[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10934-10935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04965]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82824; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2018-04]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To Adopt a New NYSE Arca Rule 8.900-E and To List and Trade 
Shares of the Royce Pennsylvania ETF, Royce Premier ETF, and Royce 
Total Return ETF Under Proposed NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.900-E

March 7, 2018.
    On January 8, 2018, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE Arca'') 
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 
adopt new NYSE Arca Rule 8.900-E to permit it to list and trade Managed 
Portfolio Shares. The

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Exchange also proposed to list and trade shares of Royce Pennsylvania 
ETF, Royce Premier ETF, and Royce Total Return ETF under proposed NYSE 
Arca Rule 8.900-E. The proposed rule change was published for comment 
in the Federal Register on January 26, 2018.\3\ The Commission has 
received five comment letters 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. 82549 (January 19, 
2018), 83 FR 3846.
    \4\ See letters from: (1) Terence W. Norman, Founder, Blue 
Tractor Group, LLC, dated February 6, 2018; (2) Simon P. Goulet, Co-
Founder, Blue Tractor Group, LLC, dated February 13, 2018; (3) Todd 
J. Broms, Chief Executive Officer, Broms & Company LLC, dated 
February 16, 2018; (4) Kevin S. Haeberle, Associate Professor of 
Law, William & Mary Law School, dated February 16, 2018; and (5) 
Gary L. Gastineau, President, ETF Consultants.com, Inc., dated March 
6, 2018. The comment letters are available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2018-04/nysearca201804.htm.
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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 proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is March 12, 2018. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    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 proposed rule change and the 
comment letters. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 
19(b)(2) of the Act,\6\ designates April 26, 2018, 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 Number SR-NYSEArca-2018-04).
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    \6\ Id.

    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. 2018-04965 Filed 3-12-18; 8:45 am]
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