KCG Americas LLC Rule 606 Disclosure: DTTX and GFLO 2015-Q2

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1 KCG Americas LLC Rule 606 Disclosure: DTTX and GFLO 2015-Q2 KCG Americas LLC ( KCGA or the Firm ) has prepared this report for itself pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring all brokerage firms to make available to the public quarterly reports about their order routing practices. KCGA operates multiple business lines. This report provides information on the routing of nondirected orders any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution by KCGA s algorithmic trading and routing business, which utilizes the MPIDs DTTX and GFLO. KCG has prepared an additional report for its other business lines that provides information on the routing of non-directed orders by those business lines. Clients can request specific information regarding the handling of their orders from the KCGA Compliance Department. Disclosures and Material Relationships: KCG Holdings, Inc. ( KCGH ) is the parent company of KCGA. Through two subsidiaries KCGH holds an ownership interest in BATS Global Markets, Inc., the parent company of BATS Exchange, Inc. ( BZX ), BATS Exchange, Inc. ( BYX ), EDGX Exchange, Inc. ( EDGX ) and EDGA Exchange, Inc. ( EDGA ). KCGA operates KCG MatchIt, an alternative trading system that was previously operated under the name Knight Match. KCGA s market making division operates Knight Link, a single dealer platform. KCGA is a market maker in OTC securities and securities listed on the following exchanges/venues: New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ), NYSE Amex ( Amex ), NYSE Arca ( Arca ), NASDAQ OMX ( NASDAQ ), NASDAQ OMX PHLX ( PHLX ), BATS Exchange ( BATS ), Chicago Board Options Exchange ( CBOE ) and International Securities Exchange ( ISE ). KCGA routes orders to market centers, including national securities exchanges, alternative trading systems, electronic communications networks, and broker-dealers that may offer credits for orders that provide liquidity to (remove liquidity from) their books and assess fees for orders that take liquidity from (add liquidity to) their books. In some cases, the credits offered by a market center may exceed the charges assessed, such that a market center may make a payment to KCGA in relation to orders directed to such market center. Other include market opening and closing orders, orders submitted with stop prices, allor-none orders and Not Held orders. Algorithmic and Smart Order Routing orders are considered Not Held.

This report provides information on the routing of nondirected orders any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution by KCGA s

2 The report is divided into four sections: 1. New York Stock Exchange listed securities 2. Nasdaq Stock Exchange listed securities 3. NYSE MKT Exchange listed securities 4. Exchange listed options For each section, this report identifies the top venues to which KCGA routed orders, setting forth the percentage for each venue. For equity securities, this report also provides information concerning the aggregate fees paid to and rebates received from each venue by KCGA. Fees and rebates that were passed through to KCGA s clients are not included. Questions regarding this report should be addressed to: KCG Americas LLC Compliance Department 545 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey (201) New York Stock Exchange Securities 98.85% of orders for New York Stock Exchange listed securities were non-directed, of which 0.00% were Market, 0.00% were Limit, and % were Other New York Stock Exchange 16.55% % $1,837,634 $247,409 EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX) 12.49% % $584,778 $354,432 NASDAQ Execution Services, LLC 9.94% % $777,849 $515,820 KCG MatchIt 7.89% % $0 $0 Archipelago Stock Exchange 4.86% % $509,980 $136,202 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 4.46% % $218,319 $0 Bats Trading, Inc. 4.11% % $572,244 $73,984 UBS Securities LLC 3.63% % $97,798 $0 IEX Services LLC 3.39% % $137,595 $0 BATS Exchange, Inc. (BYX) 2.76% % $115,603 $86,848 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 2.65% % $67,487 $0 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 2.50% % $22,756 $0 Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing L.P. (SGMA) 2.38% % $82,415 $0

For equity securities, this report also provides information concerning the aggregate fees paid to and rebates received from each venue by KCGA.

