Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule, 48523-48527 [2022-17009]
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payment or satisfaction upon
redemption of any redeemable security
in accordance with its terms for more
than seven days after the tender of such
security to the company or its
designated agent except for any period
during which the New York Stock
Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’) is closed other than
customary week-end and holiday
closings, or during which trading on the
NYSE is restricted.
2. Section 22(e)(3) of the Act provides
that redemptions may be suspended by
a registered investment company for
such other periods as the Commission
may by order permit for the protection
of security holders of the registered
investment company.
3. Applicants submit that granting the
requested relief would be for the
protection of the shareholders of the
Fund, as provided in Section 22(e)(3) of
the Act. Applicants assert that, in
requesting an order by the Commission,
the Applicants’ goal is to ensure that all
of the Fund’s shareholders will be
treated appropriately and fairly in view
of the otherwise detrimental effect on
the Fund of the illiquidity of the Fund’s
investments and the ongoing
uncertainty surrounding the Russian
equity markets. The requested relief is
intended to permit an orderly
liquidation of the Fund’s portfolio and
ensure that all of the Fund’s
shareholders are protected in the
process.
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Applicants’ Conditions
Applicants agree that any order of the
Commission granting the requested
relief will be subject to the following
conditions:
1. The Board, including a majority of
the Independent Directors,3 will adopt
or has adopted the Plan of Liquidation
for the orderly liquidation of Fund
assets and distribution of appropriate
payments to Fund shareholders.
2. Pending liquidating distributions,
the Fund will invest proceeds of cash
dispositions of portfolio securities
solely in U.S. government securities,
money market funds that are registered
under the Act and comply with the
requirements of Rule 2a–7 under that
Act, cash equivalents, securities eligible
for purchase by a registered money
market fund meeting the requirements
of Rule 2a–7 under the Act with legal
maturities not in excess of 90 days and,
if determined to be necessary to protect
the value of a portfolio position in a
rights offering or other dilutive
3 ‘‘Independent Directors’’ means directors who
are not ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Company, as
such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act.
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transaction, additional securities of the
affected issuer.
3. The Fund’s assets will be
distributed to the Fund’s shareholders
solely in accordance with the Plan of
Liquidation.
4. The Fund and the Adviser will
make and keep true, accurate and
current all appropriate records,
including but not limited to those
surrounding the events leading to the
requested relief, the Plan of Liquidation,
the sale of Fund portfolio securities, the
distribution of Fund assets, and
communications with shareholders
(including any complaints from
shareholders and responses thereto).
5. The Fund and the Adviser will
promptly make available to Commission
staff all files, books, records and
personnel, as requested, relating to the
Fund.
6. The Fund and the Adviser will
provide periodic reporting to
Commission staff regarding their
activities carried out pursuant to the
Plan of Liquidation.
7. The Adviser, its affiliates, and its
and their associated persons will not
receive any fee for managing the Fund.
8. The Fund will be in liquidation and
will not be engaged and does not
propose to engage in any business
activities other than those necessary for
the protection of its assets, the
protection of shareholders and the
winding-up of its affairs, as
contemplated by the Plan of
Liquidation.
9. The Fund and the Adviser will
appropriately convey accurate and
timely information to shareholders of
the Fund, before or promptly following
the effective date of the liquidation,
with regard to the status of the Fund
and its liquidation (including posting
such information on the Fund’s
website), and will thereafter from time
to time do so to reflect material
developments relating to the Fund or its
status, including, without limitation,
information concerning the dates and
amounts of distributions, and press
releases and periodic reports, and will
maintain a toll-free number to respond
to shareholder inquiries.
10. The Fund and the Adviser shall
consult with Commission staff prior to
making any material amendments to the
Plan of Liquidation.
Commission Finding
Based on the representations and
conditions in the application, the
Commission permits the temporary
suspension of the right of redemption
for the protection of the Fund’s
shareholders. Under the circumstances
described in the application, which
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require immediate action to protect the
Fund’s shareholders, the Commission
concludes that it is not practicable to
give notice or an opportunity to request
a hearing before issuing the order.
Accordingly, in the matter of iShares
MSCI Russia ETF, a series of iShares
Inc., and BlackRock Fund Advisors (File
No. 812–15377),
It is ordered, pursuant to Section
22(e)(3) of the Act, that the requested
relief from Section 22(e) of the Act is
granted with respect to the Fund until
it has liquidated, or until the
Commission rescinds the order granted
herein. This order shall be in effect as
of August 3, 2022, with suspension of
redemption rights as requested by the
Applicants to be effective as of August
3, 2022 and the postponement of
payment of redemption proceeds to
apply to redemption orders received on
or after August 1, 2022 but not yet paid
as of August 3, 2022.
