Notice2026-06042

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Sapphire, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange Fee Schedule for Non-Transaction Fee Waivers

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15647-15654]
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. 34-105078; File No. SR-SAPPHIRE-2026-11]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Sapphire, LLC; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
the MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange Fee Schedule for Non-Transaction Fee 
Waivers

March 25, 2026.
    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 March 18, 2026, MIAX Sapphire, LLC (``MIAX Sapphire'' or 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') a 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 is filing a proposal to amend the MIAX Sapphire 
Options Exchange Fee Schedule (the ``Fee Schedule'') to update certain 
non-transaction fee waivers and remove text regarding fee waivers that 
expired at the end of February 2026.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
website at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/all-options-exchanges/rule-filings">https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/all-options-exchanges/rule-filings</a>, and at MIAX Sapphire'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 commenced Trading Floor \3\ operations in September 
2025.\4\ Ahead of the launch of the Trading Floor for equity options 
trading, the Exchange filed to amend the Fee Schedule to establish 
Section 9, Trading Floor Non-Transaction Fees, and the following 
subsections, including fee structures and amounts: (1) one-time

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application and initiation fees; (2) participant fees; (3) Trading 
Permit \5\ fees; (4) desk and badge fees; (5) remote services fees; (6) 
shipping and storage fee; and (7) data center hosting fees.\6\ In that 
filing, the Exchange waived certain non-transaction fees for the 
Initial Waiver Period \7\ in order to attract Trading Floor membership 
and compete for order flow. In particular, the Exchange waived the 
following fees for the Initial Waiver Period: (1) one-time application 
and initiation fees; (2) participant fees; (3) desk and badge fees; and 
(4) data center hosting fees.\8\ The Exchange also waived Trading 
Permit fees for each Floor Broker \9\ (on a per-firm basis) or Floor 
Market Maker \10\ that executed at least 100 contracts average daily 
volume (``ADV'') in Qualified Floor Orders (``QFOs'') \11\ and Complex 
Qualified Floor Orders (``cQFOs'') \12\ in each relevant month 
throughout September, October, November and December 2025, and January 
and February 2026.\13\ Since the Exchange launched Trading Floor 
operations in mid-September 2025, the Initial Waiver Period 
automatically expired at the end of February 2026 (i.e., the initial 
effectiveness of the fees, which were filed mid-September,\14\ plus 
five full calendar months thereafter). The Exchange now proposes to 
amend the Fee Schedule to update certain Trading Floor non-transaction 
fee waivers and remove text regarding the Initial Waiver Period, which 
automatically expired at the end of February 2026.
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    \3\ The terms ``Trading Floor'' or ``Floor'' means the physical 
trading floor of the Exchange located in Miami, Florida. The Trading 
Floor shall consist of one ``Crowd Area'' or ``Pit'' where Floor 
Participants will be located and option contracts will be traded. 
The Crowd Area or Pit shall be marked with specific visible 
boundaries on the Trading Floor, as determined by the Exchange. A 
Floor Broker must represent all orders in an ``open outcry'' fashion 
in the Crowd Area. See the Definitions section of the Fee Schedule 
and Exchange Rule 100.
    \4\ See News Alert, MIAX Sapphire, Miami International Holdings 
Launches Next-Generation Options Trading Floor in Miami, dated 
September 16, 2025, available at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2025/09/16/miami-international-holdings-launches-next-generation-options-trading-floor">https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2025/09/16/miami-international-holdings-launches-next-generation-options-trading-floor</a>.
    \5\ The term ``Trading Permit'' means a permit issued by the 
Exchange that confers the ability to transact on the Exchange. See 
Exchange Rule 100.
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104002 (September 
18, 2025), 90 FR 45840 (September 23, 2025) (SR-SAPPHIRE-2025-37).
    \7\ The term ``Initial Waiver Period'' means, for each 
applicable fee, the period of time from the initial effectiveness of 
the fee for the remainder of the partial month once the Trading 
Floor begins to operate, plus an additional five (5) full calendar 
months after the completion of the partial month, if applicable, of 
the launch of Trading Floor operations. See the Definitions section 
of the Fee Schedule.
    \8\ See supra note 6.
    \9\ A Floor Broker is an individual who is registered with the 
Exchange for the purpose, while on the Trading/Floor, of accepting 
and handling options orders. A Floor Broker must be registered as a 
Floor Participant prior to registering as a Floor Broker. A Floor 
Broker may take into his own account, and subsequently liquidate, 
any position that results from an error made while attempting to 
execute, as Floor Broker, an order. See Exchange Rule 2015.
    \10\ A Floor Market Maker is a Floor Participant of the Exchange 
located on the Trading Floor who has received permission from the 
Exchange to trade in options for his own account. See Exchange Rule 
2105(b).
    \11\ See Exchange Rule 2040.
    \12\ See id.
    \13\ See supra note 6.
    \14\ See supra note 6.
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    The Exchange initially filed this proposal on February 27, 
2026.\15\ On March 18, 2026, the Exchange withdrew SR-SAPPHIRE-2026-09 
and refiled this proposal.\16\
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    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104967 (March 11, 
2026), 91 FR 12637 (March 16, 2026) (SR-SAPPHIRE-2026-09).
    \16\ The Exchange notes that certain references to the Initial 
Waiver Period being ``set to expire'' have been updated in this 
filing to reflect the fact that the Initial Waiver Period expired at 
the end of February 2026.
