[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 6626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02981]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82666; File No. SR-ISE-2017-106]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of 
Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change To Permit the Listing and Trading of NQX Index Options on a 
Pilot Basis

February 8, 2018.
    On December 6, 2017, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to 
permit the listing and trading of options based on \1/5\ the value of 
the Nasdaq-100 Index on a pilot basis. The proposed rule change was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on December 26, 2017.\3\ 
On January 31, 2018, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed 
rule change.\4\ The Commission has received no comment letters on the 
proposal.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82362 (December 19, 
2017), 82 FR 61090.
    \4\ In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange revised its proposal to: 
(1) Add that raw percentage price change data as well as percentage 
price change data normalized for prevailing market volatility, as 
measured by an appropriate index as agreed by the Commission and the 
Exchange, would be provided as part of the pilot data; and (2) 
revise the proposed duration of the pilot program such that the 
pilot would terminate on the earlier of: (i) Twelve months following 
the date of the first listing of the options; or (ii) June 30, 2019. 
When the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 with the Commission, it also 
submitted Amendment No. 1 to the public comment file for SR-ISE-
2017-106 (available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-ise-2017-106/ise2017106.htm). Because Amendment No. 1 does not materially 
alter the substance of the proposed rule change or raise unique or 
novel regulatory issues, it is not subject to notice and comment.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day for this filing is February 9, 2018.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission is extending the 45-day time period for Commission 
action on the proposed rule change. The Commission finds that it is 
appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on 
the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider and 
take action on the Exchange's proposed rule change.
    Accordingly, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \6\ and for 
the reasons stated above, the Commission designates March 26, 2018, as 
the date by which the Commission should either approve or disapprove, 
or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the 
proposed rule change (File No. SR-ISE-2017-106).
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02981 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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