By the Commission.
Dated: August 3, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Modify the NYSE Arca
Options Fee Schedule
August 3, 2022.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
notice is hereby given that, on August
1, 2022, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’
or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by the self-regulatory
organization. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to modify the
NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
U.S.C. 78a.
3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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Schedule’’) to waive fees for manual
executions by Professional Customers.
The Exchange proposes to implement
the fee change effective August 1, 2022.
The proposed rule change is available
on the Exchange’s website at
www.nyse.com, at the principal office of
the Exchange, and at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of,
and basis for, the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
on the proposed rule change. The text
of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
of the most significant parts of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and the
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of this filing is to modify
the Fee Schedule to provide for the
waiver of fees for manually executed
Professional Customer orders
(‘‘Professional Customer Manual Fees’’).
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to
waive Professional Customer Manual
Fees for the period of August 1, 2022
through December 31, 2022.
The Exchange also proposes to add
clarifying language to the Fee
Schedule’s description of the Floor
Broker Fixed Cost Prepayment Incentive
Program (the ‘‘FB Prepay Program’’), to
provide that manually executed
Professional Customer orders will
continue to be included in the
calculation of ‘‘billable volume’’ for
purposes of the FB Prepay Program
while Professional Customer Manual
Fees are waived.
The Exchange proposes to implement
the rule change on August 1, 2022.
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Background
In connection with the Exchange’s
migration to the new Pillar trading
platform (the ‘‘Pillar Migration’’), the
Exchange has introduced a new
Electronic Order Capture System
(‘‘EOC’’) device for order systemization
and execution reporting for manual
orders on the Trading Floor. The
Exchange believes the improved
workflow offered by the EOC device
will enhance Floor Brokers’ processing
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of manual orders, especially those
submitted by Professional Customers,
and allow Floor Brokers to provide
improved service to Professional
Customers. To attract more manually
executed Professional Customer orders
with enhanced order handling by Floor
Brokers via the EOC device, the
Exchange proposes to waive
Professional Customer Manual Fees for
the balance of the year (i.e., until
December 31, 2022).
The Exchange believes the proposed
waiver would encourage additional
Professional Customer volume executed
by Floor Brokers on the Exchange, with
the enhanced workflow offered by the
EOC device as market participants
continue to adapt to trading post-Pillar
Migration, and that all market
participants stand to benefit from such
increase, which would promote market
depth, facilitate tighter spreads and
enhance price discovery, and may lead
to a corresponding increase in order
flow from other market participants as
well.
The Exchange believes that the
proposed change relating to the FB
Prepay Program would obviate any
confusion about the impact of the
proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees on participating
Floor Brokers’ ability to qualify for
incentives offered through the FB
Prepay Program. The Exchange believes
that the proposed change would make
clear that volume from manually
executed Professional Customer orders
would continue to count towards
billable volume relevant to the FB
Prepay Program when Professional
Customer Manual Fees are waived.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with
Section 6(b) of the Act,4 in general, and
furthers the objectives of Sections
6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,5 in particular,
because it provides for the equitable
allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and
other charges among its members,
issuers and other persons using its
facilities and does not unfairly
discriminate between customers,
issuers, brokers or dealers.
The Proposed Rule Change Is
Reasonable
The Exchange operates in a highly
competitive market. The Commission
has repeatedly expressed its preference
for competition over regulatory
intervention in determining prices,
products, and services in the securities
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5 15
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markets. In Regulation NMS, the
Commission highlighted the importance
of market forces in determining prices
and SRO revenues and, also, recognized
that current regulation of the market
system ‘‘has been remarkably successful
in promoting market competition in its
broader forms that are most important to
investors and listed companies.’’ 6
There are currently 16 registered
options exchanges competing for order
flow. Based on publicly-available
information, and excluding index-based
options, no single exchange has more
than 16% of the market share of
executed volume of multiply-listed
equity and ETF options trades.7
Therefore, currently no exchange
possesses significant pricing power in
the execution of multiply-listed equity &
ETF options order flow. More
specifically, in June 2022, the Exchange
had less than 13% market share of
executed volume of multiply-listed
equity & ETF options trades.8
The Exchange believes that the evershifting market share among the
exchanges from month to month
demonstrates that market participants
can shift order flow or discontinue or
reduce use of certain categories of
products, in response to fee changes.
