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LLC (‘‘ISE Mercury’’) (n/k/a Nasdaq MRX, LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq MRX’’)) as a Sponsor to the OLPP); 79897 

(Jan. 30, 2017), 82 FR 9263 (Feb. 3, 2017) (adding 

MIAX PEARL, LLC (‘‘MIAX PEARL’’) as a Sponsor 

to the OLPP); 85228 (Mar. 1, 2019), 84 FR 8355 

(Mar. 7, 2019) (adding MIAX Emerald, LLC (‘‘MIAX 

Emerald’’) as a Sponsor to the OLPP); 98388 (Sept. 

14, 2023), 88 FR 64963 (Sept. 20, 2023) (adding 

MEMX LLC (‘‘MEMX’’) as a Sponsor to the OLPP); 

100622 (July 31, 2024), 89 FR 64005 (Aug. 6, 2024) 

(adding MIAX Sapphire as a Sponsor to the OLPP). 

4See Securities and Exchange Act Release No. 

100539 (July 15, 2024), 89 FR 58848 (July 19, 2024) 

(File No. 10–240) (order granting registration as a 

national securities exchange for MIAX Sapphire). 

5See id. at 58866. 

6A ‘‘Plan Sponsor’’ is an Eligible Exchange whose 

participation in the OLPP has become effective 

pursuant to Section 7 of the OLPP. 

7See Letter from Gregory P. Ziegler, Vice 

President, Senior Counsel, MIAX Sapphire, to 

Vanessa Countryman, Secretary, Commission, dated 

July 26, 2024. 

8 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(iii). 

9 17 CFR 242.608(a)(1). 

10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(85). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

Commission approved the application 

of MIAX Sapphire to register as a 

national securities exchange on July 15, 

2024.4 One of the conditions of the 

Commission’s approval of MIAX 

Sapphire was the requirement for the 

exchange to join the OLPP.5 The 

previous amendment added MIAX 

Sapphire as a Plan Sponsor 6 of the 

OLPP.7 This amendment restores text 

inadvertently deleted or altered from the 

Plan as part of the prior amendment to 

add MIAX Sapphire as a Plan Sponsor. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

amendment from interested persons. 

I. Description and Purpose of the 

Amendment 

The OLPP establishes procedures 

designed to facilitate the listing and 

trading of standardized options 

contracts on the options exchanges. The 

amendment to the OLPP restores text 

inadvertently deleted or altered from the 

Plan as part of the prior amendment to 

add MIAX Sapphire as a Plan Sponsor, 

which text was approved by the 

Commission in prior amendments to the 

Plan. 

II. Effectiveness of the OLPP 

Amendment 

The foregoing OLPP amendment has 

become effective pursuant to Rule 

608(b)(3)(iii) 8 because it has been 

designated by the sponsors as involving 

solely technical or ministerial matters. 

At any time within sixty days of the 

filing of the amendment, the 

Commission may summarily abrogate 

the amendment and require that it be 

refiled pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of 

Rule 608,9 if it appears to the 

Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or the maintenance of fair and orderly 

markets, to remove impediments to, and 

perfect the mechanisms of, a national 

market system or otherwise in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

III. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the amendment is 

consistent with the Act and the rules 

thereunder. 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 4– 

443 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 4–443. 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 plan that 

are filed with the Commission, and all 

written communications relating to the 

plan 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 

exchanges. 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 

4–443 and should be submitted on or 

before December 4, 2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.10

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26195 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–101530; File No. SR–C2– 

2024–020] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

C2 Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend its Fees 

Schedule Related to Physical Port 

Fees 

November 6, 2024. 

