Notice2025-08456

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Decrease the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) and Discontinue the ORF Model Scheduled To Be Implemented in June 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20532-20536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08456]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103005; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2025-035]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; 
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change 
To Decrease the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) and Discontinue the ORF 
Model Scheduled To Be Implemented in June 2025

May 8, 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 April 30, 2025, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC(``Nasdaq'' or 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and 
II below, which Items have been 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 proposes to decrease The Nasdaq Options Market LLC 
(``NOM'') Options Regulatory Fee or ``ORF.'' Also, the Exchange 
proposes to discontinue the ORF model scheduled to be implemented in 
June 2025.\3\
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101892 (December 12, 
2024), 89 FR 102994 (December 18, 2024) (SR-NASDAQ-2024-078) (Notice 
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To 
Lower the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) and Adopt a New Approach to 
ORF in 2025). See also See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
102371 (February 6, 2025), 90 FR 9450 (February 12, 2025) (SR-
NASDAQ-2025-009) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a 
Proposed Rule Change To Delay the Implementation of the New Options 
Regulatory Fee (ORF) and ORF Methodology Proposed in SR-NASDAQ-2024-
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    While the changes proposed herein are effective upon filing, the 
Exchange has designated the amendments become operative on May 1, 2025.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
website at <a href="https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nadaq/rulefilings">https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nadaq/rulefilings</a>, 
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 Exchange 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 Exchange 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
    NOM proposes to decrease its ORF from $0.0016 to $0.0014 per 
contract side effective May 1, 2025. Additionally, the Exchange 
proposes to discontinue the ORF model scheduled to be implemented in 
June 2025.\4\
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    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Today, ORF is collected from Customers, Professionals and 
broker-dealers that are not affiliated with a clearing member that 
clear in the ``C'' range at OCC.
    \6\ The term ``Options Participant'' or ``Participant'' mean a 
firm, or organization that is registered with the Exchange pursuant 
to Options 2A of these Rules for purposes of participating in 
options trading on NOM as a ``Nasdaq Options Order Entry Firm'' or 
``Nasdaq Options Market Maker''. See Options I, Section 1(a)(39).
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Background on Current ORF
    Today, NOM assesses its ORF for each Customer \5\ option 
transaction that is either: (1) executed by a Participant \6\ on NOM; 
or (2) cleared by a NOM Participant at OCC in the Customer

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range,\7\ even if the transaction was executed by a non-member of NOM, 
regardless of the exchange on which the transaction occurs.\8\ If the 
OCC clearing member is a NOM Participant, ORF is assessed and collected 
on all ultimately cleared Customer contracts (after adjustment for CMTA 
\9\); and (2) if the OCC clearing member is not a NOM Participant, ORF 
is collected only on the cleared Customer contracts executed at NOM, 
taking into account any CMTA instructions which may result in 
collecting the ORF from a non-member.\10\
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    \7\ Participants must record the appropriate account origin code 
on all orders at the time of entry of the order. The Exchange 
represents that it has surveillances in place to verify that 
Participants mark orders with the correct account origin code.
    \8\ The Exchange uses reports from OCC when assessing and 
collecting the ORF.
    \9\ CMTA or Clearing Member Trade Assignment is a form of 
``give-up'' whereby the position will be assigned to a specific 
clearing firm at OCC.
    \10\ By way of example, if Broker A, a NOM Participant, routes a 
Customer order to CBOE and the transaction executes on CBOE and 
clears in Broker A's OCC Clearing account, ORF will be collected by 
NOM from Broker A's clearing account at OCC via direct debit. While 
this transaction was executed on a market other than NOM, it was 
cleared by a NOM Participant in the member's OCC clearing account in 
the Customer range, therefore there is a regulatory nexus between 
NOM and the transaction. If Broker A was not a NOM Participant, then 
no ORF should be assessed and collected because there is no nexus; 
the transaction did not execute on NOM nor was it cleared by a NOM 
Participant.
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    Today, in the case where a Participant both executes a transaction 
and clears the transaction, the ORF will be assessed to and collected 
from that Participant. Today, in the case where a Participant executes 
a transaction and a different Participant clears the transaction, the 
ORF will be assessed to and collected from the Participant who clears 
the transaction and not the Participant who executes the transaction. 
Today, in the case where a non-member executes a transaction at an away 
market and a Participant clears the transaction, the ORF will be 
assessed to and collected from the Participant who clears the 
transaction. Today, in the case where a Participant executes a 
transaction on NOM and a non-member clears the transaction, the ORF 
will be assessed to the Participant that executed the transaction on 
NOM and collected from the non-member who cleared the transaction. 
Today, in the case where a Participant executes a transaction at an 
away market and a non-member ultimately clears the transaction, the ORF 
will not be assessed to the Participant who executed the transaction or 
collected from the non-member who cleared the transaction because the 
Exchange does not have access to the data to make absolutely certain 
that ORF should apply. Further, the data does not allow the Exchange to 
identify the Participant executing the trade at an away market.
ORF Revenue and Monitoring of ORF
    Today, the Exchange monitors the amount of revenue collected from 
the ORF (``ORF Regulatory Revenue'') to ensure that it, in combination 
with other regulatory fees and fines, does not exceed a Options 
Regulatory Costs.\11\ In determining whether an expense is considered 
an Options Regulatory Cost, the Exchange reviews all costs and makes 
determinations if there is a nexus between the expense and a regulatory 
function. The Exchange notes that fines collected by the Exchange in 
connection with a disciplinary matter offset Options Regulatory Cost.
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    \11\ The regulatory costs for options comprise a subset of the 
Exchange's regulatory budget that is specifically related to options 
regulatory expenses and encompasses the cost to regulate all 
Participants' options activity ``Options Regulatory Cost'').
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    ORF Regulatory Revenue, when combined with all of the Exchange's 
other regulatory fees and fines, is designed to recover the Options 
Regulatory Costs to the Exchange of the supervision and regulation of 
member Customer options business including performing routine 
surveillances, investigations, examinations, financial monitoring, and 
policy, rulemaking, interpretive, and enforcement activities. Options 
Regulatory Costs include direct regulatory expenses and certain 
indirect expenses in support of the regulatory function. The direct 
expenses include in-house and third-party service provider costs to 
support the day-to-day regulatory work such as surveillances, 
investigations and examinations. The indirect expenses are only those 
expenses that are in support of the regulatory functions, such areas 
include Office of the General Counsel, technology, finance, and 
internal audit. Indirect expenses will not exceed 35% of the total 
Options Regulatory Costs, in which case direct expenses could be 65% or 
more of total Options Regulatory Costs.\12\
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    \12\ Direct and indirect expenses are based on the Exchange's 
2025 Regulatory Budget.
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Proposal for May 1, 2025
    At this time, the Exchange proposes to decrease NOM's ORF from 
$0.0016 to $0.0014 per contract side, effective May 1, 2025, due to an 
increase in options volume in the industry.\13\ The Exchange notes that 
options volume has risen substantially in Q1 2025, particularly in 
March 2025.
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    \13\ The Exchange proposes to remove the current rule text that 
provides that as of November 1, 2024, the ORF is $0.0014 per 
contract side.

