Document ID: SEC-2020-0943-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Joint Industry Plan: Filing of Amendment to the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail by BOX Options Exchange LLC, Cboe BYX Exchange, et al.
Posted Date: 2020-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36623-36626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13000]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-89052; File No. 4-698]

Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of Amendment to the 
National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail by 
BOX Options Exchange LLC, Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, 
Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2 
Options Exchange, Inc., Cboe Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry 
Regulatory Authority, Inc., Investors' Exchange LLC, Long-Term Stock 
Exchange LLC, Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC, MIAX 
EMERALD, LLC, MIAX PEARL, LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, 
Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq MRX, LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq Stock 
Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE 
American, LLC, NYSE Chicago, Inc. and NYSE National, Inc.

June 11, 2020.

I. Introduction

    On April 14, 2020, the Operating Committee for Consolidated Audit 
Trail, LLC, on behalf of the following parties to the National Market 
System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the ``CAT NMS 
Plan'' or ``Plan''): \1\ BOX Options Exchange LLC, Cboe BYX Exchange, 
Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX 
Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2 Options Exchange, Inc., Cboe Exchange, Inc., 
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., Long-Term Stock Exchange 
LLC, Investors' Exchange, LLC, Miami International Securities Exchange, 
LLC, MIAX EMERALD, LLC, MIAX PEARL, LLC, Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, Nasdaq ISE, 
LLC, Nasdaq MRX, LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ 
Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE 
Chicago, Inc., NYSE American, LLC and NYSE National, Inc. 
(collectively, the ``Participants,'' ``self-regulatory organizations,'' 
or ``SROs'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'' or ``SEC'') pursuant to Section 11A(a)(3) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''),\2\ and Rule 608 
thereunder,\3\ a proposed amendment to the CAT NMS Plan to revise data 
reporting requirements for Firm Designated ID.\4\ The Commission is 
publishing this notice to solicit comments from interested persons on 
the amendment.\5\
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    \1\ On February 27, 2015, BOX Options Exchange LLC, Cboe BYX 
Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2 Options Exchange, 
Inc., Cboe Exchange Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX 
Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., Miami 
International Securities Exchange LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq ISE 
LLC, Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 
New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American, LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., 
NYSE Chicago, Inc., and NYSE National Inc. filed with the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 11A of the Exchange Act and Rule 608 
of Regulation NMS thereunder, the CAT NMS Plan. 15 U.S.C. 78k-1; 17 
CFR 242.608. The Plan was published for comment in the Federal 
Register on May 17, 2016, and approved by the Commission, as 
modified, on November 15, 2016. See Securities Exchange Act Release 
Nos. 77724 (April 27, 2016), 81 FR 30614 (May 17, 2016); 79318 
(November 15, 2016), 81 FR 84696 (November 23, 2016) (``CAT NMS Plan 
Approval Order''). On January 30, 2017, the Commission noticed for 
immediate effectiveness an amendment to the Plan to add MIAX PEARL, 
LLC as a Participant. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79898, 
82 FR 9250 (February 3, 2017). On March 1, 2019, the Commission 
noticed for immediate effectiveness an amendment to the Plan to add 
MIAX Emerald, LLC as a Participant. See Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 85230, 84 FR 8356 (March 7, 2019). On November 2, 2019, 
the Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness an amendment to 
the Plan to add Long-Term Stock Exchange LLC as a Participant. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 87595, 84 FR 65447 (November 27, 
2019).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C 78k-1(a)(3).
    \3\ 17 CFR 242.608.
    \4\ See Letter from Michael Simon, CAT NMS Plan Operating 
Committee Chair, to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated 
April 20, 2020.
    \5\ 17 CFR 242.608.
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II. Description of the Plan

    Set forth in this Section II is the statement of the purpose and 
summary of the amendment, along with information required by Rule 
608(a)(4) and (5) under the Exchange Act,\6\ as prepared and submitted 
by the Participants to the Commission.\7\ The proposed revisions to the 
CAT NMS Plan, as prepared and submitted by the Participants, are 
attached as Appendix A.
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    \6\ See 17 CFR 242.608(a)(4) and (a)(5).
    \7\ See supra note 4.
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A. Description of the Amendments to the CAT NMS Plan

