Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Options Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Adopt Rule 7600(i) To Allow Split-Price Transactions on the BOX Trading Floor, 12627-12630 [2018-05794]
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Commission, and all written
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Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
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2018.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.14
Eduardo A. Aleman,
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule
Change, as Modified by Amendment
No. 1 6
[Release No. 34–82891; File No. SR–BOX–
2017–36]
BOX proposes to adopt Rule 7600(i),
which would establish priority
principles for split-price transactions
occurring in open-outcry on the Trading
Floor.7 Under the proposed rule, if an
order or offer (bid) for any number of
contracts of a series is represented to the
trading crowd, a Floor Participant 8 that
buys (sells) one or more contracts of that
order or offer (bid) at one price would
have priority over all other orders and
quotes, except Public Customer Orders 9
resting in the BOX Book,10 to buy (sell)
up to the same number of contracts of
those remaining from the same order or
offer (bid) at the next lower (higher)
price.11 For orders or offers (bids) of 100
or more contracts,12 a Floor Participant
that buys (sells) 50 or more of the
contracts of that order or offer (bid) at
a particular price will have priority over
all other orders and quotes to buy (sell)
up to the same number of contracts of
those remaining from the same order or
offer (bid) at the next lower (higher)
price.13 If the bids or offers of two or
more Floor Participants are both entitled
to split-price priority, priority would be
afforded (to the extent practicable) on a
pro-rata basis.14
According to the Exchange, in order
to execute a split-price transaction, a
Floor Broker would submit a Qualified
Open Outcry (‘‘QOO’’) Order to the
system in the same manner as done
today on the Trading Floor, except that
the QOO Order would be entered at a
sub-minimum trading increment.15
Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX
Options Exchange LLC; Notice of
Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order
Granting Accelerated Approval of a
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1, To Adopt Rule
7600(i) To Allow Split-Price
Transactions on the BOX Trading Floor
March 16, 2018.
I. Introduction
On November 30, 2017, BOX Options
Exchange LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or
‘‘BOX’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’),
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a
proposed rule change to adopt proposed
Rule 7600(i) to allow split-price
transactions on the BOX Trading Floor.
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on December 19, 2017.3 On
January 31, 2018, the Commission
extended the time period within which
to approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or
institute proceedings to determine
whether to disapprove the proposed
rule change to March 19, 2018.4 The
Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the
proposal on March 7, 2018.5 The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comment on Amendment No. 1
to the proposed rule change from
interested persons and is approving the
proposed rule change, as modified by
Amendment No. 1, on an accelerated
basis.
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82315
(December 13, 2017), 82 FR 60256 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82607
(January 31, 2018), 83 FR 5286 (February 6, 2018).
5 In Amendment No. 1 the Exchange: (1) Further
described how split-price priority transactions
would execute if there is Public Customer interest
on the BOX Book; (2) provided additional
justification for the proposal being consistent with
the Act; (3) provided additional examples of how
split-price priority transactions will be handled and
reported by the Exchange; and (4) proposed
additional rule text to describe how the system will
determine the allocation of a split-price QOO Order
in situations where the allocation between two
increments results in a fractional amount of
contracts and provided justification for this change.
Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://
www.sec.gov/comments/sr-box-2017-36/box2017363206059-161998.pdf.
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6 For a more detailed description of the proposed
rule change, see Notice, supra note 3; Amendment
No. 1, supra note 5.
7 See Rule 100(a)(67) (defining Trading Floor).
8 The term ‘‘Floor Participant’’ includes Floor
Brokers as defined in Rule 7540 and Floor Market
Makers as defined in Rule 8510(b). See Rule
100(a)(26).
9 The term ‘‘Public Customer Order’’ means an
order for the account of a Public Customer, which
is defined in the BOX Rules as a person that is not
a broker or dealer in securities. See Rules 100(a)(52)
and (53).
10 The term ‘‘Central Order Book’’ or ‘‘BOX Book’’
means the electronic book of orders on each single
option series maintained by the BOX Trading Host.
See Rule 100(a)(10).
11 See proposed Rule 7600(i)(1).
12 Under the proposed rule, the Exchange would
be permitted to increase the minimum qualifying
size of 100 contracts. Any such changes would be
announced to Participants via Regulatory Circular.
See proposed Rule 7600(i)(2).
13 See proposed Rule 7600(i)(2). See also Notice
supra, note 3, at 60257 (providing an example of
a split-price transaction for 100 contracts).
