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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 

5The term ‘‘Member’’ is defined as ‘‘any 

registered broker or dealer, or any person associated 

with a registered broker or dealer, that has been 

admitted to membership in the Exchange. A 

Member will have the status of a ‘‘member’’ of the 

Exchange as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(3) 

of the Act.’’ See Exchange Rule 1.5(n). 

6The Exchange notes that to the extent BATS 

Trading does or does not achieve any volume tiered 

discount on Nasdaq or routes an order to Nasdaq 

in a symbol that is not included in Nasdaq’s Select 

Symbol Program to receive a rebate of $0.00040 per 

share, its rate for Flag A will not change. The 

Exchange further notes that, due to billing system 

limitations that do not allow for separate rates by 

tape, it will pass through the lesser rebate of 

$0.00040 per share for all Tapes A, B & C securities. 

7See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73967 

(December 30, 2014), 80 FR 594 (January 6, 2015) 

(SR–Nasdaq–2014–128). 

8The Exchange notes that to the extent BATS 

Trading does or does not achieve any volume tiered 

discount on Nasdaq or routes an order to Nasdaq 

in a symbol that is included in Nasdaq’s Select 

Symbol Program to receive a rebate of $0.00040 per 

share, its rate for Flag RN will not change. The 

Exchange further notes that, due to billing system 

limitations that do not allow for separate rates by 

tape, it will pass through the rebate of $0.000150 

Continued 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–74462; File No. SR–EDGA– 

2015–13] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGA 

Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change Related to Fees for Use 

of EDGA Exchange, Inc. 

March 10, 2015. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on February 

26, 2015, EDGA Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘EDGA’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I, II and III 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the Exchange. The Exchange has 

designated the proposed rule change as 

one establishing or changing a member 

due, fee, or other charge imposed by the 

Exchange under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) 

of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2) 

thereunder,4 which renders the 

proposed rule change effective upon 

filing with the Commission. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange filed a proposal to 

amend its fees and rebates applicable to 

Members 5 of the Exchange pursuant to 

EDGA Rule 15.1(a) and (c) (‘‘Fee 

Schedule’’) to: (i) Decrease the rebate 

from $0.00150 per share to $0.00040 per 

share for orders that yield fee code A, 

which routes to the Nasdaq Stock 

Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) and adds 

liquidity; (ii) add new fee code RN, 

which routes to Nasdaq using the ROOC 

routing strategy and adds liquidity; (iii) 

add a bullet to the General Notes section 

regarding the rates that would apply 

when the New York Stock Exchange, 

Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’) or NYSE MKT LLC 

(‘‘NYSE MKT’’) declare an emergency 

condition under their Rule 49; (iv) add 

a new pricing tier called the MidPoint 

Discretionary Order Add Volume Tier; 

and (v) amend footnote 13 regarding 

how a Member’s volume attributed to 

fee code 5 will be allocated. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available at the Exchange’s Web site 

at www.batstrading.com, at the 

principal office of the Exchange, and at 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to: (i) 

Decrease the rebate from $0.00150 per 

share to $0.00040 per share for orders 

that yield fee code A, which routes to 

Nasdaq and adds liquidity; (ii) add new 

fee code RN, which routes to Nasdaq 

using the ROOC routing strategy and 

adds liquidity; (iii) add a bullet to the 

General Notes section regarding the 

rates that would apply when the NYSE 

or NYSE MKT declare an emergency 

condition under their Rule 49; (iv) add 

a new pricing tier called the MidPoint 

Discretionary Order Add Volume Tier; 

and (v) amend footnote 13 regarding 

how a Member’s volume attributed to 

fee code 5 will be allocated. 

Fee Code A 

In securities priced at or above $1.00, 

the Exchange currently provides a 

rebate of $0.00150 per share for 

Members’ orders that yield fee code A, 

which routes to Nasdaq and adds 

liquidity. The Exchange proposes to 

amend its Fee Schedule to decrease this 

rebate to $0.00040 per share for 

Members’ orders that yield fee code A. 

The proposed change represents a pass 

through of the rate that BATS Trading, 

Inc. (‘‘BATS Trading’’), the Exchange’s 

affiliated routing broker-dealer, is 

rebated for routing orders in certain 

symbols to Nasdaq when it does not 

qualify for a volume tiered rebate. When 

BATS Trading routes to Nasdaq, it is 

rebated a standard rate of $0.00040 per 

share for orders in select symbols 

(‘‘Nasdaq’s Select Symbol Program’’).6

BATS Trading will pass through this 

rate on Nasdaq to the Exchange and the 

Exchange, in turn, will pass through this 

rate to its Members. The Exchange notes 

that the proposed change is in response 

to Nasdaq’s January 2015 fee change 

where Nasdaq decreased the rebate it 

provides its customers, such as BATS 

Trading, from a rebate of $0.00150 per 

share to a rebate of $0.00040 per share 

for orders in symbols included in 

Nasdaq’s Select Symbol Program.7

Fee Code RN 

The Exchange proposes to adopt new 

fee code RN, which would be applied to 

orders routed to Nasdaq using the ROOC 

routing strategy that add liquidity. 