    Section 1.1 of the CAT NMS Plan defines the term ``Firm Designated 
ID'' to mean ``a unique identifier for each trading account designated 
by Industry Members for purposes of providing data to the Central 
Repository, where each such identifier is unique among all identifiers 
from any given Industry Member for each business date.'' As discussed 
in more detail below, the Participants propose to amend the 
requirements for Firm Designated IDs in four ways: (1) To prohibit the 
use of account numbers as Firm Designated IDs for trading accounts that 
are not proprietary accounts; (2) to require that the Firm Designated 
ID for a trading account be persistent over time for each Industry 
Member so that a single account may be tracked across time within a 
single Industry Member; (3) to permit the use of relationship 
identifiers as Firm Designated IDs in certain circumstances; and (4) to 
permit the use of entity identifiers as Firm Designated IDs in certain 
circumstances.
1. Prohibit Use of Account Numbers
    The Participants believe that the use of account numbers as the 
Firm Designated ID could give rise to additional security risks related 
to CAT Data. By prohibiting the use of account numbers as Firm 
Designated IDs, the Participants intend to limit the potential capture 
of sensitive data in the CAT that could be used to effect an 
unauthorized transaction in an account.
    The Participants propose to prohibit the use of account numbers as 
the Firm Designated ID solely for trading accounts that are not 
proprietary accounts. After discussions with the industry, the 
Participants believe that each Industry Member must make its own risk 
determination as to whether it believes it is necessary to mask the 
actual account number for any proprietary account of the Industry 
Member when reporting the Firm Designated ID to CAT.
    Accordingly, the Participants propose to amend the definition of a 
``Firm Designated ID'' in Section 1.1 to provide that Industry Members 
may not use account numbers as the Firm Designated ID for trading 
accounts that are not proprietary accounts. Specifically, the 
Participants propose to add the following to the definition of a Firm 
Designated ID: ``provided, however, such identifier may not be the 
account number for such trading account if the

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trading account is not a proprietary account.'' \8\
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    \8\ Appendix C of the CAT NMS Plan noted that broker-dealers 
would be permitted to use an account number as the Firm Designated 
ID. Section A, Appendix C, CAT NMS Plan at C-8. The Participants do 
not propose to amend this statement in Section A of Appendix C of 
the CAT NMS Plan as it is a one-time report addressing ``the 
requirements set forth in SEC Rule 613(a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(vi) 
that the `Participants specify and explain the choices they made to 
meet the requirements specified in [SEC Rule 613] for the [CAT].' '' 
Appendix C of the CAT NMS Plan at C-1.
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2. Persistent Firm Designated ID
    The CAT NMS Plan currently requires that the Firm Designated ID 
assigned by an Industry Member to a trading account be unique for each 
account for each business date. The Participants believe, however, that 
the Firm Designated ID assigned by an Industry Member to a trading 
account should be persistent over time, not for each business day.\9\ 
With this change, a single account could be tracked across time within 
a single Industry Member using the Firm Designated ID. Without such a 
change, such tracking would only be possible using Customer 
information. Accordingly, the proposed persistence requirement would 
enhance the regulatory utility of the order and transaction data 
without accessing Customer information.
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    \9\ If an Industry Member assigns a new account number or entity 
identifier to a client or customer due to a merger, acquisition or 
some other corporate action, then the Industry Member should create 
a new Firm Designated ID to identify the new account identifier/
relationship identifier/entity identifier in use at the Industry 
Member for the entity. In addition, if a previously assigned Firm 
Designated ID is no longer in use by an Industry Member (e.g., if 
the trading account associated with the Firm Designated ID has been 
closed), then an Industry Member may reuse the Firm Designated ID 
for another trading account. The Plan Processor will maintain a 
history of the use of each Firm Designated ID, including, for 
example, the effective dates of the Firm Designated ID with respect 
to each associated trading account.
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    To effect this change, the Participants propose to amend the 
definition of ``Firm Designated ID'' in Section 1.1 of the CAT NMS Plan 
to add ``and persistent'' after ``unique'' and delete ``for each 
business date'' so that the definition of ``Firm Designated ID'' would 
read, in relevant part, as follows:

a unique and persistent identifier for each trading account 
designated by Industry Members for purposes of providing data to the 
Central Repository . . . where each such identifier is unique among 
all identifiers from any given Industry Member.