Accordingly, competitive forces
constrain options exchange transaction
fees. Stated otherwise, changes to
exchange transaction fees can have a
direct effect on the ability of an
exchange to compete for order flow.
The Exchange believes that the
proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees is reasonable
because it is designed to incent
Professional Customers to submit orders
to Floor Brokers and increase familiarity
with the improved workflow offered via
the new EOC device on the Pillar
platform, thereby encouraging increased
manually executed Professional
Customer orders on the Exchange. The
Exchange notes that all market
participants stand to benefit from any
increase in Professional Customer
volume executed by Floor Brokers,
which promotes market depth,
facilitates tighter spreads and enhances
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005)
(S7–10–04) (‘‘Reg NMS Adopting Release’’).
7 The OCC publishes options and futures volume
in a variety of formats, including daily and monthly
volume by exchange, available here: https://
www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-DataReports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/MonthlyWeekly-Volume-Statistics.
8 Based on a compilation of OCC data for monthly
volume of equity-based options and monthly
volume of equity-based ETF options, see id., the
Exchange’s market share in equity-based options
increased from 9.07% for the month of June 2021
to 12.23% for the month of June 2022.
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price discovery, and may lead to a
corresponding increase in order flow
from other market participants.
To the extent the proposed waiver
attracts greater volume and liquidity,
the Exchange believes the proposed
change would improve the Exchange’s
overall competitiveness and strengthen
its market quality for all market
participants. In the backdrop of the
competitive environment in which the
Exchange operates, the proposed rule
change is a reasonable attempt by the
Exchange to increase the depth of its
market and improve its market share
relative to its competitors. The proposed
rule change is designed to incent
Professional Customers to direct
liquidity to the Exchange, thereby
promoting market depth, price
discovery and improvement and
enhancing order execution
opportunities for market participants.
The Exchange believes the proposed
change relating to the FB Prepay
Program is reasonable because it would
provide clarity in the Fee Schedule
relating to volume that is counted
towards the billable volume relevant to
the FB Prepay Program when
Professional Customer Manual Fees are
waived, as proposed.
The Proposed Rule Change Is an
Equitable Allocation of Credits and Fees
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change is an equitable allocation of
its fees and credits. The proposal is
based on the type of business transacted
on the Exchange, and Professional
Customers can opt to submit orders for
trading electronically or for manual
execution on the Trading Floor. The
proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees is intended to
encourage Professional Customers to
submit orders to be manually executed
by Floor Brokers and, in addition, in
connection with the Pillar Migration,
the Exchange believes that the improved
order handling that Floor Brokers can
provide through the use of the EOC
device will demonstrate to Professional
Customers the value of submitting
orders for manual execution on the
Trading Floor.
The proposed waiver is also designed
to incent Professional Customers to
direct orders to the Exchange as a
primary execution venue. To the extent
that the proposed change attracts more
manual Professional Customer volume
to the Exchange, this increased order
flow would continue to make the
Exchange a more competitive venue for,
among other things, order execution.
Thus, the Exchange believes the
proposed rule change would improve
market quality for all market
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participants on the Exchange and, as a
consequence, attract more order flow to
the Exchange thereby improving marketwide quality and price discovery.
With respect to the proposed change
relating to the FB Prepay Program, the
Exchange believes that the proposed
clarification would support an equitable
allocation of fees and credits because it
would make clear that volume from
Professional Customer manual
executions would still count towards a
Floor Broker’s qualification for the
incentives offered through the FB
Prepay Program when Professional
Customer Manual Fees are waived, as
proposed, thereby promoting the
continued equitable allocation of fees
and credits set forth in the Fee
Schedule.
The Proposed Rule Change Is Not
Unfairly Discriminatory
The Exchange believes that the
proposed waiver is not unfairly
discriminatory because the waiver
would apply to manually executed
Professional Customer orders on an
equal and non-discriminatory basis. The
proposed waiver is not unfairly
discriminatory to other market
participants because Professional
Customers are an important source of
order flow to the Exchange for execution
via open outcry, which promotes price
discovery, and the Exchange thus
believes that it is appropriate to
incentivize manually executed
Professional Customer orders and
encourage Professional Customers to
experience the improved order handling
offered via the new EOC device in
connection with the Pillar Migration.
The proposed change is also designed
to encourage Professional Customers to
utilize the Exchange as a primary
trading venue (if they have not done so
previously) and to increase manually
executed Professional Customer orders
sent to the Exchange. To the extent that
the proposed change attracts more order
flow to the Exchange (and, in particular,
to the Floor), this increased order flow
would continue to make the Exchange a
more competitive venue for order
execution. Thus, the Exchange believes
the proposed rule change would
improve market quality for all market
participants on the Exchange and, as a
consequence, attract more order flow to
the Exchange, thereby improving
market-wide quality and price
discovery. The resulting increased
volume and liquidity would provide
more trading opportunities and tighter
spreads to all market participants and
thus would promote just and equitable
principles of trade, remove
impediments to and perfect the
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mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest.