Orders that yield fee code RN will 

receive a rebate of $0.00150 per share. 

The ROOC Routing strategy routes 

orders to participate in the opening, reopening (following a halt, suspension, 

or pause), or closing process of a 

primary listing market (BATS, NYSE, 

Nasdaq, NYSE MKT, or NYSE Arca) if 

received before the opening/re-opening/ 

closing time of such market. If shares 

remain unexecuted after attempting to 

execute in the opening, re-opening, or 

closing process, they are either posted to 

the EDGA Book, executed, or routed to 

destinations on the System routing 

table. Proposed fee code RN represents 

a pass through of the rate that BATS 

Trading, the Exchange’s affiliated 

routing broker-dealer, is rebated for 

routing orders to Nasdaq in Tape C 

securities not included in Nasdaq’s 

Select Symbol Program when it does not 

qualify for a volume tiered rebate. When 

BATS Trading routes to Nasdaq using 

the ROOC routing strategy, it is rebated 

a standard rate of $0.00150 per share for 

Tape C securities that are not included 

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per share for all Tapes A, B & C securities that yield 

fee code RN. 

9See Exchange Rule 11.8(e) for a description of 

MidPoint Discretionary orders. 

10See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73781 

(December 8, 2014), 79 FR 73925 (December 12, 

2014) (SR–EDGA–2014–31). 

11See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71449 

(January 30, 2014), 79 FR 6961 (February 5, 2014) 

(SR–EDGX–2013–43; SR–EDGA–2013–34). 

12 15 U.S.C. 78f. 13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 14See supra note 6. 

BATS Trading will pass through this 

rate on Nasdaq to the Exchange and the 

Exchange, in turn, will pass through this 

rate to its Members. The Exchange notes 

that fee code A above will be applied to 

all orders routed to Nasdaq not utilizing 

the ROOC routing strategy that add 

liquidity. 

NYSE and NYSE MKT Rule 49 

The Exchange proposes to add a 

bullet under the General Notes section 

of the Fee Schedule to describe the rates 

that would apply where the NYSE or 

NYSE MKT declare an emergency 

condition under their Rule 49. Under 

NYSE and NYSE MKT Rule 49, the 

NYSE or NYSE MKT may invoke their 

emergency powers during an emergency 

condition and designate NYSE Arca, 

Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’) as their backup 

facility to receive and process bids and 

offers and to execute orders on behalf of 

the NYSE or NYSE MKT. In such case, 

the Exchange will route any order that 

was intended to be routed to the NYSE 

or NYSE MKT to NYSE Arca and the 

Exchange’s System will identify such 

trades as being executed on NYSE Arca, 

not the NYSE or NYSE MKT. Because 

the executions occurred on NYSE Arca, 

NYSE Arca will charge BATS Trading 

their applicable fee or rebate, and BATS 

Trading will pass through that fee or 

rebate to the Exchange who would, in 

turn, pass that rate along to its Members. 

Therefore, the Exchange proposes to add 

a bullet to its Fee Schedule stating that 

fee codes applicable to orders routed to 

NYSE Arca will be applied to orders 

routed to the NYSE or NYSE MKT 

where, pursuant to NYSE and NYSE 

MKT Rule 49, the NYSE or NYSE MKT 

have designated NYSE Arca as their 

backup facility to receive and process 

bids and offers and to execute orders on 

behalf of the NYSE or NYSE MKT. 

MidPoint Discretionary Order Add 

Volume Tier 

The Exchange proposes to add a new 

tier to footnote 4 entitled the MidPoint 

Discretionary Order Add Volume Tier. 

Under the tier, a Member would qualify 

for a reduced fee of $0.0003 per share 

where that Member: (i) Adds an ADV of 

at least 0.25% of the TCV including 

non-displayed orders that add liquidity; 

and (ii) adds or removes an ADV of at 

least 1,500,000 shares yielding fee codes 

DM or DT. Fee code DM is applied to 

Non-Displayed orders that add liquidity 

using MidPoint Discretionary orders 9

and fee code DT is applied to NonDisplayed orders that remove liquidity 

using MidPoint Discretionary Orders. 

