Notice2025-14236

Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Concerning Enhancements to the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35740-35744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14236]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103542; File No. SR-NSCC-2025-011]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing 
Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Concerning 
Enhancements to the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service

July 24, 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 July 16, 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. 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.
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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 amendments to the NSCC Rules & 
Procedures (``Rules'') to enhance the Automated Customer Account 
Transfer Service (``ACATS'') account transfer process.\3\
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    \3\ Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning 
assigned to such terms in the NSCC 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 accommodate proposed enhancements to ACATS to improve the efficiency 
of the account transfer process. Specifically, the proposed rule change 
would modify NSCC Rule 50 (Automated Customer Account Transfer Service) 
to reflect the removal of (i) the settlement preparation stage of the 
ACATS process (``Settle Prep'' or the ``Settle Prep Day'') and (ii) the 
second day of the Fund/SERV[supreg] \4\ pending acknowledgement process 
from the ACATS transfer process. The proposed rule change is discussed 
in detail below.
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    \4\ Fund/SERV is an NSCC service that serves as the U.S. 
industry standard for processing and settling mutual fund, bank 
collective fund and other pooled investment product transactions 
between fund companies and distributors.
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Background
ACATS Overview
    ACATS is a non-guaranteed service provided by NSCC that enables 
Members to effect transfers of customer accounts among themselves. 
ACATS complements Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') 
Rule 11870 regarding customer account transfers, which requires FINRA 
members to use automated clearing agency customer account transfer 
services and to effect customer account transfers within specified time 
frames.\5\ ACATS automates and standardizes procedures for the transfer 
of assets in a customer account, allowing Members to efficiently and 
automatically enter, review, and generate instructions to settle 
customer account transfers. The

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timing and procedures with respect to ACATS customer account transfers 
are intended to be consistent with the timing and processes set forth 
in FINRA Rule 11870.
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    \5\ See FINRA Rule 11870, available at <a href="http://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/rulebooks/finra-rules/11870">www.finra.org/rules-guidance/rulebooks/finra-rules/11870</a>. NSCC also permits Qualified 
Securities Depositories (i.e., The Depository Trust Company 
(``DTC'')) to utilize ACATS on behalf of their participants (e.g., 
DTC member banks) on a voluntary basis. See Section 1 of Rule 50, 
supra note 3.
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    ACATS is primarily described in Rule 50 and Procedure XVIII (ACATS 
Settlement Accounting Operation) of the NSCC Rules. Pursuant to NSCC 
Rule 50, an NSCC Member to whom a customer's account will be 
transferred (the ``Receiving Member'') initiates the transfer by 
submitting a transfer initiation request to NSCC, which contains the 
customer detail information that the NSCC Member who currently has the 
account (the ``Delivering Member'') requires to transfer the 
account.\6\ The Delivering Member must either reject the customer 
account transfer request or submit detailed customer account asset data 
to NSCC.\7\ NSCC then provides a report detailing the customer account 
asset data to the Receiving Member,\8\ who has one business day after 
receipt of the report to review the account and: (i) accept all assets; 
(ii) reject one or more assets, to the extent such a rejection is 
permitted by the Receiving Member's Designated Examining Authority 
(i.e., FINRA), and allow the transfer of the remaining assets; (iii) 
request the Delivering Member to make adjustments to the customer 
account asset list; or (iv) reject the account, to extent such a 
rejection is permitted by NSCC or FINRA.\9\ Once a customer account has 
been accepted by the Receiving Member, ACATS facilitates the 
settlements associated with the account transfer at the appropriate 
asset settling location (e.g., through NSCC's Continuous Net Settlement 
system (``CNS'') for CNS-eligible securities, DTC for securities 
otherwise eligible for DTC settlement services, Fund/SERV for eligible 
mutual fund products, the Insurance Processing Service \10\ for 
annuities, or The Options Clearing Corporation \11\ for listed 
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    \6\ See Sections 2 and 3 of Rule 50, supra note 3.