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    NOM notes that there can be no assurance that the Options 
Regulatory Costs for the remainder of 2025 will not differ materially 
from these expectations and prior practice, nor can the Exchange 
predict with certainty whether options volume will remain at the 
current level going forward. The Exchange notes however, that when 
combined with regulatory fees and fines, the ORF Regulatory Revenue 
that may be generated utilizing an ORF rate of $0.0016 per contract 
side may result in ORF Regulatory Revenue which exceeds the Exchange's 
estimated Options Regulatory Costs for 2025 as a result of options 
volume. The Exchange therefore proposes to reduce its ORF to $0.0014 
per contract side to ensure that ORF Regulatory Revenue does not exceed 
the Exchange's estimated Options Regulatory Costs in 2025. 
Particularly, the Exchange believes that reducing the ORF when combined 
with all of the Exchange's other regulatory fees and fines, would allow 
the Exchange to continue covering its Options Regulatory Costs, while 
lessening the potential for generating excess revenue that may 
otherwise occur using the rate of $0.0016 per contract side.\14\ The 
Exchange notified Participants of the proposed decrease to the ORF 
through an Options Trader Alert.\15\
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    \14\ The exchange notes that its regulatory responsibilities 
with respect to Participant compliance with options sales practice 
rules have largely been allocated to FINRA under a 17d-2 agreement. 
The ORF is not designed to cover the cost of that options sales 
practice regulation.
    \15\ See Options Trader Alert #2025--19.
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    The Exchange will continue to monitor the amount of ORF Regulatory 
Revenue collected from the ORF to ensure that ORF Regulatory Revenue, 
in combination with its other regulatory fees and fines, does not 
exceed Options Regulatory Costs. If the Exchange determines that to be 
the case, the Exchange will adjust the ORF by submitting a fee change 
filing to the Commission and notifying \16\ its Participants via an 
Options Trader Alert.\17\
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    \16\ The Exchange will provide Participants with such notice at 
least 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of the change.
    \17\ The Exchange notes that in connection with this proposal, 
it provided the Commission confidential details regarding the 
Exchange's projected regulatory revenue, including projected revenue 
from ORF, along with a projected regulatory expense.
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Future Proposals
    NOM previously filed a proposed amendment to its ORF, effective as 
of January 1, 2025,\18\ to amend its methodology of collection to: (1) 
exclude options transactions in proprietary products; and (2) assess 
ORF in all clearing ranges except market makers who clear as ``M'' at 
The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC''). Additionally, NOM will 
assess a different rate for trades executed on NOM (``Local ORF Rate'') 
and trades executed on non-NOM exchanges (``Away ORF Rate'').\19\ The 
Exchange also filed to delay the implementation of SR-NASDAQ-2024-078, 
with respect to the new ORF and methodology therein which was effective 
on January 1, 2025, so that it would now be implemented on June 1, 
2025.\20\ At this time, the Exchange proposes to discontinue its June 
2025 ORF.\21\ The Exchange received feedback from the Participants \22\ 
and SIFMA \23\ related to the implementation of its June 2025 ORF. In 
particular, two fields necessary for information sharing of executing 
exchange information among

