Notice2025-23670

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Emerald, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the MIAX Emerald Options Exchange Fee Schedule

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60193-60196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-104445; File No. SR-EMERALD-2025-22]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Emerald, LLC; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the 
MIAX Emerald Options Exchange Fee Schedule

December 18, 2025.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on December 10, 2025, MIAX Emerald, LLC (``MIAX Emerald'' or 
``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 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 amend the MIAX Emerald Options Exchange 
Fee Schedule (the ``Fee Schedule'') to establish alternative Simple 
Maker (as defined below) rebates for options transactions in Penny 
classes and non-Penny classes (as defined below) in Tier 4 for executed 
Priority Customer \3\ orders when the contra-side is an Affiliated \4\ 
Market Maker \5\ and certain volume thresholds are met.
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    \3\ ``Priority Customer'' means a person or entity that (i) is 
not a broker or dealer in securities, and (ii) does not place more 
than 390 orders in listed options per day on average during a 
calendar month for its own beneficial account(s). The number of 
orders shall be counted in accordance with Interpretation and Policy 
.01 of Exchange Rule 100. See the Definitions section of the Fee 
Schedule and Exchange Rule 100, including Interpretation and Policy 
.01.
    \4\ ``Affiliate'' means (i) an affiliate of a Member of at least 
75% common ownership between the firms as reflected on each firm's 
Form BD, Schedule A, or (ii) the Appointed Market Maker of an 
Appointed EEM (or, conversely, the Appointed EEM of an Appointed 
Market Maker). An ``Appointed Market Maker'' is a MIAX Emerald 
Market Maker (who does not otherwise have a corporate affiliation 
based upon common ownership with an EEM) that has been appointed by 
an EEM and an ``Appointed EEM'' is an EEM (who does not otherwise 
have a corporate affiliation based upon common ownership with a MIAX 
Emerald Market Maker) that has been appointed by a MIAX Emerald 
Market Maker, pursuant to the following process. A MIAX Emerald 
Market Maker appoints an EEM and an EEM appoints a MIAX Emerald 
Market Maker, for the purposes of the Fee Schedule, by each 
completing and sending an executed Volume Aggregation Request Form 
by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#107d757d72756263787960507d797168777c7f72717c3e737f7d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69040c040b0c1b1a01001929040008110e05060b0805470a0604">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> no later than 2 business days 
prior to the first business day of the month in which the 
designation is to become effective. Transmittal of a validly 
completed and executed form to the Exchange along with the 
Exchange's acknowledgement of the effective designation to each of 
the Market Maker and EEM will be viewed as acceptance of the 
appointment. The Exchange will only recognize one designation per 
Member. A Member may make a designation not more than once every 12 
months (from the date of its most recent designation), which 
designation shall remain in effect unless or until the Exchange 
receives written notice submitted 2 business days prior to the first 
business day of the month from either Member indicating that the 
appointment has been terminated. Designations will become operative 
on the first business day of the effective month and may not be 
terminated prior to the end of the month. Execution data and reports 
will be provided to both parties. See the Definitions Section of the 
Fee Schedule.
    \5\ ``Market Maker'' refers to ``Lead Market Maker'' (``LMM''), 
``Primary Lead Market Maker'' (``PLMM'') and ``Registered Market 
Maker'' (``RMM''), collectively. See the Definitions Section of the 
Fee Schedule and Exchange Rule 100.
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    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
website at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/miax-options/rule-filings">https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/miax-options/rule-filings</a>, and at the Exchange's principal office.

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
    The Exchange proposes to amend Section 1)a)i) of the Fee Schedule 
to establish alternative Simple Maker (as defined below) rebates for 
options transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny classes (as defined 
below) in Tier 4 for executed Priority Customer orders when the contra-
side is an Affiliated Market Maker and certain volume thresholds are 
met. The Exchange initially filed this proposal on December 1, 2025 
(SR-EMERALD-2025-19). On December 10, 2025, the Exchange withdrew SR-
EMERALD-2025-19 and refiled this proposed rule change.
Background
    The Exchange currently provides transaction rebates and assesses 
transaction fees to all market participants based upon a threshold tier 
structure (``Tier'') that is applicable to all transactions. Tiers are 
determined on a monthly basis and are based on three alternative volume 
calculation methods, as described in Section 1)a)ii) of the Fee 
Schedule.\6\ Each method is calculated based on the total monthly sides 
executed by the Member \7\ in all options classes on MIAX Emerald in 
the relevant origin(s) and/or applicable liquidity (i.e., Priority 
Customer Maker), not including Excluded Contracts,\8\ (as the 
numerator) expressed as a percentage of (divided by) Customer Total 
Consolidated Volume (``CTCV'') \9\