Orders that yield fee code DM or fee 

code DT are charged a fee of $0.00050 

per share. The addition of the MidPoint 

Discretionary Order Add Volume Tier is 

intended to incentive Members to 

submit an increased number of 

MidPoint Discretionary orders to the 

Exchange, thereby increasing the 

liquidity on the Exchange at the 

midpoint of the National Best Bid or 

Offer (‘‘NBBO’’). 

Footnote 13 

In December 2014, the Exchange 

added footnote 13 to state that a 

Member’s monthly volume attributed to 

fee code 5 will be divided evenly 

between the added fee codes and 

removal fee codes when determining 

whether that Member satisfied a certain 

tier.10 At that time, the Exchange 

proposed to divide a Member’s fee code 

5 volume as such because the 

Exchange’s systems could not delineate 

orders yielding fee code 5 that added 

from those that removed liquidity for 

purposes of determining whether a 

Member satisfied a certain tier. 

In January 2014, the Exchange and its 

affiliate, EDGX Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGX’’) 

received approval to effect a merger (the 

‘‘Merger’’) of the Exchange’s parent 

company, Direct Edge Holdings LLC, 

with BATS Global Markets, Inc., the 

parent of BATS (together with BATS, 

EDGA and EDGX, the ‘‘BGM Affiliated 

Exchanges’’).11 In the context of the 

Merger, the BGM Affiliated Exchanges 

migrated EDGX and EDGA onto the 

BATS technology platform, which was 

completed in January 2015. Under the 

BATS technology platform, the 

Exchange is now able to delineate 

orders yield fee code 5 that added from 

those that removed liquidity for 

purposes of determining whether a 

Member satisfies a certain tier. 

Therefore, the Exchange proposes to 

amend footnote 13 to state that a 

Member’s monthly volume attributed to 

fee code 5 will be allocated accordingly 

between the added fee codes and 

removal fee codes when determining 

whether that Member satisfied a certain 

tier. 

Implementation Date 

The Exchange proposes to implement 

these amendments to its Fee Schedule 

on March 2, 2015. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,12

in general, and furthers the objectives of 

Section 6(b)(4),13 in particular, as it is 

designed to provide for the equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees and 

other charges among its Members and 

other persons using its facilities. The 

Exchange also notes that it operates in 

a highly-competitive market in which 

market participants can readily direct 

order flow to competing venues if they 

deem fee levels at a particular venue to 

be excessive. The proposed rule change 

reflects a competitive pricing structure 

designed to incent market participants 

to direct their order flow to the 

Exchange. The Exchange believes that 

the proposed rates are equitable and 

non-discriminatory in that they apply 

uniformly to all Members. The 

Exchange believes the fees and credits 

remain competitive with those charged 

by other venues and therefore continue 

to be reasonable and equitably allocated 

to Members. 

Fee Code A 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposal to decrease the pass through 

rebate for Members’ orders that yield fee 

code A from $0.00150 to $0.00040 per 

share represents an equitable allocation 

of reasonable dues, fees, and other 

charges among Members and other 

persons using its facilities. Prior to 

Nasdaq’s Select Symbol Program, 

Nasdaq provided BATS Trading a rebate 

of $0.00150 per share for orders in 

yielding fee code A, which BATS 

Trading passed through to the Exchange 

and the Exchange passed through to its 

Members. In January 2015, Nasdaq 

decreased the standard rebate it 

provides its customers, such as BATS 

Trading, from a rebate of $0.00150 per 

share to a rebate of $0.00040 per share 

for orders that are routed to Nasdaq in 

symbols included in its Select Symbol 

Program.14 Therefore, the Exchange 

believes that the proposed change in fee 

code A from a rebate of $0.00150 per 

share to a rebate of $0.00040 per share 

is equitable and reasonable because it 

accounts for the pricing changes on 

Nasdaq. In addition, the proposal allows 

the Exchange to continue to charge its 

Members a pass-through rate for orders 

that are routed to Nasdaq. The Exchange 

further notes that, due to billing system 

limitations that do not allow for 

separate rates by security for those 

included in Nasdaq’s Select Symbol 


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Program, it will pass through the lesser 

rebate of $0.00040 per share for all 

Tapes A, B & C securities routed to 

Nasdaq. The Exchange notes that 

routing through BATS Trading is 

voluntary. Lastly, the Exchange also 

believes that the proposed amendment 

is non-discriminatory because it applies 

uniformly to all Members. 