    Together with adding a requirement of persistence to the Firm 
Designated ID definition, deleting ``for each business date'' would 
make clear that the same, unique Firm Designated ID must be used by an 
Industry Member for a trading account over time, which will facilitate 
the regulatory use of CAT Data by searching with the Firm Designated 
ID.
3. Relationship Identifiers
    The Participants propose to permit an Industry Member to provide a 
relationship identifier as the Firm Designated ID, rather [than] an 
identifier that represents a trading account, in certain scenarios in 
which an Industry Member does not have an account number available to 
its order handling and/or execution system at the time of order receipt 
(e.g., certain institutional accounts, managed accounts, accounts for 
individuals).\10\ In such scenarios, the trading account structure may 
not be available when a new order is first received from a client and, 
instead, only an identifier representing the client's trading 
relationship is available. In these limited instances, the Industry 
Member may provide an identifier used by the Industry Member to 
represent the client's trading relationship with the Industry Member 
instead of an account number.
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    \10\ The Commission has corrected the grammar of this sentence 
by adding the word ``than.''
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    When a trading relationship is established at a broker-dealer for 
clients, the broker-dealer typically creates a parent account, under 
which additional subaccounts are created. However, in some cases, the 
broker-dealer establishes the parent relationship for a client using a 
relationship identifier as opposed to an actual parent account. The 
relationship identifier could be any of a variety of identifiers, such 
as a short name for a relevant individual or institution. This 
relationship identifier is established prior to any trading for the 
client. If a relationship identifier has been established rather than a 
parent account, and an order is placed on behalf of the client, any 
executed trades will be kept in a firm account (e.g., a facilitation or 
average price account) until they are allocated to the proper 
subaccount(s), i.e., the accounts associated with the parent 
relationship identifier connecting them to the client.
    Relationship identifiers are used in circumstances in which the 
account structure is not available to the trading system at the time of 
order placement. The clients have established accounts prior to the 
trade that satisfy relevant regulatory obligations for opening 
accounts, such as Know Your Customer and other customer obligations. 
However, the order receipt workflows operate using relationship 
identifiers, not accounts.
    For Firm Designated ID purposes, as with an identifier for a 
trading account, the relationship identifier must be persistent over 
time. The relationship identifier also must be unique among all 
identifiers from any given Industry Member. With these requirements, a 
single relationship could be tracked across time within a single 
Industry Member using the Firm Designated ID. In addition, the 
relationship identifier must be masked as the relationship identifier 
could be a name or otherwise provide an indication as to the identity 
of the relationship. The masking requirement would avoid potentially 
revealing the identity of the relationship.
    An example of the use of a relationship identifier as a Firm 
Designated ID would be as follows: Suppose that Big Fund Manager is 
known in Industry Member A's systems as ``BFM1.'' When an order is 
placed by Big Fund Manager, the order is tagged to BFM1. Industry 
Member A could use a masked version of BFM1 in place of the Firm 
Designated ID representing a trading account when reporting a new order 
from Big Fund Manager instead of the account numbers to which executed 
shares/contracts will be allocated at a later time via a booking or 
other system. Similarly, another example of the use of a relationship 
identifier as a Firm Designated ID would involve an individual in place 
of the Big Fund Manager in the above example.
    To permit the use of relationship identifiers as a Firm Designated 
ID as described above, the Participants propose to amend the definition 
of a ``Firm Designated ID'' in Section 1.1 to state that a Firm 
Designated ID means, in part, ``a unique and persistent relationship 
identifier when an Industry Member does not have an account number 
available to its order handling and/or execution system at the time of 
order receipt, provided, however, such identifier must be masked.''
4. Entity Identifiers
    The Participants propose to permit Industry Members to provide an 
entity identifier, rather than an identifier that represents a trading 
account, when an employee of the Industry Member is exercising 
discretion over multiple client accounts and creates an aggregated 
order for which a trading account number of the Industry Member is not 
available at the time of order origination. An entity identifier is an 
identifier of the Industry Member that represents the firm 
discretionary relationship with the client rather than a firm trading 
account.