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Definitions Section
    First, the Exchange proposes to amend the Definitions section of 
the Fee Schedule to delete the term ``Initial Waiver Period'' as the 
Initial Waiver Period automatically expired at the end of February 
2026. Pursuant to this filing, the Exchange plans to update certain 
non-transaction fee waivers with respect to certain Floor Participants; 
\17\ however, the nature and extent of the proposed fee waivers will 
vary by the type of fee and type of member. The Exchange will identify 
the updated fee waiver, if applicable, in each relevant section of the 
Fee Schedule. Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to delete the term 
``Initial Waiver Period'' from the Definitions section of the Fee 
Schedule to provide clarity to market participants that effective March 
1, 2026, that particular fee waiver expired and certain Trading Floor 
non-transaction fees will now be assessed as originally provided for in 
the Exchange's initial non-transaction fee filing.\18\
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    \17\ The term ``Floor Participant'' means Floor Brokers as 
defined in Rule 2015 and Floor Market Makers as defined in Rule 
2105(b). See Exchange Rule 100.
    \18\ See supra note 6.
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Application and Initiation Fee (One-Time)
    Next, the Exchange proposes to amend Section 9)a) of the Fee 
Schedule to update the fee waiver for the one-time application and 
initiation fee. The one-time application and initiation fee for Floor 
Brokers and Floor Market Makers was waived for the Initial Waiver 
Period. The Exchange now proposes to remove the reference to Initial 
Waiver Period and insert text to specify that the one-time application 
and initiation fee will be waived for new Floor Broker applications 
beginning March 1, 2026. Since the application and initiation fee will 
be assessed on an individual basis (i.e., per Floor Broker or per Floor 
Market Maker), firms that already have active Floor Brokers on the 
Trading Floor will be able to have additional individuals apply for 
Floor Broker status and have the application and initiation fee waived 
along with new firms that do not currently have active Floor Brokers on 
the Trading Floor. With the proposed changes, consistent with the 
existing Fee Schedule, all new Floor Market Maker applications will be 
assessed the $2,000 one-time application and initiation fee. The 
Exchange will continue to assess the one time application and 
initiation fee per Floor Market Maker on the earlier of (i) the date 
the applicant is certified in the membership system, (ii) provided 
access to the Trading Floor and/or Trading Floor data center, or (iii) 
once an application for Trading Floor membership is finally denied.\19\
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    \19\ See Fee Schedule, Section 9)a).
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    The purpose of waiving this fee for all new Floor Broker 
applications is to continue to provide an incentive for market 
participants interested in becoming Floor Brokers to submit 
applications and become Floor Brokers sooner, which may result in 
increased order flow and liquidity to the benefit of all Floor 
Participants. Since the Exchange launched Trading Floor operations, all 
current Floor Broker and Floor Market Maker application and initiation 
fees were waived. Waiving certain fees is how exchanges have 
historically attracted membership and competed for order flow soon 
after launching operations.\20\ Even though the Exchange proposes to 
waive these particular one-time fees for new Floor Broker applications, 
the overall structure of the fee and amount is already outlined in the 
Fee Schedule so that there is general awareness that the Exchange 
intends to assess such fees for Floor Broker applications in the 
future.
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    \20\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 104002 
(September 18, 2025), 90 FR 45840 (September 23, 2025) (SR-SAPPHIRE-
2025-37) (waiving application and initiation fees, participant fees, 
trading permit fees, desk and badge fees, and data center hosting 
fees for an initial waiver period in order to attract membership and 
order flow upon launching trading floor operations); 100752 (August 
16, 2024), 89 FR 67986 (August 22, 2024) (SR-SAPPHIRE-2024-20) 
(waiving one-time membership application fees, among others, for the 
Exchange's electronic equity options trading platform for an initial 
waiver period in order to attract membership and order flow upon 
launching operations); 85393 (March 21, 2019), 84 FR 11599 (March 
27, 2019) (SR-EMERALD-2019-15) (waiving one-time membership 
application fees, trading permit fees, and testing and certification 
fees, among others, for an initial waiver period in order to attract 
membership and order flow upon launching operations); and 97893 
(July 13, 2023), 88 FR 46285 (July 19, 2023) (SR-MEMX-2023-13) 
(waiving membership fees for an initial waiver period of 
approximately six months upon launch of MEMX's options exchange).
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Participant Fees
    The Exchange proposes to amend Section 9)b) of the Fee Schedule to

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update the fee waiver for participant fees. The participant fee for 
Floor Brokers (to be assessed on a per-firm basis) and Floor Market 
Makers (to be assessed on a per-firm basis) was waived for the Initial 
Waiver Period. The Exchange now proposes to remove the reference to 
Initial Waiver Period and insert text to specify that for new Floor 
Brokers (on a per-firm basis), the participant fee will be waived for 
the initial partial month plus an additional three (3) full calendar 
months thereafter once the Floor Broker maintains a physical presence 
on the Trading Floor (i.e., the Floor Broker is certified in the 
membership system, provided access to the Trading Floor, and has a 
designated desk to be able to begin trading operations).\21\ With the 
proposed changes, current firms with Floor Brokers or Floor Market 
Makers will begin being assessed the monthly fee of $1,250 (on a per-
firm basis) effective for March 2026.\22\ As proposed, any new firms 
that do not have a registered Floor Broker on the Trading Floor will 
have their participant fee waived for the initial partial month (i.e., 
after the first day of the month) plus three (3) full calendar months 
thereafter once the Floor Broker maintains a physical presence on the 
Trading Floor. Any new Floor Market Makers (firm) that become 
registered as such after March 1, 2026 will be assessed the monthly 
participant fee of $1,250 (on a per-firm basis).