Fee Code RN 

The Exchange believes its proposal to 

adopt new fee code RN, which would be 

applied to orders routed to Nasdaq 

using the ROOC routing strategy that 

add liquidity, represents an equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 

other charges among Members and other 

persons using its facilities because the 

Exchange does not levy additional fees 

or offer additional rebates for orders that 

it routes to Nasdaq through BATS 

Trading using the ROOC routing 

strategy. Proposed fee code RN 

represents a pass through of the rate that 

BATS Trading, the Exchange’s affiliated 

routing broker-dealer, is rebated for 

routing orders to Nasdaq in securities 

not included in Nasdaq’s Select Symbol 

Program when it does not qualify for a 

volume tiered rebate. When BATS 

Trading routes to Nasdaq using the 

ROOC routing strategy, it is rebated a 

standard rate of $0.00150 per share for 

Tape C securities that are not included 

in Nasdaq’s Select Symbol Program.15

Therefore, the Exchange believes to 

provide proposed fee code RN a rebate 

of $0.00150 per share is equitable and 

reasonable because it accounts for 

pricing on Nasdaq and allows the 

Exchange to charge its Members a passthrough rate for orders that are routed to 

Nasdaq using the ROOC routing 

strategy. The Exchange further notes 

that, due to billing system limitations 

that do not allow for separate rates by 

security for those included in Nasdaq’s 

Select Symbol Program, it will pass 

through the rebate of $0.00150 per share 

for all Tapes A, B & C securities routed 

to Nasdaq yielding fee code RN. The 

Exchange notes that routing through 

BATS Trading is voluntary. Lastly, the 

Exchange also believes that the 

proposed amendment is nondiscriminatory because it applies 

uniformly to all Members. 

NYSE and NYSE MKT Rule 49 

The Exchange believes that adding a 

bullet under the General Notes section 

of the Fee Schedule to describe the rates 

that would apply where the NYSE or 

NYSE MKT declare an emergency 

condition under their Rule 49 is 

reasonable because it is designed to 

provide greater transparency to 

Members by describing which rates 

would apply in such circumstances. In 

the case when NYSE or NYSE MKT 

invoke their Rule 49, the Exchange will 

route any order that was intended for 

the NYSE or NYSE MKT to NYSE Arca 

and the Exchange’s System will identify 

such trades as being executed on NYSE 

Arca, not the NYSE or NYSE MKT. 

Because the executions occurred on 

NYSE Arca, NYSE Arca will charge 

their applicable fee or rebate. The 

proposed bullet is intended to make 

clear within the Fee Schedule which 

rate would apply where the NYSE or 

NYSE MKT invoke their emergency 

powers under their Rule 49, thereby 

eliminating potential investor 

confusion, removing impediments to 

and perfecting the mechanism of a free 

and open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, protecting 

investors and the public interest. The 

Exchange notes that routing through 

BATS Trading is voluntary. Lastly, the 

Exchange also believes that the 

proposed amendment is nondiscriminatory because it applies 

uniformly to all Members. 

MidPoint Discretionary Order Add 

Volume Tier 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

MidPoint Discretionary Order Add 

Volume Tier represents an equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 

other charges among Members and other 

persons using its facilities because it is 

designed to incentivize Members to 

increase their use of MidPoint 

Discretionary orders on EDGA. 

MidPoint Discretionary orders provide 

liquidity at the midpoint of the NBBO. 

The Exchange believes that Members 

utilizing MidPoint Discretionary orders 

that provide liquidity at the midpoint of 

the NBBO may receive the benefit of 

price improvement, and providing a 

decreased fee for such orders that meet 

the tier’s qualifications is a reasonable 

means by which to encourage the use of 

such orders. In addition, the Exchange 

believes that by encouraging the use of 

MidPoint Discretionary orders, 

Members seeking price improvement 

would be more motivated to direct their 

orders to EDGA because they would 

have a heightened expectation of the 

availability of liquidity at the midpoint 

of the NBBO. The Exchange also 

believes that the proposed addition of 

the MidPoint Discretionary Order Add 

Volume Tier is non-discriminatory 

because it will be available to all 

Members. 

Footnote 13 

The Exchange believes proposed 

footnote 13 stating that a Member’s 

monthly volume attributed to fee code 

5 will be allocated accordingly between 

the added fee codes and removal fee 

codes when determining whether that 

Member satisfied a certain tier 

represents an equitable allocation of 

reasonable dues, fees, and other charges. 

Footnote 13 initially divided a 

Member’s fee code 5 volume as such 

because fee code 5 includes both added 

and removed liquidity and the 

Exchange’s systems could not delineate 

orders yielding fee code 5 that added 

from those that removed liquidity 

purposes of determining whether a 

Member satisfies a certain tier. Under 

the BATS technology platform, the 

Exchange is now able to delineate 

orders yield fee code 5 that added from 

those that removed liquidity for 

purposes of determining whether a 

Member satisfies a certain tier. 

