[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49690-49691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23264]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-81914; File No. SR-NYSE-2017-32]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on 
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Section 202.06 of the NYSE Listed Company 
Manual To Prohibit Listed Companies From Issuing Material News After 
the Official Closing Time for the Exchange's Trading Session Until the 
Earlier of Publication of Such Company's Official Closing Price on the 
Exchange or Five Minutes After the Official Closing Time

October 20, 2017.
    On August 17, 2017, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'' or the 
``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 amend the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the 
``Manual'') to prohibit listed companies from issuing material news 
after the official closing time for the Exchange's trading session 
until the earlier of publication of such company's official closing 
price on the Exchange or five minutes after the official closing time. 
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal 
Register on September 5, 2017.\3\ The Commission received one comment 
letter on the proposed rule change.\4\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81494 (August 29, 
2017), 82 FR 42008.
    \4\ See letter to Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary, 
Commission from John Dibacco Virtu Financial LLC, dated September 
20, 2017.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that, within 45 days of 
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the

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proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be 
disapproved. The 45th day for this filing is October 20, 2017.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission is extending the 45-day time period for Commission 
action on the proposed rule change. The Commission finds that it is 
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 
Exchange's proposal, as described above. Accordingly, pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\6\ the Commission designates December 4, 
2017, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or 
disapprove or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove 
the proposed rule change (File No. SR-NYSE-2017-32).
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-23264 Filed 10-25-17; 8:45 am]
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