14 See proposed Rule 7600(i)(3).
15 For example, a Floor Broker would be
permitted to enter a QOO Order at a price of $1.03
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After receiving the QOO Order, the
system would split the QOO Order into
two transactions. The transactions
would be separated by one tick that,
when combined, would yield a net price
equal to the original price entered by the
Floor Broker.16 If this calculation results
in a fractional contract amount, the
number of contracts allocated will be
rounded to the advantage of the
initiating side.17
The Exchange represents that the
process by which a Floor Broker brings
an order to the Trading Floor would be
the same for a split-price QOO Order as
it is for all other QOO Orders.18
Specifically, a Floor Broker would be
permitted to bring a single-sided order
(i.e., the initiating side of a QOO Order)
to the Trading Floor in order to seek
liquidity (i.e., the contra-side of a QOO
Order). In such case, the Floor Broker
would announce the single-sided order
to the trading crowd in an attempt to
find contra-side liquidity. If Floor
Participants respond with sufficient
liquidity to satisfy the single-sided
order, the Floor Broker would be able to
submit a two-sided QOO Order to the
system as required by Rule 7600.19 If,
is $0.05. See Notice, supra, note 3, at 60256, n.5.
Split price QOO Orders can be submitted with up
to three decimal places (e.g., $1.025). See
Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 6 n.6.
16 For example, if a Floor Broker submitted a split
price QOO Order with a price of $1.025 for 100
contracts in a series with a minimum trading
increment of $0.05, the system would split the QOO
Order into two transactions; a transaction for the
purchase of 50 contracts at $1.00 and a transaction
for the purchase of 50 contracts at $1.05. See Notice
supra, note 3, at 60256.
17 See proposed Rule IM–7600–7; Amendment
No. 1, supra note 5, at 6. For example, if a Floor
Broker submitted a split price QOO Order with a
price of $1.025 for 301 contracts in a series with a
minimum trading increment of $0.05, 150.5
contracts would need to be executed at $1.00 and
150.5 contracts would need to be executed at $1.05
to achieve a net price of $1.025. If the initiating side
of such an order were a sell order, the system would
instead split the order into 151 contracts at $1.05
and 150 at $1.00, resulting in a net execution price
of $1.0251, which is a better price for the initiating
sell order. See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at
6.
18 The Exchange notes that the Floor Broker
would be permitted to utilize the book sweep size,
as provided in Rule 7600(h), when entering a splitprice QOO Order. See Notice, supra note 3, at
60257 and 60258 (providing an example of a splitprice QOO Order and book sweep size). According
to the Exchange, this may result in the contra-side
of a split price order receiving a net price that is
worse than the price at which the QOO Order was
originally entered. See Amendment No. 1, supra
note 5, at 5 (providing an example of the execution
of a split-price transaction that executes in part
against a Public Customer Order on the BOX Book).
A split-price QOO Order will be rejected if the
initiating side of the transaction would trade
through a resting Public Customer Order because
the initiating side of a QOO Order must be filled
in its entirety pursuant to Rule 7600(a)(1). See
Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 5 n.4.
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however, a Floor Participant responds
by providing liquidity at two separate
prices, then the Floor Broker would
submit the QOO Order at a subminimum trading increment which
would result in a split-price
transaction.20 For example, according to
the Exchange, a Floor Market Maker
might be willing to buy half of the
contracts at one price provided that the
Floor Market Maker could then buy the
other half at one tick lower.21
Alternatively, the Floor Broker may
have both sides of the QOO Order (i.e.,
the initiating side and the contra-side)
when the order is brought to the Trading
Floor and the Floor Broker may wish to
execute the order at two separate prices
in an attempt to have a net execution
price with a sub-minimum trading
increment. In such a situation, under
the proposed rule, the Floor Broker
would announce the QOO Order to the
trading crowd and state that they are
attempting to execute the QOO Order as
a split-price transaction. Floor
Participants then would have an
opportunity to respond.22
The use of the proposed split-price
priority rule would be subject to certain
conditions. First, split-price priority
would be available only for open outcry
transactions (i.e., QOO Orders) and
would not apply to Complex Orders.23
Second, a Floor Participant would be
required to make its bid (offer) at the
next lower (higher) price for the second
(or later) transaction at the same time as
the first bid (offer) or promptly
following the announcement of the first
(or earlier) transaction.24 Third, the
second (or later) purchase (sale) must
represent the opposite side of a
transaction with the same order or offer
(bid) as the first (or earlier) purchase
(sale).25
Finally, the Exchange proposes an
exception to the availability of splitprice priority. Specifically, if the width
of the quote for a series is the minimum
increment for that series (e.g., $1.00–
$1.05 for a series with a minimum
increment of $0.05, or $1.00–$1.01 for a
series with a minimum increment of
$0.01), and both the bid and offer
represent Public Customer Orders
resting in the BOX Book, split-price
priority pursuant to proposed Rule
7600(i) would not available to Floor
Participants until the Public Customer
Order(s) resting in the BOX Book on
either side of the market trades.26 The
Exchange represents that this exception
is consistent with the Exchange’s
allocation and priority rules, which
provide for Public Customer Orders to
have priority at the best price in open
outcry over QOO Orders.27
To address potential concerns
regarding Section 11(a) of the Act,28 the
Exchange is proposing to adopt Rule
IM–7600–6.29 Proposed Rule IM–7600–
6 would make clear that Floor Brokers
may avail themselves of the split-price
priority rule, but must ensure
compliance with Section 11(a).
