2015-02267. Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule Change Amending Its Continued Listing Requirements in Relation to the Late Filing of a Company's ...

January 30, 2015.

On December 4, 2014, New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE” or the “Exchange”) 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 amend its continued listing requirements in relation to the late filing of a company's annual report with the Commission as set forth in Section 802.01E of the Exchange's Listed Company Manual (“Late Filer Rule”). The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on December 17, 2014.^[3] The Commission received no comment letters regarding the proposed rule change.

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 these proposed rule changes should be disapproved. The 45th day for this filing is January 31, 2015.

The Commission 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.

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act ^[5] and for the reasons stated above, the Commission designates March 17, 2015, as the date by which the Commission should either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change.

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

Jill M. Peterson,

Assistant Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2.  17 CFR 240.19b-4.

3.  See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73821 (December 11, 2014), 79 FR 75217 (“Notice”).

4.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

5.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

6.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).