[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02400]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-91025; File No. SR-NYSE-2020-96]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a 
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Rules Establishing Maximum Fee Rates 
To Be Charged by Member Organizations for Forwarding Proxy and Other 
Materials to Beneficial Owners

February 1, 2021.
    On December 2, 2020, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') 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 delete the 
maximum fee rates for processing and forwarding proxy and other 
materials to beneficial owners of stock set forth in NYSE Rules 451 and 
465 and Section 402.10 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, and establish 
in their place a requirement for member organizations to comply with 
any schedule of approved charges set forth in the rules of any other 
national securities organization or association of which such member 
organization is a member. The proposed rule change was published for 
comment in the Federal Register on December 21, 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. 90677 (December 15, 
2020), 85 FR 83119. Comments received on the proposed rule change 
are available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nyse-2020-96/srnyse202096.htm.
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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 February 4, 2021. 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 that it is appropriate to designate a longer 
period within which to take action on the proposal so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the comments 
received. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of 
the Act,\5\ designates March 21, 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 (File No. 
SR-NYSE-2020-96).
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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. 2021-02400 Filed 2-4-21; 8:45 am]
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