2014-30591. Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Addendum A (Fee Structure) With Respect to Fees Related to NSCC's Obligation Warehouse ...

December 23, 2014.

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) ^[1] of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) and Rule 19b-4 ^[2] thereunder, notice is hereby given that on December 17, 2014, National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been prepared primarily by NSCC. NSCC filed the proposed rule change pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) ^[3] of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) ^[4] thereunder. The proposed rule change was effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.

I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

The proposed rule change consists of amendments to Addendum A of the Rules & Procedures (“Rules”) of NSCC in order to adjust certain fees related to NSCC's Obligation Warehouse service, as more fully described below.

II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

In its filing with the Commission, NSCC 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. NSCC has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose

The purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise NSCC's fee schedule (as listed in Addendum A of the Rules) in order to adjust certain fees related to NSCC's Obligation Warehouse (“OW”), a non-guaranteed, automated service that tracks, stores, and maintains unsettled ex-clearing and failed obligations, as well as obligations exited from NSCC's Continuous Net Settlement (“CNS”) system, non-CNS Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (“ACATS”) Receive and Deliver Instructions, Balance Orders, and Special Trades, as such terms are defined in the Rules. The OW service provides transparency, serves as a central storage of open (i.e. failed or unsettled) broker-to-broker obligations, and allows users to manage and resolve exceptions in an efficient and timely manner.

Currently, NSCC charges a fee to the recipient of a delivery notification request advisory, which informs the recipient that the submitting party has acknowledged that an OW obligation between those parties has settled, if that notification is aged two days or older (“Aged Delivery Advisories”); and also charges a fee to the recipient of a pending cancel request advisory, which requests that the recipient cancel a previously compared OW obligation, if that request is aged two days or older (“Aged Cancel Advisories”). NSCC is proposing to revise its fee schedule to increase the fees charged for Aged Delivery Advisories and Aged Cancel Advisories as marked on Exhibit 5 hereto.^[5] The increase in these fees would encourage more timely action by the recipients of these advisories, and would align the fees associated with the OW service with the costs of delivering that service to NSCC's Members. NSCC also proposes to remove notations in Addendum A related to the phased-in implementation for fees charged for each pending comparison advisory that are aged 5 days or older.

The proposed rule change is marked on Exhibit 5 hereto as amendments to Addendum A to NSCC's Rules. No other changes to the Rules are contemplated by this proposed rule change. The proposed fee change would take effect on January 1, 2015.

2. Statutory Basis

The proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in particular section 17A(b)(3)(D) of the Act,^[6] which requires that the Rules provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its participants. The proposed rule change would align NSCC's fees with the costs of delivering services to NSCC Members, and would allocate those fees equitably among the NSCC Members that use those services.

(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

NSCC does not believe that the proposed rule change would have any impact, or impose any burden, on competition. As stated above, the proposed change would align NSCC's fees with the costs of delivering services to its Members, and would not disproportionally impact any NSCC Members.

(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not yet been solicited or received. NSCC will notify the Commission of any written comments received by NSCC.

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)(A) ^[7] of the Act and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 ^[8] thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the 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.

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 [e-mail]. Please include File Number SR-NSCC-2014-13 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-NSCC-2014-13. 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 NSCC and on DTCC's Web site at http://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx. 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-NSCC-2014-13 and should be submitted on or before January 21, 2015.

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.^[9]

Brent J. Fields,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2.  17 CFR 240.19b-4.

3.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).

4.  17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).

5.  The Commission notes that Exhibit 5 is attached to the filing, not to this Notice.

6.  15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(D).

7.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).

8.  17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).

9.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).