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    \21\ The Exchange proposes to update the language in the table 
in Section 9)b) of the Fee Schedule to make it clearer that the 
participant fee is assessed on a per-firm basis to both Floor 
Brokers (upon expiration of the proposed new fee waiver) and Floor 
Market Makers.
    \22\ See Fee Schedule, Section 9)b).
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    The purpose of waiving this fee for all new firms that register and 
have Floor Brokers with an active presence on the Trading Floor is to 
continue to provide an incentive for market participants interested in 
becoming Floor Brokers to submit applications and begin Floor Broker 
operations, which may result in increased order flow and liquidity to 
the benefit of all Floor Participants. Since the Exchange launched 
Trading Floor operations, all current firms with Floor Brokers or Floor 
Market Makers had their monthly participant fees waived. Waiving 
certain fees is how exchanges have historically attracted membership 
and competed for order flow soon after launching operations.\23\ Even 
though the Exchange proposes to waive these particular fees for new 
firms that register Floor Brokers, the overall structure of the fees 
and amounts is already outlined in the Fee Schedule so that there is 
general awareness that the Exchange will assess such fees to Floor 
Brokers (on a per-firm basis) upon the expiration of the defined term 
of this particular fee waiver, which is based upon the date that a new 
firm has a Floor Broker with a physical presence on the Trading Floor.
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    \23\ See supra note 20.
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Trading Permit Fees
    The Exchange proposes to amend Section 9)c) of the Fee Schedule to 
update the fee waiver for Trading Permit fees. Since the Exchange 
launched Trading Floor operations, the monthly Trading Permit fees for 
Floor Brokers (on a per-firm basis) and Floor Market Makers were waived 
if the Floor Broker (on a per-firm basis) or Floor Market Maker 
executed at least 100 contracts ADV in QFOs or cQFOs, as the case may 
be, in each relevant month throughout September, October, November and 
December 2025, as well as January and February 2026.
    The Exchange now proposes to remove the references to Initial 
Waiver Period, the text regarding certain months in 2025 and 2026, and 
Floor Market Maker fee waivers. The Exchange proposes to insert text to 
specify that for registered Floor Brokers as of February 28, 2026, the 
monthly Trading Permit fee will be waived if the Floor Broker (on a 
per-firm basis) executes at least 100 contracts ADV in QFOs or cQFOs in 
each relevant month thereafter, with no defined sunset for this 
particular fee waiver.\24\ The purpose of this conditional fee waiver 
is to continue to provide a low enough volume threshold that most, if 
not all, current Floor Brokers should be able to achieve in order to 
have their monthly Trading Permit fees waived, while also promoting 
order flow and liquidity as the Trading Floor operations continue to 
ramp up. The Exchange proposes that for new firms that register Floor 
Brokers beginning March 1, 2026 or later, the monthly Trading Permit 
fee will be waived for the initial partial month the Floor Broker 
becomes registered with the Exchange and the three (3) full calendar 
months thereafter, with no volume requirement attached to the fee 
waiver for new Floor Brokers during that particular period. Further, 
the Exchange proposes to specify that for new firms that register Floor 
Brokers beginning March 1, 2026 or later, upon the expiration of the 
monthly Trading Permit fee waiver for the initial partial month and 
three (3) full calendar months after initial registration (as proposed 
in the immediately preceding sentence), the Exchange will continue to 
waive the monthly Trading Permit fee if the Floor Broker (on a per-firm 
basis) executes at least 100 contracts ADV in QFOs or cQFOs in each 
relevant month thereafter.
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    \24\ The Exchange proposes to update the language in the table 
in Section 9)c) of the Fee Schedule to make it clearer that the 
Trading Permit fee for Floor Brokers will be assessed on a per-firm 
basis (upon expiration of the proposed fee waiver for new Floor 
Brokers or in the event that a current Floor Broker does not meet 
the ADV requirement in a particular month).
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    The purpose of this proposal is to incentivize market participants 
that are not Floor Participants to apply and become registered with the 
Exchange and begin Floor Broker operations, which should promote 
additional order flow and liquidity, benefiting all current Floor 
Participants. With the proposed changes, all new and current Floor 
Market Makers (on an individual basis) will be assessed the $5,350 
monthly Trading Permit fee as stated in the Fee Schedule.\25\
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    \25\ See Fee Schedule, Section 9)c). As discussed in the 
Exchange's prior filing, the Exchange determined to charge Floor 
Brokers on a per firm basis but not Floor Market Makers because the 
Trading Floor is not an unlimited space. Each on-Floor person is 
required to have a desk, which physically takes up space. The 
Exchange determined to charge Floor Brokers on a per firm basis and 
allocate more space for Floor Brokers to encourage Floor Brokers to 
bring QFO and cQFO volume to the Trading Floor. The Exchange 
continues to believe this will encourage the role performed by Floor 
Brokers in facilitating the execution of orders on the Trading 
Floor, a function that the Exchange wishes to support for the 
benefit of all market participants. The Exchange continues to 
believe that this updated fee structure will incentivize Floor 
Broker liquidity while balancing and recognizing the importance of 
Floor Market Makers to make markets on the Exchange's Trading Floor 
and interact with the orders brought to the Trading Floor for 
execution by Floor Brokers. More liquidity should benefit all Floor 
Participants by providing more trading opportunities, offering a 
more competitive venue for order execution, thus improving market 
quality for all market participants. See Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 104002 (September 18, 2025), 90 FR 45840 (September 23, 
2025) (SR-SAPPHIRE-2025-37).