Specifically, proposed Rule IM–7600–6
would require a Floor Broker who bids
(offers) on behalf of a non-Market-Maker
BOX Participant broker-dealer (‘‘BOX
Participant BD’’) to ensure that the BOX
Participant BD qualifies for an
exemption from Section 11(a)(1) of the
Exchange Act or the transaction satisfies
the requirements of Exchange Act Rule
11a2–2(T).30 According to the Exchange,
pursuant to existing Rule IM–7600–5, a
Participant may not utilize the Trading
Floor to effect any transaction for its
own account, the account of an
associated person, or an account with
respect to which it or an associated
person thereof exercises investment
discretion by relying on an exemption
under Section 11(a)(1)(G) of the
Exchange Act (the ‘‘G Exemption’’).31
Therefore, according to the Exchange, a
Floor Broker bidding or offering on
behalf of a BOX Participant must rely on
exemptions from Section 11(a) other
than the G Exemption.32 Otherwise a
Floor Broker would not be permitted to
execute a split-price transaction on the
Trading Floor. The Exchange notes that
the proposed rule change would not
limit in any way the obligation of a BOX
Participant, while acting as a Floor
26 See
20 The
Exchange notes that nothing would
prevent a Floor Participant from responding for the
full amount of the order at a better price for the
Floor Broker’s customer. For example, if a Floor
Broker announced an order for a customer looking
to buy at $0.30 and $0.35, a Floor Participant could
respond to sell the full quantity at $0.30 instead of
selling part at $0.30 and part at $0.35. See Notice,
supra note 3, at 60256 n.7.
21 See Notice, supra note 3, at 60256.
22 See id. (providing an example of the execution
of a single-sided order as a split-price transaction).
23 See proposed Rule 7600(4)(i).
24 See proposed Rule 7600(4)(ii).
25 See proposed Rule 7600(4)(iii).
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proposed Rule 7600(5).
Notice, supra note 3, at 60257 (providing
examples of the application of the exception). See
also Rules 7600(c) and (d).
28 15 U.S.C. 78k(a)
29 See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258. See also
proposed Rule IM–7600–6.
30 See proposed Rule IM–7600–6.
31 See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258. See also
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80720 (May
18, 2017), 82 FR 23657 (May 23, 2017) (Notice of
Amendment 2 to SR–BOX–2016–48) at 23674 and
23681. See also Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 81292 (August 2, 2017), 82 FR 37144 (August
8, 2017) (Order Approving SR–BOX–2016–48).
32 See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
27 See
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Broker or otherwise, to comply with
Section 11(a) or the rules thereunder.33
The Exchange has represented that it
will provide at least two weeks’ notice
to Participants via Circular prior to the
launch of proposed Rule 7600(i).34
III. Discussion and Commission
Findings
After careful review, the Commission
finds that the proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, is
consistent with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.35 In particular, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment
No. 1, is consistent with Section 6(b)(5)
of the Act,36 which requires, among
other things, that the Exchange’s rules
be designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market and a national market
system, and, in general, to protect
investors and the public interest.
The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change would encourage
Floor Participants to quote more
aggressively, which in turn could lead
to better-priced executions. In addition,
the Exchange states that it believes that
the proposal will induce Floor
Participants to bid (offer) at better prices
for an order or offer that may require
execution at multiple prices (such as a
large-size order), which would result in
a better average price for the originating
Floor Participant (or its customer).37
The Commission notes that the
proposed change is substantively
identical to the rules of another options
exchange 38 and therefore, the
Commission does not believe that the
adoption of proposed Rule 7600(i) raises
any new regulatory issues. The
Commission believes that the proposed
rule change may encourage more
aggressive quoting by Floor Participants
in competition for large-sized orders,
which, in turn, could lead to better33 See
Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
Exchange stated that it anticipates
launching its split-price priority rule in the first
quarter of 2018. See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
35 In approving this proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, the Commission
notes that it has considered the proposed rule’s
impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
36 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
37 See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
38 See Cboe Exchange Inc. Rule 6.47. See also
Nasdaq Phlx LLC Rule 1014(g)(i)(B), NYSE Arca
Inc. Rule 6.75–O(h) and NYSE American LLC Rule
963NY(f).
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priced executions.39 The Commission
notes that the proposed rule change
includes language that clarifies that
Floor Brokers who avail themselves of
the split-price priority rule are obligated
to ensure compliance with Section 11(a)
of the Act.
