(a) There shall be a fee imposed for the filing of initial documents relating to any offering filed with FINRA pursuant to the Corporate Financing Rule equal to: (1) $500 plus .015% of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price or other applicable value of all securities registered on an SEC registration statement or included on any other type of offering document (where not filed with the SEC), but shall not exceed $225,500; or (2) $225,500 for an offering of securities on an automatically

(a) The assessment of a firm, which is not a member throughout FINRA's full calendar year from January 1 to December 31, shall be based upon the number of quarter years of membership. The proration for a new member shall include the quarter year in which the member is admitted to membership.

Two or more members under substantially the same ownership or control shall be required to pay (1) only one personnel assessment and one system processing fee annually for those individuals employed by more than one of the members; (2) only one fee annually for each branch office registered at the same location by more than one of the members; and (3) one registration fee, one fingerprint processing fee, and one termination fee applicable to each applicant registered or terminated simultaneously with two or more members under substantially the same ownership or co

Each member shall be assessed a regulatory transaction fee. The amount shall be determined periodically in accordance with Section 31 of the Act. Transactions assessable under this Section 3 that must be reported to FINRA shall be reported in an automated manner.

Gross revenue is defined for assessment purposes as total income as reported on FOCUS form Part II or IIA with the following exclusion: commodities income.

(a) Recovery of cost of services. FINRA shall, in accordance with this section, collect member regulatory fees that are designed to recover the costs to FINRA of the supervision and regulation of members, including performing examinations, financial monitoring, and policy, rulemaking, interpretive, and enforcement activities. FINRA shall periodically review these revenues in conjunction with these costs to determine the applicable rate.

Assessments and fees pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of the By-Laws of the Corporation shall be determined on the following basis.

Sec. 4.   In the case of the first annual meeting of members following the Closing, nominations shall be by the Board of Directors of NYSE Group, Inc. with respect to Large Firm Governors, jointly by the Board of Directors of NYSE Group, Inc.