    \7\ See Section 5 of Rule 50, supra note 3.
    \8\ See Section 7 of Rule 50, supra note 3.
    \9\ See Section 8 of Rule 50, supra note 3. Pursuant to FINRA 
Rule 11870(d)(8), a Receiving Member may reject a transfer of 
account assets in whole if the account is not in compliance with the 
Receiving Member's credit policies or minimum asset requirements. 
See supra note 5.
    \10\ See <a href="http://www.dtcclearning.com/products-and-services/insurance-retirement-services/acats-ips.html">www.dtcclearning.com/products-and-services/insurance-retirement-services/acats-ips.html</a>.
    \11\ See <a href="http://www.theocc.com">www.theocc.com</a>.
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    NSCC is currently working with the industry to streamline the ACATS 
process and shorten the time it takes to complete a customer account 
transfer in ACATS. Specifically, ACATS is being enhanced by removing 
the Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV pending 
acknowledgement process from the ACATS transfer process, as further 
described below. As a result, NSCC is proposing changes to the NSCC 
Rules to conform to and accommodate these enhancements.
ACATS Timeline and Settle Prep Day
    There are currently four stages of an ACATS transfer, which can 
take up to five days to complete. The first stage is the ``Request 
Period'' (Day 1), during which the Receiving Member initiates the 
transfer. The second stage is the ``Review Period'' (Days 2-3), during 
which the Delivering Member confirms the assets currently in the 
account so the Receiving Member can review and determine if it will 
accept or reject the account.\12\ The third stage is the settlement 
preparation period (or ``Settle Prep'') (Day 4) between the review 
stage and actual settlement,\13\ which provides a full day for the 
Delivering Member to perform any possession and control activities to 
prepare the delivery of the cash and securities (e.g., submitting 
instructions for CNS exemptions and memo segregation).\14\ Finally, the 
last stage is the settlement close period (``Settle Close'') (Day 5), 
which is the day of settlement on which the securities and/or cash are 
transferred at the applicable settling locations (e.g., CNS, DTC, Fund/
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    \12\ During this period, the account may also be referred to as 
being in ``Review Status.''
    \13\ During this period, the account may also be referred to as 
being in ``Settle Prep Status.''
    \14\ ACATS restricts any additional activities for the transfer 
in Settle Prep Status.
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    During this five-day period, an investor's assets remain invested 
in the market; however, trading for these assets may be restricted. The 
inability to trade such assets may expose the investor to additional 
market risks. With the move to the T+1 settlement cycle in May 
2024,\15\ there is now an opportunity to remove the Settle Prep Day 
from the ACATS transfer cycle, shortening the time it takes to complete 
an account transfer.
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    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 96930 (Feb. 15, 
2023), 88 FR 13872 (Mar. 6, 2023) (S7-05-22) (Shortening the 
Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle). See also Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 100048 (May 2, 2024), 89 FR 38929 (May 8, 
2024) (SR-NSCC-2024-002).
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    Previously, under the T+2 settlement cycle, daily ACATS transfer 
processing completed at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time \16\ each 
day, and the cutoff time for Members to submit CNS exemptions and 
priority instructions to control their CNS deliveries was 6:00 p.m.\17\ 
In the absence of an additional processing day, this would have left 
Members with only 1.5 hours to submit CNS exemptions and priority 
instructions, which would not allow for sufficient time to perform 
those tasks. As a result, the ACATS processing timeline included a 
Settle Prep Day to allow Members sufficient time to submit their 
exemptions and priority instructions in preparation for settlement. 
However, as noted above, the Settle Prep Day also extended the time 
period during which customers continue to have market exposure but 
restricted access to trading for these assets.
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    \16\ All times discussed herein are Eastern Time.
    \17\ The CNS automatic delivery process occurs in two cycles: 
the ``night cycle,'' which typically begins the night before 
settlement date, and the ``day cycle,'' which occurs on settlement 
date. NSCC employs an algorithm for each cycle to determine the 
order in which Members with long allocations receive positions from 
CNS. Members can submit exemptions and priority requests that 
override NSCC's algorithm to control the automatic delivery of 
securities from their DTC accounts or if they have special needs to 
receive securities owed to them (e.g., the Member has an urgent 
customer delivery). These priority requests can be submitted for the 
night cycle, the day cycle, or both.
