Notice2025-12716

Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NSCC Rules To Decommission CNS Functionality Related to Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For Accounts

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30538-30542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12716]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103390; File No. SR-NSCC-2025-010]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing 
Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 
Rule Change To Amend the NSCC Rules To Decommission CNS Functionality 
Related to Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For Accounts

July 3, 2025.
    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 June 27, 2025, 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 by the clearing agency. NSCC filed the 
proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\4\ The Commission is publishing this 
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested 
persons.
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    \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)(6).
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the 
Proposed Rule Change

    The proposed rule change consists of modifications to the NSCC 
Rules & Procedures (``Rules'') to decommission Continuous Net 
Settlement system (``CNS'') functionality related to (i) Level 2 
Exemptions and (ii) Fully-Paid-For Accounts. The proposed modifications 
to the Rules are included in Exhibit 5 of the filing.\5\
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    \5\ Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning 
assigned to such terms in the Rules, available at <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures">www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures</a>.
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the clearing agency 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. The clearing agency 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 this proposed rule change is to amend the NSCC Rules 
to decommission CNS functionality related to (i) Level 2 Exemptions and 
(ii) Fully-Paid-For Accounts.\6\ The proposed rule change is discussed 
in detail below.
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    \6\ The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') also filed this 
proposed rule change with the Commission in connection with the 
decommissioning of Fully-Paid-For Accounts. See DTC filing SR-DTC-
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Background
Continuous Net Settlement System (CNS)
    CNS is an automated accounting and securities settlement system 
that centralizes and nets the settlement of compared and recorded 
securities transactions and maintains an orderly flow of security and 
money balances.\7\ CNS provides clearance for equities, corporate 
bonds, unit investment trusts, and municipal bonds that are eligible 
for book-entry transfer at DTC, an affiliate of NSCC.
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    \7\ See NSCC Rule 11 (CNS System) and Procedure VII (CNS 
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    Within CNS, all eligible compared and recorded transactions for a 
particular settlement date are netted by issue into one position per 
Member. The position can be net long (buy), net short (sell) or flat. 
As a continuous net system, those positions are further netted with 
positions of the same issue that remain open after their original 
scheduled settlement date (usually one business day after the trade 
date or T+1), so that transactions scheduled to settle on any day are 
netted with fail positions (i.e., positions that have failed in 
delivery or receipt on the settlement date), which results in a single 
deliver or receive obligation for each Member for each issue in which 
the Member has activity.

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    NSCC Procedure VII (CNS Accounting Operation) describes the receipt 
and delivery of CNS Securities. CNS relies on an interface with DTC for 
the book-entry movement of securities. CNS short positions are compared 
against each Member's DTC accounts to determine the availability of 
securities for delivery. If securities are available, they are 
transferred from the Member's account at DTC to NSCC's account at DTC 
to cover the Member's short obligations to CNS. For CNS Securities, 
NSCC uses a modified delivery versus payment mechanism in that when a 
Member delivers securities to CNS, the Member receives a credit, and 
when NSCC delivers securities to the long receiving Member (a long 
allocation), the securities deliveries/movements are not final until 
the ``effective time'' occurs pursuant to NSCC Rule 12 (Settlement).\8\ 
Specifically, under the Rules, a CNS delivery transaction is complete 
and final as to the delivering Member once the securities are debited 
from the delivering Member's account at DTC and credited to NSCC's CNS 
account at DTC; however, a CNS delivery transaction would not become 
final as to the receiving ``long'' Member until the ``effective time.'' 
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    \8\ Pursuant to NSCC Rule 12, the ``effective time'' generally 
occurs when it is clear that NSCC has either been paid, or is in a 
credit position with respect to a Member or its Settling Bank, and 
NSCC has no obligation due with respect to a Member pursuant to the 
Clearing Agency Cross-Guaranty Agreement. Until the effective time 
has occurred in accordance with the Rules, NSCC retains ownership 
rights in the long allocations. See NSCC Rule 12, supra note 5.
