Form 1 - Application For, And Amendments To Application For, Registration As A National Securities Exchange Or Exemption From Registration - 1999 Page 2

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FORM 1 INSTRUCTIONS
A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Form 1 is the application for registration as a national securities exchange or an exchange exempt from registration
pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”).
2. UPDATING - A registered exchange or exchange exempt from registration pursuant to Section 5 of the Exchange Act
must file amendments to Form 1 in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 6a-2.
3. CONTACT EMPLOYEE - The individual listed on the Execution Page (Page 1) of Form 1 as the contact employee must be
authorized to receive all contact information, communications, and mailings, and is responsible for disseminating such
information within the applicant’s organization.
4. FORMAT
Attach an Execution Page (Page 1) with original manual signatures.
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Please type all information.
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Use only the current version of Form 1 or a reproduction.
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5. If the information called for by any Exhibit is available in printed form, the printed material may be filed, provided it does
not exceed 8 1/2 X 11 inches in size.
6. If any Exhibit required is inapplicable, a statement to that effect shall be furnished in lieu of such Exhibit.
7. An exchange that is filing Form 1 as an application may not satisfy the requirements to provide certain information by
means of an Internet web page. All materials must be filed with the Commission in paper.
8. WHERE TO FILE AND NUMBER OF COPIES - Submit one original and two copies of F orm 1 to: SEC, Division of Market
Regulation, Office of Market Supervision, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549.
9. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT DISCLOSURE
Form 1 requires an exchange seeking to register as a national securities exchange or seeking an exemption from
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registration as a national securities exchange pursuant to Section 5 of the Exchange Act to provide the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC ” or “Commission”) with certain information regarding the operation of the exchange.
Form 1 also requires national securities exchanges or exchanges exempt from registration based on limited volume
to update certain information on a periodic basis.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor , and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless
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it displays a currently valid control number . Sections 3(a)(1), 5, 6(a) and 23(a) authorize the Commission to collect
information on this Form 1 from exchanges. See 15 U.S.C. §§78c(a)(1), 78e, 78f(a) and 78w(a).
Any member of the public may direct to the Commission any comments concerning the accuracy of the burden
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estimate on the facing page of Form 1 and any suggestions for reducing this burden.
Form 1 is designed to enable the Commission to determine whether an exchange applying for registration is in
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compliance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 19 of the Exchange Act. Form 1 is also designed to enable the
Commission to determine whether a national securities exchange or exchange exempt from registration based on
limited volume is operating in compliance with the Exchange Act.
It is estimated that an exchange will spend approximately 47 hours completing the initial application on Form 1
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pursuant to Rule 6a-1. It is also estimated that each exchange will spend approximately 25 hours to prepare each
amendment to Form 1 pursuant to Rule 6a-2.
It is mandatory that an exchange seeking to operate as a national securities exchange or as an exchange exempt
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from registration based on limited volume file Form 1 with the Commission. It is also mandatory that national
securities exchanges or exchanges exempt from registration based on limited volume file amendments to Form 1
under Rule 6a-2.
No assurance of confidentiality is given by the Commission with respect to the responses made in Form 1.
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The public has access to the information contained in Form 1.
This collection of information has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) in accordance
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with the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. §3507. The applicable Privacy Act system of records is SEC-2 and the
routine uses of the records are set forth at 40 FR 39255 (August 27, 1975) and 41 FR 5318 (February 5, 1976).
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