[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR41.11]

[Page 459-462]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 41_SECURITY FUTURES PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Narrow-Based Security Indexes
 
Sec.  41.11  Method for determining market capitalization and dollar 
value of average daily trading volume; application of the definition 
of narrow-based security index.


    (a) Market capitalization. For purposes of Section 1a(25)(B) of the 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(25)(B)):
    (1) On a particular day, a security shall be 1 of 750 securities 
with the

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largest market capitalization as of the preceding 6 full calendar months 
when it is included on a list of such securities designated by the 
Commission and the SEC as applicable for that day.
    (2) In the event that the Commission and the SEC have not designated 
a list under paragraph (a)(1) of this section:
    (i) The method to be used to determine market capitalization of a 
security as of the preceding 6 full calendar months is to sum the values 
of the market capitalization of such security for each U.S. trading day 
of the preceding 6 full calendar months, and to divide this sum by the 
total number of such trading days.
    (ii) The 750 securities with the largest market capitalization shall 
be identified from the universe of all NMS securities as defined in 
Sec.  242.600 that are common stock or depositary shares.
    (b) Dollar value of ADTV. (1) For purposes of Section 1a(25)(A) and 
(B) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(25)(A) and (B)):
    (i)(A) The method to be used to determine the dollar value of ADTV 
of a security is to sum the dollar value of ADTV of all reported 
transactions in such security in each jurisdiction as calculated 
pursuant to paragraphs (b)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section.
    (B) The dollar value of ADTV of a security shall include the value 
of all reported transactions for such security and for any depositary 
share that represents such security.
    (C) The dollar value of ADTV of a depositary share shall include the 
value of all reported transactions for such depositary share and for the 
security that is represented by such depositary share.
    (ii) For trading in a security in the United States, the method to 
be used to determine the dollar value of ADTV as of the preceding 6 full 
calendar months is to sum the value of all reported transactions in such 
security for each U.S. trading day during the preceding 6 full calendar 
months, and to divide this sum by the total number of such trading days.
    (iii)(A) For trading in a security in a jurisdiction other than the 
United States, the method to be used to determine the dollar value of 
ADTV as of the preceding 6 full calendar months is to sum the value in 
U.S. dollars of all reported transactions in such security in such 
jurisdiction for each trading day during the preceding 6 full calendar 
months, and to divide this sum by the total number of trading days in 
such jurisdiction during the preceding 6 full calendar months.
    (B) If the value of reported transactions used in calculating the 
ADTV of securities under paragraph (b)(1)(iii)(A) is reported in a 
currency other than U.S. dollars, the total value of each day's 
transactions in such currency shall be converted into U.S. dollars on 
the basis of a spot rate of exchange for that day obtained from at least 
one independent entity that provides or disseminates foreign exchange 
quotations in the ordinary course of its business.
    (iv) The dollar value of ADTV of the lowest weighted 25% of an index 
is the sum of the dollar value of ADTV of each of the component 
securities comprising the lowest weighted 25% of such index.
    (2) For purposes of Section 1a(25)(B)(III)(cc) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 
1a(25)(B)(III)(cc)):
    (i) On a particular day, a security shall be 1 of 675 securities 
with the largest dollar value of ADTV as of the preceding 6 full 
calendar months when it is included on a list of such securities 
designated by the Commission and the SEC as applicable for that day.
    (ii) In the event that the Commission and the SEC have not 
designated a list under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section:
    (A) The method to be used to determine the dollar value of ADTV of a 
security as of the preceding 6 full calendar months is to sum the value 
of all reported transactions in such security in the United States for 
each U.S. trading day during the preceding 6 full calendar months, and 
to divide this sum by the total number of such trading days.
    (B) The 675 securities with the largest dollar value of ADTV shall 
be identified from the universe of all NMS securities as defined in 
Sec.  242.600 that are common stock or depositary shares.
    (c) Depositary Shares and Section 12 Registration. For purposes of 
Section 1a(25)(B)(III)(aa) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(25)(B)(III)(aa)), the 
requirement that