3 Knight Link 2.17% % $0 $0 EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA) 2.05% % $9,235 $10,286 Morgan Stanley & Co LLC 2.01% % $46,228 $0 Citadel Securities LLC 1.97% % $0 $0 ITG Inc. 1.93% % $8,684 $0 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 1.28% % $44,803 $0 Nomura Securities International, Inc. 1.28% % $29,707 $0 2. NASDAQ Stock Exchange Securities 97.20% of orders for NASDAQ Stock Exchange listed securities were non-directed, of which 0.00% were Market, 0.00% were Limit, and % were Other EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX) 20.40% % $1,264,289 $505,324 NASDAQ Execution Services, LLC 19.97% % $1,634,981 $371,870 Archipelago Stock Exchange 8.52% % $788,722 $53,668 KCG MatchIt 6.49% % $0 $0 Bats Trading, Inc. 5.67% % $625,422 $53,372 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 3.61% % $130,492 $0 UBS Securities LLC 2.94% % $58,650 $0 Citadel Securities LLC 2.67% % $0 $0 IEX Services LLC 2.55% % $71,573 $0 EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA) 2.36% % $4,408 $8,450 BATS Exchange, Inc. (BYX) 2.24% % $33,915 $69,357 Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing L.P. (SGMA) 2.08% % $50,667 $0 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 1.98% % $13,643 $0 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 1.95% % $36,402 $0 ITG Inc. 1.83% % $3,668 $0 Morgan Stanley & Co LLC 1.68% % $27,683 $0 Knight Link 1.53% % $0 $0 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 1.18% % $28,591 $0 Bids Trading L.P. 1.16% % $19,544 $0

20% of orders for NASDAQ Stock Exchange listed securities were non-directed, of which 0.00% were Market, 0.00% were Limit, and 100.00% were Other EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX) 20.

4 3. NYSE MKT and Regional Listed Securities 98.02% of orders for NYSE MKT Exchange listed securities were non-directed, of which 0.00% were Market, 0.00% were Limit, and % were Other EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX) 17.75% % $595,569 $142,383 Archipelago Stock Exchange 11.95% % $435,609 $52,543 NASDAQ Execution Services, LLC 9.80% % $296,897 $124,802 Bats Trading, Inc. 8.90% % $436,154 $26,017 Citadel Securities LLC 4.87% % $0 $0 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 3.61% % $59,873 $0 Jane Street Execution Services LLC 3.39% % $0 $0 KCG MatchIt 3.36% % $0 $0 EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA) 3.19% % $1,026 $5,290 UBS Securities LLC 2.95% % $27,645 $0 BATS Exchange, Inc. (BYX) 2.73% % $14,744 $35,358 Knight Link 2.71% % $0 $0 Pacific Stock Exchange 2.69% % $125,508 $945 New York Stock Exchange 1.99% % $100,057 $16 Two Sigma Securities, LLC 1.86% % $0 $0 NASDAQ Execution Services, LLC (NQBX) 1.86% % $473 $15,986 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 1.81% % $6,162 $0 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 1.61% % $13,733 $0 Barclays Capital Inc. 1.55% % $15,928 $0 ITG Inc. 1.35% % $1,303 $0 IEX Services LLC 1.24% % $13,309 $0

80% 0 0 100% $296,897 $124,802 Bats Trading, Inc. 8.90% 0 0 100% $436,154 $26,017 Citadel Securities LLC 4.87% 0 0 100% $0 $0 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 3.

5 4. Exchange Listed Options 75.30% of orders for Exchange Listed Options were non-directed, of which 0.00% were Market, 0.00% were Limit, and % were Other % Other KCG Americas LLC 54.49% % Bats Options 9.65% % WOLVERINE EXECUTION SERVICES, LLC 8.11% % The NASDAQ Options Market 7.37% % NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC 5.55% % Chicago Board Options Exchange 4.26% % American Options Exchange 2.80% %

49% 0 0 100% Bats Options 9.65% 0 0 100% WOLVERINE EXECUTION SERVICES, LLC 8.

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0HE THE HUNTINGTON INVESTMENT CO. 41 SOUTH HIGH STREET 7TH FL COLUMBUS, OH 43215 Note: Broker-dealers are required to disclose any material arrangements with the venues listed in each section below, including, but not limited to, any internalization or payment for order flow arrangements.