[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46197-46198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16569]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-89398; File No. SR-CBOE-2020-050]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change, as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, to Amend Rules 5.37 and 
5.73

July 27, 2020.
    On June 3, 2020, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (``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 amend Rules 
5.37 and 5.73 to permit orders for the accounts of market makers with 
an appointment in SPX to be solicited for the initiating order 
submitted for execution against an agency order in SPX options into a 
simple Automated Improvement Mechanism (``AIM'') auction or a simple 
FLEX AIM auction. The proposed rule change was published for comment in 
the Federal Register on June 18, 2020.\3\ On July 2, 2020, the Exchange 
submitted Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change, which replaced 
and superseded the proposed rule change in its entirety.\4\ On July 22, 
2020, the Exchange submitted Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule 
change.\5\
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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. 89062 (June 12, 
2020), 85 FR 36907. Comments on the proposed rule change can be 
found at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2020-050/srcboe2020050.htm.
    \4\ In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange: (1) Limited the scope of 
its original proposal, which would have permitted orders for the 
accounts of market makers with an appointment in any class to be 
solicited for the initiating order in an AIM or FLEX AIM auction in 
that class, to only allow market makers with an appointment in SPX 
to be solicited for the initiating order in an AIM or FLEX AIM 
auction in SPX; and (2) provided additional data, justification, and 
support for its modified proposal. The full text of Amendment No. 1 
is available on the Commission's website at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2020-050/srcboe2020050-7382058-218888.pdf.
    \5\ In Amendment No. 2, the Exchange: (1) Provided additional 
data, justification, and support for its proposal; and (2) made 
technical corrections and clarifications to the description of the 
proposal. The full text of Amendment No. 2 is available on the 
Commission's website at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2020-050/srcboe2020050-7464399-221161.pdf.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \6\ 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

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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 after publication of the notice for 
this proposed rule change is August 2, 2020. The Commission is 
extending this 45-day time period.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, and the comments received. Accordingly, the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\7\ designates 
September 16, 2020 as the date by which the Commission shall either 
approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove, the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment Nos. 1 
and 2 (File No. SR-CBOE-2020-050).
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    \7\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
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    \8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-16569 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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