For the foregoing reasons, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment
No. 1, is consistent with Section 6(b)(5)
of the Act 40 and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a
national securities exchange.
IV. Solicitation of Comments on
Amendment No. 1
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether Amendment No. 1 to
the proposed rule change is consistent
with the Act. Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
BOX–2017–36 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–BOX–2017–36. This file
number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
39 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77823
(May 12, 2016), 81 FR 31279 (May 18, 2016) (SR–
CBOE–2016–034) (approving modifications to Cboe
Option’s split-price priority rule and adopting an
exception when the width of a series quote is at the
minimum increment width which is identical to
BOX’s proposed exception).
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printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549 on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–BOX–2017–36 and should
be submitted on or before [date 21 days
from publication in the Federal
Register].
V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed
Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1
The Commission finds good cause to
approve the proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, prior to
the thirtieth day after the date of
publication of the notice of Amendment
No. 1 in the Federal Register. As
discussed above, Amendment No. 1
clarifies how the proposed split-price
priority rules would operate in
conjunction with BOX’s book sweep
size mechanism, and its potential
impact to the net execution price of the
contra-side of a split-price QOO Order.
In addition, Amendment No. 1 proposes
additional rule text to describe how the
system will determine split-price
priority in situations where the
allocation between two increments
results in a fractional number of
contracts.
The Commission believes that
Amendment No. 1 provides additional
specificity regarding the operation of
BOX’s new priority principles for splitpriced transactions in open-outcry on
the Trading Floor. The Commission
notes that the proposed new rule text
and additional description and analysis
set forth in Amendment 1 do not raise
any novel regulatory issues and are
designed to add clarity to the proposal.
Accordingly, the Commission finds
good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)
of the Exchange Act,41 to approve the
proposed rule change, as modified by
Amendment No. 1, on an accelerated
basis.
VI. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,42 that the
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proposed rule change (SR–BOX–2017–
36), as modified by Amendment No. 1,
be, and hereby is, approved on an
accelerated basis.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.43
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE
Clear Europe Limited; Order Granting
Accelerated Approval of Proposed
Rule Change Relating to the ICE Clear
Europe Limited CDS Procedures, CDS
Risk Policy, and CDS Risk Model
Description
March 16, 2018.
I. Introduction
On February 6, 2018 ICE Clear Europe
Limited (‘‘ICE Clear Europe’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 and
Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
change (SR–ICEEU–2018–002) to revise:
(i) Its CDS Procedures to support the
clearing of a new transaction type; and
(ii) its CDS Risk Policy, and CDS Risk
Model Description document to
incorporate certain modifications to its
risk management methodology.3 The
proposed rule change was published for
comment in the Federal Register on
February 15, 2018.4 The Commission
did not receive comments on the
proposed rule change. For the reasons
discussed below, the Commission is
approving the proposed rule change on
an accelerated basis.
II. Description of the Proposed Rule
Change
ICE Clear Europe proposed revisions
to its CDS Procedures, CDS Risk Policy,
and Risk Model Description document
in order to provide for the clearing of a
new transaction type, the Standard
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Capitalized terms used in this order, but not
defined herein, have the same meaning as in the
ICE Clear Europe Rules, CDS Procedures, CDS Risk
Policy, or CDS Risk Model Description.
4 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34–82678
(February 9, 2018), 83 FR 6909 (February 15, 2018)
(SR–ICEEU–2018–002) (‘‘Notice’’).
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European Senior Non-Preferred
Financial Corporate, and to provide for
revised risk management practices.