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 October 

28, 2024, Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the 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. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2 Options’’) proposes 

to amend its Fees Schedule. The text of 

the proposed rule change is provided in 

Exhibit 5. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/ 

options/regulation/rule_filings/ctwo/), 

at the Exchange’s Office of the 

Secretary, and at the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

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 


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3The Exchange initially filed the proposed fee 

changes on July 3, 2023 (SR–C2–2023–014). On 

September 1, 2023, the Exchange withdrew that 

filing and submitted SR–C2–2023–020. On 

September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange 

Commission issued a Suspension of and Order 

Instituting Proceedings to Determine whether to 

Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change to 

Amend its Fees Schedule Related to Physical Port 

Fees (the ‘‘OIP’’) in anticipation of a possible U.S. 

government shutdown.’’). On September 29, 2023, 

the Exchange filed the proposed fee change (SR– 

C2–2023–021). On October 13, 2023, the Exchange 

withdrew that filing and submitted SR–C2–2023– 

022. On December 12, 2023, the Exchange withdrew 

that filing and submitted SR–C2–2023–025. On 

February 9, 2024, the Exchange withdrew that filing 

and submitted SR–C2–2024–004. On April 9, 2024, 

the Exchange withdrew that filing and submitted 

SR–C2–2024–005. On June 7, 2024 the Exchange 

withdrew that filing and submitted SR–C2–2024– 

010. On August 29, 2024, the Exchange withdrew 

that filing and submitted SR–C2–2024–015. On 

October 25, 2024, the Exchange withdrew that filing 

and submitted SR–C2–2024–019. On October 28, 

2024, the Exchange withdrew that filing and 

submitted this filing. 

4See e.g., The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq’’), General 8, Connectivity to the 

Exchange. Nasdaq and its affiliated exchanges 

charge a monthly fee of $15,000 for each 10Gb Ultra 

fiber connection to the respective exchange, which 

is analogous to the Exchange’s 10Gb physical port. 

See also New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE 

American LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE Chicago 

Inc., NYSE National, Inc. Connectivity Fee 

Schedule, which provides that 10 Gb LX LCN 

Circuits (which are analogous to the Exchange’s 10 

Gb physical port) are assessed $22,000 per month, 

per port. 

5The Affiliate Exchanges are also submitting 

contemporaneous identical rule filings. 6The Exchange notes that conversely, other 

exchange groups charge separate port fees for access 

to separate, but affiliated, exchanges. See e.g., 

Securities and Exchange Release No. 99822 (March 

21, 2024), 89 FR 21337 (March 27, 2024) (SR– 

MIAX–2024–016). 7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

9 Id. 

10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 

11See e.g., The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq’’), General 8, Connectivity to the 

Exchange. Nasdaq and its affiliated exchanges 

charge a monthly fee of $15,000 for each 10Gbps 

Ultra fiber connection to the respective exchange, 

which is analogous to the Exchange’s 10Gbps 

physical port. See also New York Stock Exchange 

LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE 

Chicago Inc., NYSE National, Inc. Connectivity Fee 

Schedule, which provides that 10 Gbps LX LCN 

Circuits (which are analogous to the Exchange’s 10 

Gbps physical port) are assessed $22,000 per 

month, per port. 

12See https://www.bls.gov/ppi/overview.htm. 

13 Id. 

14NAICS appears in table 5 of the PPI Detailed 

Report and is available at https://data.bls.gov/ 

timeseries/PCU518210518210. 

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 proposes to amend its 

fee schedule relating to physical 

connectivity fees.3

By way of background, a physical port 

is utilized by a Member or non-Member 

to connect to the Exchange at the data 

centers where the Exchange’s servers are 

located. The Exchange currently 

assesses the following physical 

connectivity fees for Members and nonMembers on a monthly basis: $2,500 per 

physical port for a 1 gigabit (‘‘Gb’’) 

circuit and $7,500 per physical port for 

a 10 Gb circuit. The Exchange proposes 

to increase the monthly fee for 10 Gb 

physical ports from $7,500 to $8,500 per 

port. The Exchange notes the proposed 

fee change better enables it to continue 

to maintain and improve its market 

technology and services and also notes 

that the proposed fee amount, even as 

amended, continues to be in line with, 

or even lower than, amounts assessed by 

other exchanges for similar 

connections.4 The Exchange also notes 

that a single 10 Gb physical port can be 

used to access the Systems of the 

following affiliate exchanges: the Cboe 

BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX 

Exchange, Inc. (options and equities 

platforms), Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. 