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    Under the T+1 settlement cycle, Members now have until 10:45 p.m. 
to submit CNS exemptions and priority instructions.\18\ DTC's night 
cycle start time has also changed from 8:15 p.m. on T+1 to 11:30 p.m. 
on T. As a result of the changes to the exemption processing timelines 
in T+1, Members now have sufficient time to submit exemption 
instructions for settling positions for both two-day settling ACATS and 
one-day settling ACATS with the same settlement date. For example, a 
one-day settling CNS ACATS position from a transfer that has aged to 
Settle Close can now have a CNS exemption override instruction 
processed against that position for settlement in the night cycle. 
Accordingly, Members have sufficient time under the new T+1 processing 
timelines to submit their exemption and priority instructions prior to 
settlement date, eliminating the need for the Settle Prep Day in the 
ACATS process.
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    \18\ Absent submission of an override instruction, Members' 
regular standing instruction would be applied to both two-day and 
one-day settling ACATS that create a short position.
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Mutual Fund Pending Acknowledgement Process
    As described above, ACATS facilitates account transfers that may 
include Fund/SERV Eligible Fund \19\ assets to be

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transferred through NSCC's Mutual Fund Services.\20\ NSCC's Mutual Fund 
Services are the industry standard for processing fund transactions, 
communicating account-related information, and linking fund companies 
with their network of distribution firms. The Fund/SERV service 
automates purchases, registrations, redemptions and settlement of fund 
transactions. Other Mutual Fund Services capabilities include 
coordinating account information between funds and firms; processing 
defined contribution transactions; settling commission and fee 
payments; transferring accounts between firms, and assets in IRAs 
between fund companies; and, through the Mutual Fund Profile Service, 
providing a centralized repository for information about funds, 
including information contained in a fund's prospectus. The Fund/SERV 
side of the ACATS-Fund/SERV process comprises the second half of the 
ACATS transfer process for mutual funds, transferring mutual fund 
assets from one owner to another through the ACATS-Fund/SERV system.
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    \19\ A Fund/SERV Eligible Fund is a fund or other pooled 
investment entity which may be the subject of orders processed 
through NSCC's Mutual Fund Service. See definition of Fund/SERV 
Eligible Fund in NSCC Rule 1 (Definitions and Descriptions) and NSCC 
Rule 3 (Lists to be Maintained), Section 1(c), supra note 3.
    \20\ NSCC's Mutual Fund Services are described in NSCC Rule 52 
(Mutual Fund Services), supra note 3.
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    As described above, during the Review Period of an ACATS transfer, 
the Delivering Member confirms the assets in the account to be 
transferred so that the Receiving Member can review and determine if it 
will accept or reject the account. If the Receiving Member accepts the 
mutual fund transfer, it submits a mutual fund registration record 
(``FR Record'') to ACATS before the end of the Review Period. The FR 
Record is then processed by ACATS and passed to Fund/SERV, which then 
passes it to the mutual fund. Once the FR Record is submitted, the 
account transfer has passed from Review Status to Settle Prep 
Status.\21\
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    \21\ If, by the end of the review period, the Receiving Member 
fails to submit an FR Record for all eligible mutual fund assets due 
to be re-registered through the ACATS-Fund/SERV automatic link, 
ACATS generates a default account registration on behalf of the 
Receiving Member and passes it to the ACATS-Fund/SERV link.
