Document ID: SEC-2010-0641-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: New York Stock Exchange LLC
Posted Date: 2010-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 82)]
[Notices]               
[Page 22671-22673]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-61952; File No. SR-NYSE-2010-32]

 
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To 
Amend Its Immediate Release Policy To Remove the Address Contact 
Information

April 21, 2010.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Exchange Act''),\2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is 
hereby given that, on April 9, 2010, New York Stock Exchange LLC (the 
``NYSE'' or the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission the proposed rule changes as described in Items I and II 
below, which items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange has 
designated this proposal eligible for immediate effectiveness pursuant 
to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)\4\ under the Exchange Act. The Commission is 
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule changes 
from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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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 Section 202.06 of the Listed Company 
Manual (the ``Manual'') to remove the contact information provided in 
that rule for national news wire services.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
Web site (http://www.nyse.com), at the Exchange's Office of the 
Secretary, at the Commission's Public Reference room, and on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

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

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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 NYSE 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 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    Section 202.06 of the Manual sets forth the permissible procedures 
for the dissemination by listed companies of material news as required 
by Section 202.05. Section 202.06 permits the dissemination of material 
news by means of any Regulation FD compliant method (or methods). 
However, the Exchange encourages companies to disseminate material news 
by issuing press releases through the national news wire services, 
including Associated Press, Bloomberg Business News, Dow Jones & 
Company, Inc., Reuters America and United Press International. As a 
convenience, the Exchange has included in Section 202.06(c) \5\ [sic] 
contact information for these national news wire services. It has come 
to the Exchange's attention that some of this information provided in 
the rule is no longer accurate. Consequently, the Exchange proposes to 
delete this contact information from Section 202.06. This contact 
information is provided for information purposes only and does not 
constitute a substantive part of the rule, so the Exchange believes it 
is appropriate to delete it rather than submit a rule filing every time 
it becomes aware that the information for one of the news services 
becomes inaccurate. Moreover, contact information for the news services 
can be readily located by listed companies by other means, so its 
inclusion in Section 202.06(c) [sic] is not essential. The Exchange 
would be happy to assist any company in obtaining this information if 
the company experiences difficulty in locating it itself.
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    \5\ The Commission notes that the correct cite is Section 
202.06(C).
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) \6\ of the Exchange Act, in general, and furthers the 
objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Exchange Act \7\ in particular in 
that it is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, 
to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in 
regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, 
and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to 
and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national 
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public 
interest. The Exchange believes that the proposed amendment is 
consistent with the public interest in that it does not change in any 
way the substantive obligations of listed companies under Section 
202.06.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

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

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Because the proposed rule change: (i) Does not significantly affect 
the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) does not 
impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) does not become 
operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such shorter 
time as the Commission may designate if consistent with the protection 
of investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has 
become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \8\ and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\9\
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). Pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) 
under the Act, the Exchange is required to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along 
with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at 
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed 
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. 
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the 
Act\10\ normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date 
of its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)\11\ permits the 
Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent 
with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange 
has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay.
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    \10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \11\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
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    The Commission believes that waiver of the operative delay is 
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest 
because the proposed rule change would merely delete inaccurate and, as 
such, potentially confusing contact information from Section 202.06. 
This information was provided by the Exchange for information purposes 
only, does not constitute a substantive part of the rule, and can be 
easily located by listed companies by other means. Additionally, 
deletion of the language from Section 202.06(C) does not change in any 
way the substantive obligations of listed companies. As such, the 
Commission believes that the proposed rule change raises no new 
regulatory issues. For these reasons, the Commission designates that 
the proposed rule change become operative immediately upon filing.\12\
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    \12\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 
change, the Commission may summarily abrogate the 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 e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File No. SR-NYSE-2010-32 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 No. SR-NYSE-2010-32. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To 
help the

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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 a.m. and 3 
p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and 
copying at the principal office of NYSE. 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 No. SR-NYSE-2010-32 and should be submitted on or 
before May 20, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-9872 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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