(options and equities platforms), and 

Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., (‘‘Affiliate 

Exchanges’’).5 Notably, only one 

monthly fee currently (and will 

continue) to apply per 10 Gb physical 

port regardless of how many affiliated 

exchanges are accessed through that one 

port.6

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to the Exchange 

and, in particular, the requirements of 

Section 6(b) of the Act.7 Specifically, 

the Exchange believes the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Section 

6(b)(5) 8 requirements that the rules of 

an exchange be designed to prevent 

fraudulent and manipulative acts and 

practices, to promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, to foster cooperation 

and coordination with persons engaged 

in regulating, clearing, settling, 

processing information with respect to, 

and facilitating transactions in 

securities, to remove impediments to 

and perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

Additionally, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the Section 6(b)(5) 9 requirement that 

the rules of an exchange not be designed 

to permit unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange also believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b)(4) 10 of the Act, which 

requires that Exchange rules provide for 

the equitable allocation of reasonable 

dues, fees, and other charges among its 

Members and other persons using its 

facilities. This belief is based on various 

factors as described below. 

First, the Exchange believes its 

proposal is reasonable as it reflects a 

moderate increase in physical 

connectivity fees for 10 Gb physical 

ports and its offering, even as amended, 

continues to be more affordable as 

compared to analogous physical 

connectivity offerings at competitor 

exchanges.11

The Exchange also believes the 

current fee does not properly reflect the 

quality of the service and product, as 

fees for 10 Gb physical ports have been 

static in nominal terms since 2018, and 

therefore falling in real terms due to 

inflation. As a general matter, the 

Producer Price Index (‘‘PPI’’) is a family 

of indexes that measures the average 

change over time in selling prices 

received by domestic producers of 

goods and services. PPI measures price 

change from the perspective of the 

seller. This contrasts with other metrics, 

such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), 

that measure price change from the 

purchaser’s perspective.12 About 10,000 

PPIs for individual products and groups 

of products are tracked and released 

each month.13 PPIs are available for the 

output of nearly all industries in the 

goods-producing sectors of the U.S. 

economy—mining, manufacturing, 

agriculture, fishing, and forestry—as 

well as natural gas, electricity, and 

construction, among others. The PPI 

program covers approximately 69 

percent of the service sector’s output, as 

measured by revenue reported in the 

2017 Economic Census. 

For purposes of this proposal, the 

relevant industry-specific PPI is the 

Data Processing and Related Services 

PPI (‘‘Data PPI’’), which is an industry 

net-output PPI that measures the 

average change in selling prices 

received by companies that provide data 

processing services. 

The Data PPI was introduced in 

January 2002 by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) as part of an ongoing 

effort to expand Producer Price Index 

coverage of the services sector of the 

U.S. economy and is identified as 

NAICS—518210 in the North American 

Industry Classification System.14

According to the BLS ‘‘[t]he primary 

output of NAICS 518210 is the 


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15See https://www.bls.gov/ppi/factsheets/ 

producer-price-index-for-the-data-processing-andrelated-services-industry-naics-518210.htm. 

16See https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ 

inflation/consumer-price-index-and-annualpercent-changes-from-1913-to-2008/. 

17See Securities and Exchange Release No. 83455 

(June 15, 2018), 83 FR 28892 (June 21, 2018) (SR– 

C2–2018–014). 

18See https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ 

PCU51825182#0. 

19 Id. 

20See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 

34–100994 (September 10, 2024), 89 FR 75612 

(September 16, 2024) (SR–NYSEARCA–2024–79) 

and 34–100398 (June 21, 2024), 89 FR 53676 (June 

27, 2024) (SR–BOX–2024–16). 

provision of electronic data processing 

services. In the broadest sense, 

computer services companies help their 

customers efficiently use technology. 