    \9\ DTC and NSCC have established certain limited cross-
guarantees and arrangements to permit transactions to flow smoothly 
between DTC and NSCC in a collateralized environment. See DTC 
Settlement Service Guide, at 17-18, available at <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures">www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures</a>.
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CNS Exemptions
    Each Member has the ability to elect to deliver all or part of any 
CNS short position through the use of ``Exemptions'' in CNS. By 
indicating a particular quantity as an Exemption, the Member directs 
NSCC not to settle certain short positions or portions thereof. All 
short positions or positions thereof for which no Exemption is 
indicated are settled automatically to the extent that the Member has 
made such securities available in the Member's Designated Depository 
(i.e., DTC) account, or they become available in its Designated 
Depository account through other depository activity.
    Pursuant to Section D of Procedure VII, a Member may submit daily 
Exemption instructions to NSCC. Members are also required to submit 
standing Exemption instructions to NSCC which govern all of the 
Member's short positions for any day on which specific daily Exemption 
instructions are (i) not submitted to NSCC; (ii) not received by NSCC; 
or (iii) unable to be processed by NSCC. \10\
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    \10\ See NSCC Procedure VII, Section D, supra note 5.
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    The CNS system currently provides for two levels of Exemption. 
Level 1 Exemptions indicate that the portion of the short position 
exempted should not be automatically settled against the Member's 
current Designated Depository position or against any securities which 
may be received into its Designated Depository account as a result of 
other depository activity. Level 2 Exemptions are instructions by the 
Member that the portion of the short position exempted should not be 
automatically settled against its current depository position. Such a 
position may be satisfied, however, by certain types of ``qualified'' 
activity in its Designated Depository account.
    There are three types of qualified activity which allow short 
positions carrying Level 2 Exemptions to be settled: (i) Coded 
Deposits, whereby the Member deposits securities into its Designated 
Depository account in the normal manner, but by using a special deposit 
ticket which indicates that these securities are available for settling 
Level 2 Exemption quantities; (ii) Coded Collateral Loan Releases, 
whereby the Member may release securities from its Designated 
Depository collateral loan account and wish those securities to be used 
in settling a Level 2 Exemption quantity; \11\ and (iii) Receipts from 
Banks, whereby all securities received against payment from banks are 
eligible to settle Level 2 Exemption quantities. Level 2 Exemptions 
remain in place until the ``qualified activity'' event occurs in 
settlement and are automatically released upon completion of the 
``qualified activity'' event. Settlement of such items is automatic and 
no special instruction by the Member is required.
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    \11\ In this case, the Member uses a special Collateral Loan 
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Fully-Paid-For Accounts
    The Fully-Paid-For Account is a special sub-account within CNS that 
assists participants in maintaining compliance with possession and 
control requirements of Rule 15c3-3 under the Act.\12\ Members may 
instruct NSCC to move their expected long allocations from the general 
CNS ``A'' subaccount into a fully-paid-for location (the ``E'' 
subaccount) and are then permitted to use customer fully-paid-for 
positions to complete institutional deliveries in DTC. As Members 
instruct NSCC to move expected long allocations to the fully-paid-for 
location, NSCC reclassifies the relevant long allocations as a fully-
paid-for long allocation and debits the Member the market value of the 
relevant securities in the NSCC settlement system. These long 
allocation reclassifications and corresponding settlement debits are 
posted intraday by NSCC. The funds associated with the fully-paid-for 
process are collected via NSCC's end-of-day settlement process and are 
held by NSCC and used to ensure the customer fully-paid-for positions 
can be replaced should the Member become insolvent. Upon completion of 
a fully-paid-for long allocation, the relevant funds are used to pay 
for the securities received from CNS via NSCC's end-of-day settlement 
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    \12\ See 17 CFR 240.15c3-3.
