Document ID: SEC-2012-1509-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Posted Date: 2012-09-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56896-56900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22642]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-67817; File No. SR-EDGA-2012-39]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGA Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to 
Amendments to the EDGA Exchange, Inc. Fee Schedule

September 10, 2012.
    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 August 30, 2012 the EDGA Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
the ``EDGA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II 
and III below, which items

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have been prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission 
is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule 
change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend its fees and rebates applicable to 
Members \3\ of the Exchange pursuant to EDGA Rule 15.1(a) and (c). All 
of the changes described herein are applicable to EDGA Members. The 
text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
Internet Web site at http://www.directedge.com, at the Exchange's 
principal office, and at the Public Reference Room of the Commission.
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    \3\ As defined in Exchange Rule 1.5(n).
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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 self-regulatory organization 
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 self-regulatory organization 
has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B and C below, of the 
most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    With respect to the category of securities priced at or above 
$1.00, when Members add liquidity, the Exchange currently offers a 
rebate of $0.0003 per share. Alternatively, when Members remove 
liquidity, the Exchange currently charges a fee of $0.0007 per share. 
The Exchange proposes to amend the fee structure (and related flags) 
set forth in the fee schedule to charge Members a fee of $0.0006 per 
share for orders that add liquidity and to offer Members a rebate of 
$0.0004 per share for orders that remove liquidity.
    The Exchange proposes to codify at the top of its fee schedule the 
premise that it uses footnotes to provide further explanatory text or, 
where annotated to flags, to indicate variable rate changes, provided 
the conditions in the footnote are met. In connection with this 
premise, the Exchange proposes to delete Footnote 6 that is appended to 
Flag M to also signify that a rate change is not signaled.\4\ In 
addition, the Exchange proposes to delete Footnote 17 from Flag PA 
since a rate change is not indicated.\5\
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    \4\ The Exchange notes that the volume from Flag M counts toward 
the tier in Footnote 6, which changes the rate charged on Flag U.
    \5\ The Exchange notes that the volume from Flag PA counts 
toward the tier in Footnote 17, which changes the rate charged on 
Flags PT and PX.
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    The Exchange proposes to make conforming changes to the relevant 
flags, as described below, for orders that add liquidity to the EDGA 
book. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to assess a charge of $0.0006 
per share for orders that add liquidity and yield the following flags: 
Flag B for orders that add liquidity to the EDGA book in Tape B 
securities; Flag V for orders that add liquidity to the EDGA book in 
Tape A securities; Flag Y for orders that add liquidity to the EDGA 
book in Tape C securities; Flag 3 for orders that add liquidity in the 
pre- and post-market trading sessions in Tapes A and C securities; and 
Flag 4 for orders that add liquidity in the pre- and post-market 
trading sessions in Tape B securities.
    Similarly, the Exchange proposes to make conforming changes to the 
relevant flags, as described below, for orders that remove liquidity 
from the EDGA book. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to offer a 
rebate of $0.0004 per share for orders that remove liquidity and yield 
the following flags: Flag N for orders that remove liquidity from the 
EDGA book in Tape C securities; Flag W for orders that remove liquidity 
from the EDGA book in Tape A securities; Flag 6 for orders that remove 
liquidity in the pre- and post-market trading sessions in securities on 
all Tapes; Flag BB for orders that remove liquidity from the EDGA book 
in Tape B securities; and Flag XR for orders that remove liquidity from 
EDGA using eligible routing strategies.
    The Exchange also proposes to modify the charges assessed for the 
flags associated with internalization, which occurs when the one Member 
presents two orders to the Exchange separately and not in a paired 
manner, and one order is inadvertently matched with the other order.\6\ 
Accordingly, for Flags EA and ER, the Exchange proposes to decrease the 
fee assessed from $0.0002 per share to $0.0001 per share for orders 
that add or remove liquidity through internalization. Similarly, for 
Flag 5, the Exchange proposes to decrease the fee assessed from $0.0002 
per share to $0.0001 per share for internalization, pre-and post-
market, per side.
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    \6\ See Exchange Rule 12.2 regarding fictitious trading.
