[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 82005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27725]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-90644; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2020-069]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; 
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a 
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Exclude 
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies From the Requirement That at 
Least 50% of a Company's Round Lot Holders Each Hold Unrestricted 
Securities With a Market Value of at Least $2,500

December 11, 2020.
    On October 8, 2020, 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 exclude special purpose acquisition companies 
from the requirement that at least 50% of a company's round lot holders 
each hold unrestricted securities with a market value of at least 
$2,500. On October 21, 2020, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the 
proposed rule change, which amended and replaced the proposed rule 
change in its entirety. The proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendment No. 1, was published for comment in the Federal Register on 
October 28, 2020.\3\
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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. 90245 (October 22, 
2020), 85 FR 68400.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ 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 December 12, 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 
January 26, 2021, as the date by which the Commission shall either 
approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove, the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1 
(File No. SR-NASDAQ-2020-069).
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    \5\ Id.
    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27725 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]
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