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    Waiving certain fees is how exchanges have historically attracted 
membership and competed for order flow soon after launching 
operations.\26\ The Exchange also believes that incentivizing order 
flow for certain market participants, like Floor Brokers, or reducing 
certain membership or trading permit fees, is historically how other 
exchanges have competed.\27\ Even though the Exchange proposes to waive 
these particular fees if a current Floor Broker achieves a certain ADV 
in the relevant month, as well as for new Floor Brokers regardless of 
ADV for the initial partial month and three full calendar months 
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the Exchange believes that it is appropriate to provide market 
participants with the overall structure of the fees by outlining the 
structure and amounts in the Fee Schedule so that there is general 
awareness that the Exchange intends to assess such fees. For current 
Floor Brokers, the Exchange would assess such fee if the ADV threshold 
is not met, as well as in the future for new firms with Floor Brokers 
upon the expiration of defined term of this particular fee waiver, 
which is based upon the date that the new Floor Broker becomes 
registered with the Exchange.
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    \26\ See supra note 20.
    \27\ See, e.g., BOX Fee Schedule, Section I.D., Trading Floor 
Participant Fees (providing that any Floor Broker that executes a 
trade on 50% or more of the trading days in a given month will 
receive a $5,000 trading floor credit).
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    The Exchange also proposes to amend Section 9)c) of the Fee 
Schedule to establish a fee for Floor Market Maker Alternates. The 
Exchange's Floor Participant Application provides several categories of 
permits that the applicant may choose from, which includes the 
following permit types: (a) Floor Broker, (b) Floor Market Maker, (c) 
Floor Broker Alternate, (d) Floor Market Maker Alternate, and (e) 
Clerk.\28\ The Floor Broker Alternate permit allows that designated 
individual to act as a substitute and fill in for the primary Floor 
Broker of the same firm when the primary Floor Broker is not active on 
the Trading Floor on a particular trading day or number of trading 
days. Similarly, the Floor Market Maker Alternate permit allows that 
designated individual to act as a substitute and fill in for the 
primary Floor Market Maker of the same firm when the primary Floor 
Market Maker is not active on the Trading Floor on a particular trading 
day or number of trading days.
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    \28\ See MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange Floor Participant 
Application, v1.9, Section 5 (modified 5/2025), available at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/miax_sapphire_floor_participant_application.pdf">https://www.miaxglobal.com/miax_sapphire_floor_participant_application.pdf</a>.
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    For example, if the primary Floor Market Maker is away on vacation 
or out of office due to illness, the Floor Market Maker Alternate would 
be able to substitute in for that primary Floor Market Maker and carry 
out its duties without incurring the monthly Trading Permit fee, desk 
fee or an additional badge fee. In particular, the Exchange proposes to 
assess a monthly fee of $500 per designated Floor Market Maker 
Alternate for firms that register and designate Floor Market Maker 
Alternates on the MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange Floor Participant 
Application. Further, the Exchange proposes to provide that the Floor 
Market Maker Alternate substitutes into the position of a registered 
Floor Market Maker for the specified trading days the registered Floor 
Market Maker is not on the Trading Floor and uses the desk(s) of the 
registered Floor Market Maker (i.e., they are not assessed a separate 
desk fee from the primary Floor Market Maker). The Exchange proposes to 
describe this fee under the Trading Permit fee table in Section 9)c) of 
the Fee Schedule.
    The purpose of this fee is to provide firms with a convenient means 
to substitute Floor Market Makers where the primary Floor Market Maker 
individual is unable to be active on the Trading Floor for any number 
of reasons, while balancing the interests of the Exchange to ensure 
that all active trading personnel are properly accounted for on each 
trading day. The Exchange notes that other exchanges with trading 
floors provide for similar fees for ``inactive'' or ``reserve'' 
participants.\29\ Although the Exchange's proposed monthly fee for 
Floor Market Maker Alternates appears to be higher than the similar fee 
charged by PHLX or NYSE American, the Exchange will not impose 
additional charges for a desk or badge for Floor Market Maker 
Alternates.
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    \29\ See Nasdaq PHLX LLC (``PHLX''), Options 7: Pricing 
Schedule, Section 8.A. (assessing an inactive nominee fee of $600 
for six months plus a ``clerk fee'' of $100 per month) and NYSE 
American LLC (``NYSE American'') Options Fee Schedule, Section 
III.A. (assessing a Reserve Floor Market Maker ATP monthly fee of 
$175 per ATP).
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Desk and Badge Fees
    The Exchange proposes to amend Section 9)d) of the Fee Schedule to 
remove text regarding the Initial Waiver Period. Currently, all 
registered on-Floor persons (i.e., Clerks \30\) employed by or 
associated with a Floor Market Maker or Floor Broker must have a desk 
and badge.\31\ The Exchange waived desk and badge fees for Trading 
Floor participants for the Initial Waiver Period.\32\ The Exchange now 
proposes to remove the reference to the Initial Waiver Period as the 
Initial Waiver Period automatically expired at the end of February 
2026. The Exchange originally waived these fees to encourage 
prospective Floor Participants to complete all necessary on-boarding 
requirements as close as possible to the launch of the Trading Floor 
(or sooner), which included selecting desk space, registering all on-
Floor personnel and acquiring badges. The Exchange believes the Initial 
Waiver Period for these fees accomplished this purpose; accordingly, 
the Exchange proposes to remove the text for the Initial Waiver Period 
from Section 9)d) of the Fee Schedule.
