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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 31 / Thursday, February 18, 2021 / Notices practices as well as the other industries, as described above.

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Intermarket Competition In terms of inter-market competition, the Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its credits and fees to remain competitive with other exchanges and with alternative trading systems that have been exempted from compliance with the statutory standards applicable to exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own credits and fees in response, and because market participants may readily adjust their order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to which credit or fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition is extremely limited.
The proposed new and amended credits are reflective of this competition because, even as one of the largest U.S.
equities exchanges by volume, the Exchange has less than 20% market share, which in most markets could hardly be categorized as having enough market power to burden competition.
Moreover, as noted above, price competition between exchanges is fierce, with liquidity and market share moving freely between exchanges in reaction to fee and credit changes. This is in addition to free flow of order flow to and among off-exchange venues which comprises upwards of 50% of industry volume.
The Exchanges proposals are procompetitive in that the Exchange intends for them to preserve and enhance its incentive programs, as well as to increase liquidity adding activity on the Exchange, thereby rendering the Exchange a more attractive and vibrant venue to market participants.
In sum, if the changes proposed herein are unattractive to market participants, it is likely that the Exchange will lose market share as a result. Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe that the proposed changes will impair the ability of members or competing order execution venues to maintain their competitive standing in the financial markets.

C. Self-Regulatory Organizations Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others No written comments were either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19b3Aii of the Act.11
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: i Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; ii for the protection of investors; or iii otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or 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 Use the Commissions internet comment form http www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml; or Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR
NASDAQ2021006 on the subject line.
Paper Comments Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 205491090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SRNASDAQ2021006. 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 Commissions internet website 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 11 15

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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 Commissions 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 the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SRNASDAQ2021006 and should be submitted on or before March 11, 2021.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.12
J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary.
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Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS
ANNOUNCEMENT: 86 FR 8061, February 3,
2021.
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF
THE MEETING: Tuesday, February 16,
2021 at 5:00 p.m.
The Closed Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m., has been cancelled.

CHANGES IN THE MEETING:

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

For further information; please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary at 202 5515400.
Dated: February 16, 2021.
Eduardo A. Aleman, Deputy Secretary.
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