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    The Exchange proposes to offer Members a rebate of $0.0004 per 
share for Flag CR for orders that remove liquidity from EDGA using 
eligible routing strategies. The Exchange formerly did not assess a 
charge for Flag CR.
    The Exchange proposes to offer Members a rebate of $0.0004 per 
share for Flag PR for orders that remove liquidity from EDGA using 
eligible routing strategies. The Exchange formerly did not assess a 
charge for Flag PR.
    The Exchange proposes to charge Members a fee of $0.0008 per share 
for Flag PA for orders that add liquidity using the Mid Point Routing 
Strategy (``RMPT''). The Exchange formerly did not assess a charge for 
Flag PA.
    The Exchange proposes to delete Flag RM from the fee schedule. 
Accordingly, Members that route to the Chicago Stock Exchange (the 
``CHX'') will be assessed the default charge for routing liquidity of 
$0.0029 per share as represented by Flag X.
    Currently, the first paragraph of Footnote 4 on the Exchange's fee 
schedule provides for a rebate of $0.0004 per share for Flags B, V, Y, 
3 and 4 if a Member, on a daily basis, measured monthly, posts more 
than 1% of the Total Consolidated Volume (``TCV'') in Average Daily 
Volume (``ADV'') on EDGA, including non-displayed orders that add 
liquidity. The Exchange proposes to assess a charge of $0.0005 per 
share. The proposed change represents a slightly lower charge (by 
$0.0001) if a Member meets the requirements of the first paragraph of 
Footnote 4 on the Exchange's fee schedule. The lower charge (by 
$0.0001) corresponds to the $0.0001 higher rebate on the current EDGA 
fee schedule if a tier is met and results from the Exchange's shift 
from a ``maker/taker'' model to a ``taker/maker'' model. Thus, Members 
will now be assessed a slightly lower charge instead of a slightly 
higher rebate for meeting the conditions in the first paragraph of 
Footnote 4.
    Currently, the second paragraph of Footnote 4 on the Exchange's fee 
schedule provides for a rebate of $0.0004 per share if a Member, on a 
daily basis, measured monthly, posts more than .25% of the TCV in 
average daily volume on EDGA. The Exchange proposes to assess a charge 
of $0.0005 per share. The proposed change represents a slightly lower 
charge (by $0.0001) if a Member meets the requirements of the second 
paragraph of Footnote 4 on the Exchange's fee schedule. The lower 
charge (by $0.0001)

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corresponds to the $0.0001 higher rebate on the current EDGA fee 
schedule if a tier is met and results from the Exchange's shift from a 
``maker/taker'' model to a ``taker/maker'' model. Thus, Members will 
now be assessed a slightly lower charge instead of a slightly higher 
rebate for meeting the conditions in the second paragraph of Footnote 
4.
    The Exchange proposes to append Footnote 7 to Flag C, where a 
Member posts an average daily volume of 25,000 shares to NASDAQ OMX BX, 
Inc. (the ``BX''), which yields Flag RB, then the Exchange will 
increase the Member's rebate from $0.0005 per share to $0.0014 per 
share. The Exchange notes that this is a pass-through of the rebate 
that BX offers to its customers that remove greater than 25,000 shares 
of liquidity per day on its exchange.\7\
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    \7\ See NASDAQ OMX BX Price List--Trading and Connectivity, 
http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=bx_pricing.
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    The Exchange proposes to delete, in its entirety, Footnote 18 on 
the Exchange's fee schedule. Footnote 18 states that a Member may 
qualify for a rebate of $0.0005 per share on their displayed shares 
(Flags B, V, Y, 3 and 4) for liquidity added to EDGA if a Member, on a 
daily basis, measured monthly, posts at least 0.10% of the TCV in ADV 
more than their July 2012 ADV added to EDGA. Accordingly, the Exchange 
proposes to delete Footnote 18 that is appended to Flags B, V, Y, 3 and 
4.
    The Exchange proposes to implement these amendments to its fee 
schedule on September 1, 2012.
Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes are consistent 
with the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,\8\ in general, and 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4),\9\ in particular, as the 
proposed rule changes are designed to provide for the equitable 
allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among the 
Exchange's Members and other persons using its facilities.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend the fee structure 
(and related add Flags B, V, Y, 3 and 4, and remove Flags N, W, 6, BB 
and XR) set forth in the fee schedule to charge Members a fee of 
$0.0006 per share for orders that add liquidity and to offer Members a 
rebate of $0.0004 per share for orders that remove liquidity represents 
an equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges 
among its Members and other persons using its facilities because it 
allows the Exchange to compete with other market centers. Accordingly, 
as the Exchange shifts from a ``maker/taker'' model to a ``taker/
maker'' model, the Exchange believes it will incentivize its Members to 
remove liquidity from the Exchange.\10\ By further incentivizing 
removers of liquidity by offering higher rebates, the Exchange believes 
it will attract a higher quality of marketable liquidity to the 
Exchange. This will incent liquidity providers to add liquidity to the 
Exchange and thus contribute to price discovery. In addition, the 
Exchange believes a spread of $0.0002 per share between adding and 
removing liquidity represents an equitable allocation of reasonable 
dues, fees, and other charges because it is competitive with other 
exchanges' spreads for adding and removing liquidity.\11\ Furthermore, 
the Exchange will use the revenue generated from the spread of $0.0002 
per share to offset its administrative and infrastructure costs 
associated with operating a national securities exchange. Lastly, the 
Exchange believes that these proposed amendments are non-discriminatory 
because they apply uniformly to all Members.
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    \10\ As a result of the shift from ``maker/taker'' to ``taker/
maker'' model, the Exchange notes that Flag DM remains at $0.0005 
per share compared to the displayed liquidity charge of $0.0006 for 
liquidity providers. The Exchange believes that this result is 
reasonable, equitable and non-discriminatory because in a taker/
maker model, it is more valuable to have a higher order book 
priority in order to more likely interact with a liquidity remover 
and obtain a quicker execution. Therefore, orders that have a higher 
priority in the order book (displayed orders) will be charged more 
than orders of lower priority (e.g., Flag DM).
    \11\ See BATS BYX Exchange Fee Schedule where the spread between 
adding displayed liquidity and removing liquidity is $0.0001 per 
share, http://batstrading.com/resources/regulation/rule_book/BYX_Fee_Schedule.pdf.
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to modify the fees assessed 
for the internalization flags (Flags EA, ER and 5) to $0.0001 per 
share, per side, represents an equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees, and other charges among its Members and other persons using its 
facilities because it is consistent with the Exchange's proposed taker/
maker spread of $0.0002 per share for adding and removing liquidity 
(the proposed charge for adding liquidity is $0.0006 per share and the 
proposed rebate for removing liquidity is $0.0004 per share).\12\ 
Therefore, the total net amount equals $0.0002 per share, which 
represents an internalization rate that is not more favorable than the 
prevailing taker/maker spread of $0.0002 per share. In addition, EDGA 
also has a proposed tiered rate in Footnote 4 for adding liquidity of 
$0.0005 per share, which yields a spread of $0.0001 per share for 
Members that achieve the tiered pricing. Members who internalize will 
be charged $0.0001 per side of an execution (total of $0.0002 per 
share) which is not more favorable than the taker/maker spread for 
capturing the proposed tiered rate. Lastly, the Exchange believes that 
these proposed amendments are non-discriminatory because they apply 
uniformly to all Members.
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    \12\ See Securities Exchange Release No. 64393 (May 4, 2011), 76 
FR 27370 (May 11, 2011) (SR-EDGA-2011-14) (describing the Exchange's 
representation that it will continue to ensure that the 
internalization fee is no more favorable than each prevailing maker/
taker spread).
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to offer a rebate of 
$0.0004 per share for Flags CR and PR represents an equitable 
allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its 
Members and other persons using its facilities because the proposed 
change will result in a consistent rebate of $0.0004 for all flags that 
remove liquidity from the EDGA book. Lastly, the Exchange believes that 
these proposed amendments are non-discriminatory because they apply 
uniformly to all Members.