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    \30\ The term ``Clerk'' means any registered on-Floor person 
employed by or associated with a Floor Broker or Floor Market Maker 
and who is not eligible to effect transactions on the Trading Floor 
as a Floor Market Maker or Floor Broker. See Exchange Rule 2055(a).
    \31\ See Fee Schedule, Section 9)d).
    \32\ See supra note 6.
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    The Exchange also proposes to amend Section 9)d) of the Fee 
Schedule to add a clarifying sentence that the Exchange will assess the 
desk fee for each additional desk requested by a Floor Participant in 
excess of the desk allotment provided pursuant to Section 9)c) of the 
Fee Schedule (i.e., paying for a Trading Permit entitles a firm to 
receive an unlimited number of Trading Permits for its Floor Brokers 
where each Floor Broker will receive one Trading Permit, badge, and 
desk; and paying for a Trading Permit entitles each Floor Market Maker 
to receive one Trading Permit, badge and desk). The purpose of this 
change is to add clarity to the Fee Schedule and does not change the 
manner in which the Exchange will assess the desk fee as originally 
established.
Data Center Hosting Fees
    The Exchange proposes to amend Section 9)g) of the Fee Schedule to 
remove text regarding the Initial Waiver Period. The Exchange waived 
the data center hosting fees \33\ for Floor Participants for the 
Initial Waiver Period.\34\ The Exchange now proposes to remove the 
reference to the Initial Waiver Period as the Initial Waiver Period 
automatically expired at the end of February 2026. The Exchange 
originally waived these fees to incentivize market participants 
interested in becoming Floor Participants to set up their servers and 
network equipment in the 545Wyn Data Center prior to or near launch of 
the Trading Floor.
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    \33\ Located in the same building as the Trading Floor is a 
small data center provided by the Exchange solely to help support 
the trading activities of Floor Brokers and Floor Market Makers (the 
``545Wyn Data Center''). The data center hosting service does not 
provide dedicated or ``co-located'' access to the MIAX Sapphire 
trading system infrastructure, nor does it provide any access or 
other latency advantage for Floor Participants. Floor Brokers and 
Floor Market Makers may purchase dedicated space in the 545Wyn Data 
Center to install their firms' hardware and software necessary to 
support their Trading Floor activities. The 545Wyn Data Center is 
intended to provide a secure environment to facilitate communication 
between a firm's desk on the Trading Floor and their back-office 
(located outside of Miami) that will ultimately enter the QFO or 
cQFO that originated from the Trading Floor. The Exchange notes, 
however, that firms are not required to purchase space in the 545Wyn 
Data Center. A firm may use a separate service provider to route 
their messages from the Trading Floor to their back-office. See 
supra note 6.
    \34\ See supra note 6.
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    The Exchange believes the Initial Waiver Period for these fees 
accomplished this purpose; accordingly, the Exchange proposes to remove 
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text for the Initial Waiver Period from Section 9)g) of the Fee 
Schedule. With the proposed changes, effective March 1, 2026, the 
Exchange will begin to assess an initial one-time fee of $500 per 9-
rack \35\ unit bay setup and all current and new Floor Participants and 
non-Members the monthly fee of $1,500 per 9-rack unit bay for those 
that want to house servers and other network equipment in the 545Wyn 
Data Center.
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    \35\ A data center rack (also referred to as a ``cabinet'') is a 
vertical framework used to house and organize servers, network 
equipment and other IT hardware. See, generally, <a href="https://www.equinix.com/products/data-center-services/colocation/cages-cabinets">https://www.equinix.com/products/data-center-services/colocation/cages-cabinets</a> (last visited February 25, 2026).
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    On February 25, 2026, the Exchange issued an alert to announce the 
proposed updates and amendments to the Trading Floor non-transaction 
fee waivers.\36\
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    \36\ See Alert, MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange--Reminder for 
March 1, 2026 Trading Floor Non-Transaction Fee Waivers and Updates, 
available at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2026/02/25/miax-sapphire-options-exchange-reminder-march-1-2026-trading-floor-non">https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2026/02/25/miax-sapphire-options-exchange-reminder-march-1-2026-trading-floor-non</a>.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed changes are consistent with 
Section 6(b) of the Act \37\ in general, and furthers the objectives of 
Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \38\ in particular, in that the proposal 
provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and 
other charges among Floor Participants, non-Members and other persons 
using the Trading Floor or any facility or system thereof, which the 
Exchange operates or controls. The Exchange also believes the proposed 
changes further the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \39\ in 
that they are designed to 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 protect 
investors and the public interest and are not designed to permit unfair 
discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers and dealers.
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    \37\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \38\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
    \39\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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Definitions Section
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend the Definitions section 
of the Fee Schedule to delete the term ``Initial Waiver Period'' 
removes impediments to and perfects the mechanism of a free and open 
market because this change will remove text regarding Trading Floor 
non-transaction fee waivers from the Fee Schedule and provide clarity 
to market participants that the Exchange intends to assess such fees, 
unless otherwise provided for in the Fee Schedule. The Initial Waiver 
Period was established with an automatic sunset date, which was the end 
of February 2026. Accordingly, it is in the public interest for the Fee 
Schedule to be accurate and clear, which will be accomplished by 
removing expired fee waiver language.