A. Changes to ICE Clear Europe CDS
Procedures
ICE Clear Europe proposed amending
Paragraph 4.3(c)(ii) of its CDS
Procedures, which sets forth the
requirements for Trade Particulars for
CDS that are submitted for Clearing, to
reference the Standard European Senior
Non-Preferred Financial Corporate
transaction type.5
ICE Clear Europe also proposed
amending Paragraph 11.3(i) to revise the
definition of ‘‘Non-STEC Single Name
Contract’’ to include the Standard
European Senior Non-Preferred
Financial Corporate transaction type in
the list of Reference Entities eligible to
be cleared by ICE Clear Europe, and also
proposed amending Paragraph 11.3(j) to
remove a requirement providing that the
relevant obligation must be ‘‘Senior
Level’’ and replace it with a requirement
that the relevant obligation be of the
‘‘applicable seniority level.’’ 6
B. Changes to ICE Clear Europe’s Risk
Model Description
As currently constructed, ICE Clear
Europe’s risk management methodology
takes into consideration the potential
losses associated with idiosyncratic
credit events, which ICE Clear Europe
refers to as ‘‘Loss-Given Default’’ or
‘‘LGD.’’ ICE Clear Europe deems each
Single Name (‘‘SN’’) reference entity a
Risk Factor, and each combination of
definition, doc-clause, tier, and
currency for a given SN Risk Factor as
a SN Risk Sub-Factor. ICE Clear Europe
currently measures losses associated
with credit events through a stressbased approach incorporating three
recovery rate scenarios: a minimum
recovery rate, an expected recovery rate,
and maximum recovery rate. ICE Clear
Europe combines exposures for Outright
and index-derived Risk Sub-Factors at
each recovery rate scenario.7
ICE Clear Europe currently uses the
results from the recovery rate scenarios
as an input into the Profit/Loss-GivenDefault (‘‘P/LGD’’) calculations at both
the Risk Sub-Factor and Risk Factor
levels. For each Risk Sub-Factor, ICE
Clear Europe calculates the P/LGD as
the worst credit event outcome, and for
each Risk Factor, ICE Clear Europe
calculates the P/LGD as the sum of the
worst credit outcomes per Risk SubFactor. These final P/LGD results are
5 Notice,
83 FR at 6909.
at 6909–10.
7 Id. at 6910.
6 Id.
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used as part of the determination of risk
requirements.8
ICE Clear Europe proposed changes to
its LGD framework at the Risk Factor
level with respect to the LGD
calculation. Specifically, ICE Clear
Europe proposed a change to its
approach by incorporating more
consistency in the calculation of the P/
LGD by using the same recovery rate
scenarios applied to the different Risk
Sub-Factors which are part of the
considered Risk Factor. For each Risk
Factor, ICE Clear Europe would
continue to calculate an ‘‘extreme
outcome’’ as the sum of the worst Risk
Sub-Factor P/LGDs across all scenarios
and also would, for each Risk Factor,
calculate an ‘‘expected outcome’’ as the
worst sum of all the Risk Sub-Factors P/
LGDs across all of the same scenarios.
Under the proposed changes, ICE Clear
Europe would then combine the results
of the ‘‘extreme outcome’’ calculation
and the ‘‘expected outcome’’ calculation
to compute the total LGD for each Risk
Factor.9 ICE Clear Europe proposed to
apply a weight of 25% to the extreme
outcome component in order to
implement certain requirements of
relevant regulatory technical standards
arising under the European Market
Infrastructure Regulation.10
ICE Clear Europe also proposed to
expand its LGD analysis to incorporate
a new ‘‘Risk Factor Group’’ level. Under
the proposed changes, a set of related
Risk Factors would form a Risk Factor
Group based on either (1) having a
common majority parental sovereign
ownership (e.g. quasi-sovereigns and
sovereigns), or (2) being a majority
owned subsidiary of a common parent
entity according to the Bloomberg
Related Securities Analysis. ICE Clear
Europe noted that a Risk Factor Group
could consist of only one Risk Factor.11
Under the proposed revisions, ICE
Clear Europe would calculate the total
quantity LGD on a Risk Factor Group
level, and account for the exposure due
to credit events associated with the
reference entities within a given Risk
Factor Group. Where a Risk Factor
Group contains only one Risk Factor,
ICE Clear Europe would compute the
LGD as the risk exposure due to a credit
event for a given underlying reference
8 Id.
9 Id.
10 See Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No
153/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/
2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
with regard to regulatory technical standards on
requirements for central counterparties. ICE Clear
Europe is authorized as a central counterparty
under the European Market Infrastructure
Regulation and is subject to the requirements
thereof.
11 Notice, 83 FR at 6910.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12627-12630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-82891; File No. SR-BOX-2017-36]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Options Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of
a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Adopt Rule
7600(i) To Allow Split-Price Transactions on the BOX Trading Floor
March 16, 2018.
I. Introduction
On November 30, 2017, BOX Options Exchange LLC (the ``Exchange'' or
``BOX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change to adopt proposed Rule 7600(i) to allow split-
price transactions on the BOX Trading Floor. The proposed rule change
was published for comment in the Federal Register on December 19,
2017.\3\ On January 31, 2018, the Commission extended the time period
within which to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove the proposed rule change to March 19, 2018.\4\ The Exchange
filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposal on March 7, 2018.\5\ The
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comment on Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change from interested persons and is
approving the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, on
an accelerated basis.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82315 (December 13,
2017), 82 FR 60256 (``Notice'').
\4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82607 (January 31,
2018), 83 FR 5286 (February 6, 2018).
\5\ In Amendment No. 1 the Exchange: (1) Further described how
split-price priority transactions would execute if there is Public
Customer interest on the BOX Book; (2) provided additional
justification for the proposal being consistent with the Act; (3)
provided additional examples of how split-price priority
transactions will be handled and reported by the Exchange; and (4)
proposed additional rule text to describe how the system will
determine the allocation of a split-price QOO Order in situations
where the allocation between two increments results in a fractional
amount of contracts and provided justification for this change.
Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-box-2017-36/box201736-3206059-161998.pdf.
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment
No. 1 [bds6]
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\6\ For a more detailed description of the proposed rule change,
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BOX proposes to adopt Rule 7600(i), which would establish priority
principles for split-price transactions occurring in open-outcry on the
Trading Floor.\7\ Under the proposed rule, if an order or offer (bid)
for any number of contracts of a series is represented to the trading
crowd, a Floor Participant \8\ that buys (sells) one or more contracts
of that order or offer (bid) at one price would have priority over all
other orders and quotes, except Public Customer Orders \9\ resting in
the BOX Book,\10\ to buy (sell) up to the same number of contracts of
those remaining from the same order or offer (bid) at the next lower
(higher) price.\11\ For orders or offers (bids) of 100 or more
contracts,\12\ a Floor Participant that buys (sells) 50 or more of the
contracts of that order or offer (bid) at a particular price will have
priority over all other orders and quotes to buy (sell) up to the same
number of contracts of those remaining from the same order or offer
(bid) at the next lower (higher) price.\13\ If the bids or offers of
two or more Floor Participants are both entitled to split-price
priority, priority would be afforded (to the extent practicable) on a
pro-rata basis.\14\
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\7\ See Rule 100(a)(67) (defining Trading Floor).
\8\ The term ``Floor Participant'' includes Floor Brokers as
defined in Rule 7540 and Floor Market Makers as defined in Rule
8510(b). See Rule 100(a)(26).
\9\ The term ``Public Customer Order'' means an order for the
account of a Public Customer, which is defined in the BOX Rules as a
person that is not a broker or dealer in securities. See Rules
100(a)(52) and (53).
\10\ The term ``Central Order Book'' or ``BOX Book'' means the
electronic book of orders on each single option series maintained by
the BOX Trading Host. See Rule 100(a)(10).
\11\ See proposed Rule 7600(i)(1).
\12\ Under the proposed rule, the Exchange would be permitted to
increase the minimum qualifying size of 100 contracts. Any such
changes would be announced to Participants via Regulatory Circular.
See proposed Rule 7600(i)(2).
\13\ See proposed Rule 7600(i)(2). See also Notice supra, note
3, at 60257 (providing an example of a split-price transaction for
100 contracts).
\14\ See proposed Rule 7600(i)(3).
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According to the Exchange, in order to execute a split-price
transaction, a Floor Broker would submit a Qualified Open Outcry
(``QOO'') Order to the system in the same manner as done today on the
Trading Floor, except that the QOO Order would be entered at a sub-
minimum trading increment.\15\
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After receiving the QOO Order, the system would split the QOO Order
into two transactions. The transactions would be separated by one tick
that, when combined, would yield a net price equal to the original
price entered by the Floor Broker.\16\ If this calculation results in a
fractional contract amount, the number of contracts allocated will be
rounded to the advantage of the initiating side.\17\
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\15\ For example, a Floor Broker would be permitted to enter a
QOO Order at a price of $1.03 when the minimum trading increment for
the series is $0.05. See Notice, supra, note 3, at 60256, n.5. Split
price QOO Orders can be submitted with up to three decimal places
(e.g., $1.025). See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 6 n.6.
\16\ For example, if a Floor Broker submitted a split price QOO
Order with a price of $1.025 for 100 contracts in a series with a
minimum trading increment of $0.05, the system would split the QOO
Order into two transactions; a transaction for the purchase of 50
contracts at $1.00 and a transaction for the purchase of 50
contracts at $1.05. See Notice supra, note 3, at 60256.
\17\ See proposed Rule IM-7600-7; Amendment No. 1, supra note 5,
at 6. For example, if a Floor Broker submitted a split price QOO
Order with a price of $1.025 for 301 contracts in a series with a
minimum trading increment of $0.05, 150.5 contracts would need to be
executed at $1.00 and 150.5 contracts would need to be executed at
$1.05 to achieve a net price of $1.025. If the initiating side of
such an order were a sell order, the system would instead split the
order into 151 contracts at $1.05 and 150 at $1.00, resulting in a
net execution price of $1.0251, which is a better price for the
initiating sell order. See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 6.