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to assess a charge of 
$0.0008 per share for orders that yield Flag PA, which describes a type 
of non-displayed order that adds liquidity using RMPT, represents an 
equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among 
its Members and other persons using its facilities because a rate of 
$0.0008 per share is within the range of the prevailing rates for other 
forms of non-displayed order types that add liquidity (e.g., the 
Exchange assesses a charge of $0.0010 per share for Flags HA and HR), 
but more than the default charge of $0.0006 per share for adding 
displayed liquidity on EDGA. In addition, the Exchange believes that 
its proposed rate of $0.0008 per share for Flag PA is consistent with 
the Exchange's overall pricing philosophy of encouraging displayed 
liquidity. The Exchange rewards Members for displaying liquidity 
because displayed liquidity is a public good that benefits investors 
and traders generally by providing greater price transparency and 
enhancing public price discovery, which ultimately lead to substantial 
reductions in transaction costs.\13\

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Furthermore, compared to Flag HA (charge of $0.0010 per share), routing 
an order to more destinations using Flag PA can lead to a potentially 
lower average rate for Direct Edge ECN LLC d/b/a DE Route (``DE 
Route''), the Exchange's affiliated routing broker/dealer, as there is 
more of a likelihood of an execution at a ``low'' cost destination with 
higher rebates/lower fees. Accordingly, because the RMPT routing 
strategy routes to and accesses a variety of low cost destinations, the 
Exchange is able to pass back much of the cost savings it receives from 
routing to other destinations (via DE Route) to Members in the form of 
lower hidden order charges compared to Flag HA. Lastly, the Exchange 
believes that the proposed amendment is non-discriminatory because it 
applies uniformly to all Members.
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    \13\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 
2005), 70 FR 37496, 37516 (June 29, 2005); see also Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 42450 (February 23, 2000), 65 FR 10577, 
10584 n. 53 (February 28, 2000) (SR-NYSE-99-48) (citing academic 
studies finding that the required display of customer limit orders, 
by providing greater price transparency and enhancing public price 
discovery, led to substantial reductions in transaction costs for 
both retail and institutional investors).
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    Exchange Rule 11.9(b)(3) defines the ``System routing table'' as 
the proprietary process for determining the specific trading venues to 
which the System \14\ routes orders and the order in which the System 
routes to them. Specifically, the Exchange reserves the right to 
maintain a different System routing table for different routing options 
and to modify the System routing table at any time without notice. The 
Exchange proposes to delete the CHX as a posting destination on the 
System routing table. The Exchange previously charged no fee nor 
assessed a rebate to its Members when DE Route routed to the CHX. This 
was a pass through by the Exchange of the no rebate/fee provided to DE 
Route by CHX when liquidity was added to CHX. Since the CHX is no 
longer on the System routing table, the Exchange proposes to delete 
Flag RM from the Exchange's fee schedule. The Exchange notes that it 
will continue to comply with its obligations under Regulation NMS; 
however, it will not continue to offer Flag RM as a routing strategy to 
post liquidity to the CHX. Rather, the Exchange will now pass back Flag 
X as the standard default routing flag should an order be routed to the 
CHX as a result of the Exchange's Regulation NMS obligations. The 
Exchange believes that the proposed amendment is non-discriminatory 
because it applies uniformly to all Members.
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to replace the rebate of 
$0.0004 per share with a charge of $0.0005 per share for posting 
liquidity to EDGA as it relates to the calculation of TCV in both 
paragraphs of Footnote 4 on the Exchange's fee schedule represents an 
equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among 
its Members and other persons using its facilities because the proposed 
change represents a slightly lower charge (by $0.0001) compared to the 
default charge for adding liquidity (of $0.0006) if a Member meets the 
requirements of the first or second paragraphs of Footnote 4 on the 
Exchange's fee schedule. The lower charge (by $0.0001) corresponds to 
the $0.0001 higher rebate on the current schedule if a tier is met and 
results from the Exchange's shift from a ``maker/taker'' model to a 
``taker/maker'' model. Thus, Members will now be assessed a slightly 
lower charge instead of a slightly higher rebate for meeting the 
conditions in the first or second paragraphs of Footnote 4.
