Notice2025-04156
Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 19.5 (Series of Options Contracts Open for Trading) Relating to the $1 Strike Price Program
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March 17, 2025
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12428-12429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04156]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-102575; File No. SR-MEMX-2025-05]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 19.5
(Series of Options Contracts Open for Trading) Relating to the $1
Strike Price Program
March 11, 2025.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on February 28, 2025, MEMX LLC (``Exchange'') filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as
described in Item I below, which Item has been substantially prepared
by the Exchange. 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\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing with the Commission a proposed rule change
to amend Rule 19.5 (Series of Options Contracts Open for Trading) to
harmonize the Exchange's rules regarding the listing of options series
with $1 strike prices (``$1 Strike Price Program'') with the equity
options listing rules of other national securities exchanges, including
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Cboe BZX Exchange, Cboe Options Exchange, Cboe C2
Exchange, MIAX Options Exchange, MIAX Pearl Options Exchange, MIAX
Emerald Options Exchange, MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange, and NYSE Arca
Options Exchange. The Exchange has designated this proposal as non-
controversial pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \3\ and
provided the Commission with the notice required by Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.\4\ The text of the proposed rule change is
provided in Exhibit 5 and is available on the Exchange's website at
<a href="https://info.memxtrading.com/regulation/rules-and-filings/">https://info.memxtrading.com/regulation/rules-and-filings/</a>.
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\3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
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The proposed rule change, including the Exchange's statement of the
purpose of, and statutory basis for, the proposed rule change, is
available on the Exchange's website at <a href="https://info.memxtrading.com/regulation/rules-and-filings/">https://info.memxtrading.com/regulation/rules-and-filings/</a> and on the Commission's website at
<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05</a>.
II. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \5\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \6\ thereunder. Because
the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any
significant burden on competition; or (iii) become operative for 30
days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the
Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \7\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \8\ thereunder.
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\5\ 15 U.S.C. 78(b)(3)(A).
\6\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
\7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\8\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)
requires the Exchange to give the Commission written notice of its
intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief
description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five
business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule
change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The
Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \9\ normally
does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the
filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\10\ the Commission
may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has asked
the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposed
rule change may become operative immediately upon filing. The
Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest
because it will allow the Exchange to align its rules with the existing
strikes rules of other national securities exchanges without delay,
reducing potential confusion related to the listing of options series
with $1 strike prices, and does not introduce any novel regulatory
issues. Accordingly, the Commission designates the proposed rule change
to be operative upon filing.\11\
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\9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
\10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
\11\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission also has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of the 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 will institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or
disapproved.
III. 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.\12\
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Comments may be submitted electronically by using the Commission's
internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05</a>) or by sending an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e7c7b626b236d6163636b607a7d4e7d6b6d20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="493b3c252c642a2624242c273d3a093a2c2a672e263f">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include file number SR-MEMX-2025-05 on the
subject line. Alternatively, paper comments may be sent to Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-1090. All submissions should refer to file number SR-MEMX-2025-
05. 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 (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-MEMX-2025-05</a>). Do not include
personal identifiable information in submissions; you should submit
only information that you wish to make available publicly. We may
redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted material
that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All submissions
should refer to file number SR-MEMX-2025-05 and should be submitted on
or before April 7, 2025.
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\12\ 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 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be
available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the
Exchange.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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\13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12) and (59).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04156 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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