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15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 17 CFR 242.612(c). 

2See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68303 

(November 27, 2012), 77 FR 71652 (December 3, 

2012) (‘‘RPI Approval Order’’) (SR–BXY–2012–019). 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 71249 

(January 7, 2014), 79 FR 2229 (January 13, 2012) 

(SR–BYX–2014–001) (Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change 

to Extend the Pilot Period for the RPI); 71250 

(January 7, 2014), 79 FR 2234 (January 13, 2012) 

(Order Granting an Extension to Limited Exemption 

From Rule 612(c) of Regulation NMS in Connection 

With the Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement 

Program); 74111 (January 22, 2015), 80 FR 4598 

(January 28, 2015) (SR–BYX–2015–05) (Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change to Extend the Pilot Period for the RPI); 

and 74115 (January 22, 2015), 80 FR 4324 (January 

27, 2015) (Order Granting an Extension to Limited 

Exemption From Rule 612(c) of Regulation NMS in 

Connection With the Exchange’s Retail Price 

Improvement Program); 76965 (January 22, 2016), 

81 FR 4682 (January 27, 2016) (SR–BYX–2016– 

01)(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

a Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Pilot Period 

for the RPI); 76953 (January 21, 2016), 81 FR 4728 

(January 27, 2016)(Order Granting an Extension to 

Limited Exemption From Rule 612(c) of Regulation 

NMS in Connection With the Exchange’s Retail 

Price Improvement Program); 78180 (June 28, 2016), 

81 FR 43306 (July 1, 2016) (SR–BYX–2016–15) 

(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a 

Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Pilot Period for 

the RPI); 78178 (July 5, 2016), 81 FR 43689 (July 

5, 2016)(Order Granting an Extension to Limited 

Exemption From Rule 612(c) of Regulation NMS in 

Connection With the Exchange’s Retail Price 

Improvement Program). 

4See letter from Anders Franzon, Senior Vice 

President and Associate General Counsel, BYX, to 

Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated 

August 7, 2017. 

5See SR-BatsBYX–2017–18. 

6See RPI Approval Order, supra note 2, at 77 FR 

at 71657. 7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(83). 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–Phlx– 

2017–61 and should be submitted on or 

before September 5, 2017. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–81364; File No. SR–BYX– 

2012–019] 

Self-Regulatory Organization; BATS 

BYX-Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting an 

Extension to Limited Exemption From 

Rule 612(c) of Regulation NMS in 

Connection With the Exchange’s Retail 

Price Improvement Program 

August 9, 2017. 

On November 27, 2012, the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) issued an order 

pursuant to its authority under Rule 

612(c) of Regulation NMS (‘‘Sub-Penny 

Rule) 1 that granted the BATS BYXExchange, Inc. (‘‘BYX’’ or the 

‘‘Exchange’’) a limited exemption from 

the Sub-Penny Rule in connection with 

the operation of the Exchange’s Retail 

Price Improvement (‘‘RPI’’) Program (the 

‘‘Program’’). The limited exemption was 

granted concurrently with the 

Commission’s approval of the 

Exchange’s proposal to adopt the 

Program for a one-year pilot term.2 The 

exemption was granted coterminous 

with the effectiveness of the pilot 

Program and has been extended four 

times; 3 both the pilot Program and 

exemption are scheduled to expired on 

July 31, 2017. 

The Exchange now seeks to extend 

the exemption until July 31, 2018.4 The 

Exchange’s request was made in 

conjunction with an immediately 

effective filing that extends the 

operation of the Program until July 31, 

2018.5 In its request to extend the 

exemption, the Exchange notes that the 

Program was implemented gradually 

over time. Accordingly, the Exchange 

has asked for additional time to allow 

itself and the Commission to analyze 

data concerning the Program, which the 

Exchange committed to provide to the 

Commission, as well as to allow 

additional opportunities for greater 

participation in the Program.6 For this 

reason and the reasons stated in the 

Order originally granting the limited 

exemption, the Commission finds that 

extending the exemption, pursuant to its 

authority under Rule 612(c) of 

Regulation NMS, is appropriate in the 

public interest and consistent with the 

protection of investors. 