Application and Initiation Fee (One-Time)
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend Section 9)a) of the Fee 
Schedule to remove the reference to Initial Waiver Period and insert 
text to specify that the one-time application and initiation fee will 
be waived for new Floor Broker applications beginning March 1, 2026 is 
reasonable, equitable and not unfairly discriminatory. The Exchange 
believes this change is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory because firms that already have active Floor Brokers on 
the Trading Floor will be able to have additional individuals apply for 
Floor Broker status and have this fee waived along with new firms that 
do not currently have active Floor Brokers on the Trading Floor. The 
Exchange believes it is reasonable to waive this fee for all new Floor 
Broker applications in order to continue to provide an incentive for 
market participants interested in becoming Floor Brokers to submit 
applications and become Floor Brokers sooner, which may result in 
increased order flow and liquidity to the benefit of all Floor 
Participants.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to not extend the fee waiver for 
new Floor Market Maker applications is reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory because the Exchange originally established the 
Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of 
February 2026; accordingly, market participants that were interested in 
becoming Floor Market Makers were aware since September 2025 that the 
Exchange intended to assess the application and initiation fee upon the 
expiration of the Initial Waiver Period. Further, all current Floor 
Market Makers already applied for Trading Floor membership and had 
their application and initiation fees waived. At the completion of the 
Initial Waiver Period, the majority of Floor Participants already 
completed their applications and on-boarding as new Floor Participants, 
all of whom did not pay the one-time application and initiation fees. 
This means that the Exchange will likely not collect the majority of 
Floor Participant application and initiation fees.
Participant Fees
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend Section 9)b) of the Fee 
Schedule to remove the reference to Initial Waiver Period and insert 
text to specify that new Floor Brokers (on a per-firm basis) will have 
their participant fees waived for the initial partial month plus an 
additional three (3) full calendar months thereafter once the Floor 
Broker maintains a physical presence on the Trading Floor is 
reasonable, equitable and not unfairly discriminatory. The Exchange 
believes this change is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory because the Exchange originally established the Initial 
Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of February 
2026; accordingly, current Floor Brokers and Floor Market Makers were 
aware since September 2025 that the Exchange intended to assess the 
participant fees upon the expiration of the Initial Waiver Period. The 
Exchange believes its proposal to waive the participant fee for a 
defined period of time for new Floor Brokers is reasonable, equitable 
and not unfairly discriminatory because the Exchange believes this 
waiver will continue to provide an incentive for market participants 
interested in becoming Floor Brokers to submit applications and begin 
Floor Broker operations, which may result in increased order flow and 
liquidity to the benefit of all Floor Participants.
    Although the Exchange proposes to waive the participant fee for a 
defined period of time for new Floor Brokers, the Exchange previously 
established the fee structure and amount in the Fee Schedule in order 
to communicate its intent to charge such fees to Floor Participants in 
the future. The waiver is also a protection to new Floor Brokers. Prior 
to the expiration of the defined waiver period (i.e., the initial 
partial month plus three calendar months from when a new Floor Broker 
maintains a physical presence on the Trading Floor), if prospective 
Floor Brokers are initiated to trade on the Trading Floor but 
subsequently decide that they do not want to continue trading on the 
MIAX Sapphire Trading Floor, they can cancel their Trading Floor 
membership without having incurred any participant fees prior to the 
end of the new fee waiver term.
Trading Permit Fees
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend Section 9)c) of the Fee 
Schedule to remove the references to Initial Waiver Period, certain 
described

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months in 2025 and 2026, and Floor Market Maker fee waivers and insert 
text to specify that for registered Floor Brokers as of February 28, 
2026, the monthly Trading Permit fee will be waived if the Floor Broker 
(on a per-firm basis) executes at least 100 contracts ADV in QFOs or 
cQFOs in each relevant month thereafter, with no defined sunset for 
this particular fee waiver, is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory. This change is designed to continue to provide a 
conditional fee waiver with a low enough volume threshold that most, if 
not all, current Floor Brokers should be able to achieve in order to 
have their monthly Trading Permit fees waived, while also promoting 
order flow and liquidity as the Trading Floor operations continue to 
ramp up. Further, the Exchange believes its proposal to waive Trading 
Permit fees for new firms that register Floor Brokers beginning March 
1, 2026 or later for the initial partial month the Floor Broker becomes 
registered with the Exchange and the three (3) full calendar months 
thereafter, with no volume requirement during that period, is 
reasonable because this should incentivize market participants that are 
not Floor Participants to apply and become registered with the Exchange 
and begin Floor Broker operations. In turn, the Exchange believes this 
will promote additional order flow and liquidity to the benefit of all 
current Floor Participants. After the initial fee waiver period for new 
Floor Brokers, the Exchange's proposal contemplates that these new 
Floor Brokers will become subject to the same conditional fee waiver 
for monthly Trading Permit fees (i.e., the 100 ADV requirement), which 
means all Floor Brokers will be subject to the same requirements in 
order to have their Trading Permit fees waived each month. As such, the 
Exchange believes this proposal is reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to include the current volume 
requirement in order for current Floor Brokers to receive the Trading 
Permit fee waiver as compared to new Floor Brokers is reasonable, 
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because current Floor Brokers 
have had the past five and half months to set up Trading Floor 
operations and interact with all Floor Participants. New Floor Brokers 
will likely need time to ramp up operations to meet such a volume 
requirement, which will come into effect once the fee waiver for the 
initial partial month and three full calendar months thereafter 