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Participants and Clearing Members will not be available after an 
upcoming technology migration at OCC.\24\ In light of this information, 
the Exchange has been re-evaluating its ORF model and plans to revamp 
the current process of assessing and collecting ORF, which would be 
subject to, and described further in, a future rule filing. 
Particularly, the Exchange is exploring proposing a modified ORF model 
in which ORF would only be assessed to on-exchange transactions and 
would continue to be assessed only to customers. At this this time, the 
Exchange expects to continue assessing ORF as it does today and will 
continue to ensure that ORF Regulatory Revenue, in combination with its 
other regulatory fees and fines, does not exceed Options Regulatory 
Cost.
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    \18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101892 (December 
12, 2024), 89 FR 102994 (December 18, 2024) (SR-NASDAQ-2024-078) 
(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule 
Change To Lower the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) and Adopt a New 
Approach to ORF in 2025). See also Securities Exchange Act Release 
No. 102371 (February 6, 2024), 90 FR 9450 (February 12, 2025) SR-
NASDAQ-2024-009) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a 
Proposed Rule Change To Delay the Implementation of the New Options 
Regulatory Fee (ORF) and ORF Methodology Proposed in SR-NASDAQ-2024-
078) (collectively ``June 2025 ORF'').
    \19\ Id.
    \20\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102371 (February 6, 
2025), 90 FR 9450 (February 12, 2025) (SR-NASDAQ-2025-009) (Notice 
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To 
Delay the Implementation of the New Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) and 
ORF Methodology Proposed in SR-NASDAQ-2024-078).
    \21\ See supra note 17.
    \22\ The Exchange has discussed the implementation of its June 
2025 ORF with various Clearing Members.
    \23\ See SIFMA comment letter at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2024-078/srnasdaq2024078-550079-1574622.pdf">https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2024-078/srnasdaq2024078-550079-1574622.pdf</a>.
    \24\ See <a href="https://www.theocc.com/company-information/occ-transformation">https://www.theocc.com/company-information/occ-transformation</a>.
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    To create real ORF reform, moving to a new ORF model that only 
assesses a fee to transactions that occur on the Exchange would remove 
any duplicative ORF billing. The Exchange believes that each exchange 
should likewise adopt a similar model to ensure consistent industry 
billing of ORF to the benefit of market participants. A consistent 
methodology of assessing and collecting ORF will also remove confusion 
and complexity in the billing of ORF. The Exchange has been engaged in 
remodeling its current ORF over the last year and has held many 
conversations with market participants to establish a framework that is 
practical and fair. The Exchange remains committed to ORF reform and 
will continue to evaluate its ORF model and seek feedback from market 
participants.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to the Exchange and, in particular, 
the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\25\ Specifically, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with Section 
6(b)(4) of the Act,\26\ which provides that Exchange rules may provide 
for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other 
charges among its members, and other persons using its facilities. 
Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is 
consistent with the Section 6(b)(5) \27\ requirement that the rules of 
an exchange not be designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
    \27\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes the proposed reduction of ORF is reasonable 
because it would help ensure that ORF Regulatory Revenue does not 
exceed a material portion of the Exchange's ORF Regulatory Costs. As 
noted above, the ORF is designed to recover a material portion, but not 
all, of the Exchange's ORF Regulatory Costs. Further, the Exchange 
believes the proposed fee change is reasonable because Customer 
transactions will be subject to a lower ORF than the rate that would 
otherwise be in effect on May 1, 2025.
    The Exchange had designed the ORF to generate ORF Regulatory 
Revenue that would be less than the amount of the Exchange's ORF 
Regulatory Costs to ensure that it, in combination with its other 
regulatory fees and fines, does not exceed ORF Regulatory Costs, which 
is consistent with the view of the Commission that regulatory fees be 
used for regulatory purposes and not to support the Exchange's business 
operations. As discussed above, however, after review of its ORF 
Regulatory Costs and ORF Regulatory Revenue, which includes revenues 
from ORF and other regulatory fees and fines, the Exchange determined 
that absent a reduction in ORF it may collect ORF Regulatory Revenue 
which would exceed its ORF Regulatory Costs. Indeed, the Exchange notes 
that when taking into account the potential that recent options volume 
persists, it estimates the ORF may generate ORF Regulatory Revenue that 
would cover more than the approximated Exchange's projected ORF 
Regulatory Costs due to fines. As such, the Exchange believes it's 
reasonable and appropriate to reduce the ORF amount from $0.0016 to 
$0.0014 per contract side.
    The Exchange also believes the proposed fee change is equitable and 
not unfairly discriminatory in that it is charged to all Participants 
on all their transactions that clear in the Customer range at OCC.\28\ 
The Exchange believes the ORF ensures fairness by assessing higher fees 
to those Participants that require more Exchange regulatory services 
based on the amount of Customer options business they conduct. 
Regulating Customer trading activity is much more labor intensive and 
requires greater expenditure of human and technical resources than 
regulating non-Customer trading activity, which tends to be more 
automated and less labor-intensive. For example, there are costs 
associated with main office and branch office examinations (e.g., staff 
expenses), as well as investigations into Customer complaints and the 
terminations of registered persons. As a result, the costs associated 
with administering the Customer component of the Exchange's overall 
regulatory program are materially higher than the costs associated with 
administering the non-Customer component of its regulatory program. 
Moreover, the Exchange notes that it has broad regulatory 
responsibilities with respect to activities of its Participants, a 
small portion of which takes place on away exchanges. Indeed, the 
Exchange cannot effectively review for such conduct without looking at 
and evaluating activity regardless of where it transpires. In addition 
to its own surveillance programs, the Exchange also works with other 
SROs and exchanges on intermarket surveillance related issues. Through 
its participation in the Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') \29\ 
the Exchange shares information and coordinates inquiries and 
investigations with other exchanges designed to address potential 
intermarket manipulation and trading abuses. Accordingly, there is a 
strong nexus between the ORF and the Exchange's regulatory activities 
with respect to Customer trading activity of its Participants.
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    \28\ If the OCC clearing member is a NOM Participant, ORF will 
be assessed and collected on all cleared Customer contracts (after 
adjustment for CMTA); and (2) if the OCC clearing member is not a 
NOM Participant, ORF will be collected only on the cleared Customer 
contracts executed at NOM, taking into account any CMTA instructions 
which may result in collecting the ORF from a non-member.
    \29\ ISG is an industry organizaion formed in 1983 to coordinate 
intermarket surveillance among the self-regulatory organizations by 
cooperatively sharing regulatory information pursuant to a written 
agreement beween the parties. The goal of the ISG's information 
sharing is to coordinate regulatory efforts to address potential 
intermarket trading abuses and manipulations.
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    The Exchange's proposal to discontinue its June 2025 ORF is 
reasonable because it has come to light that certain information 
necessary for billing of ORF would not be available later in 2025. In 
light of this information, the Exchange has been re-evaluating its ORF 
model and plans to revamp the current process of assessing and 
collecting ORF, which would be subject to, and described further in, a 
future rule filing. Particularly, the Exchange anticipates moving to a 
modified ORF model in which ORF would only be assessed to on-exchange 
transactions and would continue to be assessed only to customers. At 
this this time, the Exchange expects to continue assessing ORF as it 
does today and will

