Form 18 60 Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2022 / Notices
Please direct your written comments
to David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: March 3, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Dated: March 2, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.

Proposed Collection; 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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Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of
Amendment No. 4 to the National
Market System Plan for the Selection
and Reservation of Securities Symbols
March 2, 2022.

Pursuant to Section 11A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on February
11, 2022, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(‘‘Nasdaq’’), on behalf of participants to
the National Market System Plan for the
Selection and Reservation of Securities
Symbols (‘‘Symbology Plan’’ or ‘‘Plan’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a proposal
to amend the Symbology Plan.3 The
proposal represents the fourth
substantive amendment to the Plan
(‘‘Amendment’’) and reflects changes
unanimously approved by the Plan
participants (‘‘Participants’’).4 The
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U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(3).
CFR 242.608.
3 The Plan was created to enhance the
effectiveness and efficiency of the national market
system and to provide for fair competition between
the self-regulatory organizations that list equity
securities by establishing a uniform system for the
selection and reservation of securities symbols. The
Plan, among other things, sets forth the process for
securing perpetual and limited-time reservations,
the use of a waiting list, the right to reuse a symbol
and the ability to request the release of a symbol.
4 The Plan Participants are BOX Exchange LLC,
Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.,
Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.,
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago Board Options
Exchange, Incorporated, Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Investors Exchange LLC,
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Amendment proposes to, among other
things, eliminate certain Plan processor
costs, release perpetual reservations,
increase the number of limited-time
symbol reservations, modify the waitlist
provisions, and clarify the portability of
symbol reservations.
The proposed Amendment has been
filed by the Participants pursuant to
Rule 608(b)(2) under Regulation NMS.5
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the
proposed Amendment from interested
persons. Sections I and II contain
statements that were prepared and
submitted to the Commission by the
Participants about the purpose of the
Amendment, along with information
pursuant to Rule 608(a) under the Act.
I. Rule 608(a)

[Release No. 34–94351; File No. 4–533]

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 collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Form 18 (17 CFR 249.218) is a
registration form used by a foreign
government or political subdivision to
register securities for listing on a U.S.
exchange. The information collected is
intended to ensure that the information
required by the Commission to be filed
permits verification of compliance with
securities law requirements and assures
the public availability of the
information. Form 18 takes
approximately 8 hours per response and
is filed by approximately 5 respondents
for a total of 40 annual burden hours (8
hours per response × 5 responses).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including

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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 by May 9, 2022.
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.
Please direct your written comment to
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].

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A. Purpose of the Amendment
Since the Symbology Plan was
originally approved,6 it has been
modified several times to add additional
participants.7 The plan participants now
Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc., MEMX LLC,
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC,
MIAX Pearl, LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq ISE,
LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, Nasdaq, New York Stock
Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca,
Inc., NYSE Chicago, Inc., and NYSE National, Inc.
5 17 CFR 242.608(b)(2).
6 On November 6, 2008, the Commission
approved the Symbology Plan that was originally
proposed by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘CHX’’), The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (n/k/a The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC) (‘‘Nasdaq’’), National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (‘‘NASD’’) (n/
k/a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(‘‘FINRA’’)), National Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NSX’’)
(n/k/a NYSE National, Inc. (‘‘NYSE National’’)), and
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (n/k/a Nasdaq
PHLX LLC (‘‘Phlx’’)), subject to certain changes. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58904, 73 FR
67218 (November 13, 2008) (File No. 4–533).
7 On November 18, 2008, ISE filed with the
Commission an amendment to the Plan to add ISE
as a member to the Plan. See Securities and
Exchange Act Release No. 59024 (November 26,
2008), 73 FR 74538 (December 8, 2008) (File No. 4–
533). On December 22, 2008, NYSE, NYSE Arca,
and NYSE Alternext (n/k/a NYSE American)
(‘‘NYSE Group Exchanges’’), and Cboe filed with
the Commission amendments to the Plan to add the
NYSE Group Exchanges and Cboe as members to
the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
59162 (December 24, 2008), 74 FR 132 (January 2,
2009) (File No. 4–533). On December 24, 2008, BSE
(n/k/a BX) filed with the Commission an
amendment to the Plan to add BSE as a member to
the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
59187 (December 30, 2008), 74 FR 729 (January 7,
2009) (File No. 4–533). On September 30, 2009,
BATS (n/k/a CboeBZX) filed with the Commission
an amendment to the Plan to add BATS as a
member to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 60856 (October 21, 2009), 74 FR 55276
(October 27, 2009) (File No. 4–533). On July 7,
2010, EDGA (n/k/a CboeEDGA) and EDGX (n/k/a
CboeEDGX) filed with the Commission an
amendment to the Plan to add EDGA and EDGX,
each as a party to the Symbology Plan. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 62573 (July 26,
2010), 75 FR 45682 (August 3, 2010) (File No. 4–
533). On May 7, 2012, BOX filed with the

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