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The Exchange represents that the process by which a Floor Broker
brings an order to the Trading Floor would be the same for a split-
price QOO Order as it is for all other QOO Orders.\18\ Specifically, a
Floor Broker would be permitted to bring a single-sided order (i.e.,
the initiating side of a QOO Order) to the Trading Floor in order to
seek liquidity (i.e., the contra-side of a QOO Order). In such case,
the Floor Broker would announce the single-sided order to the trading
crowd in an attempt to find contra-side liquidity. If Floor
Participants respond with sufficient liquidity to satisfy the single-
sided order, the Floor Broker would be able to submit a two-sided QOO
Order to the system as required by Rule 7600.\19\ If, however, a Floor
Participant responds by providing liquidity at two separate prices,
then the Floor Broker would submit the QOO Order at a sub-minimum
trading increment which would result in a split-price transaction.\20\
For example, according to the Exchange, a Floor Market Maker might be
willing to buy half of the contracts at one price provided that the
Floor Market Maker could then buy the other half at one tick lower.\21\
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\18\ The Exchange notes that the Floor Broker would be permitted
to utilize the book sweep size, as provided in Rule 7600(h), when
entering a split-price QOO Order. See Notice, supra note 3, at 60257
and 60258 (providing an example of a split-price QOO Order and book
sweep size). According to the Exchange, this may result in the
contra-side of a split price order receiving a net price that is
worse than the price at which the QOO Order was originally entered.
See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 5 (providing an example of the
execution of a split-price transaction that executes in part against
a Public Customer Order on the BOX Book). A split-price QOO Order
will be rejected if the initiating side of the transaction would
trade through a resting Public Customer Order because the initiating
side of a QOO Order must be filled in its entirety pursuant to Rule
7600(a)(1). See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 5 n.4.
\19\ See Rule 7600(a).
\20\ The Exchange notes that nothing would prevent a Floor
Participant from responding for the full amount of the order at a
better price for the Floor Broker's customer. For example, if a
Floor Broker announced an order for a customer looking to buy at
$0.30 and $0.35, a Floor Participant could respond to sell the full
quantity at $0.30 instead of selling part at $0.30 and part at
$0.35. See Notice, supra note 3, at 60256 n.7.
\21\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60256.
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Alternatively, the Floor Broker may have both sides of the QOO
Order (i.e., the initiating side and the contra-side) when the order is
brought to the Trading Floor and the Floor Broker may wish to execute
the order at two separate prices in an attempt to have a net execution
price with a sub-minimum trading increment. In such a situation, under
the proposed rule, the Floor Broker would announce the QOO Order to the
trading crowd and state that they are attempting to execute the QOO
Order as a split-price transaction. Floor Participants then would have
an opportunity to respond.\22\
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\22\ See id. (providing an example of the execution of a single-
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The use of the proposed split-price priority rule would be subject
to certain conditions. First, split-price priority would be available
only for open outcry transactions (i.e., QOO Orders) and would not
apply to Complex Orders.\23\ Second, a Floor Participant would be
required to make its bid (offer) at the next lower (higher) price for
the second (or later) transaction at the same time as the first bid
(offer) or promptly following the announcement of the first (or
earlier) transaction.\24\ Third, the second (or later) purchase (sale)
must represent the opposite side of a transaction with the same order
or offer (bid) as the first (or earlier) purchase (sale).\25\
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\23\ See proposed Rule 7600(4)(i).
\24\ See proposed Rule 7600(4)(ii).
\25\ See proposed Rule 7600(4)(iii).
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Finally, the Exchange proposes an exception to the availability of
split-price priority. Specifically, if the width of the quote for a
series is the minimum increment for that series (e.g., $1.00-$1.05 for
a series with a minimum increment of $0.05, or $1.00-$1.01 for a series
with a minimum increment of $0.01), and both the bid and offer
represent Public Customer Orders resting in the BOX Book, split-price
priority pursuant to proposed Rule 7600(i) would not available to Floor
Participants until the Public Customer Order(s) resting in the BOX Book
on either side of the market trades.\26\ The Exchange represents that
this exception is consistent with the Exchange's allocation and
priority rules, which provide for Public Customer Orders to have
priority at the best price in open outcry over QOO Orders.\27\
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\26\ See proposed Rule 7600(5).
\27\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60257 (providing examples of
the application of the exception). See also Rules 7600(c) and (d).
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To address potential concerns regarding Section 11(a) of the
Act,\28\ the Exchange is proposing to adopt Rule IM-7600-6.\29\
Proposed Rule IM-7600-6 would make clear that Floor Brokers may avail
themselves of the split-price priority rule, but must ensure compliance
with Section 11(a). Specifically, proposed Rule IM-7600-6 would require
a Floor Broker who bids (offers) on behalf of a non-Market-Maker BOX
Participant broker-dealer (``BOX Participant BD'') to ensure that the
BOX Participant BD qualifies for an exemption from Section 11(a)(1) of
the Exchange Act or the transaction satisfies the requirements of
Exchange Act Rule 11a2-2(T).\30\ According to the Exchange, pursuant to
existing Rule IM-7600-5, a Participant may not utilize the Trading
Floor to effect any transaction for its own account, the account of an
associated person, or an account with respect to which it or an
associated person thereof exercises investment discretion by relying on
an exemption under Section 11(a)(1)(G) of the Exchange Act (the ``G
Exemption'').\31\ Therefore, according to the Exchange, a Floor Broker
bidding or offering on behalf of a BOX Participant must rely on
exemptions from Section 11(a) other than the G Exemption.\32\ Otherwise
a Floor Broker would not be permitted to execute a split-price
transaction on the Trading Floor. The Exchange notes that the proposed
rule change would not limit in any way the obligation of a BOX
Participant, while acting as a Floor
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Broker or otherwise, to comply with Section 11(a) or the rules
thereunder.\33\
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\28\ 15 U.S.C. 78k(a)
\29\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258. See also proposed Rule
IM-7600-6.