The Exchange also believes that the
proposed change to clarify that volume
from manually executed Professional
Customer orders would continue to
count towards billable volume for
purposes of the FB Prepay Program is
not unfairly discriminatory. The
proposed change, which specifies that
such volume will continue to be
accounted for in determining
participating Floor Brokers’ eligibility
for incentives available pursuant to the
FB Prepay Program, would instead
permit the program to continue to be
administered in a non-discriminatory
manner.
Finally, the Exchange believes that it
is subject to significant competitive
forces, as described below in the
Exchange’s statement regarding the
burden on competition.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of
the Act, the Exchange does not believe
that the proposed rule change would
impose any burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Instead, as discussed above, the
Exchange believes that the proposed
change would encourage the submission
of additional liquidity to a public
exchange, thereby promoting market
depth, price discovery and transparency
and enhancing order execution
opportunities for all market
participants. As a result, the Exchange
believes that the proposed changes
further the Commission’s goal in
adopting Regulation NMS of fostering
integrated competition among orders,
which promotes ‘‘more efficient pricing
of individual stocks for all types of
orders, large and small.’’ 9
Intramarket Competition. The
proposed waiver is designed to attract
additional manually executed
Professional Customer orders to the
Exchange (and, in particular, to the
Floor, with the enhanced workflow
offered by the EOC tool introduced in
the Pillar Migration), which may
increase the volume of contracts traded
on the Exchange. To the extent that the
proposed change imposes an additional
competitive burden on other market
participants, the Exchange believes that
any such burden would be appropriate
because, to the extent the proposed
change encourages Professional
9 See Reg NMS Adopting Release, supra note 6,
at 37499.
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Customers to submit additional orders
to the Exchange to be executed via open
outcry, such increase in manually
executed Professional Customer orders
would benefit all market participants by
promoting opportunities for price
discovery.
To the extent that this purpose is
achieved, all of the Exchange’s market
participants should benefit from the
improved market liquidity. Enhanced
market quality and increased
transaction volume that results from the
anticipated increase in order flow
directed to the Exchange will benefit all
market participants and improve
competition on the Exchange.
The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed change relating to the FB
Prepay Program would impact
intramarket competition, as it merely
clarifies that the proposed waiver of
Professional Customer Manual Fees
would not affect the current operation of
the FB Prepay Program.
Intermarket Competition. The
Exchange operates in a highly
competitive market in which market
participants can readily favor one of the
16 competing option exchanges if they
deem fee levels at a particular venue to
be excessive. In such an environment,
the Exchange must continually adjust its
fees to remain competitive with other
exchanges and to attract order flow to
the Exchange. Based on publiclyavailable information, and excluding
index-based options, no single exchange
currently has more than 16% of the
market share of executed volume of
multiply-listed equity and ETF options
trades.10 Therefore, no exchange
currently possesses significant pricing
power in the execution of multiplylisted equity & ETF options order flow.
More specifically, in June 2022, the
Exchange had less than 13% market
share of executed volume of multiplylisted equity & ETF options trades.11
The Exchange believes that the
proposed change reflects this
competitive environment because the
proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees is intended to
encourage Professional Customers to
direct manual orders to the Exchange
and experience the benefits of the
enhanced technology provided by the
Pillar Migration, which in turn would
provide liquidity and attract order flow
to the Exchange. To the extent that this
purpose is achieved, all the Exchange’s
10 See
supra note 8.
on a compilation of OCC data for
monthly volume of equity-based options and
monthly volume of equity-based ETF options, supra
note 7, the Exchange’s market share in equity-based
options increased from 9.07% for the month of June
2021 to 12.23% for the month of June 2022.
11 Based
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market participants should benefit from
the improved market quality and
increased trading opportunities.
The Exchange notes that it operates in
a highly competitive market in which
market participants can readily favor
competing venues. In such an
environment, the Exchange must
continually review, and consider
adjusting, its fees and credits to remain
competitive with other exchanges. For
the reasons described above, the
Exchange believes that the proposed
rule change reflects this competitive
environment. The Exchange also
believes that the proposed change could
promote competition between the
Exchange and other execution venues,
by encouraging additional orders to be
sent to the Exchange for execution,
including to the Floor in particular, and
encouraging the use of technology
introduced in connection with the Pillar
Migration.
