[Federal Register: October 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 209)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-56695; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2007-111]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change
Relating to the Listing and Trading of Shares of the
HealthSharesTM Ophthalmology Exchange-Traded Fund
October 24, 2007.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on October 19, 2007, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or ``Exchange''),
through its wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca Equities, Inc. (``NYSE
Arca Equities''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been prepared substantially by the Exchange
(``Exchange Proposal''). This order provides notice of the proposed
rule change and approves the proposed rule change on an accelerated
basis.
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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 list and trade shares of the
HealthSharesTM Ophthalmology Exchange-Traded Fund (the
``Fund'').\3\ The text of the proposal is available at the Exchange,
the Commission's Public Reference Room, and http://www.nyse.com.
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\3\ The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the ``1940 Act'').
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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 Exchange 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 III below, and the most significant aspects of such statements are
set forth in Sections A, B, and C below.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to list and trade the shares of the Fund (the
``Shares''), which is based on the HealthSharesTM
Ophthalmology Index (the ``Underlying Index''), under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3). NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) states that
the Exchange may consider for trading, whether by listing or pursuant
to unlisted trading privileges (``UTP''), Investment Company Units.\4\
The Fund is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange LLC
(``NYSE'') and trades on NYSE Arca pursuant to UTP.\5\ HealthShares,
Inc. (the ``Corporation'') has determined to transfer the listing of
the Fund Shares to the Exchange.\6\
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\4\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) defines an Investment
Company Unit as a security that represents an interest in a
registered investment company that could be organized as a unit
investment trust, an open-end management investment company, or a
similar entity.
\5\ The Exchange states that the Fund Shares were listed on NYSE
on March 12, 2007 pursuant to the ``generic'' listing criteria
contained in Section 703.16(C) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual,
which permits the listing of Investment Company Units pursuant to
Rule 19b-4(e) under the Act (17 CFR 240.19b-4(e)). NYSE Arca further
represents that the Fund Shares commenced trading on the Exchange
pursuant to UTP under the generic listing criteria contained in NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) applicable to Investment Company Units
and Rule 19b-4(e) under the Act on the first day the Fund Shares
launched for trading on NYSE. E-mail from Tim Malinowski, Director,
Exchange Traded Funds, NYSE Group, Inc., to Edward Cho, Special
Counsel, Division of Market Regulation, Commission, dated October
23, 2007 (``Exchange Confirmation'').
\6\ The Exchange represents that, except for Commentary
.01(B)(2) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), the Fund Shares
currently satisfy all of the generic listing standards under NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3). See Exchange Confirmation. Commentary
.01(B)(2) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) requires that
component stocks that, in the aggregate, account for at least 90% of
the weight of the Underlying Index or portfolio, must each have a
minimum worldwide trading volume during each of the last six months
of at least 250,000 shares. The Exchange states that, as of October
1, 2007, those component stocks comprising the Underlying Index that
individually exceed the minimum worldwide monthly trading volume of
250,000 shares during each of the last six months account, in the
aggregate, for only 88.2 % of the weight of the Underlying Index
(i.e., 1.8% below the required 90% requirement). Therefore, NYSE
Arca has filed the instant proposed rule change to obtain Commission
approval to list and trade the Shares on the Exchange pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1)) and Rule 19b-4
thereunder (17 CFR 240.19b-4). The Exchange further represents that
the continued listing standards under NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.5(g)(2) applicable to Investment Company Units shall apply to the
Fund Shares. See Exchange Confirmation.
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The Fund, which can invest in both U.S. securities and non-U.S.
securities not listed on a national securities exchange, seeks to track
the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Underlying Index.
