(a) For purposes of applying any provision of the Rule 7600A Series that reflects a charge assessed, or credit provided, by the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility, a member may request that the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility aggregate its activity with the activity of its affiliates.
(1) A member requesting aggregation of affiliate activity shall be required to certify to the FINRA/
FINRA members that trade securities listed on the NYSE ("Tape A"), Amex and regional exchanges ("Tape B"), or Nasdaq ("Tape C") in over-the-counter transactions reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility may receive from the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility transaction credits based on the transactions attributed to them. A transaction is attributed
There are two FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facilities: FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Carteret and FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Chicago. As used in the Rule 7600A Series, the term “FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility” means either the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Carteret or FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Chicago, as applicable, depending on the facility to which
(a) FINRA will pass through any penalties incurred under the National Market System data plans and allocate them accordingly to the ADF Trading Center that exceeds its projected message traffic. Each ADF Trading Center will be invoiced for any penalties that may occur.
(b) In assessing capacity penalties incurred under the National Market System Plans:
(1) FINRA will use the metrics of the
(a) If an ADF Trading Center does not achieve certain thresholds of both its Projected Average Transaction Volume and its Certified Peak Transaction Volume in one or more categories on one or more days in a given calendar month, the following shortfall capacity usage fees will apply:
For Projected Average Transaction Volume:
Level
Percentage Shortfall
1 – 2 days
3 – 5 days
6 – 10
(a) If an ADF Trading Center exceeds its Certified Peak Transaction Volume in one or more categories on one or more days in a given calendar month, the following excess capacity usage fees will apply:
Level
Percentage Exceeded
1 – 2 days
3 – 5 days
6 – 10 days
>10 days
1
<25%
N/A
$250
$500
$750
2
25% – <50%
$250
$500
$750
$1,
(a) To compensate for minor variations in annual net income, the Board of Governors of FINRA may increase or decrease the total charges in this Schedule by 10% from the base charges as adopted on July 24, 2002 upon filing such change with the SEC pursuant to Section 19(b)(3) of the Exchange Act.
(b) To facilitate the development of new information services and uses under appropriate terms and
(a) All charges imposed by FINRA that are past due 45 days or more will be subject to a late fee computed by taking the summation of one and one-half percent (1 ½%) of the amount past due for the first month plus one and one-half percent (1 ½%) of the amount past due for any month thereafter, compounded by late fees assessed for previous months.
(b) To illustrate how late fees are assessed, if