The processing services market consists 

of vendors who use their own computer 

systems—often utilizing proprietary 

software—to process customers’ 

transactions and data. Companies that 

offer processing services collect, 

organize, and store a customer’s 

transactions and other data for recordkeeping purposes. Price movements for 

the NAICS 518210 index are based on 

changes in the revenue received by 

companies that provide data processing 

services. Each month, companies 

provide net transaction prices for a 

specified service. The transaction is an 

actual contract selected by probability, 

where the price-determining 

characteristics are held constant while 

the service is repriced. The prices used 

in index calculation are the actual 

prices billed for the selected service 

contract.’’ 15

The Exchange believes the Data PPI is 

an appropriate measure to be considered 

in the context of the proposed rule 

change to modify the 10 Gb physical 

port fee because the Exchange uses its 

‘‘own computer systems’’ and 

‘‘proprietary software,’’ i.e., its own data 

center and proprietary matching engine 

software, respectively, to collect, 

organize, store, report and receive 

orders on the Exchange’s proprietary 

trading platform. In other words, the 

Exchange is in the business of data 

processing and related services. 

The Exchange further believes the 

Data PPI is an appropriate measure for 

purposes of the proposed rule change on 

the basis that it is a stable metric with 

limited volatility, unlike other 

consumer-side inflation metrics. In fact, 

the Data PPI has not experienced a 

greater than 2.16% increase for any one 

calendar year period since Data PPI was 

introduced into the PPI in January 2002. 

For example, the average calendar year 

change from January 2002 to December 

2023 was .62%, with a cumulative 

increase of 15.67% over this 21-year 

period. The Exchange believes the Data 

PPI is considerably less volatile than 

other inflation metrics such as CPI, 

which has had individual calendar-year 

increases of more than 6.5%, and a 

cumulative increase of over 73% over 

the same period.16

As noted above, the current 10 Gb 

physical port fee remained unchanged 

for six years, particularly since June 

2018.17 Since its last increase over 6 

years ago however, there has been 

notable inflation, including under the 

industry-specific PPI, which as 

described above is a tailored measure of 

inflation.18 Particularly, the Data PPI 

had a starting value of 107 in June 2018 

(the month the Exchange started 

assessing the current fee) and an ending 

value of 116.22 in August 2024, 

representing an 8.6% increase.19 This 

indicates that companies who are also 

in the data storage and processing 

business have generally increased prices 

for a specified service covered under 

NAICS 518210 by an average of 8.6% 

during this period. 

The Exchange also believes that it is 

reasonable to increase its fees to 

compensate for inflation because, over 

time, inflation has degraded the value of 

each dollar that the Exchange collects in 

fees, such that the real revenue collected 

today is considerably less than that 

same revenue collected in 2018. The 

impact of this inflationary effect is also 

independent of any change in the 

Exchange’s costs in providing its goods 

and services. The Exchange therefore 

believes that it is reasonable for it to 

offset, in part, this erosion in the value 

of the revenues it collects. Additionally, 

the Exchange historically does not 

increase fees every year notwithstanding 

inflation. Other exchanges have also 

filed for increases in certain fees, based 

in part on comparisons to inflation.20

Accordingly, based on the abovedescribed percentage change, and in 

conjunction with the rationale further 

described above and below, the 

Exchange believes the proposed fee 

increase is reasonable. 

Next, the Exchange believes 

significant investments into, and 

enhanced performance of, the Exchange, 

in the years following the last 10 Gb 

physical port fee increase support the 

reasonableness of the proposed fee 

increase. These investments enhanced 

the quality of its services, as measured 

by, among other things, increased 

throughput and faster processing 

speeds. Customers have therefore 

greatly benefitted from these 

investments, while the Exchange’s 

ability to recoup its investments has 

been hampered. 

For example, the Exchange and its 

affiliated exchanges recently launched a 

multi-year initiative to improve Cboe 

Exchange Platform performance and 

capacity requirements to increase 

competitiveness, support growth and 

advance a consistent world class 

platform. The goal of the project, among 

other things, is to provide faster and 

more consistent order handling and 

matching performance for options, 

while ensuring quicker processing time 

and supporting increasing volumes and 

capacity needs. For example, the 

Exchange recently performed switch 

hardware upgrades. Particularly, the 

Exchange replaced existing customer 

access switches with newer models, 

which the Exchange believes resulted in 

increased determinism. The recent 

switch upgrades also increased the 

Exchange’s capacity to accommodate 

more physical ports by nearly 50%. 