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(as the denominator). The per contract transaction rebates and fees 
shall be applied retroactively to all eligible volume once the Tier has 
been reached by the Member. The Exchange aggregates the volume of 
Members and their Affiliates in the Tiers. Members that place resting 
liquidity, i.e., orders on the MIAX Emerald System, will be assessed 
the specified ``maker'' rebate or fee (each a ``Maker'') and Members 
that execute against resting liquidity will be assessed the specified 
``taker'' fee or rebate (each a ``Taker''). Members are also assessed 
lower transaction fees and provided lower rebates for order executions 
in standard option classes in the Penny Interval Program \10\ (``Penny 
classes'') than for order executions in standard option classes which 
are not in the Penny Interval Program (``non-Penny classes''), for 
which Members will be assessed higher transaction fees and receive 
higher rebates.
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    \6\ The three alternative volume calculation methods are as 
follows. Method 1 is calculated by total Member sides volume as a 
percentage of CTCV. Method 2 is calculated by total MIAX Emerald 
Market Maker sides volume as a percentage of CTCV. Method 3 is 
calculated by total Priority Customer, Maker sides volume as a 
percentage of CTCV. See Fee Schedule, Section 1)a)ii) (also 
providing the volume threshold percentages for Tiers 1-4 for each 
volume calculation method). The Tier applied for a Member and its 
Affiliates' Priority Customer origin will solely be determined by 
Method 3. The Tier applied for a Member and its Affiliates' Market 
Maker and other professional origins (non-MIAX Emerald Market Maker, 
Firm Proprietary/Broker-Dealer, and Non-Priority Customer) will be 
the highest Tier achieved among the three alternative calculation 
methods. Id.
    \7\ ``Member'' means an individual or organization approved to 
exercise the trading rights associated with a Trading Permit. 
Members are deemed ``members'' under the Exchange Act. See the 
Definitions section of the Fee Schedule and Exchange Rule 100.
    \8\ ``Excluded Contracts'' means any contracts routed to an away 
market for execution. See the Definitions Section of the Fee 
Schedule.
    \9\ ``CTCV'' means Customer Total Consolidated Volume calculated 
as the total national volume cleared at The Options Clearing 
Corporation in the Customer range in those classes listed on MIAX 
Emerald for the month for which fees apply, excluding volume cleared 
at the Options Clearing Corporation in the Customer range executed 
during the period of time in which the Exchange experiences an 
Exchange System Disruption (solely in the option classes of the 
affected Matching Engine). The term ``Exchange System Disruption'' 
means an outage of a Matching Engine or collective Matching Engines 
for a period of two consecutive hour or more, during trading hours. 
See the Definitions Section of the Fee Schedule.
    \10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88993 (June 2, 
2020), 85 FR 35145 (June 8, 2020) (SR-EMERALD-2020-05) (Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To 
Amend Exchange Rule 510, Minimum Price Variations and Minimum 
Trading Increments, To Conform the Rule to Section 3.1 of the Plan 
for the Purpose of Developing and Implementing Procedures Designed 
To Facilitate the Listing and Trading of Standardized Options).
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Proposal
    The Exchange proposes to establish alternative Simple Maker rebates 
for options transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny classes in Tier 
4 for executed Priority Customer orders when the contra-side is an 
Affiliated Market Maker and certain volume thresholds are met. 
Currently, the Exchange provides Simple Maker rebates of ($0.53) and 
($1.05) for options transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny classes 
in Tier 4, respectively, for executed Priority Customer orders when the 
contra-side is not an Affiliated Market Maker. The Exchange provides 
reduced Simple Maker rebates of ($0.37) and ($0.85) for options 
transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny classes in Tier 4, 
respectively, for executed Priority Customer orders when the contra-
side is an Affiliated Market Maker. The reduced Simple Maker rebate for 
Penny classes is denoted by footnote ``[msqu]'' and the reduced Simple 
Maker rebate for non-Penny classes is denoted by footnote ``[mshbox]'' 
following the tables of transaction fees and rebates in Section 1)a)i) 
of the Fee Schedule.
    The Exchange proposes to establish the following alternative Simple 
Maker rebates for options transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny 
classes in Tier 4 for executed Priority Customer orders when the 
contra-side is an Affiliated Market Maker and the Member achieves 
certain volume thresholds. In particular, the Exchange proposes to add 
the following sentence to footnote ``[msqu]'': \11\
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    \11\ The Exchange notes that references to ``total Market Maker 
sides volume'' in the proposed new text includes aggregated volume 
of the Member and its Affiliates. See Fee Schedule, Section 1)a)ii) 
(explanatory paragraph below the table of `Tiers and their 
Application').
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    When the contra is an Affiliated Market Maker and the Member has 
achieved above 0.90% of total Market Maker sides volume and above 0.60% 
of total Priority Customer, Maker sides volume, both thresholds as a 
percentage of CTCV, this Maker rebate for executed Priority Customer 
Simple Orders will be ($0.49).
    The Exchange also proposes to add the following sentence to 
footnote ``[mshbox]'':
    When the contra is an Affiliated Market Maker and the Member has 
achieved above 0.90% of total Market Maker sides volume and above 0.60% 
of total Priority Customer, Maker sides volume, both thresholds as a 
percentage of CTCV, this Maker rebate for executed Priority Customer 
Simple Orders will be ($0.95).\12\
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    \12\ In the initial version of this proposal (SR-EMERALD-2025-
19), the Exchange used the term ``at least'' when referring to the 
minimum alternative volume thresholds that Members would be required 