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    Additionally, if the Member replaces the customer fully paid for 
securities in inventory at DTC prior to the receipt of the CNS long 
allocation, the Member can move the expected long allocation from the 
fully-paid-for location (the ``E'' subaccount) back to the general CNS 
``A'' subaccount. Upon completion, the relevant funds are credited back 
to the Member through NSCC's end-of-day settlement process.
Proposed Changes
    NSCC continually evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
services it provides to its Members. As part of these evaluations, and 
in furtherance of NSCC's ongoing modernization efforts, NSCC is seeking 
to streamline and simplify its services and processes, including 
through the elimination of underutilized functionality and services. 
NSCC has identified Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For Accounts as 
two underutilized functionalities of its CNS system, which do not 
justify the costs associated with modernizing and maintaining those 
functionalities in CNS.
CNS Level 2 Exemptions
    NSCC proposes to eliminate the use of Level 2 Exemptions in CNS. 
Level 2 Exemptions are an underutilized functionality in CNS, and NSCC 
would have to devote significant resources to maintain and update this 
functionality, particularly as NSCC modernizes its CNS system. NSCC 
believes that these resources would be better used to maintain, 
modernize, and enhance the systems, functionality, and services that 
are more widely and frequently used by its Members.

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    NSCC proposes to amend the following Rules to reflect the 
decommissioning of Level 2 Exemptions. NSCC would amend Section D 
(Controlling Deliveries to CNS) of Procedure VII (CNS Accounting 
Operation) to remove all procedural language describing or referencing 
Level 2 Exemptions and Qualified Activity in CNS. Specifically, NSCC 
would amend Section D.1. of Procedure VII to remove the description of 
Level 2 Exemptions and Qualified Activity from the Procedures. NSCC 
would also make conforming changes throughout Section D of Procedure 
VII to remove references to there being different types of Exemptions 
in CNS and make other conforming changes necessary to reflect the 
elimination of Level 2 Exemptions in CNS.
    NSCC performed an assessment of the usage of CNS Level 2 
Exemptions, which revealed limited utilization of this functionality 
across five Members. NSCC performed outreach to the Members currently 
using Level 2 Exemptions and discussed the alternative tools available 
to those Members to manage their inventory and control deliveries in 
CNS. These alternative tools include the use of CNS Level 1 Exemptions, 
the exemption process in DTC's Inventory Management System 
(``IMS''),\13\ and Memo Segregation at DTC.\14\ NSCC also announced its 
plans to decommission Level 2 Exemptions through Important Notice.\15\ 
There were no material objections or concerns raised by Members. Based 
on the limited usage of Level 2 Exemptions and the alternative tools 
available to Members, NSCC believes that decommissioning Level 2 
Exemptions would have minimal impact on NSCC and its Members.
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    \13\ DTC's IMS system enables participants to centrally manage 
their settlement deliveries. IMS provides a staging area for a 
participant's transactions by offering various inquiry and 
prioritization options, audit trails and transaction update 
capabilities. IMS warehouses most participant transactions and 
introduces them for settlement processing based on transaction type 
and user-defined profiles.
    \14\ Participants can protect fully-paid-for customer securities 
using DTC's Memo Segregation function. Memo Segregation is similar 
to the Segregation function, which allows a Participant to protect 
fully-paid-for customer securities by moving them from a free 
position to a protected (segregated) position. However, whereas 
Segregation allows a Participant to move only existing positions, 
Memo Segregation allows the Participant to create memo-segregated 
positions within its free positions, thus allowing the Participant 
to protect anticipated, fully-paid-for customer securities. See DTC 
Settlement Service Guide, at 40-42, supra note 9.
    \15\ See <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/10/a9580.pdf">www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/10/a9580.pdf</a>.
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    NSCC would work with impacted Members to wind down their use of 
Level 2 Exemptions in advance of the proposed implementation date (as 
discussed below); however, any Level 2 Exemptions remaining in effect 
for the implementation date would be automatically converted to Level 1 
Exemptions in order to provide for continued Exemption protections for 
such positions.
