2023-03163. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Alternative Display Facility New Entrant

February 9, 2023.

On December 20, 2022, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) ^[1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,^[2] a proposed rule change to add IntelligentCross ATS as a new entrant to the Alternative Display Facility. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on December 27, 2022.^[3]

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act ^[4] provides that, within 45 days of the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change is February 10, 2023.

The Commission hereby is extending the 45-day time period for Commission action on the proposed rule change. The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the comments received. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,^[5] the Commission designates March 27, 2023, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-FINRA-2022-032).

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.^[6]

Sherry R. Haywood,

Assistant Secretary.

Footnotes

1. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2. 17 CFR 240.19b-4.

3. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 96550 (December 20, 2022), 86 FR 79401. Comments on the proposed rule change are available at: https://www.sec.gov/​comments/​sr-finra-2022-032/​srfinra2022032.htm.

4. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

5. Id.

6. 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).