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    The scenarios in which a firm uses an entity identifier are 
comparable to when a firm uses a relationship identifier (as described 
above) except the entity identifier represents the Industry Member 
rather than a client. As with relationship identifiers, entity 
identifiers are used in circumstances in which the account structure is 
not available to the trading system at the time of order placement. In 
this workflow, the Industry Member's order handling and execution 
system does not have an account number at the time of order 
origination. The relevant clients that will receive an allocation of 
the execution have established accounts prior to the trade that satisfy 
relevant regulatory obligations for opening accounts, such as Know Your 
Customer and other customer obligations. However, the order origination 
workflows operate using entity identifiers, not accounts.
    For Firm Designated ID purposes, as with the identifier for a 
trading account or a relationship, the entity identifier must be 
persistent over time. The entity identifier also must be unique among 
all identifiers from any given Industry Member. The Participants 
believe that each Industry Member must make its own risk determination 
as to whether it believes it is necessary to mask the entity identifier 
when using an entity identifier to report the Firm Designated ID to 
CAT.
    An example of the use of an entity identifier as a Firm Designated 
ID would be when Industry Member 1 has an employee that is a registered 
representative that has discretion over several client accounts held at 
Industry Member 1. The registered representative places an order that 
he will later allocate to individual client accounts. At the time the 
order is placed, the trading system only knows it involves a 
representative of Industry Member 1 and it does not have a specific 
trading account that could be used for Firm Designated ID reporting. 
Therefore, Industry Member 1 could report IM1, its entity identifier, 
as the FDID with the new order.
    To permit the use of an entity identifier as a Firm Designated ID 
as described above, the Participants propose to amend the definition of 
a ``Firm Designated ID'' in Section 1.1 to state that a Firm Designated 
ID means, in part, ``a unique and persistent entity identifier when an 
employee of an Industry Member is exercising discretion over multiple 
client accounts and creates an aggregated order for which a trading 
account number of the Industry Member is not available at the time of 
order origination.''

B. Governing or Constituent Documents

    Not applicable.

C. Implementation of Amendment

    The Participants propose to implement the Firm Designated ID with 
the commencement of Industry Member CAT reporting.

D. Development and Implementation Phases

    The Participants propose to implement the Firm Designated ID with 
the commencement of Industry Member CAT reporting.

E. Analysis of Impact on Competition

    The Participants believe the proposed amendments will have a 
positive impact on competition, efficiency and capital formation. The 
Participants believe that the use of account numbers as the Firm 
Designated ID could give rise to additional security risks related to 
CAT Data. By proposing to revise the CAT NMS Plan to prohibit the use 
of account numbers as Firm Designated IDs, the Participants intend to 
limit the potential capture of sensitive data in the CAT that could be 
used to effect an unauthorized transaction in an account. By enhancing 
the security of the CAT, this proposed change to the CAT NMS Plan would 
further the goals of efficiency and capital formation.
    In addition, the Participants believe that the proposed persistence 
requirement would enhance the regulatory utility of the order and 
transaction data without accessing Customer information. With this 
change, a single account could be tracked across time within a single 
Industry Member using the Firm Designated ID. Without such a change, 
such tracking would only be possible using Customer information. By 
enhancing the regulatory utility of the CAT while reducing the need to 
access Customer information, the proposed amendment would enhance the 
efficiency and capital formation of our markets.
    Furthermore, the proposed amendments to permit the use of 
relationship identifiers and entity identifiers as Firm Designated IDs 
will enhance the efficiency of CAT reporting. These changes will permit 
Industry Members to continue to maintain existing order workflows, 
rather than employing resources to alter those workflows solely for CAT 
reporting purposes.
    Finally, the Participants do not believe that the proposed 
amendments would impact competition among Industry Members. The 
proposed amendments would revise the data reporting requirements for 
Firm Designated IDs, and, as such, are applicable to all Industry 
Members. In addition, given that the proposed amendments rely on 
existing workflows, the proposed amendments would not cause certain 
Industry Members to incur additional expenses to alter their existing 
workflows.

F. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of, 
or Participation in, Plan

    Not applicable.

G. Approval by Plan Sponsors in Accordance with Plan

    Section 12.3 of the CAT NMS Plan states that, subject to certain 
exceptions, the Plan may be amended from time to time only by a written 
amendment, authorized by the affirmative vote of not less than two-
thirds of all of the Participants, that has been approved by the SEC 
pursuant to Rule 608 or has otherwise become effective under Rule 608. 
The Participants, by a vote of the Operating Committee taken on April 
14, 2020, have authorized the filing of this proposed amendment with 
the SEC in accordance with the Plan.

H. Description of Operation of Facility Contemplated by the Proposed 
Amendment

    Not applicable.

I. Terms and Conditions of Access

    Not applicable.

J. Method and Frequency of Processor Evaluation

    Not applicable.

K. Dispute Resolution

    Not applicable.

III. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the amendment is 
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of 
investors and the maintenance of fair and orderly markets, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a national market 
system, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In 
particular, the Commission seeks comment on the following:
    (1) Do commenters agree that using account numbers as a Firm 
Designated ID could give rise to additional security risks for CAT 
Data?
    (2) Should each Industry Member make its own determination as to 
whether it is necessary to mask the actual account number for any

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proprietary account of the Industry Member when reporting the Firm 
Designated ID?
    (3) Should each Industry Member make its own determination as to 
whether it is it necessary to mask the entity identifier when using an 
entity identifier to report a Firm Designated ID?
    (4) Would requiring the Firm Designated ID assigned by a broker-
dealer to be persistent and unique for each account for each business 
date be sufficient to allow a single account to be tracked across time 
within a single Industry Member's records?
    (5) Does the proposed amendment clearly define when and under what 
circumstances relationship identifiers could be used by Industry 
Members in lieu of standard Firm Designated IDs? Should the amended 
definition of Firm Designated ID, or the Participants' Compliance 
Rules,\11\ specify when or how relationship identifiers can be used? 
Does the proposed definition of Firm Designated ID make clear what it 
means for relationship identifiers to be ``masked''?
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    \11\ The CAT NMS Plan defines ``Compliance Rule'' as, with 
respect to a Participant, the rule(s) promulgated by such 
Participant as contemplated by Section 3.11. See CAT NMS Plan, supra 
note 1, at Section 1.1. Section 3.11 states that ``[e]ach 
Participant shall comply with and enforce compliance, as required by 
SEC Rule 608(c), by its Industry Members with the provisions of SEC 
Rule 613 and of this Agreement, as applicable, to the Participant 
and its Industry Members. The Participants shall endeavor to 
promulgate consistent rules (after taking into account circumstances 
and considerations that may impact Participants differently) 
requiring compliance by their respective Industry Members with the 
provisions of SEC Rule 613 and this Agreement.'' See id. at Section 
3.11.
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    (6) Does the proposed amendment clearly define when entity 
identifiers could be used by Industry Members in lieu of standard Firm 
Designated IDs? Should the amended definition of Firm Designated ID, or 
the Participants' Compliance Rules, specify when entity identifiers can 
be used?
    (7) Would the proposed amendment providing for usage of 
relationship identifiers and entity identifiers have any negative 
impact on customer obligations that broker-dealers have with regard to 
client accounts, such as know-your-customer obligations?
    (8) Would the proposed amendment cause Industry Members to incur 
additional expenses to alter their existing workflows? If so, what is 
the scope of these additional expenses?
    (9) Would the proposed amendment impact efficiency, competition or 
capital formation?
    (10) Would the proposed amendment impact competition? If so, what 
type of competitors would be affected and in what market? Would this 
change in competition affect the services and/or prices customers 
experience in this market?
    (11) Would any efficiency gains of the proposed amendment impact 
capital formation? If so, how? Would there be other impacts on capital 
formation?
    (12) Do commenters agree with the Participants that by enhancing 
the regulatory utility of the CAT while reducing the need to access 
Customer information, the proposed amendment would enhance the 
efficiency and capital formation of our markets? How so?
    (13) Will the proposed amendment enhance the efficiency of CAT 
reporting by permitting the usage of relationship identifiers and 
entity identifiers as Firm Designated IDs? Will the proposed amendment 
permit Industry Members to maintain existing order workflows, rather 
than employing resources to alter those workflows solely for CAT 
reporting purposes?
    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 4-698 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 4-698. 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 website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to the proposed plan amendment that are filed 
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the 
amendment 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 website 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 such filing also will be available for inspection 
and copying at the Participants' offices. All comments received will be 
posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned that 
we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment 
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number 4-698 
and should be submitted on or before July 8, 2020.

    By the Commission.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.

Appendix A

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED AUDIT TRAIL, LLC

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ARTICLE I

    Section 1.1. Definitions. As used throughout this Agreement 
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Exhibits, Appendices, 
Attachments, Recitals and Schedules identified in this Agreement):
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    ``Firm Designated ID'' means (1) a unique and persistent 
identifier for each trading account designated by Industry Members 
for purposes of providing data to the Central Repository provided, 
however, such identifier may not be the account number for such 
trading account if the trading account is not a proprietary account; 
(2) a unique and persistent relationship identifier when an Industry 
Member does not have an account number available to its order 
handling and/or execution system at the time of order receipt, 
provided, however, such identifier must be masked; or (3) a unique 
and persistent entity identifier when an employee of an Industry 
Member is exercising discretion over multiple client accounts and 
creates an aggregated order for which a trading account number of 
the Industry Member is not available at the time of order 
origination, where each such identifier is unique among all 
identifiers from any given Industry Member [for each business date].
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