Fully-Paid-For Accounts
    NSCC also proposes to decommission the use of Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts in CNS. Fully-Paid-For Accounts are underutilized by NSCC 
Members, and NSCC would have to devote significant resources to 
maintain and update this functionality, particularly as NSCC modernizes 
its CNS system. NSCC believes that these resources would be better used 
to maintain, modernize, and enhance the systems, functionality, and 
services that are more widely and frequently used by its Members.
    NSCC proposes to amend the following Rules to reflect the proposed 
decommissioning of Fully-Paid-For Accounts. First, NSCC would remove 
the entirety of Section E.5. (Fully Paid-For Account) of Procedure VII 
(CNS Accounting Operation), which describes the Fully-Paid-For Account 
and procedures for movements of securities into and out of the Long 
Free Account. Second, NSCC would remove Addendum G (Fully Paid-For 
Account) from the Rules, which further describes the processes for the 
movement of securities into and out of the Fully-Paid-For Account. 
Third, NSCC would make a conforming change to Section 2 of Rule 12 
(Settlement) to remove rule text describing the ``effective time'' for 
certain actions taken by NSCC pursuant to an instruction given to NSCC 
by a Member to move a position to its Fully-Paid-For Subaccount. This 
rule would no longer be applicable upon the decommissioning of Fully-
Paid-For Accounts. Finally, NSCC would amend Section H (Miscellaneous 
CNS Activity) of Procedure VII to remove rule text related to certain 
prohibitions on Members moving positions in subject securities during a 
voluntary reorganization between the CNS General Account and that 
Member's Fully-Paid-For Subaccount. These rules would also no longer be 
applicable upon the decommissioning of Fully-Paid-For Accounts.
    NSCC performed an assessment of the usage of its Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts over a recent 60 business day review period. This review 
showed that fewer than 10 Members currently use the Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts. The assessment also revealed sporadic usage of the accounts 
for minimal values across those Members. NSCC performed outreach to the 
Members currently using Fully-Paid-For Accounts and discussed 
alternative tools available to Members to assist in managing their 
customer segregation requirements, such as using Memo Segregation at 
DTC.\16\ NSCC also announced its plans to decommission Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts through Important Notice.\17\ There were no material 
objections or concerns raised by Members. Based on the limited usage of 
Fully-Paid-For Accounts and the alternatives tools available to Members 
to assist in managing their customer segregation requirements, NSCC 
believes that decommissioning Fully-Paid-For Accounts would have 
minimal impact on NSCC and its Members.
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    \16\ See supra note 14.
    \17\ See <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/10/a9581.pdf">www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/10/a9581.pdf</a>.
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    NSCC would work with impacted Members to wind down their use of 
Fully-Paid-For Accounts in advance of the proposed implementation date 
(as discussed below); however, any positions remaining in a Member's 
Fully-Paid-For Account (or the ``E'' subaccount) on the implementation 
date would be automatically moved to the Member's general CNS ``A'' 
subaccount.
Implementation Timeframe
    The proposed rule change would be implemented in two phases. The 
proposed changes concerning Level 2 Exemptions would be implemented on 
August 28, 2025. The proposed changes concerning Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts would be implemented on September 11, 2025.