The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed change relating to the FB
Prepay Program would have any effect
on intermarket competition, as it merely
clarifies that the proposed waiver of
Professional Customer Manual Fees
would not impact the current operation
of the FB Prepay Program.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change is effective
upon filing pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) 12 of the Act and
subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 13
thereunder, because it establishes a due,
fee, or other charge imposed by the
Exchange.
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of such proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 14 of the Act to
determine whether the proposed rule
12 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
14 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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change should be approved or
disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether 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–
NYSEARCA–2022–47 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–NYSEARCA–2022–47. 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–NYSEARCA–2022–47, and
should be submitted on or before
August 30, 2022.
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.15
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX
PEARL, LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of
Proposed Rule Change To Amend the
MIAX PEARL Options Fee Schedule To
Remove Certain Credits and Increase
Trading Permit Fees
On May 17, 2022, MIAX
PEARL, LLC (‘‘MIAX Pearl’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 1 and Rule 19b–
4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule change
to remove certain credits and increase
trading permit fees. The proposed rule
change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on June 2, 2022.3
On July 12, 2022, MIAX Pearl
withdrew the proposed rule change
(SR–PEARL–2022–23).
AUGUST 3, 2022.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.4
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–17007 Filed 8–8–22; 8:45 am]
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[Release No. 34–95414; File No. SR–BOX–
2022–23]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX
Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Amend IM–2040–5 To
Add the Firm Element Component to
the Continuing Education
Requirement, and Make Other
Conforming and Clerical Updates to
IM–2040–4 and Delete IM 2020–1
Pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
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AUGUST 3, 2022.
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 94993
(May 26, 2022), 87 FR 33518.
4 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that
on July 26, 2022, BOX Exchange LLC
(‘‘BOX’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been prepared by the Exchange. The
Exchange is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
BOX IM–2040–5 to add the Firm
Element component to the Continuing
Education requirement. The Exchange
also proposes to make other conforming
and clerical updates to IM–2040–4 and
to delete IM–2020–1 (Temporary
Extension for Representatives to
Function as Principals). The text of the
proposed rule change is available from
the principal office of the Exchange, at
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room and also on the Exchange’s
internet website at https://
boxexchange.com.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of,
and basis for, the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
on the proposed rule change. The text
of these statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The self-regulatory organization has
prepared summaries, set forth in
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
As set forth below, the Exchange
proposes to amend IM–2040–5 to add
the Firm Element to require brokerdealers to establish a formal training
program to keep registered persons up
to date on job- and product-related
subjects. The Exchange also proposes to
make other conforming and clerical
updates to IM–2040–4 and to delete IM–
2020–1 (Temporary Extension for
Representatives to Function as
Principals).
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IM–2040–5
The Exchange recently filed SR–BOX–
2022–16 in which the Exchange
amended IM–2040–5 and established
BOX Rule 2130 (Continuing Education
Program for Persons Maintaining Their
Qualification Following the
Termination of a Registration Category)
and IM–2130–1 to require that the
Regulatory Element of Continuing
Education be completed annually rather
than every three years and provide a
path through Continuing Education for
individuals to maintain their
qualification following the termination
of a registration.3 This was a conforming
filing that was based on a filing
submitted by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’),
and was intended to harmonize the
Exchange’s Continuing Education rules
with those of FINRA so as to promote
uniform standards across the securities
industry.4 The Exchange now proposes
to make additional conforming changes
to IM–2040–5 to further align with the
FINRA Continuing Education Rule
Change by adding the Firm Element
component to IM–2040–5.
The Continuing Education
requirements for BOX Participants are
detailed in IM–2040–5. No Participant
shall permit any Representative or
Principal to continue to, and no
Representative or Principal shall
continue to, perform his or her
respective duties on behalf of such
Participant unless such person has
complied with the requirements of this
IM–2040–5. This filing adds the Firm
Element as a part of the Exchange’s
Continuing Education program to
require broker-dealers to establish a
formal training program to keep
registered persons up to date on job- and
product-related subjects.
To adopt the Firm Element program
the Exchange proposes to add paragraph
(b)(2) under IM–2040–5 to require each
Participant to implement and
administer a required annual Firm
Element training program for registered
persons.5 Proposed paragraph (b)(2) is
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34–
94794 (April 26, 2022), 87 FR 25683 (May 2, 2022)
(SR–BOX–2022–16).
