[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70598-70599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27592]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-87777; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2019-097]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To Adopt BZX Rule 14.11(l) to Permit the Listing and Trading of 
Exchange-Traded Fund Shares That Are Permitted To Operate in Reliance 
on Rule 6c-11 Under the Investment Company Act of 1940

December 17, 2019.
    On November 15, 2019, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``BZX'') 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, among other 
things, adopt BZX Rule 14.11(l) to permit the listing and trading of 
Exchange-Traded Fund Shares that are permitted to operate in reliance 
on Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The proposed 
rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on 
November 22, 2019.\3\ The Commission has received no comment letters on 
the proposed rule change.
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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. 87560 (Nov. 18, 
2019), 84 FR 64607.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of

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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 will 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 January 6, 
2020. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it 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. Accordingly, the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates 
February 20, 2020 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-CboeBZX-2019-097).
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27592 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
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