Rule 2A. Jurisdiction

(a) The Exchange, may, with approval of the Exchange Board of Directors and the NYSE Regulation Board of Directors, adopt, amend or repeal such rules as it may deem necessary or proper, including rules with respect to (i) the making and settling of Exchange Contracts, (ii) the access of members and member organizations and their employees to and the conduct of members, member organizations and their employees upon the floor of the Exchange and their use of Exchange facilities, (iii) insolvency of member organizations, (iv) the formation of member organizations, the continuance thereof and the interests of members, principal executives or other persons therein, (v) the partners, officers, directors, stockholders and employees of member organizations, (vi) the offices of members, principal executives and member organizations, (vii) the business conduct of members, principal executives and member organizations, (viii) the business connections of members, principal executives and member organizations, and their association with or domination by or over corporations or other persons engaged in the securities business, (ix) capital requirements for member organizations, (x) the procedure for arbitration and dispute resolution, (xi) trading licenses and the transfers thereof, (xii) types, terms, conditions and issuance of securities by member organizations and trading in such securities, (xiii) the conduct and procedure for disciplinary hearings and reviews there from, (xiv) the location and use on the floor of the Exchange of such facilities as may be approved by the Exchange to permit members to send orders from the floor to other markets and receive orders on the floor from other markets for the purchase or sale of securities traded on the Exchange, (xv) options and other derivative trading, (xvi) matters related to non-member broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange, and (xvii) any other matter relevant to the conduct of the business of a securities exchange and self-regulatory organization.

(b) The Exchange may approve applications for the listing of securities and the admission of securities, including securities on a "when issued" or "when distributed" basis, to dealings on the Exchange, and may suspend dealings in such securities and may remove the same from listing.

(c) The Exchange shall have general supervision over members, principal executives, member organizations, employees of member organizations and over approved persons in connection with their conduct of the business of member organizations. The Exchange shall have general supervision over other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange. The Exchange may examine into the business conduct and financial condition of members, principal executives, member organizations, employees of member organizations, approved persons and other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange. It shall have supervision over partnership and corporate arrangements and over all offices of such members and member organizations, whether foreign or domestic, and over all persons employed by such members organizations, and other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange and may adopt such rules with respect to the employment, compensation and duties of such employees as it may deem appropriate. It shall have supervision over all matters relating to the collection, dissemination and use of quotations and of reports of prices on the Exchange. It shall have the power to approve or disapprove any connection or means of communication with the floor and may require the discontinuance of any such connection or means of communication. It may disapprove any member acting as a DMM or odd-lot dealer.

(d) The Exchange shall adopt such rules as it deems necessary or appropriate for the discipline of members, member organizations, principal executives, approved persons, and registered and non-registered employees of member organizations and over other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange for the violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act), the rules of the Exchange and for such other offenses as may be set forth in the rules of the Exchange. The Exchange shall also adopt such rules as it deems necessary or appropriate governing the conduct of disciplinary proceedings including disciplinary hearings and reviews thereof. The determination and penalty, if any, of the Board after review shall be final and conclusive, subject to the provisions of the Act.

(e) The Exchange shall have jurisdiction after notice and a hearing to discipline members, member organizations, principal executives, approved persons in connection with their conduct of the business of a member organization, and registered or non-registered employees of member organizations and other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange. The Exchange may impose one or more of the following disciplinary sanctions: expulsion, suspension; limitation as to activities, functions, and operations, including the suspension or cancellation of a registration in, or assignment of, one or more stocks, fine, censure, suspension or bar from being associated with any member or member organization, or any other fitting sanction.

(f) The Exchange shall have jurisdiction over any and all other functions of its members, member organizations, principal executives and approved persons in connection with the conduct of the business of member organizations, and registered or non-registered employees of members or member organizations and other broker-dealers that choose to be regulated by the Exchange in order for the Exchange to comply with its statutory obligation as a Self Regulatory Organization.