expires.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to not extend the fee waiver for 
current and new Floor Market Makers is reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory because the Exchange originally established the 
Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of 
February 2026; accordingly, market participants that were interested in 
becoming Floor Market Makers were aware since September 2025 that the 
Exchange intended to assess the monthly Trading Permit fee upon the 
expiration of the Initial Waiver Period.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to establish a low monthly fee 
for Floor Market Maker Alternates is reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory because Floor Market Maker Alternates do not 
regularly trade on the Trading Floor and will only fill in for the 
primary Floor Market Maker of the same firm when the primary Floor 
Market Maker is not active on a particular trading day or number of 
trading days. The Exchange believes this proposed fee is reasonable in 
relation to the service being provided, where a firm can prepare a 
Floor Market Maker as an alternate in the event that its primary Floor 
Market Maker is unable to be active on the Trading Floor for any number 
of foreseen and unforeseen circumstances. This provides firms with a 
convenient means to substitute Floor Market Makers where the primary 
individual is unable to be active on the Trading Floor for any number 
of reasons, while balancing the interests of the Exchange to ensure 
that all active trading personnel are properly accounted for on each 
trading day. The Exchange believes the proposed fee is reasonable when 
compared to similar fees for ``inactive'' or ``reserve'' participants 
of other exchanges.\40\
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Desk and Badge Fees
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend Section 9)d) of the Fee 
Schedule to remove the reference to Initial Waiver Period in connection 
with desk and badge fees is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory because the Exchange originally established the Initial 
Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of February 
2026; accordingly, market participants were aware since September 2025 
that the Exchange intended to assess the desk and badge fees upon the 
expiration of the Initial Waiver Period. The Exchange believes its 
proposal to add a clarifying sentence that the Exchange will assess the 
desk fee for each additional desk requested by a Floor Participant in 
excess of the desk allotment provided pursuant to Section 9)c) of the 
Fee Schedule promotes just and equitable principles of trade and 
removes impediments to a free and open market because this will add 
clarity to the Fee Schedule regarding the assessment of desk fees. This 
change also promotes just and equitable principles of trade and removes 
impediments to a free and open market by removing expired fee waiver 
text from the Fee Schedule. It is in the public interest for the Fee 
Schedule to be accurate and clear.
    Further, this proposed added text does not change the manner in 
which the Exchange will assess the desk fee as originally established 
(i.e., paying for a Trading Permit entitles a firm to receive an 
unlimited number of Trading Permits for its Floor Brokers where each 
Floor Broker will receive one Trading Permit, badge, and desk; paying 
for a Trading Permit entitles each Floor Market Maker to receive one 
Trading Permit, badge and desk; and all additional desk requests will 
be assessed the monthly fee of $350 per desk). The purpose of this 
change is to add clarity to the Fee Schedule and does not change the 
manner in which the Exchange will assess the desk fee as originally 
established. The Exchange notes that Floor Market Maker Alternates will 
not be subject to additional desk or badge fees as the Floor Market 
Maker Alternate substitutes into the position of the primary Floor 
Market Maker, including the desk or desks being utilized by the primary 
Floor Market Maker (who would also be responsible for paying for any 
desks in excess of the one that is provided for free pursuant to the 
Floor Market Maker Trading Permit in Section 9)c) of the Fee Schedule).
Data Center Hosting Fees
    The Exchange believes its proposal to amend Section 9)g) of the Fee 
Schedule to remove the reference to Initial Waiver Period in connection 
with the data center hosting fees is reasonable, equitable and not 
unfairly discriminatory because the Exchange originally established the 
Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of 
February 2026; accordingly, market participants were aware since 
September 2025 that the Exchange intended to assess the data center 
hosting fees upon the expiration of the Initial Waiver Period. This 
change also promotes just and equitable principles of trade and removes 
impediments to a free and open market by removing expired fee waiver 
text from the Fee Schedule. It is in the public interest for the Fee 
Schedule to be accurate and clear.

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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 that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Intra-Market Competition
Definitions Section
    The Exchange believes the proposal to remove the definition for 
``Initial Waiver Period'' will not result in any burden on intra-market 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act because this change is not intended to impact 
competition among market participants; rather, it is intended to 
provide clarity in the Fee Schedule that the Initial Waiver Period is 
no longer in effect since it automatically expired at the end of 
February 2026.
One-Time Application and Initiation Fees
    The Exchange believes the proposal to remove the reference to 
Initial Waiver Period and insert text to specify that the one-time 
application and initiation fee will be waived for new Floor Broker 
applications beginning March 1, 2026 will not result in any burden on 
intra-market competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Firms that already have active 
Floor Brokers on the Trading Floor will be able to have additional 
individuals apply for Floor Broker status and have this fee waived 
along with new firms that do not currently have active Floor Brokers on 
the Trading Floor. The Exchange believes its proposal to not extend the 
fee waiver for new Floor Market Maker applications will not result in 
any burden on intra-market competition because the Exchange originally 
established the Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for 
the end of February 2026; accordingly, market participants that were 
interested in becoming Floor Market Makers were aware since September 
2025 that the Exchange intended to assess the application and 
initiation fee upon the expiration of the Initial Waiver Period. 
Further, all current Floor Market Makers already applied for Trading 
Floor membership and had their application and initiation fees waived.