Therefore, it is hereby ordered, that, 

pursuant to Rule 612(c) of Regulation 

NMS, the Exchange is granted a limited 

exemption from Rule 612(c) of 

Regulation NMS that allows it to accept 

and rank orders priced equal to or 

greater than $1.00 per share in 

increments of $0.001, in connection 

with the operation of its RPI Program. 

The limited and temporary exemption 

extended by this Order is subject to 

modification or revocation if at any time 

the Commission determines that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Responsibility for compliance with any 

applicable provisions of the federal 

securities laws must rest with the 

persons relying on the exemptions that 

are the subject of this Order. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–81358; File No. 265–29] 

Equity Market Structure Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Renewal. 

SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

announce that the Chairman of the 

Commission, with the concurrence of 

the other Commissioners, has approved 

the renewal of the Securities and 

Exchange Commission Equity Market 

Structure Advisory Committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arisa Kettig, Senior Special Counsel, 

Division of Trading and Markets, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549, (202) 551–5676. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App., the Commission is 

publishing this notice that the Chairman 

of the Commission, with the 

concurrence of the other 

Commissioners, has approved the 

renewal of the Securities and Exchange 

Commission Equity Market Structure 

Advisory Committee (the ‘‘Committee’’). 

The Chairman of the Commission 

affirms that the renewal of the 

Committee is necessary and in the 

public interest. 

The Committee’s objective is to 

provide the Commission with diverse 

perspectives on the structure and 

operations of the U.S. equities markets, 

as well as advice and recommendations 

on matters related to equity market 

structure. 

No more than seventeen voting 

members will be appointed to the 

Committee, representing a cross-section 

of those directly affected by, interested 

in, and/or qualified to provide advice to 

the Commission on matters related to 

equity market structure. The 

Committee’s membership will continue 

to be balanced fairly in terms of points 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79474 

(December 6, 2016), 81 FR 89543 (‘‘Notice’’). 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79781, 

82 FR 6669 (January 19, 2017). 

6See letters from: (1) Representative Robert 

Pittenger, Representative Earl L. ‘‘Buddy’’ Carter, 

Representative Peter DeFazio, Representative Collin 

Peterson, and Representative David Joyce, dated 

December 22, 2016 (‘‘Pittenger Letter 1’’); (2) James 

N. Hill, dated December 23, 2016; (3) John 

Ciccarelli, dated January 2, 2017 (‘‘Ciccarelli 

Letter’’); (4) Anonymous, dated January 3, 2017 

(‘‘Anonymous Letter’’); (5) David E. Kaplan, 

Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism 

Network, dated January 4, 2017; (6) Reddy Dandolu, 

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Las Vegas Stock 

Exchange, dated February 4, 2017 (‘‘Dandolu 

Letter’’); (7) David Ferris, Senior Research Analyst, 

The Public Interest Review, dated February 16, 

2017 (‘‘Ferris Letter 1’’); (8) Michael Brennan, 

Independent Market Commentator, dated February 

17, 2017 (‘‘Brennan Letter’’); (9) Lawrence Bass, 

Individual Member, Alliance for American 

Manufacturing, dated February 20, 2017 (‘‘Bass 

Letter’’); (10) Steven Mayer, dated February 20, 

2017 (‘‘Mayer Letter’’); (11) William Park, dated 

February 21, 2017 (‘‘Park Letter’’); (12) Jason Blake, 

Commentator, The Wall Street Journal, dated 

February 25, 2017; (13) John Meagher, Freelance 

Journalist, dated March 1, 2017; (14) Yong Xiao, 

Chief Executive Officer, North America Casin 

Holdings, Inc., dated March 1, 2017 (‘‘NA Casin 

Holdings Letter’’); (15) Steven Caban, dated March 

1, 2017 (‘‘Caban Letter’’); (16) Harley Seyedin, 

President, American Chamber of Commerce in 

South China, dated March 2, 2017 (‘‘Seyedin 

Letter’’); (17) Salvatore Nobile, dated March 2, 2017 

(‘‘Nobile Letter’’); (18) Olga Gouroudeva, dated 

March 3, 2017 (‘‘Gouroudeva Letter’’); (19) John R. 