XShares Advisors, LLC, the investment adviser to the Fund
(``Advisor''), uses a passive, or indexing, approach in managing the
Fund, investing at least 90% of its assets in the common stocks of
Ophthalmology companies in the Underlying Index, or in American
Depositary Receipts (``ADRs'') or Global Depositary Receipts (``GDRs'')
based on securities of international Ophthalmology companies in the
Underlying Index. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its assets in
futures contracts, options on futures contracts, options, swaps on
securities of companies in the Underlying Index, as well as cash and
cash equivalents, such as money market instruments (subject to
applicable limitations of the 1940 Act). The Fund attempts to replicate
the Underlying Index by matching the weighting of securities in its
portfolio with such securities' weightings in the Underlying Index.\7\
In managing the Fund, the Advisor seeks a correlation of 0.95 or better
between the Fund's performance and the performance of its Underlying
Index. A figure of 1.00 would mean perfect correlation.
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\7\ The Exchange states that, from time to time, it may not be
possible, for regulatory or other legal reasons, to replicate the
Underlying Index, and in such cases, the Advisor may pursue a
sampling strategy in managing the portfolio. Pursuant to this
strategy, the Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in
securities of companies not included in the Underlying Index if the
Advisor believes that such securities will assist the Fund in
tracking the Underlying Index. If a Fund pursues a sampling
strategy, it will continue to invest at least 90% of its assets in
the common stocks, ADRs, or GDRs of the companies in the Underlying
Index.
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Detailed descriptions of the Fund, the Underlying Index (including
the methodology used to determine the composition of the Underlying
Index), procedures and payment requirements for creating and redeeming
Shares,
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transaction fees and expenses, dividends, distributions, taxes, reports
to be distributed to beneficial owners of the Shares, availability of
information regarding the Shares, calculation and dissemination of key
values (i.e., Intraday Indicative Value, Underlying Index value, and
net asset value or ``NAV''), trading rules and halts, surveillance, and
the Information Bulletin can be found in the Exchange Proposal, the
Corporation's Internet Web site (http://www.healthsharesinc.com), and/or in
the Fund's Registration Statement,\8\ as applicable.
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\8\ See Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed February 14,
2006 (Securities Act File No. 333-131842 and Investment Company File
No. 811-21855), and amendments thereto filed with the Commission.
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2. Statutory Basis
The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the
Act,\9\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of
the Act,\10\ in particular, in that it is designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination
with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities, and to
remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open
market.
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\9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
\10\ 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 would
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 neither solicited for nor received any written
comments on the proposed rule change.
III. 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 Number SR-NYSEArca-2007-111 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2007-111. This
file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail 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 inspection and
copying 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 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-NYSEArca-2007-111 and should
be submitted on or before November 20, 2007.
IV. Commission's Findings and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of
the Proposed Rule Change
After careful consideration, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities
exchange.\11\ In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\12\ which
requires that the rules of an exchange be designed, among other things,
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, 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.
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\11\ In approving this rule change, the Commission notes that it
has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency,
competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
\12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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Although NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) permits the Exchange to
either originally list and trade Investment Company Units or trade
Investment Company Units pursuant to UTP, the Shares do not meet the
generic listing requirements of NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),
which permit the listing and trading of such securities in reliance
upon Rule 19b-4(e) under the Act,\13\ because the components of the
Underlying Index do not meet the requirements of Commentary .01(B)(2)
to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3).\14\ Commentary .01(B)(2) to NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) requires that, upon the initial listing of
any series of Investment Company Units pursuant to Rule 19b-4(e) under
the Act, component stocks that, in the aggregate, account for at least
90% of the weight of the Underlying Index or portfolio, must each have
a minimum worldwide trading volume during each of the last six months
of at least 250,000 shares. The Exchange states that, as of October 1,
2007, those component stocks comprising the Underlying Index that
individually exceed the minimum worldwide monthly trading volume of
250,000 shares during each of the last six months account, in the
aggregate, for only 88.2 % of the weight of the Underlying Index.
Because such percentage misses the minimum required threshold by
approximately 1.8%, the Shares cannot be listed and traded pursuant to
the generic listing standards of NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3).
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\13\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(e).
\14\ See supra note 6.
