(a) When FINRA is the designated examining authority pursuant to SEA Rule 17d-1 for a member that is a clearing firm, such member must submit requests for extensions of time as contemplated by Sections 220.4(c) and 220.8(d) of Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Regulation T") and SEA Rule 15c3-3(n) to FINRA for approval, in such format as FINRA may require.
(b) Each member that is a clearing firm for which FINRA is the designated examining authority is required to file a monthly report with FINRA in such format as FINRA may require, indicating all broker-dealers for which it clears that have overall ratios of requests for extensions of time as contemplated by Sections 220.4(c) and 220.8(d) of Regulation T and SEA Rule 15c3-3(n) to total transactions for the month that exceed a percentage specified by FINRA. The report is due to FINRA within five business days following the end of each reporting month. For months when no broker-dealer for which it clears exceeds the criteria, the clearing firm must submit a report indicating such.