[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01282]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-90926; File No. SR-CBOE-2020-106]


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 No. 1, To Amend Its Rules Regarding 
the Minimum Increments for Electronic Bids and Offers and Exercise 
Prices of Certain FLEX Options and Clarify in the Rules How the System 
Ranks FLEX Option Bids and Offers for Allocation Purposes

January 14, 2021.
    On November 16, 2020, Cboe Exchange, Inc. 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 its rules regarding the 
minimum increments for electronic bids and offers and exercise prices 
of certain FLEX options and clarify how the system ranks FLEX option 
bids and offers for allocation purposes. On November 30, 2020, the 
Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change, which 
amended and replaced the proposed rule change in its entirety. The 
Commission published notice of the proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendment No. 1, in the Federal Register on December 4, 2020.\3\ The 
Commission has received no comments 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. 90536 (November 30, 
2020), 85 FR 78381.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ 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 after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is January 18, 2021. The Commission is extending this 45-day time 
period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    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 the proposed rule change. 
Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\5\ designates March 4, 2021, 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 No. 1 (File Number SR-CBOE-2020-106).
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-01282 Filed 1-21-21; 8:45 am]
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