Network bandwidth was also increased 

nearly two-fold as a result of the 

upgrades, which among other things, 

can lead to reduce message queuing. 

The Exchange also believes these newer 

models result in less natural variance in 

the processing of messages. The 

Exchange notes that it incurred costs 

associated with purchasing and 

upgrading to these newer models, of 

which the Exchange has not otherwise 

passed through or offset. 

As of April 1, 2024, market 

participants also having the option of 

connecting to a new data center (i.e., 

Secaucus NY6 Data Center (‘‘NY6’’)), in 

addition to the current data centers at 

NY4 and NY5. The Exchange made NY6 

available in response to customer 

requests in connection with their need 

for additional space and capacity. In 

order to make this space available, the 

Exchange expended significant 

resources to prepare this space, and will 

also incur ongoing costs with respect to 

maintaining this offering, including 

costs related to power, space, fiber, 

cabinets, panels, labor and maintenance 

of racks. The Exchange also incurred a 

large cost with respect to ensuring NY6 

would be latency equalized, as it is for 

NY4 and NY5. 

The Exchange also has made various 

other improvements since the current 

physical port rates were adopted in 

2018. For example, the Exchange has 

updated its customer portal to provide 

more transparency with respect to firms’ 

respective connectivity subscriptions, 

enabling them to better monitor, 

evaluate and adjust their connections 

based on their evolving business needs. 

The Exchange also performs proactive 

audits on a weekly basis to ensure that 


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21 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

22 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f). 

all customer cross connects continue to 

fall within allowable tolerances for 

Latency Equalized connections. 

Accordingly, the Exchange expended, 

and will continue to expend, resources 

to innovate and modernize technology 

so that it may benefit its Members and 

continue to compete among other 

options markets. The ability to continue 

to innovate with technology and offer 

new products to market participants 

allows the Exchange to remain 

competitive in the equities space which 

currently has 18 registered options 

markets and potential new entrants. If 

the Exchange were not able to assess 

incrementally higher fees for its 

connectivity, it would effectively impact 

how the Exchange manages its 

technology and hamper the Exchange’s 

ability to continue to invest in and fund 

access services in a manner that allows 

it to meet existing and anticipated 

access demands of market participants. 

Disapproval of fee changes such as the 

proposal herein, could also have the 

adverse effect of discouraging an 

exchange from improving its operations 

and implementing innovative 

technology to the benefit of market 

participants if it believes the 

Commission would later prevent that 

exchange from recouping costs and 

monetizing its operational 

enhancements, thus adversely 

impacting competition as well as the 

interests of market participants and 

investors. 

Finally, the proposed fee is also the 

same as is concurrently being proposed 

for its Affiliate Exchanges. Further, 

Members are able to utilize a single port 

to connect to all of its Affiliate 

Exchanges and will only be charged one 

single fee (i.e., a market participant will 

only be assessed the proposed $8,500 

even if it uses that physical port to 

connect to the Exchange and another (or 

even all 6) of its Affiliate Exchanges. 

Particularly, the Exchange believes the 

proposed monthly per port fee is 

reasonable, equitable and not unfairly 

discriminatory since as the Exchange 

has determined to not charge multiple 

fees for the same port. Indeed, the 

Exchange notes that several ports are in 

fact purchased and utilized across one 

or more of the Exchange’s affiliated 

Exchanges (and charged only once). 