Participant Fees
    The Exchange believes the proposal to remove the reference to 
Initial Waiver Period and insert text to specify that new Floor Brokers 
(on a per-firm basis) will have their participant fees waived for the 
initial partial month plus an additional three (3) full calendar months 
thereafter once the Floor Broker maintains a physical presence on the 
Trading Floor will not result in any burden on intra-market competition 
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Act. This is because the Exchange originally established the 
Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of 
February 2026; accordingly, current Floor Brokers and Floor Market 
Makers were aware since September 2025 that the Exchange intended to 
assess the participant fees upon the expiration of the Initial Waiver 
Period. The Exchange believes its proposal to waive the participant fee 
for a defined period of time for new Floor Brokers will not result in 
any burden on intra-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the 
Exchange believes this waiver will promote competition by providing an 
incentive for market participants interested in becoming Floor Brokers 
to submit applications and begin Floor Broker operations, which may 
result in increased order flow and liquidity to the benefit of all 
Floor Participants.
Trading Permit Fees
    The Exchange believes its proposal to remove the references to 
Initial Waiver Period, certain months in 2025 and 2026, and Floor 
Market Maker fee waivers and insert text to specify that for registered 
Floor Brokers as of February 28, 2026, the monthly Trading Permit fee 
will be waived if the Floor Broker (on a per-firm basis) executes at 
least 100 contracts ADV in QFOs or cQFOs in each relevant month 
thereafter, with no defined sunset for this particular fee waiver, does 
not impose any burden on intra-market competition that is not necessary 
or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. This change 
is designed to continue to provide a conditional fee waiver with a low 
enough volume threshold that most, if not all, current Floor Brokers 
should be able to achieve in order to have their Trading Permit fees 
waived, which should promote competition by encouraging order flow and 
liquidity. Further, the Exchange believes its proposal to waive Trading 
Permit fees for new firms that register Floor Brokers beginning March 
1, 2026 or later for the initial partial month the Floor Broker becomes 
registered with the Exchange and the three (3) full calendar months 
thereafter, with no volume requirement during that period, does not 
impose any burden on intra-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because this 
should also incentivize market participants that are not Floor 
Participants to apply and become registered with the Exchange and begin 
Floor Broker operations. In turn, the Exchange believes this will 
promote additional order flow and liquidity to the benefit of all 
current Floor Participants. The Exchange believes its proposal to 
include the current volume requirement in order for current Floor 
Brokers to receive the Trading Permit fee waiver as compared to new 
Floor Brokers does not impose any burden on intra-market competition 
because current Floor Brokers have had the past five and half months to 
set up Trading Floor operations and interact with all Floor 
Participants, while new Floor Brokers will likely need time to ramp up 
operations to meet such a volume requirement.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to not extend the fee waiver for 
current and new Floor Market Makers does not impose any burden on 
intra-market competition because the Exchange originally established 
the Initial Waiver Period with an automatic sunset date for the end of 
February 2026; accordingly, market participants that were interested in 
becoming Floor Market Makers were aware since September 2025 that the 
Exchange intended to assess the monthly Trading Permit fee upon the 
expiration of the Initial Waiver Period.
    The Exchange believes its proposal to establish a low monthly fee 
for Floor Market Maker Alternates does not impose any burden on intra-
market competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Act because all Floor Market Makers may 
designate and register a Floor Market Maker Alternate and pay the same 
corresponding fee. This change is not intended to be competitive; 
rather, it is designed to provide firms with a convenient means to 
substitute Floor Market Makers where the primary individual is unable 
to be active on the Trading Floor for any number of reasons.
Desk and Badge Fees
    The Exchange believes that the proposal to remove the reference to 
the Initial Waiver Period for desk and badge fees will not result in 
any burden on intra-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the 
Exchange originally established the Initial Waiver Period with an 
automatic sunset date for the end of February 2026. As such, market 
participants were aware since September 2025 that the

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Exchange intended to assess the desk and badge fees upon the expiration 
of the Initial Waiver Period. Pursuant to Section 9)c) of the Fee 
Schedule, Floor Participants that purchase a Trading Permit will 
receive a desk and badge included in their Trading Permit fee and all 
Floor Participants will be subject to the same desk fee for each 
additional requested desk.
Data Center Hosting Fees
    The Exchange believes that the proposal to remove the reference to 
the Initial Waiver Period for data center hosting fees will not result 
in any burden on intra-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the 
Exchange originally established the Initial Waiver Period with an 
automatic sunset date for the end of February 2026. As such, market 
participants were aware since September 2025 that the Exchange intended 
to assess the data center hosting fees upon the expiration of the 
Initial Waiver Period and all current and new Floor Participants that 
choose to install their own equipment within the 545Wyn Data Center 
will be subject to the same initial and on-going fees.
Inter-Market Competition
    The Exchange believes that the proposed changes will not result in 
any burden on inter-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange 
believes that market participants have the choice to trade on the 
Exchange's Trading Floor, electronic platform, or not trade on the 
Exchange at all. The Exchange believes that all of the proposed changes 
will not cause any burden on inter-market competition because none of 
the proposed fee waivers are intended to impact the ability to compete 
of other exchanges' that offer a trading floor for equity options.
    Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe its proposed fee changes 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor 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,\41\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \42\ 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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    \41\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \42\ 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#0b797e676e26686466666e657f784b786e68256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3042455c551d535f5d5d555e4443704355531e575f46">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-SAPPHIRE-2026-11 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-SAPPHIRE-2026-11. 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-SAPPHIRE-2026-11 and 
should be submitted on or before April 20, 2026.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\43\
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    \43\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-06042 Filed 3-27-26; 8:45 am]
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