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    Currently, the mutual fund company has until 11:00 a.m. on the 
second day after receipt of the fund re-registration request through 
Fund/SERV to acknowledge/accept or reject the mutual fund re-
registration requests associated with an ACATS transaction. The 
acknowledgement also offsets the original incentive charge applied to 
the asset during the ACATS transaction.\22\ Due to the current two-day 
acknowledgement process, mutual fund transfers require a Settle Prep 
Day for both full and partial transfers to align with a two-day 
settling process. To facilitate the inclusion of mutual funds in the 
shortened ACATS cycle (i.e., the removal of the Settle Prep Day), NSCC 
is eliminating the second day of the Fund/SERV pending acknowledgement 
process. Under the new ACATS timeline, mutual fund companies/transfers 
agents will be required to send acknowledgements on day 1 or the next 
business day after receipt of the mutual fund registration request. 
Maintaining a two-day acknowledgement process with the removal of 
Settle Prep would create a settlement misalignment for ACATS Fund/SERV 
transfers (e.g., a day 2 acknowledgement without Settle Prep would be 
sent the day after settlement is complete, which would be too late to 
apply the incentive charge credit that offsets the original incentive 
charge when a Fund/SERV acknowledgement occurs).
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    \22\ ACATS applies incentive charges to all Fund/SERV eligible 
assets. These charges incentivize the deliverer to deliver the asset 
and allow the receiver to record the customer on its books on the 
ACATS settlement date, insulating the firm from the settlement 
process. As the items are acknowledged by the fund companies through 
the ACATS-Fund/SERV interface, ACATS offsets the incentive charges 
to reflect the acknowledgments.
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Proposed Changes
    NSCC proposes to amend Rule 50 to reflect the upcoming elimination 
of the Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV pending 
acknowledgement process from the ACATS transfer process. NSCC Rule 50 
and Procedure XVIII do not contain information describing the specific 
number of days in the transfer process, the Settle Prep Day, or the 
specific number of days in the Fund/SERV pending acknowledgement 
process. However, Rule 50 does contain descriptions of the settlement 
dates for certain types of transfers, and some of these descriptions 
will be impacted by the removal of the Settle Prep Day and the second 
day of the Fund/SERV pending acknowledgement process. NSCC therefore 
proposes to amend Rule 50 so that those Rules conform with forthcoming 
changes to the ACATS process.
    NSCC proposes to amend Section 12.3.(ii) of Rule 50 to remove 
language related to the two-day settlement timeline for certain options 
and Fund/SERV assets. Section 12 of Rule 50 describes the transfer of 
(i) residual credit positions; (ii) partial accounts; (iii) cash in 
respect of fail positions for which delivery is unable to be completed; 
and (iv) cash or securities mistakenly delivered as part of ACATS 
(``Reclaims''), other than Fund/SERV Eligible Fund assets and positions 
eligible for processing at another registered clearing agency (``ACAT 
RCA''). Specifically, the rule states that the settlement date for all 
such transfers is one business day following the day NSCC receives the 
transfer request unless the request includes, among other things, 
options assets which are eligible for processing at an ACAT RCA or 
Fund/SERV Eligible Fund assets, whereby the settlement date for all 
assets included in the transfer shall be two business days following 
the day NSCC receives the transfer request. NSCC proposes to remove 
this sub-paragraph from Section 12.3 of Rule 50 to reflect the 
elimination of the Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV 
pending acknowledgement process and that such transfers would now be 
settled on the first business day after NSCC receives the transfer 
request. NSCC would also make conforming changes to the Rule to reflect 
the removal of this sub-paragraph and make a typographical correction 
to the Rule.
    NSCC also proposes to amend Section 13 of Rule 50 to remove a 
statement concerning a two-day settlement timeline for certain 
transfers containing options assets or Fund/SERV Eligible Fund assets. 
Pursuant to Section 13 of Rule 50, a Receiving Member may submit a 
request to a Delivering Member to initiate the transfer of a partial 
customer account. For partial settlements, if the Delivering Member 
submits detailed account asset data, and the transfer is not rejected 
by the Receiving Member, the settlement date for the transfer request 
is generally one business day after the Delivering Member has submitted 
the asset account data, unless the transfer contains options assets or 
Fund/SERV Eligible Fund assets, in which case the settlement date for 
all assets will be two business days after the Delivering Member has 
submitted the asset account data. As a result of the proposed 
elimination of Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV 
pending acknowledgement process, future transfers containing options 
assets or Fund/SERV Eligible Fund assets would now settle one business 
day after the Delivering Member has submitted the asset account data.