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The Commission believes, however, that the listing and trading of
the Shares would be consistent with the Act. The Commission notes that,
based on the Exchange's representations, the Fund Shares otherwise meet
all of the other applicable generic listing standards under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3).\15\ The Commission further notes that it has
previously approved the listing and trading of derivative securities
products based on indices that were composed of stocks that did not
meet certain quantitative generic listing criteria by only a slight
margin.\16\
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The Commission also notes that the Fund Shares are currently already
trading on the Exchange pursuant to UTP and are substantially similar
in structure and operation to other shares of HealthSharesTM
exchange-traded funds, the shares of which are currently listed and
traded on the Exchange.\17\
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\15\ See id.
\16\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 55953 (June 25,
2007), 72 FR 36084 (July 2, 2007) (SR-NYSE-2007-46) (approving the
listing and trading of shares of the HealthSharesTM
Orthopedic Repair exchange-traded fund where the component stocks
comprising the index that individually exceeded the minimum
worldwide monthly trading volume of 250,000 shares during each of
the last six months accounted, in the aggregate, for 86.2 % of the
weight of the index); 55699 (May 3, 2007), 72 FR 26435 (May 9, 2007)
(SR-NYSEArca-2007-27) (approving the listing and trading of shares
of the iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Index Fund where the
weighting of the five highest components of the underlying index was
marginally higher than that allowed by NYSE Arca, Inc.'s relevant
generic listing standards); and 52826 (November 22, 2005), 70 FR
71874 (November 30, 2005) (SR-NYSEArca-2005-67) (approving the
listing and trading of shares of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy
Sector Index Fund and the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications
Sector Index Fund where the weightings of the most heavily weighted
component stock and the five highest components of the underlying
indexes, respectively, were higher than that required by NYSE Arca,
Inc.'s relevant generic listing standards). See also Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 46306 (August 2, 2002), 67 FR 51916 (August
9, 2002) (SR-NYSE-2002-28) (approving the trading pursuant to
unlisted trading priveleges of shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market
VIPERs, iShares Russell 2000 Index Funds, iShares Russell 2000 Value
Index Funds, and iShares Russell 2000 Growth Funds, none of which
met the trading volume requirement of the relevant generic listing
criteria for NYSE).
\17\ See Exchange Confirmation, supra note 5 (noting that the
shares of other HealthSharesTM exchange-traded funds are
listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to Rule 19b-4(e) under
the Act because they meet the generic listing standards under NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)). See 17 CFR 240.19b-4(e).
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The Commission further believes that the proposal is consistent
with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,\18\ which sets forth
Congress' finding that it is in the public interest and appropriate for
the protection of investors and the maintenance of fair and orderly
markets to assure the availability to brokers, dealers, and investors
of information with respect to quotations for and transactions in
securities. Quotations and last-sale information for the Shares will be
disseminated through the facilities of the Consolidated Tape
Association (``CT'').\19\ In addition, the Exchange will disseminate
through CT or a major market data vendor an amount per Share referred
to as the Intraday Indicative Value at least every 15 seconds during
Exchange trading hours.\20\ The value of the Underlying Index will be
updated intra-day on a real time basis as individual component
securities change in price and will be disseminated at least every 15
seconds during the Exchange's Core Trading Session by one or more major
market data vendors.\21\ In addition, the value of the Underlying Index
will be disseminated by one or more major market data vendors once each
trading day based on closing prices in the relevant exchange market.
The NAV for the Fund is calculated by BNY Asset Management between 4:30
p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET each trading day and disseminates such value to
all market participants at the same time. The updated NAV is available
on the Corporation's Web site at the same time that the NAV is made
available to market participants. The Corporation's Web site also
includes: (1) The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information; (2) information regarding the Underlying Index; (3) the
prior business day's NAV; (4) the mid-point of the bid-ask spread at
the time of calculation of the NAV (the ``Bid/Ask Price''); (5) a
calculation of the premium or discount the Bid/Ask Price at the time of
calculation of the NAV against such NAV; (6) the component securities
of the Underlying Index; (7) and a description of the methodologies
used in determining the composition of the Underlying Index and certain
computations. Finally, the closing prices of the Fund's Deposit
Securities \22\ are readily available from, as applicable, the relevant
exchange, automated quotation systems, published or other public
sources, or on-line information services that are major market data
vendors. Similarly, information regarding market prices and volume of
the Shares is broadly available on a real-time basis throughout the
trading day.