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 93097
(September 21, 2021), 86 FR 53358 (September 27,
2021) (SR–FINRA–2021–015) (‘‘FINRA Continuing
Education Rule Change’’). The proposed changes
are based on the changes to the Firm Element
Program approved by the Commission in the
approval order for SR–FINRA–2021–015. The
Exchange is proposing to adopt such Firm Element
changes substantially in the same form as proposed
by FINRA, with the exception of differences
necessary to update the Exchange’s Continuing
Education rules.
5 See proposed IM–2040–5(b)(2)(a) Standards for
the Firm Element. Each Participant must maintain
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-95412; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2022-47]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the NYSE
Arca Options Fee Schedule
August 3, 2022.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given
that, on August 1, 2022, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or the
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II,
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to modify the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule
(``Fee
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Schedule'') to waive fees for manual executions by Professional
Customers. The Exchange proposes to implement the fee change effective
August 1, 2022. The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and
at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant parts of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of this filing is to modify the Fee Schedule to provide
for the waiver of fees for manually executed Professional Customer
orders (``Professional Customer Manual Fees''). Specifically, the
Exchange proposes to waive Professional Customer Manual Fees for the
period of August 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.
The Exchange also proposes to add clarifying language to the Fee
Schedule's description of the Floor Broker Fixed Cost Prepayment
Incentive Program (the ``FB Prepay Program''), to provide that manually
executed Professional Customer orders will continue to be included in
the calculation of ``billable volume'' for purposes of the FB Prepay
Program while Professional Customer Manual Fees are waived.
The Exchange proposes to implement the rule change on August 1,
2022.
Background
In connection with the Exchange's migration to the new Pillar
trading platform (the ``Pillar Migration''), the Exchange has
introduced a new Electronic Order Capture System (``EOC'') device for
order systemization and execution reporting for manual orders on the
Trading Floor. The Exchange believes the improved workflow offered by
the EOC device will enhance Floor Brokers' processing of manual orders,
especially those submitted by Professional Customers, and allow Floor
Brokers to provide improved service to Professional Customers. To
attract more manually executed Professional Customer orders with
enhanced order handling by Floor Brokers via the EOC device, the
Exchange proposes to waive Professional Customer Manual Fees for the
balance of the year (i.e., until December 31, 2022).
The Exchange believes the proposed waiver would encourage
additional Professional Customer volume executed by Floor Brokers on
the Exchange, with the enhanced workflow offered by the EOC device as
market participants continue to adapt to trading post-Pillar Migration,
and that all market participants stand to benefit from such increase,
which would promote market depth, facilitate tighter spreads and
enhance price discovery, and may lead to a corresponding increase in
order flow from other market participants as well.
The Exchange believes that the proposed change relating to the FB
Prepay Program would obviate any confusion about the impact of the
proposed waiver of Professional Customer Manual Fees on participating
Floor Brokers' ability to qualify for incentives offered through the FB
Prepay Program. The Exchange believes that the proposed change would
make clear that volume from manually executed Professional Customer
orders would continue to count towards billable volume relevant to the
FB Prepay Program when Professional Customer Manual Fees are waived.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\4\ in general, and furthers the
objectives of Sections 6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,\5\ in particular,
because it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees, and other charges among its members, issuers and other persons
using its facilities and does not unfairly discriminate between
customers, issuers, brokers or dealers.
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\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
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The Proposed Rule Change Is Reasonable
The Exchange operates in a highly competitive market. The
Commission has repeatedly expressed its preference for competition over
regulatory intervention in determining prices, products, and services
in the securities markets. In Regulation NMS, the Commission
highlighted the importance of market forces in determining prices and
SRO revenues and, also, recognized that current regulation of the
market system ``has been remarkably successful in promoting market
competition in its broader forms that are most important to investors
and listed companies.'' \6\
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\6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9,
2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (S7-10-04) (``Reg NMS
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There are currently 16 registered options exchanges competing for
order flow. Based on publicly-available information, and excluding
index-based options, no single exchange has more than 16% of the market
share of executed volume of multiply-listed equity and ETF options
trades.\7\ Therefore, currently no exchange possesses significant
pricing power in the execution of multiply-listed equity & ETF options
order flow. More specifically, in June 2022, the Exchange had less than
13% market share of executed volume of multiply-listed equity & ETF
options trades.\8\
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\7\ The OCC publishes options and futures volume in a variety of
formats, including daily and monthly volume by exchange, available
here: https://www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-Data-Reports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/Monthly-Weekly-Volume-Statistics.