Prufeta, dated March 3, 2017 (‘‘Prufeta Letter’’); (20) 

Anthony J. Saliba, Saliba Ventures Holdings, LLC, 

dated March 3, 2017 (‘‘Saliba Letter’’); (21) Aileen 

Zhong, dated March 5, 2017 (‘‘Zhong Letter’’); (22) 

Duncan Karcher, dated March 5, 2017 (‘‘Karcher 

Letter’’); (23) Ira Gottlieb, Principal, Healthcare 

Practice, Mazars USA LLP, dated March 5, 2017 

(‘‘Gottlieb Letter’’); (24) James N. Hill, dated March 

6, 2017 (‘‘Hill Letter 2’’); (25) David Ferris, Senior 

Research Analyst, The Public Interest Review, dated 

March 6, 2017 (‘‘Ferris Letter 2’’); (26) Sean Casey, 

dated April 24, 2017; (27) Representative Robert 

Pittenger, Representative Chris Smith, 

Representative Peter DeFazio, Representative Ted 

Yoho, Representative Rosa DeLauro, Representative 

Steve King, Representative Walter Jones, 

Representative David Joyce, Representative Brian 

Babin, Representative Bill Posey, and 

Representative Tom Marino, dated July 10, 2017 

(‘‘Pittenger Letter 2’’); and (28) Senator Joe 

Manchin, III, dated July 20, 2017 (‘‘Manchin 

Letter’’). All of the comments are available at: 

https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-chx-2016-20/ 

chx201620.shtml. 

7See letters from John K. Kerin, President and 

Chief Executive Officer, CHX, dated January 5, 2017 

(‘‘CHX Response Letter 1’’); Albert J. Kim, Vice 

President and Associate General Counsel, CHX, 

dated January 6, 2017 (‘‘CHX Response Letter 2’’) 

(responding specifically to the Ciccarelli Letter); 

and John K. Kerin, President and Chief Executive 

of view represented and functions to be 

performed. 

The Charter provides that the duties 

of the Committee are to be solely 

advisory. The Commission alone will 

make any determinations of actions to 

be taken and policies to be expressed 

with respect to matters within the 

Commission’s jurisdiction as to which 

the Committee provides advice or makes 

recommendations. The Committee will 

meet at such intervals as are necessary 

to carry out its functions. The charter 

contemplates that the full Committee 

will meet one time. Meetings of 

subgroups or subcommittees of the full 

Committee may occur more frequently. 

The Committee will terminate five 

months from the date it is renewed or 

such earlier date as determined by the 

Commission unless, before the 

expiration of that time period, it is 

renewed in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. A copy of the 

charter for the Committee has been filed 

with the Chairman of the Commission, 

the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

and Urban Affairs of the United States 

Senate, the Committee on Financial 

Services of the United States House of 

Representatives, the Committee 

Management Secretariat of the General 

Services Administration, and the 

Library of Congress. It also has been 

posted on the Commission’s Web site at 

www.sec.gov. 

By the Commission. 

Dated: August 9, 2017. 

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold a closed meeting 

on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 2 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(7), 

(a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10), permit 

consideration of the scheduled matters 

at the closed meeting. 

Commissioner Piwowar, as duty 

officer, voted to consider the items 

listed for the closed meeting in closed 

session. 

The subject matters of the closed 

meeting will be: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; 

Consideration of amici participation; 

Resolution of litigation claims; 

Post Argument Discussion; and 

Other matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of 

the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: August 10, 2017. 

Robert W. Errett, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–81366; File No. SR–CHX– 

2016–20] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice 

of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and 

Order Granting Accelerated Approval 

of a Proposed Rule Change, as 

Modified by Amendment No. 1, 

Regarding the Acquisition of CHX 

Holdings, Inc. by North America Casin 

Holdings, Inc. 

August 9, 2017. 

I. Introduction 

On December 2, 2016, the Chicago 

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’ or 

‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule 

change in connection with the 

acquisition (‘‘Transaction’’) of CHX 

Holdings, Inc. (‘‘CHX Holdings’’) by 

North America Casin Holdings, Inc. 

(‘‘NA Casin Holdings’’). The proposed 

rule change was published for comment 

in the Federal Register on December 12, 

2016.3 On January 12, 2017, the 

Commission instituted proceedings 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the 

Exchange Act 4 to determine whether to 

approve or disapprove the proposed 

rule change.5 The Commission received 

28 comments on the proposed rule 

change,6 and three responses from the 

Exchange in response to certain 

comments.7 On June 6, 2017, pursuant 

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