Implementation Timeframe
    Subject to approval by the Commission, NSCC would implement

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the proposed rule change on October 17, 2025.\23\
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    \23\ NSCC has issued Important Notices to Members regarding the 
removal of Settle Prep and the Fund/SERV Day 2 acknowledgement day 
available at <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2024/7/31/a9463-24.pdf">www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2024/7/31/a9463-24.pdf</a>, 
<a href="http://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/3/25/a9574-25.pdf">www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/3/25/a9574-25.pdf</a>, and 
<a href="http://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/9/a9579.pdf">www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2025/4/9/a9579.pdf</a>.
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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 \24\ 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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    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    As described above, NSCC is working with the industry to remove the 
Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV pending 
acknowledgement process from the ACATS transfer process. The changes 
would expedite the time it takes to complete a customer account 
transfer in ACATS, reducing the amount of time that an investor's 
assets would remain invested in the market without the ability for the 
investor to trade such assets. While NSCC Rule 50 and Procedure XVIII 
do not contain information describing the specific number of days in 
the transfer process, the Settle Prep Day, or the specific number of 
days in the Fund/SERV pending acknowledgement process, Rule 50 does 
contain descriptions of the settlement dates for certain types of 
transfers, and some of these descriptions will be impacted by the 
removal of the Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV 
pending acknowledgement process. The proposed rule change would amend 
the NSCC Rules to conform to and accommodate the upcoming removal of 
the Settle Prep Day and the second day of the Fund/SERV pending 
acknowledgement process. As a result, NSCC believes the proposed 
changes would promote the prompt and accurate settlement of ACATS 
account transfers and assure the safeguarding of securities and funds 
associated with such transfers. For these reasons, NSCC believes the 
proposed rule change would 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.\25\
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    \25\ Id.
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act \26\ requires that the rules of the 
clearing agency do not impose any burden on competition not necessary 
or appropriate in furtherance of the Act. The proposed rule change is 
designed to accommodate industry requests to streamline and shorten the 
time it takes to complete a customer account transfer in ACATS. 
Specifically, the proposed rule change would amend the NSCC Rules to 
conform to and accommodate the upcoming removal of the Settle Prep Day 
and the second day of the Fund/SERV pending acknowledgement process, 
specifically as the Rules pertain to settlement dates for certain types 
of transfers. The proposed ACATS enhancements would leverage recent 
changes made to exemption and night cycle processing times in the T+1 
settlement cycle, which now provide Members with sufficient time to 
submit exemption instructions for settling positions for both two-day 
settling ACATS and one-day settling ACATS with same settlement date 
settlement cycle, more closely aligning the settlement of ACATS asset 
transfers with the T+1 settlement cycle for traded assets. NSCC 
therefore believes the proposed rule change would not impose any burden 
on competition.
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    \26\ 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, 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 comments, available at <a href="http://www.sec.gov/regulatory-actions/how-to-submit-comments">www.sec.gov/regulatory-actions/how-to-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#f3878192979a9d94929d979e928198968780b3809690dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f88c8a999c91969f99969c95998a939d8c8bb88b9d9bd69f978e">[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

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

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/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbb9bea7aee6a8a4a6a6aea5bfb88bb8aea8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4c6c1d8d199d7dbd9d9d1dac0c7f4c7d1d79ad3dbc2">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-NSCC-2025-011 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-2025-011. 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/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>). Copies of the filing will be available for inspection and 
copying at the principal office of NSCC and on DTCC's website (<a href="https://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx">https://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx</a>). Do not include personal 
identifiable information in

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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 obscene or subject to copyright 
protection. All submissions should refer to file number SR-NSCC-2025-
011 and should be submitted on or before August 19, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\27\
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    \27\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-14236 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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