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continue to ensure that ORF Regulatory Revenue, in combination with its 
other regulatory fees and fines, does not exceed Options Regulatory 
Cost. The Exchange's proposal to discontinue its June 2025 ORF is 
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory as the proposal would not 
apply to any Participant.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. This proposal does not create 
an unnecessary or inappropriate intra-market burden on competition 
because ORF applies to all customer activity, thereby raising ORF 
Regulatory Revenue to offset Options Regulatory Cost. It also 
supplements the regulatory revenue derived from non-customer activity. 
The Exchange notes, however, the proposed change is not designed to 
address any competitive issues. Indeed, this proposal does not create 
an unnecessary or inappropriate inter-market burden on competition 
because it is a regulatory fee that supports regulation in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange is obligated to ensure that 
the amount of ORF Regulatory Revenue collected from the ORF, in 
combinations with its other regulatory fees and fines, does not exceed 
Options Regulatory Cost.
    Further, no Participant would be subject to the June 2025 ORF as a 
result of this proposal.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were either solicited or received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \30\ and paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b-4 \31\ 
thereunder.
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    \30\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \31\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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.

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

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdcfc8d1d890ded2d0d0d8d3c9cefdced8de93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6715120b024a04080a0a020913142714020449000811">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-NASDAQ-2025-035 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    <bullet> 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-NASDAQ-2025-035. 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 (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>). 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. 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-NASDAQ-2025-035 and should 
be submitted on or before June 4, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\32\
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    \32\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(2)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-08456 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
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