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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1561-1562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00168]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-102072; File No. SR-IEX-2024-29]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Investors Exchange LLC; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish 
Fees for Industry Members Related to Reasonably Budgeted CAT Costs of 
the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail 
for 2025

January 2, 2025.
    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 December 20, 2024, Investors Exchange LLC (``Exchange'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed 
rule change as described in Item I below, which Item has been 
substantially prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange has designated 
this proposal for immediate effectiveness pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f) thereunder.\4\ The 
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the 
proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f). 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.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to establish fees for Industry Members \5\ 
related to reasonably budgeted CAT costs of the National Market System 
Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the ``CAT NMS Plan'' or 
``Plan'') for 2025. These fees would be payable to Consolidated Audit 
Trail, LLC (``CAT LLC'' or the ``Company'') and referred to as CAT Fee 
2025-1, and would be described in a section of the Exchange's fee 
schedule entitled ``Consolidated Audit Trail Funding Fees.'' The fee 
rate for CAT Fee 2025-1 would be $0.000022 per executed equivalent 
share. CAT Executing Brokers will receive their first monthly invoice 
for CAT Fee 2025-1 in February 2025 calculated based on their 
transactions as CAT Executing Brokers for the Buyer (``CEBB'') and/or 
CAT Executing Brokers for the Seller (``CEBS'') in January 2025. CAT 
Fee 2025-1 is anticipated to be in place for six months, and is 
anticipated to recover approximately one-half of the costs set forth in 
the reasonably budgeted CAT costs for 2025. CAT LLC intends for CAT Fee 
2025-1 to replace CAT Fee 2024-1 (which has a fee rate of 
$0.000035).\6\
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    \5\ An ``Industry Member'' is defined as ``a member of a 
national securities exchange or a member of a national securities 
association.'' See IEX Rule 11.610(u). See also Section 1.1 of the 
CAT NMS Plan. Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in 
this rule filing are defined as set forth in the CAT NMS Plan and/or 
the CAT Compliance Rule. See IEX Rule Series 11.600.
    \6\ See paragraph (a)(3) of Consolidated Audit Trail Funding 
Fees. See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 100834 (August 
27, 2024), 89 FR 71747 (September 3, 2024) (SR-IEX-2024-14) (``Fee 
Filing for CAT Fee 2024-1''); IEX Fee Schedule, available at https://www.iexexchange.io/resources/trading/fee-schedule.
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    The proposed rule change, including the Exchange's statement of the 
purpose of, and statutory basis for, the proposed rule change, is 
available on the Exchange's website at www.iextrading.com, at the 
principal office of the Exchange, and on the Commission's website at 
https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-IEX-2024-29.

II. 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.\7\

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Comments may be submitted electronically by using the Commission's 
internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-IEX-2024-29) or by sending an email to [email protected]. Please include file number SR-IEX-2024-29 on the 
subject line. Alternatively, paper comments may be sent to Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-1090. All submissions should refer to file number SR-IEX-2024-29. 
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-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/national-securities-exchanges?file_number=SR-IEX-2024-29). 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-IEX-2024-29 and should be submitted on 
or before January 29, 2025.
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    \7\ 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 SRO.

    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)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-00168 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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