\8\ Based on a compilation of OCC data for monthly volume of
equity-based options and monthly volume of equity-based ETF options,
see id., the Exchange's market share in equity-based options
increased from 9.07% for the month of June 2021 to 12.23% for the
month of June 2022.
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The Exchange believes that the ever-shifting market share among the
exchanges from month to month demonstrates that market participants can
shift order flow or discontinue or reduce use of certain categories of
products, in response to fee changes. Accordingly, competitive forces
constrain options exchange transaction fees. Stated otherwise, changes
to exchange transaction fees can have a direct effect on the ability of
an exchange to compete for order flow.
The Exchange believes that the proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees is reasonable because it is designed to incent
Professional Customers to submit orders to Floor Brokers and increase
familiarity with the improved workflow offered via the new EOC device
on the Pillar platform, thereby encouraging increased manually executed
Professional Customer orders on the Exchange. The Exchange notes that
all market participants stand to benefit from any increase in
Professional Customer volume executed by Floor Brokers, which promotes
market depth, facilitates tighter spreads and enhances
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price discovery, and may lead to a corresponding increase in order flow
from other market participants.
To the extent the proposed waiver attracts greater volume and
liquidity, the Exchange believes the proposed change would improve the
Exchange's overall competitiveness and strengthen its market quality
for all market participants. In the backdrop of the competitive
environment in which the Exchange operates, the proposed rule change is
a reasonable attempt by the Exchange to increase the depth of its
market and improve its market share relative to its competitors. The
proposed rule change is designed to incent Professional Customers to
direct liquidity to the Exchange, thereby promoting market depth, price
discovery and improvement and enhancing order execution opportunities
for market participants.
The Exchange believes the proposed change relating to the FB Prepay
Program is reasonable because it would provide clarity in the Fee
Schedule relating to volume that is counted towards the billable volume
relevant to the FB Prepay Program when Professional Customer Manual
Fees are waived, as proposed.
The Proposed Rule Change Is an Equitable Allocation of Credits and Fees
The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is an equitable
allocation of its fees and credits. The proposal is based on the type
of business transacted on the Exchange, and Professional Customers can
opt to submit orders for trading electronically or for manual execution
on the Trading Floor. The proposed waiver of Professional Customer
Manual Fees is intended to encourage Professional Customers to submit
orders to be manually executed by Floor Brokers and, in addition, in
connection with the Pillar Migration, the Exchange believes that the
improved order handling that Floor Brokers can provide through the use
of the EOC device will demonstrate to Professional Customers the value
of submitting orders for manual execution on the Trading Floor.
The proposed waiver is also designed to incent Professional
Customers to direct orders to the Exchange as a primary execution
venue. To the extent that the proposed change attracts more manual
Professional Customer volume to the Exchange, this increased order flow
would continue to make the Exchange a more competitive venue for, among
other things, order execution. Thus, the Exchange believes the proposed
rule change would improve market quality for all market participants on
the Exchange and, as a consequence, attract more order flow to the
Exchange thereby improving market-wide quality and price discovery.
With respect to the proposed change relating to the FB Prepay
Program, the Exchange believes that the proposed clarification would
support an equitable allocation of fees and credits because it would
make clear that volume from Professional Customer manual executions
would still count towards a Floor Broker's qualification for the
incentives offered through the FB Prepay Program when Professional
Customer Manual Fees are waived, as proposed, thereby promoting the
continued equitable allocation of fees and credits set forth in the Fee
Schedule.
The Proposed Rule Change Is Not Unfairly Discriminatory
The Exchange believes that the proposed waiver is not unfairly
discriminatory because the waiver would apply to manually executed
Professional Customer orders on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.
The proposed waiver is not unfairly discriminatory to other market
participants because Professional Customers are an important source of
order flow to the Exchange for execution via open outcry, which
promotes price discovery, and the Exchange thus believes that it is
appropriate to incentivize manually executed Professional Customer
orders and encourage Professional Customers to experience the improved
order handling offered via the new EOC device in connection with the
Pillar Migration.
The proposed change is also designed to encourage Professional
Customers to utilize the Exchange as a primary trading venue (if they
have not done so previously) and to increase manually executed
Professional Customer orders sent to the Exchange. To the extent that
the proposed change attracts more order flow to the Exchange (and, in
particular, to the Floor), this increased order flow would continue to
make the Exchange a more competitive venue for order execution. Thus,
the Exchange believes the proposed rule change would improve market
quality for all market participants on the Exchange and, as a
consequence, attract more order flow to the Exchange, thereby improving
market-wide quality and price discovery. The resulting increased volume
and liquidity would provide more trading opportunities and tighter
spreads to all market participants and thus would promote just and
equitable principles of trade, 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 also believes that the proposed change to clarify that
volume from manually executed Professional Customer orders would
continue to count towards billable volume for purposes of the FB Prepay
Program is not unfairly discriminatory. The proposed change, which
specifies that such volume will continue to be accounted for in
determining participating Floor Brokers' eligibility for incentives
available pursuant to the FB Prepay Program, would instead permit the
program to continue to be administered in a non-discriminatory manner.
