons above, the proposed changes do not unfairly 
discriminate between or among market participants that are otherwise 
capable of satisfying any applicable co-location fees, requirements, 
terms and conditions established from time to time by the Exchange.
    Finally, the Exchange believes that it is subject to significant 
competitive forces, as described below in the Exchange's statement 
regarding the burden on competition.
    For these reasons, the Exchange believes that the proposed fees are 
reasonable, equitable, and not unfairly discriminatory

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

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\18\ the Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change will not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act because, in addition to the proposed services being 
completely voluntary, they are available to all Users on an equal basis 
(i.e. the same products and services are available to all Users).
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes will not 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because such access will 
provide Users with wireless connectivity to additional Third Party Data 
feeds. Currently, Users can receive Additional Third Party Data from 
wireless networks offered by third party vendors. Based on the 
information available to it, the Exchange believes that its proposed 
wireless connection would provide data at the same or similar speed and 
at the same or similar cost as the other wireless networks. 
Accordingly, the proposed wireless connections to Additional Third 
Party Data would provide Users with an additional wireless connectivity 
option, thereby enhancing competition.
    The Exchange notes that the proposed wireless connections to 
Additional Third Party Data would compete not just with other wireless 
connections to such Additional Third Party Data, but also with fiber 
optic network connections to Additional Third Party Data, which may be 
more attractive to some Users as they are more reliable and less 
susceptible to weather conditions. Users that do not opt to utilize 
wireless connections would be able to obtain Additional Third Party 
Data through other methods, including, for example, from another User, 
through a telecommunications provider, or over the IP network. In this 
way, the proposed changes would enhance competition by helping Users 
tailor their connectivity to Additional Third Party Data to the needs 
of their business operations by allowing them to select the form and 
optimal latency of the connectivity they use to receive such Additional 
Third Party Data that best suits their needs, helping them tailor their 
data center operations to the requirements of their business 
operations.
    The proposed wireless connections to Additional Third Party Data 
would traverse wireless connections through a series of towers equipped 
with wireless equipment, including a pole on the grounds of the data 
center. The wireless network has exclusive rights to operate wireless 
equipment on the data center pole. The Exchange will not sell rights to 
third parties to operate wireless equipment on the pole, due to space 
limitations, security concerns, and the interference that would arise 
between equipment placed too closely together. In addition to space 
issues, there are contractual restrictions on the use of the roof that 
the Exchange has determined would not be met if it offered space on the 
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equipment. Moreover, access to the pole or roof is not required for 
third parties to establish wireless networks that can compete with the 
Exchange's proposed service, as witnessed by the existing wireless 
networks currently serving Users. Based on the information available to 
it, the Exchange believes that its proposed wireless connections to 
Additional Third Party Data would provide data at the same or similar 
speed, and at the same or similar cost, as its proposed wireless 
connection, thereby enhancing competition.\19\
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    \19\ The Exchange notes that the distance of a wireless network 
provider's wireless equipment from the User is only one factor in 
determining overall latency. Other factors include the number of 
repeaters in the route, the number of switches the data has to 
travel through, and the millimeter wave and switch technology used.
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    Finally, the Exchange notes that it operates in a highly 
competitive market in which market participants can readily favor 
competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be 
excessive. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually 
review, and consider adjusting, its services and related fees and 
credits to remain competitive with other exchanges. For the reasons 
described above, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change 
reflects this competitive environment.

C. 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.

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

    Because the foregoing 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 for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or 
such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \20\ and 
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\21\ A proposed rule 
change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally does not become operative 
prior to 30 days after the date of filing.\22\ Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii), 
however, permits the Commission to designate a shorter time if such 
action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public 
interest.\23\
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(a)(iii).
    \21\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file 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.
    \22\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \23\ Id.
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    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 waiver of the operative delay is 
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest 
because such waiver will allow Users that elect to receive wireless 
connections to both NASDAQ Totalview Ultra (FPGA) and BX Totalview-ITCH 
data to do so without delay at a reduced fee through the new bundle 
price. The Commission has therefore determined to waive the 30-day 
operative delay and designate the proposed rule change as operative 
upon filing with the Commission.\24\
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    \24\ 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. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \25\ to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. 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 No. SR-NYSE-2016-49 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File No. SR-NYSE-2016-49. 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 available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File No. SR-NYSE-2016-49, and should be 
submitted on or before August 17, 2016.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\26\
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    \26\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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