The Exchange also believes that the 

proposed fee change is not unfairly 

discriminatory because it would be 

assessed uniformly across all market 

participants that purchase the physical 

ports. The Exchange believes increasing 

the fee for 10 Gb physical ports and 

charging a higher fee as compared to the 

1 Gb physical port is equitable as the 1 

Gb physical port is 1/10th the size of the 

10 Gb physical port and therefore does 

not offer access to many of the products 

and services offered by the Exchange 

(e.g., ability to receive certain market 

data products). Thus, the value of the 1 

Gb alternative is lower than the value of 

the 10 Gb alternative, when measured 

based on the type of Exchange access it 

offers. Moreover, market participants 

that purchase 10 Gb physical ports 

utilize the most bandwidth and 

therefore consume the most resources 

from the network. The Exchange also 

anticipates that firms that utilize 10 Gb 

ports will benefit the most from the 

Exchange’s investment in offering NY6 

as the Exchange anticipates there will be 

much higher quantities of 10 Gb 

physical ports connecting from NY6 as 

compared to 1 Gb ports. Indeed, the 

Exchange notes that 10 Gb physical 

ports account for approximately 90% of 

physical ports across the NY4, NY5, and 

NY6 data centers, and to date, 80% of 

new port connections in NY6 are 10 Gb 

ports. As such, the Exchange believes 

the proposed fee change for 10 Gb 

physical ports is reasonably and 

appropriately allocated. 

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 

proposed fee change will not impact 

intramarket competition because it will 

apply to all similarly situated Members 

equally (i.e., all market participants that 

choose to purchase the 10 Gb physical 

port). Additionally, the Exchange does 

not believe its proposed pricing will 

impose a barrier to entry to smaller 

participants and notes that its proposed 

connectivity pricing is associated with 

relative usage of the various market 

participants. For example, market 

participants with modest capacity needs 

can continue to buy the less expensive 

1 Gb physical port (which cost is not 

changing) or may choose to obtain 

access via a third-party re-seller. While 

pricing may be increased for the larger 

capacity physical ports, such options 

provide far more capacity and are 

purchased by those that consume more 

resources from the network. 

Accordingly, the proposed connectivity 

fees do not favor certain categories of 

market participants in a manner that 

would impose a burden on competition; 

rather, the allocation reflects the 

network resources consumed by the 

various size of market participants— 

lowest bandwidth consuming members 

pay the least, and highest bandwidth 

consuming members pays the most. 

The proposed fee change also does 

not impose a burden on competition or 

on other Self-Regulatory Organizations 

that is not necessary or appropriate. As 

described above, the Exchange 

evaluated its proposed fee change using 

objective and stable metric with limited 

volatility. Utilizing Data Processing PPI 

over a specified period of time is a 

reasonable means of recouping a portion 

of the Exchange’s investment in 

maintaining and enhancing the 

connectivity service identified above. 

The Exchange believes utilizing Data 

Processing PPI, a tailored measure of 

inflation, to increase certain 

connectivity fees to recoup the 

Exchange’s investment in maintaining 

and enhancing its services and products 

would not impose a burden on 

competition. 

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 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 21 and paragraph (f) of Rule 

19b–4 22 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 will institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

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/ 

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• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

C2–2024–020 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–C2–2024–020. 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–C2–2024–020 and should be 

submitted on or before December 4, 

2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.23

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26197 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20856 and #20857; 

SEMINOLE TRIBE of FLORIDA Disaster 

Number FL–20017] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (FEMA–4844–DR), dated 

November 5, 2024. 

Incident: Hurricane Milton. 

DATES: Issued on November 5, 2024. 

Incident Period: October 5, 2024 and 

continuing. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 6, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 5, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

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 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

November 5, 2024, applications for 

disaster loans may be submitted online 

using the MySBA Loan Portal https://

lending.sba.gov or other locally 

announced locations. Please contact the 

SBA disaster assistance customer 

service center by email at 

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by 

phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further 

assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Areas (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Seminole 

Tribe of Florida. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Florida: Broward, Collier, Glades, 

Hendry, Hillsborough, St. Lucie. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.625 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.813 

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

Percent 

Businesses without Credit 

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

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

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

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 208568 and for 

economic injury is 208570. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26231 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration # 20858 and # 20859; 

SEMINOLE TRIBE of FLORIDA Disaster 

Number FL–20018] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida (FEMA– 

4844–DR), dated November 5, 2024. 

Incident: Hurricane Milton. 

DATES: Issued on November 5, 2024. 

Incident Period: October 5, 2024 and 

continuing. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 6, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 5, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

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 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

November 5, 2024, Private Non-Profit 


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