[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 49965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21555]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-84313; File No. 10-233]


MIAX EMERALD, LLC; Notice of Filing of Application for 
Registration as a National Securities Exchange Under Section 6 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 28, 2018.
    On August 16, 2018, MIAX EMERALD, LLC (``EMERALD'' or 
``Applicant'') submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') a Form 1 application under the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), seeking registration as a national 
securities exchange under Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
    The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on 
EMERALD's Form 1 application. The Commission will take any comments it 
receives into consideration in making its determination about whether 
to grant EMERALD's request to be registered as a national securities 
exchange. The Commission will grant the registration if it finds that 
the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder with respect to EMERALD are satisfied.\1\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(a).
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    The Applicant's Form 1 application provides detailed information on 
how EMERALD proposes to satisfy the requirements of the Exchange Act. 
The Form 1 application also provides that EMERALD would operate a fully 
automated electronic trading platform for the trading of listed options 
and would not maintain a physical trading floor. It also provides that 
liquidity would be derived from orders to buy and orders to sell 
submitted to EMERALD electronically by its registered broker-dealer 
members, as well as from quotes submitted electronically by market 
makers. Further, the Form 1 application states that EMERALD would be 
wholly-owned by its parent company, Miami International Holdings, Inc. 
(``Miami Holdings''), which is also the parent company of an two 
existing national securities exchange, Miami International Securities 
Exchange, LLC and MIAX PEARL, LLC.
    A more detailed description of the manner of operation of EMERALD's 
proposed system can be found in Exhibit E to EMERALD's Form 1 
application. The proposed rulebook for the proposed exchange can be 
found in Exhibit B to EMERALD's Form 1 application, and the governing 
documents for both EMERALD and Miami Holdings can be found in Exhibit A 
and Exhibit C to EMERALD's Form 1 application, respectively. A listing 
of the officers and directors of EMERALD can be found in Exhibit J to 
EMERALD's Form 1 application.
    EMERALD's Form 1 application, including all of the Exhibits 
referenced above, is available online at www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml 
as well as in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Interested 
persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments 
concerning EMERALD's Form 1, including whether the application is 
consistent with the Exchange Act.
    Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number 10-233 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 10-233. 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 (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to EMERALD'S Form 1 filed with the Commission, 
and all written communications relating to the application 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. All comments 
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are 
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying 
information from comment submissions. You should submit only 
information that you wish to make publicly available. All submissions 
should refer to File Number 10-233 and should be submitted on or before 
November 19, 2018.
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    \2\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(71)(i).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\2\
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-21555 Filed 10-2-18; 8:45 am]
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