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30 Id. 

31 Designated Markets refers to the national 

securities exchanges designated by the Commission 

to have substantially similar listing standards to 

those of the ‘‘named markets’’ (i.e., NYSE American 

and Nasdaq). 

32 15 U.S.C. 77r. 33 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

listing venue. As such, the proposed 

rule change is consistent with Sections 

6(b)(8) and 11A. 

Finally, as noted above, the proposed 

rule change would adopt the identical 

initial listing price requirement 

contained in the NYSE American 

Company Guide as well as Nasdaq 

Listing Rules. While the Exchange 

acknowledges that Nasdaq has amended 

its initial listing requirements as it 

pertains to unrestricted publicly held 

shares since the Commission approved 

the alternative minimum price 

requirement, the Exchange notes that its 

initial listing standards are 

substantively identical to the Nasdaq 

Capital Market initial listing standards 

at the time the alternative minimum 

price requirement was approved by the 

Commission.30 As such, the Exchange 

believes that its listing requirements 

would remain substantially similar to 

those of ‘‘Designated Markets’’,31 as 

required for covered securities under 

Section 18 of the Securities Act.32

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. 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change will not impose any 

unnecessary burden on intramarket 

competition as all companies seeking to 

list Tier II securities on the Exchange 

would be affected in the same manner 

by the proposed change. 

The proposed rule change will 

expand the competition for the listing of 

equity securities as they will enable the 

Exchange to compete for the listing of 

companies that are currently not 

qualified for listing on the Exchange but 

are qualified to list on other national 

securities exchanges. To the extent that 

companies prefer listing on a market 

with these proposed listing standards, 

other exchanges can choose to adopt 

similar enhancements to their 

requirements. As such, these changes 

are neither intended to, nor expected to, 

impose any burden on competition 

between exchanges. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or within such longer period 

up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 

the Exchange consents, the Commission 

will: 

A. by order approve or disapprove 

such proposed rule change, or 

B. institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be disapproved. 

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 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

CboeBZX–2023–063 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• 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–CboeBZX–2023–063. 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 (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

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–CboeBZX–2023–063 and should be 

submitted on or before October 23, 

2023. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.33

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

October 5, 2023. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held via 

remote means and/or at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.sec.gov. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or her designee, has 

certified that, in her opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 


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The subject matter of the closed 

meeting will consist of the following 

topics: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; 

Resolution of litigation claims; and 

Other matters relating to examinations 

and enforcement proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting agenda items that 

may consist of adjudicatory, 

examination, litigation, or regulatory 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information; please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: September 28, 2023. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21848 Filed 9–28–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #18195 and #18196; 

Wyoming Disaster Number WY–00073] 

Administrative Disaster Declaration of 

a Rural Area for the State of Wyoming 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative disaster declaration of a 

rural area for the State of Wyoming 

dated 09/25/2023. 

Incident: Flooding. 

Incident Period: 06/15/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 09/25/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/24/2023. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 06/25/2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration of a 

rural area, applications for disaster 

loans may be filed at the address listed 

above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Natrona. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.000 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.500 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.375 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.375 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.375 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 18195 6 and for 

economic injury is 18196 0. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21570 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Interest Rates 

The Small Business Administration 

publishes an interest rate called the 

optional ‘‘peg’’ rate (13 CFR 120.214) on 

a quarterly basis. This rate is a weighted 

average cost of money to the 

Government for maturities similar to the 

average SBA direct loan. This rate may 

be used as a base rate for guaranteed 

fluctuating interest rate SBA loans. This 

rate will be 4.13 percent for the 

October–December quarter of fiscal year 

2024. Pursuant to 13 CFR 120.921(b), 

the maximum legal interest rate for any 

third party lender’s commercial loan 

which funds any portion of the cost of 

a 504 project (see 13 CFR 120.801) shall 

be 6% over the New York Prime rate or, 

if that exceeds the maximum interest 

rate permitted by the constitution or 

laws of a given State, the maximum 

interest rate will be the rate permitted 

by the constitution or laws of the given 

State. 

David Parrish, 

Chief, Secondary Markets Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21712 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #18179 and #18180; 

Vermont Disaster Number VT–00049] 

Administrative Disaster Declaration of 

a Rural Area for the State of Vermont 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Administrative disaster declaration of a 

rural area for the State of Vermont dated 

09/14/2023. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, 

Landslides, and Mudslides. 

Incident Period: 07/07/2023 through 

07/21/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 09/25/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/13/2023. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 06/14/2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Administrator’s disaster 

declaration of a rural area for the State 

of Vermont, dated 09/14/2023, is hereby 

amended to re-establish the incident 

period for this disaster as beginning 07/ 

07/2023 and continuing through 07/21/ 

2023. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21569 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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