to meet (i.e., at least 0.90% of total Market Maker sides volume and 
at least 0.60% of total Priority Customer, Maker sides volume). The 
Exchange notes that the term ``at least'' was inadvertently used 
when the correct term ``above'' should have been used when referring 
to the minimum alternative volume thresholds that Members would be 
required to meet (i.e., above 0.90% of total Market Maker sides 
volume and above 0.60% of total Priority Customer, Maker sides 
volume). These changes were made to the Exhibit 5 for this filing. 
The Exchange notes that these proposed changes do not impact any 
Member that has met the alternative Simple Maker rebates described 
herein at the time of this refiling.
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    The purpose of the proposed changes is for business and competitive 
reasons in order to attract additional Priority Customer volume. The 
Exchange believes that this may, in turn, encourage Members to submit 
more Priority Customer orders, leading to increased liquidity on the 
Exchange to the benefit of all market participants by providing more 
trading opportunities and tighter spreads. The proposed changes may 
also provide an incentive for Market Makers to interact with more 
Priority Customer liquidity in Penny and non-Penny classes, thereby 
promoting price discovery and contributing to a deeper and more liquid 
market, which benefits all market participants and enhances the 
attractiveness of the Exchange as a trading venue. The Exchange also 
notes that other equity options exchanges provide for different pricing 
dependent upon whether the executing buyer and seller are the same 
market participant, have some form of common ownership, and/or based 
upon certain volume thresholds in different segments.\13\
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    \13\ See NYSE Arca, Inc. Options Fees and Charges, page 11, 
available at <a href="https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/arca-options/NYSE_Arca_Options_Fee_Schedule.pdf">https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/markets/arca-options/NYSE_Arca_Options_Fee_Schedule.pdf</a> (providing a reduced 
taker fee of $0.03 or $0.02 for Professional Customers and non-
Customers removing liquidity that execute at least 0.80% of TCADV 
from Customer posted interest in all issues, plus executed ADV of 
0.30% ADV of U.S. equity market share posted and executed on the 
equity market of NYSE Arca; however, the $0.03 discount only applies 
when the executing buyer and seller are the same OTP Holder or OTP 
Firm or an Affiliate or Appointed OFP or Appointed MM of that OTP 
Holder or OTP Firm); see also Nasdaq ISE, Options 7: Pricing 
Schedule, Section 4, Maker and Taker Fees section, footnote 3, 
available at <a href="https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/ise/rules/ISE%20Options%207">https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/ise/rules/ISE%20Options%207</a> (providing reduced Taker fee in select symbols for 
all origins other than Priority Customer when executed against 
Priority Customer Complex Orders in Select Symbols entered by an 
Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity, excluding Complex Orders 
executed in the Nasdaq ISE Facilitation Mechanism, Solicited Order 
Mechanism, and Price Improvement Mechanism).
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Implementation
    The proposed changes are immediately effective.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend the Fee Schedule 
is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act \14\ in general, and 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\15\ in that it 
is an equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges 
among Exchange Members and issuers and other persons using its 
facilities, and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\16\ in that it is designed to 
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just 
and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and 
coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in 
securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of a 
free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1) and (b)(5).
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    The Commission has repeatedly expressed its preference for 
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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.'' \17\
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    \17\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 
2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005).
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    There are currently 18 registered options exchanges competing for 
order flow. Based on publicly-available information, and excluding 
index-based options, no single exchange had more than approximately 
10.28% of the multiply-listed equity options market share for the month 
of October 2025.\18\ Therefore, no exchange possesses significant 
pricing power. More specifically, the Exchange had a market share of 
approximately 3.26% of executed volume of multiply-listed equity 
options for the month of October 2025.\19\ The Exchange believes that 
the ever-shifting market share among the exchanges from month to month 
demonstrates that market participants can discontinue or reduce use of 
certain categories of products and services, terminate an existing 
membership or determine to not become a new member, and/or shift order 
flow, in response to transaction fee changes.
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    \18\ See the ``Market Share'' section of the Exchange's website, 
available at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/">https://www.miaxglobal.com/</a>.
    \19\ See id.
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    The Exchange believes its proposal to establish alternative Simple 
Maker rebates for options transactions in Penny classes and non-Penny 
classes in Tier 4 for executed Priority Customer orders when the 
contra-side is an Affiliated Market Maker and certain volume thresholds 
are met is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly discriminatory. The 
Exchange believes the changes are reasonable because they may attract 
additional Priority Customer volume to the Exchange, which may, in 
turn, encourage Members to submit more Priority Customer orders, 
leading to increased liquidity on the Exchange to the benefit of all 