Finally, the Exchange believes that it is subject to significant
competitive forces, as described below in the Exchange's statement
regarding the burden on competition.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act, the Exchange does
not believe that the proposed rule change would impose any burden on
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. Instead, as discussed above, the Exchange believes
that the proposed change would encourage the submission of additional
liquidity to a public exchange, thereby promoting market depth, price
discovery and transparency and enhancing order execution opportunities
for all market participants. As a result, the Exchange believes that
the proposed changes further the Commission's goal in adopting
Regulation NMS of fostering integrated competition among orders, which
promotes ``more efficient pricing of individual stocks for all types of
orders, large and small.'' \9\
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Intramarket Competition. The proposed waiver is designed to attract
additional manually executed Professional Customer orders to the
Exchange (and, in particular, to the Floor, with the enhanced workflow
offered by the EOC tool introduced in the Pillar Migration), which may
increase the volume of contracts traded on the Exchange. To the extent
that the proposed change imposes an additional competitive burden on
other market participants, the Exchange believes that any such burden
would be appropriate because, to the extent the proposed change
encourages Professional
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Customers to submit additional orders to the Exchange to be executed
via open outcry, such increase in manually executed Professional
Customer orders would benefit all market participants by promoting
opportunities for price discovery.
To the extent that this purpose is achieved, all of the Exchange's
market participants should benefit from the improved market liquidity.
Enhanced market quality and increased transaction volume that results
from the anticipated increase in order flow directed to the Exchange
will benefit all market participants and improve competition on the
Exchange.
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed change relating to
the FB Prepay Program would impact intramarket competition, as it
merely clarifies that the proposed waiver of Professional Customer
Manual Fees would not affect the current operation of the FB Prepay
Program.
Intermarket Competition. The Exchange operates in a highly
competitive market in which market participants can readily favor one
of the 16 competing option exchanges if they deem fee levels at a
particular venue to be excessive. In such an environment, the Exchange
must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive with other
exchanges and to attract order flow to the Exchange. Based on publicly-
available information, and excluding index-based options, no single
exchange currently has more than 16% of the market share of executed
volume of multiply-listed equity and ETF options trades.\10\ Therefore,
no exchange currently possesses significant pricing power in the
execution of multiply-listed equity & ETF options order flow. More
specifically, in June 2022, the Exchange had less than 13% market share
of executed volume of multiply-listed equity & ETF options trades.\11\
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\10\ See supra note 8.
\11\ Based on a compilation of OCC data for monthly volume of
equity-based options and monthly volume of equity-based ETF options,
supra note 7, the Exchange's market share in equity-based options
increased from 9.07% for the month of June 2021 to 12.23% for the
month of June 2022.
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The Exchange believes that the proposed change reflects this
competitive environment because the proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees is intended to encourage Professional Customers to
direct manual orders to the Exchange and experience the benefits of the
enhanced technology provided by the Pillar Migration, which in turn
would provide liquidity and attract order flow to the Exchange. To the
extent that this purpose is achieved, all the Exchange's market
participants should benefit from the improved market quality and
increased trading opportunities.
The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market
in which market participants can readily favor competing venues. In
such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider
adjusting, its fees and credits to remain competitive with other
exchanges. For the reasons described above, the Exchange believes that
the proposed rule change reflects this competitive environment. The
Exchange also believes that the proposed change could promote
competition between the Exchange and other execution venues, by
encouraging additional orders to be sent to the Exchange for execution,
including to the Floor in particular, and encouraging the use of
technology introduced in connection with the Pillar Migration.
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed change relating to
the FB Prepay Program would have any effect on intermarket competition,
as it merely clarifies that the proposed waiver of Professional
Customer Manual Fees would not impact the current operation of the FB
Prepay Program.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the
proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A) \12\ of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule
19b-4 \13\ thereunder, because it establishes a due, fee, or other
charge imposed by the Exchange.
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under
Section 19(b)(2)(B) \14\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether 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-NYSEARCA-2022-47 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-NYSEARCA-2022-47. 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-NYSEARCA-2022-47, and should be
submitted on or before August 30, 2022.
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For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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