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of the purposes of the Act. Instead, as
discussed above, the proposal relates
solely to elimination of an obsolete port
transition fees and, as such, would not
have any impact on intra- or intermarket competition because the
proposed change is solely designed to
accurately reflect the services that the
Exchange currently offers, thereby
adding clarity to the Price List.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change is effective
upon filing pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) 14 of the Act and
subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 15
thereunder, because it establishes a due,
fee, or other charge imposed by the
Exchange.
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. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 16 of the Act to
determine whether the proposed rule
change should be approved or
disapproved.
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

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• 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–
NYSE–2021–63 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–NYSE–2021–63. 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 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 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 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.
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 SR–NYSE–2021–63 and should
be submitted on or before November 26,
2021.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.17
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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[SEC File No. 270–421, OMB Control No.
3235–0481]

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:

14 15

U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
16 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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Rule 15c2–8

Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the existing collection of information
provided for in Rule 15c2–8 (17 CFR
240.15c2–8). The Commission plans to
submit this existing collection of
information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Rule 15c2–8 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) requires broker-dealers to deliver
preliminary and/or final prospectuses to
certain people under certain
circumstances. In connection with
securities offerings generally, including
initial public offerings (‘‘IPOs’’), the rule
requires broker-dealers to take
reasonable steps to distribute copies of
the preliminary or final prospectus to
anyone who makes a written request, as
well as any broker-dealer who is
expected to solicit purchases of the
security and who makes a request. In
connection with IPOs, the rule requires
a broker-dealer to send a copy of the
preliminary prospectus to any person
who is expected to receive a
confirmation of sale (generally, this
means any person who is expected to
actually purchase the security in the
offering) at least 48 hours prior to the
sending of such confirmation. This
requirement is sometimes referred to as
the ‘‘48 hour rule.’’
Additionally, managing underwriters
are required to take reasonable steps to
ensure that all broker-dealers
participating in the distribution of or
trading in the security have sufficient
copies of the preliminary or final
prospectus, as requested by them, to
enable such broker-dealer to satisfy their
respective prospectus delivery
obligations pursuant to Rule 15c2–8, as
well as Section 5 of the Securities Act
of 1933.
Rule 15c2–8 implicitly requires that
broker-dealers collect information, as
such collection facilitates compliance
with the rule. There is no requirement
to submit collected information to the
Commission. In order to comply with
the rule, broker-dealers participating in
a securities offering must keep accurate
records of persons who have indicated
interest in an IPO or requested a
prospectus, so that they know to whom
they must send a prospectus.
The Commission estimates that the
time broker-dealers will spend
complying with the collection of
information required by the rule is
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hours for other offerings. The
Commission estimates that the total
annualized cost burden (copying and
postage costs) is $48,400,000 for IPOs
and $1,172,800 for other offerings.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
under the PRA unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Please direct your written comments
to: David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John R.
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: November 1, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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[SEC File No. 270–269, OMB Control No.
3235–0276]

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736.

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Extension:
Rule 6c–7

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
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Rule 6c–7 (17 CFR 270.6c–7) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) (‘‘1940 Act’’)
provides exemption from certain
provisions of Sections 22(e) and 27 of
the 1940 Act for registered separate
accounts offering variable annuity
contracts to certain employees of Texas
institutions of higher education
participating in the Texas Optional
Retirement Program. There are
approximately 142 registrants governed
by Rule 6c–7. The burden of compliance
with Rule 6c–7, in connection with the
registrants obtaining from a purchaser,
prior to or at the time of purchase, a
signed document acknowledging the
restrictions on redeem ability imposed
by Texas law, is estimated to be
approximately 3 minutes per response
for each of approximately 6,500
purchasers annually (at an estimated
$72 per hour),1 for a total annual burden
of 325 hours (at a total annual cost of
$23,400).
Rule 6c–7 requires that the separate
account’s registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
et seq.) include a representation that
Rule 6c–7 is being relied upon and is
being complied with. This requirement
enhances the Commission’s ability to
monitor utilization of and compliance
with the rule. There are no
recordkeeping requirements with
respect to Rule 6c–7.
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not
derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules or forms. The
Commission does not include in the
estimate of average burden hours the
time preparing registration statements
and sales literature disclosure regarding
the restrictions on redeem ability
imposed by Texas law. The estimate of
burden hours for completing the
relevant registration statements are
reported on the separate PRA
submissions for those statements. (See
the separate PRA submissions for Form
1 $72/hour figure for a Compliance Clerk is based
on the Commission’s estimates concerning the
allocation of burden hours and the relevant wage
rates from the Commission’s consultations with
industry representatives and on salary information
for the securities industry compiled by the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association’s Office Salaries in the Securities
Industry 2013. The estimated wage figures are
modified by Commission staff to account for an
1,800-hour work-year and multiplied by 2.93 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits,
overhead, and adjusted to account for the effects of
inflation. See Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association, Report on Management &
Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry
2013.

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N–3 (17 CFR 274.11b) and Form N–4 (17
CFR 274.11c).
Complying with the collection of
information requirements of the rules is
necessary to obtain a benefit. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number.
The public may view background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
>www.reginfo.gov<. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to (i) >www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain< and (ii) David Bottom,
Director/Chief Information Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/
o John R. Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an
email to: [email protected].
Dated: November 1, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Order Granting Conditional
Exemptions Under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in Connection
With the Portfolio Margining of Cleared
Swaps and Security-Based Swaps That
Are Credit Default Swaps
November 1, 2021.

Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Exemptive order.
AGENCY:

The Commission is granting
exemptive relief, subject to certain
conditions, from compliance with
certain provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in connection
with a program to portfolio margin
cleared swaps customer and affiliate
positions in cleared credit default swaps
that are swaps and security-based swaps
in a segregated account established and
maintained in accordance with Section
4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act
(in the case of a cleared swaps
customer) or a cleared swaps
proprietary account (in the case of an
affiliate). This exemptive relief
supersedes and replaces the

SUMMARY:

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