Therefore, the Exchange believes 

amending footnote 13 to state that a 

Member’s monthly volume attributed to 

fee code 5 will be allocated accordingly 

between the added fee codes and 

removal fee codes is reasonable because 

it would provide Members an accurate 

understanding of how their orders 

yielding fee code 5 would be allocated 

amongst added and removed volume for 

purposes of determining whether they 

satisfied a certain tier. Lastly, the 

Exchange also believes that the 

proposed amendment is nondiscriminatory because it applies 

uniformly to all Members. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange believes its proposed 

amendments to its Fee Schedule would 

not impose any burden on competition 

that is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

The Exchange does not believe that the 

proposed change represents a significant 

departure from previous pricing offered 

by the Exchange or pricing offered by 

the Exchange’s competitors. 

Additionally, Members may opt to 

disfavor the Exchange’s pricing if they 

believe that alternatives offer them 

better value. Accordingly, the Exchange 

does not believe that the proposed 

change will impair the ability of 

Members or competing venues to 

maintain their competitive standing in 

the financial markets. 

Fee Code A 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposal to pass through a rebate of 

$0.00040 per share for Members’ orders 


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that yield fee code A would increase 

intermarket competition because it 

offers customers an alternative means to 

route to Nasdaq for a similar rate as 

entering orders in certain symbols on 

Nasdaq directly. The Exchange believes 

that its proposal would not burden 

intramarket competition because the 

proposed rate would apply uniformly to 

all Members. 

Fee Code RN 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposal to add fee code RN for orders 

that route to Nasdaq using the ROOC 

routing strategy and pass through a 

rebate of $0.00150 per share to Members 

would increase intermarket competition 

because it offers customers an 

alternative means to route orders to 

Nasdaq to participate in their opening, 

re-opening or closing process for a 

similar rate as entering orders in certain 

symbols on Nasdaq directly. The 

Exchange believes that its proposal 

would not burden intramarket 

competition because the proposed rate 

would apply uniformly to all Members. 

NYSE and NYSE MKT Rule 49 

The Exchange believes that adding a 

bullet under the General Notes section 

of the Fee Schedule to describe which 

rates that would apply where the NYSE 

or NYSE MKT declare an emergency 

condition under their Rule 49 would not 

affect intermarket nor intramarket 

competition because none of these 

changes are designed to amend any 

rebate or alter the manner in which the 

Exchange calculates rebates. This 

change is not designed to have a 

competitive impact. Rather, it is 

intended to make clear to Members and 

investors within the Fee Schedule 

which rate would apply where the 

NYSE or NYSE MKT invoke their 

emergency powers under their Rule 49, 

thereby eliminating potential investor 

confusion. 

MidPoint Discretionary Order Add 

Volume Tier 

The Exchange believes that its 

proposal to adopt a MidPoint 

Discretionary Order Add Volume Tier 

would increase intermarket competition 

because it would incentivize Members 

to send an increased amount MidPoint 

Discretionary orders to the Exchange in 

order to qualify for the tier’s decreased 

fee. The Exchange believes that its 

proposal would neither increase nor 

decrease intramarket competition 

because the MidPoint Discretionary 

Order Add Volume Tier would apply 

uniformly to all Members and the ability 

of some Members to meet the tier would 

only benefit other Members by 

contributing to increased liquidity at the 

midpoint of the NBBO and better market 

quality at the Exchange. 

Footnote 13 

The Exchange believes that amending 

footnote 13 to reflect current system 

functionality that orders yielding fee 

code 5 will be allocated accordingly 

amongst added fee codes and removal 

fee codes would increase intermarket 

competition because it would encourage 

Members to direct their orders to the 

Exchange because they would have 

certainty as to how their orders will be 

allocated when determining whether 

that Member qualified for a certain 

pricing tier. The Exchange believes that 

its proposal would neither increase nor 

decrease intramarket competition 

because the fee code 5 and footnote 13 

would continue to apply uniformly to 

all Members. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange has not solicited, and 

does not intend to solicit, comments on 

this proposed rule change. The 

Exchange has not received any 

unsolicited written comments from 

Members or other interested parties. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 16 and paragraph (f) of Rule 

19b–4 thereunder.17 At any time within 

60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

EDGA–2015–13 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–EDGA–2015–13. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–EDGA– 

2015–13, and should be submitted on or 

before April 6, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.18

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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