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each component security of an index be registered pursuant to Section 12 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) shall be 
satisfied with respect to any security that is a depositary share if the 
deposited securities underlying the depositary share are registered 
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
depositary share is registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) on Form F-6 (17 CFR 239.36).
    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
    (1) SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    (2) Closing price of a security means:
    (i) If reported transactions in the security have taken place in the 
United States, the price at which the last transaction in such security 
took place in the regular trading session of the principal market for 
the security in the United States.
    (ii) If no reported transactions in a security have taken place in 
the United States, the closing price of such security shall be the 
closing price of any depositary share representing such security divided 
by the number of shares represented by such depositary share.
    (iii) If no reported transactions in a security or in a depositary 
share representing such security have taken place in the United States, 
the closing price of such security shall be the price at which the last 
transaction in such security took place in the regular trading session 
of the principal market for the security. If such price is reported in a 
currency other than U.S. dollars, such price shall be converted into 
U.S. dollars on the basis of a spot rate of exchange relevant for the 
time of the transaction obtained from at least one independent entity 
that provides or disseminates foreign exchange quotations in the 
ordinary course of its business.
    (3) Depositary share has the same meaning as in Sec.  240.12b-2.
    (4) Foreign financial regulatory authority has the same meaning as 
in Section 3(a)(52) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78c(a)(52)).
    (5) Lowest weighted 25% of an index. With respect to any particular 
day, the lowest weighted component securities comprising, in the 
aggregate, 25% of an index's weighting for purposes of Section 
1a(25)(A)(iv) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(25)(A)(iv)) (``lowest weighted 25% 
of an index'') means those securities:
    (i) That are the lowest weighted securities when all the securities 
in such index are ranked from lowest to highest based on the index's 
weighting methodology; and
    (ii) For which the sum of the weight of such securities is equal to, 
or less than, 25% of the index's total weighting.
    (6) Market capitalization of a security on a particular day:
    (i) If the security is not a depositary share, is the product of:
    (A) The closing price of such security on that same day; and
    (B) The number of outstanding shares of such security on that same 
day.
    (ii) If the security is a depositary share, is the product of:
    (A) The closing price of the depositary share on that same day 
divided by the number of deposited securities represented by such 
depositary share; and
    (B) The number of outstanding shares of the security represented by 
the depositary share on that same day.
    (7) Outstanding shares of a security means the number of outstanding 
shares of such security as reported on the most recent Form 10-K, Form 
10-Q, Form 10-KSB, Form 10-QSB, or Form 20-F (17 CFR 249.310, 249.308a, 
249.310b, 249.308b, or 249.220f) filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission by the issuer of such security, including any change to such 
number of outstanding shares subsequently reported by the issuer on a 
Form 8-K (17 CFR 249.308).
    (8) Preceding 6 full calendar months means, with respect to a 
particular day, the period of time beginning on the same day of the 
month 6 months before and ending on the day prior to such day.
    (9) Principal market for a security means the single securities 
market with the largest reported trading volume for the security during 
the preceding 6 full calendar months.
    (10) Reported transaction means:
    (i) With respect to securities transactions in the United States, 
any transaction for which a transaction report is collected, processed, 
and made available pursuant to an effective

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transaction reporting plan, or for which a transaction report, last sale 
data, or quotation information is disseminated through an automated 
quotation system as described in Section 3(a)(51)(A)(ii) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(51)(A)(ii)); and
    (ii) With respect to securities transactions outside the United 
States, any transaction that has been reported to a foreign financial 
regulatory authority in the jurisdiction where such transaction has 
taken place.
    (11) U.S. trading day means any day on which a national securities 
exchange is open for trading.
    (12) Weighting of a component security of an index means the 
percentage of such index's value represented, or accounted for, by such 
component security.

[66 FR 44511, Aug. 23, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 43750, July 29, 2005]