2. Statutory Basis
    NSCC believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder 
applicable to a registered clearing agency. Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the 
Act \18\ requires that the rules of a clearing agency be designed to, 
among other things, promote the prompt and accurate clearance and 
settlement of securities transactions and to assure the safeguarding of 
securities and funds which are in the custody or control of the 
clearing agency or for which it is responsible. NSCC believes the 
proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of Section 
17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act for the reasons stated below.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    As described above, NSCC continually evaluates the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the services it provides to its Members. As part of 
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NSCC's ongoing modernization efforts, NSCC is seeking to streamline and 
simplify its services and processes, including through the elimination 
of underutilized functionality and services. NSCC has identified Level 
2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For Accounts as two underutilized 
functionalities of its CNS system. Moreover, there are existing, 
alternative tools available to Members to assist in managing their 
inventories, controlling deliveries, and managing their customer 
segregation requirements. Specifically, in the absence of Level 2 
Exemptions, Members can continue to manage their inventory and control 
deliveries in CNS through the use of CNS Level 1 Exemptions, the 
exemption process in DTC's IMS system, and Memo Segregation at DTC. In 
the absence of Fully-Paid-For Accounts, Members can use Memo 
Segregation at DTC to assist in managing their customer segregation 
requirements. NSCC therefore believes that existing alternative 
processes would continue to provide prompt and accurate clearance and 
settlement of securities transactions and the safeguarding of 
securities and funds at NSCC. For these reasons, NSCC believes the 
proposed rule change would continue to promote the prompt and accurate 
clearance and settlement of securities transactions and assure the 
safeguarding of securities and funds which are in the custody or 
control of NSCC or for which it is responsible in accordance with 
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act.\19\
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    \19\ See id.
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act \20\ requires that the rules of the 
clearing agency do not impose any burden on competition not necessary 
or appropriate in furtherance of the Act. NSCC does not believe that 
the proposed rule change would impose a burden or otherwise have a 
significant impact on competition. Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-
For Accounts are two underutilized functionalities of CNS which are 
each used on a limited basis by fewer than 10 Members. NSCC has 
performed outreach to those Members using Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-
Paid-For Accounts to explain the decommissioning of these 
functionalities in CNS and the alternative tools available to Members. 
Based on the limited usage of Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For 
Accounts and the alternatives tools available to assist Members in 
managing their inventories, controlling deliveries, and managing their 
customer segregation requirements, NSCC believes that decommissioning 
Level 2 Exemptions and Fully-Paid-For Accounts would have minimal 
impact on NSCC's Members. NSCC therefore believes the proposed rule 
change would not impose any burden on competition.
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(I).
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(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change 
Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    NSCC has not received or solicited any written comments relating to 
this proposal. If any written comments are received by NSCC, they will 
be publicly filed as an Exhibit 2 to this filing, as required by Form 
19b-4 and the General Instructions thereto.
    Persons submitting comments are cautioned that, according to 
Section IV (Solicitation of Comments) of the Exhibit 1A in the General 
Instructions to Form 19b-4, the Commission does not edit personal 
identifying information from comment submissions. Commenters should 
submit only information that they wish to make available publicly, 
including their name, email address, and any other identifying 
information.
    All prospective commenters should follow the Commission's 
instructions on How to Submit a Comment, available at <a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/how-submit-comments">www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/how-submit-comments</a>. General questions regarding the 
rule filing process or logistical questions regarding this filing 
should be directed to the Main Office of the Commission's Division of 
Trading and Markets at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b3f392a2f22252c2a252f262a39202e3f380b382e28652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90e4e2f1f4f9fef7f1fef4fdf1e2fbf5e4e3d0e3f5f3bef7ffe6">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or 202-551-5777.
    NSCC reserves the right not to respond to any comments received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change, and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not:
    (i) significantly affect the protection of investors or the public 
interest;
    (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and
    (iii) become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was 
filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has 
become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) \21\ of the Act and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \22\ thereunder.
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    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \22\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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    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

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking</a>); 
or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2654534a430b45494b4b434852556655434508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9cbccd5dc94dad6d4d4dcd7cdcaf9cadcda97ded6cf">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
File Number SR-NSCC-2025-010 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    <bullet> Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NSCC-2025-010. 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 website (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking</a>). 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 website 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 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection and copying 
at the principal office of NSCC and on DTCC's website (<a href="http://www.dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings">www.dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings</a>). Do not include personal identifiable 
information in submissions; you should submit only information that you 
wish to make available publicly. We may redact in part or withhold 
entirely from publication submitted material that is

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obscene or subject to copyright protection. All submissions should 
refer to File Number SR-NSCC-2025-010 and should be submitted on or 
before July 30, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\23\
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    \23\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-12716 Filed 7-8-25; 8:45 am]
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