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6210. General

The Alternative Display Facility ("ADF") is a facility operated by FINRA for members that choose to quote or effect trades in ADF-eligible securities otherwise than on an exchange. The ADF collects and disseminates quotations and trade reports, and compares trades.

6190. Compliance with Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility

A member that is a trading center in an NMS Stock shall establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to comply with the requirements of the Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility (Plan) and specifically to prevent:
(a) the execution of trades at prices that are below the Lower Price Band or above the Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock, except as permitted under the Plan;

6184. Transactions in Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares ("NextShares")

(a) Members that effect secondary market transactions otherwise than on an exchange in exchange-traded managed fund shares or "NextShares," as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5745, must report such transactions to a FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility or the Alternative Display Facility in accordance with this Rule and the rules applicable to the trade reporting facility used by the reporting member. Such transactions cannot be reported to the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility.

6183. Exemption from Trade Reporting Obligation for Certain Alternative Trading Systems

(a) Pursuant to the Rule 9600 Series, the staff for good cause shown after taking into consideration all relevant factors, may exempt, upon application and subject to specified terms and conditions, a member alternative trading system ("ATS") from the trade reporting obligation under paragraph (b) of Rules 6282, 6380A and 6380B, if such exemption is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest.

6170. Multiple MPIDs for Alternative Display Facility Participants

(a) Terms used in this Rule 6170 shall have the same meaning as defined in Rule 6220.
(b) Any ADF participant that is required to obtain, or otherwise wishes to use, more than one Market Participant Identifier ("MPID") for purposes of displaying quotes/orders or reporting trades through the ADF must submit a written request, in the form required by FINRA, to, and obtain a