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\18\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
\19\ See Exchange Confirmation, supra note 5 (confirming the
information regarding the Shares to be disseminated through CT).
\20\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34 (providing for an Opening,
Core, and Late Trading Session, from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time or ``ET'').
\21\ The Exchange states that the official index sponsors for
the Underlying Index currently do not calculate an updated
Underlying Index value during the Exchange's Opening and Late
Trading Sessions. See Exchange Confirmation, supra note 5
(confirming when the updated value of the Underlying Index is
calculated and disseminated). However, if the index sponsors do so
in the future, the Exchange represents that it would not trade this
product unless such official Underlying Index value is widely
disseminated.
\22\ ``Deposit Securities'' is defined as the basket of stocks
that are part of the Fund's Underlying Index and deposited with the
Corporation by participants for purposes of purchasing a group of a
fixed number of Shares, also known as a ``Creation Unit.''
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The Commission finds that the Exchange's proposed rules and
procedures for trading of the Shares are consistent with the Act. The
Shares will trade as equity securities, thus rendering trading in the
Shares subject to the Exchange's existing rules governing the trading
of equity securities. The Commission notes that trading of the Shares
may be halted and/or the Shares may be delisted based on circumstances
set forth under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.5(g)(2).\23\ In particular,
if the Intraday Indicative Value or the value of the Underlying Index
is not being disseminated as required, the Exchange may halt trading
during the day in which the interruption to the dissemination of such
values occurs; if the interruption to the dissemination of any such
value persists past the trading day in which it first occurred, the
Exchange will halt trading of the Shares. In addition, the Exchange
states that it will cease trading the Shares based on NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 7.12 (Trading Halts Due to Extraordinary Market
Volatility) and may consider other relevant factors in exercising its
discretion to halt or suspend trading in the Shares of the Fund because
of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange,
make trading in the Shares inadvisable. Some of these factors may
include (1) the extent to which trading is not occurring in the
securities comprising the Underlying Index and/or the financial
instruments of the Fund, or (2) whether other unusual conditions or
circumstances detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly
market are present. Trading in the Shares may also be halted pursuant
to the Exchange's ``circuit breaker'' rule \24\ or by the halt or
suspension of trading of the securities comprising the Underlying
Index.
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\23\ See supra note 6.
\24\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12.
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In support of this proposal, the Exchange has made the following
representations:
(1) The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions
in the Shares during all three trading sessions (Opening, Core, and
Late Trading Sessions, from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET).\25\
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\25\ See supra note 20.
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(2) The Exchange would utilize its existing surveillance procedures
applicable to equity securities to monitor trading of the Shares of the
Fund. Surveillance procedures applicable to trading of the Shares are
comparable to those applicable to other Investment Company Units
currently trading on the Exchange. The Exchange represents that such
surveillance procedures are adequate to properly monitor the trading of
the Fund Shares. The Exchange's current trading surveillance focuses on
detecting securities trading outside their normal patterns. When such
situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows, and
investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of
all relevant parties for all relevant
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trading violations. The Exchange may also obtain trading information
via the Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') from other exchanges
who are members or affiliate members of ISG.\26\
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\26\ The Exchange notes that one or more of the underlying
securities may trade on exchanges that are not members or affiliate
members of ISG, and the Exchange may not have in place comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreements with such exchanges.
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(3) Standard and Poor's, which acts as the ``Index Administrator''
and is responsible for maintaining the Underlying Index, is neither a
registered broker-dealer nor an ``affiliated person,'' as defined in
Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, \27\ or an affiliated person of the
Fund, Advisor, Sub-Advisor,\28\ Distributor,\29\ or the Corporation. In
addition, the Distributor is not an affiliated person of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor, the Fund, or the Corporation.\30\
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\27\ See 15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3).