\30\ See proposed Rule IM-7600-6.
\31\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258. See also Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 80720 (May 18, 2017), 82 FR 23657 (May 23,
2017) (Notice of Amendment 2 to SR-BOX-2016-48) at 23674 and 23681.
See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81292 (August 2, 2017),
82 FR 37144 (August 8, 2017) (Order Approving SR-BOX-2016-48).
\32\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
\33\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
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The Exchange has represented that it will provide at least two
weeks' notice to Participants via Circular prior to the launch of
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\34\ The Exchange stated that it anticipates launching its
split-price priority rule in the first quarter of 2018. See Notice,
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III. Discussion and Commission Findings
After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, is consistent with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
applicable to a national securities exchange.\35\ In particular, the
Commission finds that the proposed rule change, as modified by
Amendment No. 1, is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\36\
which requires, among other things, that the Exchange's rules be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public
interest.
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\35\ In approving this proposed rule change, as modified by
Amendment No. 1, the Commission notes that it has considered the
proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
\36\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change would encourage
Floor Participants to quote more aggressively, which in turn could lead
to better-priced executions. In addition, the Exchange states that it
believes that the proposal will induce Floor Participants to bid
(offer) at better prices for an order or offer that may require
execution at multiple prices (such as a large-size order), which would
result in a better average price for the originating Floor Participant
(or its customer).\37\
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\37\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 60258.
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The Commission notes that the proposed change is substantively
identical to the rules of another options exchange \38\ and therefore,
the Commission does not believe that the adoption of proposed Rule
7600(i) raises any new regulatory issues. The Commission believes that
the proposed rule change may encourage more aggressive quoting by Floor
Participants in competition for large-sized orders, which, in turn,
could lead to better-priced executions.\39\ The Commission notes that
the proposed rule change includes language that clarifies that Floor
Brokers who avail themselves of the split-price priority rule are
obligated to ensure compliance with Section 11(a) of the Act.
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\38\ See Cboe Exchange Inc. Rule 6.47. See also Nasdaq Phlx LLC
Rule 1014(g)(i)(B), NYSE Arca Inc. Rule 6.75-O(h) and NYSE American
LLC Rule 963NY(f).
\39\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77823 (May 12,
2016), 81 FR 31279 (May 18, 2016) (SR-CBOE-2016-034) (approving
modifications to Cboe Option's split-price priority rule and
adopting an exception when the width of a series quote is at the
minimum increment width which is identical to BOX's proposed
exception).
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For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, is consistent with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act \40\ and the rules and regulations thereunder
applicable to a national securities exchange.
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\40\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments on Amendment No. 1
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether Amendment No. 1
to the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be
submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-BOX-2017-36 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BOX-2017-36. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-BOX-2017-36 and should be submitted on
or before [date 21 days from publication in the Federal Register].
V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1
The Commission finds good cause to approve the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, prior to the thirtieth day
after the date of publication of the notice of Amendment No. 1 in the
Federal Register. As discussed above, Amendment No. 1 clarifies how the
proposed split-price priority rules would operate in conjunction with
BOX's book sweep size mechanism, and its potential impact to the net
execution price of the contra-side of a split-price QOO Order. In
addition, Amendment No. 1 proposes additional rule text to describe how
the system will determine split-price priority in situations where the
allocation between two increments results in a fractional number of
contracts.
The Commission believes that Amendment No. 1 provides additional
specificity regarding the operation of BOX's new priority principles
for split-priced transactions in open-outcry on the Trading Floor. The
Commission notes that the proposed new rule text and additional
description and analysis set forth in Amendment 1 do not raise any
novel regulatory issues and are designed to add clarity to the
proposal.
Accordingly, the Commission finds good cause, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,\41\ to approve the proposed rule change,
as modified by Amendment No. 1, on an accelerated basis.
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\41\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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VI. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\42\ that the
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proposed rule change (SR-BOX-2017-36), as modified by Amendment No. 1,
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\42\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\43\
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\43\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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