    The Exchange also believes that charging Members a lower rate for 
achieving volume tiers in Footnote 4 will incentivize liquidity. Such 
increased volumes increase potential revenue to the Exchange, and 
allows the Exchange to spread its administrative and infrastructure 
costs over a greater number of shares, which results in lower per share 
costs. The Exchange may then pass on these savings to Members in the 
form of lower charges. The increased liquidity also benefits all 
investors by deepening EDGA's liquidity pool, offering additional 
flexibility for all investors to enjoy cost savings, supporting the 
quality of price discovery, promoting market transparency and improving 
investor protection. Volume-based discounts such as these have been 
widely adopted in the cash equities markets, and are equitable because 
volume-based discounts are open to all Members on an equal basis and 
provide discounts that are reasonably related to the value to an 
exchange's market quality associated with higher levels of market 
activity, such as higher levels of liquidity provision and introduction 
of higher volumes of orders into the price and volume discovery 
process. Lastly, the Exchange believes that these proposed amendments 
are non-discriminatory because they apply uniformly to all Members.
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to offer its Members a 
higher rebate for Flag C where Members achieve a volume threshold on 
the BX \15\ represents an equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 
fees, and other charges among its Members and other persons using its 
facilities because the Exchange passes through to Members the higher 
rebate that the Exchange earns through DE Route, the Exchange's routing 
broker-dealer. The Exchange believes that it is equitable and 
reasonable to pass through rates and rebates for orders routed to other 
exchanges to its Members. The Exchange also notes that routing through 
DE Route is voluntary. In addition, volume-based rebates such as these 
have been widely adopted in the cash equities markets, and are 
equitable because volume-based rebates are open to all Members on an 
equal basis and provide discounts that are reasonably related to the 
value to an exchange's market quality associated with higher levels of 
market activity, such as higher levels of liquidity provision and 
introduction of higher volumes of orders into the price and volume 
discovery process. Lastly, the Exchange also believes that the proposed 
amendment is non-discriminatory because it applies uniformly to all 
Members.
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    \15\ See NASDAQ OMX BX Price List--Trading & Connectivity, 
http://nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=bx_pricing (providing for a 
rebate of $0.0014 per share for MPIDs removing greater than 3.5 
million shares per day or adding greater than 25,000 shares per 
day).
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    In addition, the proposal to annotate footnote 7 to Flag C, delete 
Footnote 17 from Flag PA and delete Footnote 6 from Flag M is 
consistent with the Exchange's proposal to add language to the top of 
its fee schedule to state that it uses footnotes to provide further 
explanatory text, or where annotated to flags, to indicate variable 
rate changes, provided the conditions in the footnote are met. This 
provides additional transparency to Members when reading the fee 
schedule. The Exchange believes this amendment supports the Exchange's 
efforts to achieve consistent application among the flags on the fee 
schedule. In addition, these amendments support the Exchange's efforts 
to annotate flags with footnotes to signify a potential rate change, 
rather than annotating every flag to denote which flags contribute 
towards the volume threshold and/or conditions necessary to achieve a 
potential rate change. The Exchange also believes that these proposed 
amendments are non-discriminatory because they apply to all Members.
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to delete Footnote 18 on 
the Exchange's fee schedule represents an equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its Members and other 
persons using its facilities because it is consistent with the 
Exchange's shift from a ``maker/taker'' model to a ``taker/maker'' 
model. The Exchange introduced the Step Up tier to reward higher 
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commitments by Members.\16\ Accordingly, it appears contradictory to 
incentivize removing liquidity and simultaneously offer tiered savings 
for adding liquidity beyond a designated threshold each month. The 
Exchange's proposal to delete Footnote 18 supports the Exchange's 
efforts to achieve consistent application among the flags and tiers on 
the fee schedule and provide transparency for its Members. Lastly, the 
Exchange believes that the proposed amendment is non-discriminatory 
because it applies uniformly to all Members.
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    \16\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67607 (August 7, 
2012), 77 FR 48188 (August 13, 2012) (SR-EDGA-2012-35) (introducing 
the Step Up Tier).
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    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.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition 
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Act.

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) of the Act \17\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \18\ thereunder. At any 
time within 60 days of the filing of such 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.
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \18\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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-2012-39 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGA-2012-39. 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-2012-39 and should be 
submitted on or before October 5, 2012.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
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    \19\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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