\28\ BNY Investment Advisors acts as the ``Sub-Advisor'' to the
Fund.
\29\ ALPS Distributors, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer and
acts as the ``Distributor'' and underwriter of the Creation Units.
\30\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .01(b)(1)
(providing for restrictions to access of information concerning
changes and adjustments to an index and requirements designed to
prevent the use and dissemination of material, non-public
information regarding the applicable index, among others).
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(4) Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform
its ETP Holders \31\ in an Information Bulletin (``Bulletin'') of the
special characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares.
Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss the following: (1) The
procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit
aggregations; (2) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a),\32\ which imposes a
duty of due diligence on ETP Holders to learn the essential facts
relating to every customer prior to trading the Shares; (3) the risks
involved in trading the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading
Sessions when an updated Intraday Indicative Value and Underlying Index
value will not be calculated or publicly disseminated; (4) how
information regarding the Intraday Indicative Value is disseminated;
(5) the requirement that ETP Holders deliver a Prospectus to investors
purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or concurrently with the
confirmation of a transaction; and (6) trading information. In
addition, the Bulletin will reference that the Fund is subject to
various fees and expenses described in the Registration Statement,\33\
discuss any exemptive, no-action, and/or interpretive relief granted by
the Commission from any rules under the Act, and disclose that the NAV
for the Shares will be calculated after 4 p.m. ET each trading day.
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\31\ The Exchange defines an ``ETP Holder'' as a sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
or other organization in good standing that has been issued an
Equity Trading Permit or ``ETP'' by NYSE Arca Equities for effecting
approved securities transactions on NYSE Arca Equities' trading
facilities. An ETP Holder must be a registered broker or dealer
pursuant to Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
\32\ NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a) provides that an ETP Holder,
before recommending a transaction, must have reasonable grounds to
believe that the recommendation is suitable for the customer based
on any facts disclosed by the customer as to his or her other
security holdings and as to his or her financial situation and
needs. Further, the rule provides, with a limited exception, that
prior to the execution of a transaction recommended to a non-
institutional customer, the ETP Holder shall make reasonable efforts
to obtain information concerning the customer's financial status,
tax status, investment objectives, and any other information that
they believe would be useful to make a recommendation.
\33\ See supra note 8.
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This order is based on the Exchange's representations.
The Commission finds good cause for approving this proposal before
the thirtieth day after the publication of notice thereof in the
Federal Register. As referenced above, the Commission notes that the
Fund Shares are currently trading on the Exchange pursuant to UTP \34\
and are substantially similar in structure, operation, and function to
the shares of other HealthShares\TM\ exchange-traded funds, the shares
of which are currently listed and trading on the Exchange pursuant to
Rule 19b-4(e) under the Act.\35\ In addition, the Commission notes that
it has previously approved the listing and trading of derivative
securities products based on indices that were composed of stocks that
did not meet certain quantitative generic listing criteria by similar
amounts.\36\ Although the Fund Shares do not meet the initial listing
requirement of Commentary .01 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) and
therefore cannot be listed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(e),\37\ the
Commission believes that the Shares are substantially similar to the
other HealthShares\TM\ trading on the Exchange and notes that the
Shares would otherwise comply with all other generic listing
requirements under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3).\38\ The
Commission also notes that the continued listing standards under NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.5(g)(2) applicable to Investment Company Units
would apply to the Fund Shares. The listing and trading of the Shares
do not appear to present any new or significant regulatory concerns.
Therefore, the Commission believes that accelerating approval of this
proposal would allow the Shares to trade on the Exchange without undue
delay and should generate additional competition in the market for such
products.
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\34\ See supra note 5.
\35\ See supra note 17.
\36\ See supra note 16.
\37\ See supra note 6.
\38\ See id.
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V. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\39\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2007-111) be, and
it hereby is, approved on an accelerated basis.
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\39\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\40\
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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\40\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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