market participants by providing more trading opportunities and tighter 
spreads. The Exchange further believes the proposed changes are 
reasonable because they may provide an incentive for Market Makers to 
interact with more Priority Customer liquidity in Penny and non-Penny 
classes, thereby promoting price discovery and contributing to a deeper 
and more liquid market, which benefits all market participants and 
enhances the attractiveness of the Exchange as a trading venue. The 
Exchange also notes that other equity options exchanges provide for 
different pricing dependent upon whether the executing buyer and seller 
are the same market participant, have some form of common ownership, 
and/or based upon certain volume thresholds in different segments. 
Accordingly, the Exchange believes the proposal is reasonable as other 
exchanges offer similar pricing structures.\20\
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    \20\ See supa note 13.
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    The Exchange believes the proposal is equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory because all similarly situated market participants in 
the same origin type are subject to the same tiered Maker rebates and 
Taker fees and access to the Exchange is offered on terms that are not 
unfairly discriminatory. The Exchange believes it is equitably 
allocated and not unfairly discriminatory to provide the proposed 
alternative rebates for Priority Customer orders when the contra-side 
is an Affiliated Market Maker and certain volume thresholds are met in 
order to incentivize Market Makers to increase their participation in 
all options to the benefit of the entire market, which may increase 
order flow sent to the Exchange, benefiting all market participants 
through increased participation, leading to tighter markets and order 
interaction.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed volume thresholds for the 
alternative Simple Maker rebates for options transactions in Penny 
classes and non-Penny classes in Tier 4 for executed Priority Customer 
orders when the contra-side is an Affiliated Market Maker are 
reasonable for business and competitive reasons. The Exchange believes 
the proposed volume thresholds are reasonable, equitably allocated and 
not unfairly discriminatory because the thresholds should encourage 
Members to increase Priority Customer liquidity and Market Maker order 
interaction, which may increase order flow sent to the Exchange, 
benefiting all market participants through increased liquidity, tighter 
markets and order interaction.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule changes will 
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Intra-Market Competition
    The Exchange does not believe that any of the proposed changes will 
impose any burden on intra-market competition. Instead, the Exchange 
believes the proposed changes will promote competition because they 
will further incentivize Priority Customer orders to the Exchange. The 
Exchange believes that this may, in turn, encourage Members to submit 
more Priority Customer orders, leading to increased liquidity on the 
Exchange to the benefit of all market participants by providing more 
trading opportunities and tighter spreads.
Inter-Market Competition
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed changes will impose 
any burden on inter-market competition and the Exchange notes that it 
operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants 
can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a 
particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at 
other venues to be more favorable. There are currently 18 registered 
options exchanges competing for order flow. Based on publicly-available 
information, and excluding index-based options, no single exchange had 
more than approximately 10.28% of the multiply-listed equity options 
market share for the month of October 2025.\21\ Therefore, no exchange 
possesses significant pricing power. More specifically, the Exchange 
had a market share of approximately 3.26% of executed volume of 
multiply-listed equity options for the month of October 2025.\22\
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    \21\ See supra note 18.
    \22\ See id.
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    In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its 
rebates and tiers to remain competitive with other options exchanges. 
Because competitors are free to modify their own fees and tiers in 
response, and because market participants may readily adjust their 
order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to which 
fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition is 
extremely limited. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes 
reflect this competitive environment because they modify the Exchange's 
rebates in a manner that encourages market participants to continue to 
provide liquidity and to send order flow to the Exchange.

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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)(ii) of the Act,\23\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \24\ thereunder. 
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 shall institute proceedings to determine whether 
the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
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    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \24\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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

    <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#d8aaadb4bdf5bbb7b5b5bdb6acab98abbdbbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2d2a333a723c3032323a312b2c1f2c3a3c71383029">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-EMERALD-2025-22 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-EMERALD-2025-22. 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 filing 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-EMERALD-2025-22 and should be submitted 
on or before January 13, 2026.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\25\
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    \25\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-23670 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
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