[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47011-47015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-15055]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-105964; File No. SR-ISE-2026-41]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the 
Exchange's Rules at Options 7, Section 4 (Complex Order Fees and 
Rebates)

July 22, 2026.
    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 July 10, 2026, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``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.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's Rules at Options 7, 
Section 4 (Complex Order Fees and Rebates). Specifically, the Exchange 
proposes to compress the tiered schedule of Priority Customer Complex 
rebates.\3\
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    \3\ The Exchange initially filed this proposal on July 1, 2026 
(SR-ISE-2026-39). On July 10, 2026, the Exchange withdrew SR-ISE-
2026-39 and submitted this filing.
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    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
website at https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/ise/rulefilings, 
and at the principal office of the Exchange.

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 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 purpose of the proposed rule change is to amend the complex 
order \4\ rebates in the Exchange's Pricing Schedule (Options 7). 
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend its Pricing Schedule at 
Section 4 (Complex Order Fees and Rebates).
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    \4\ A ``Complex Order'' is any order involving the simultaneous 
purchase and/or sale of two or more different options series in the 
same underlying security, as provided in Options 3, Section 14, as 
well as Stock-Option Orders, as that term is defined in Options 3, 
Section 14(a)(2). See Options 7, Section 1(c).
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    Currently, the Exchange offers tiered complex order rebates for 
Select Symbols \5\ and Non-Select Symbols \6\ based on the Priority 
Customer \7\ Complex Tier achieved.\8\ The schedule of tiered complex 
order Priority Customer rebates for Select Symbols and Non-Select 
Symbols is currently as follows:
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    \5\ ``Select Symbols'' are options overlying all symbols listed 
on the Nasdaq ISE that are in the Penny Interval Program. See 
Options 7, Section 1(c).
    \6\ ``Non-Select Symbols'' are options overlying all symbols 
excluding Select Symbols. No Priority Customer complex order rebates 
will be paid for orders in NDX, XND or MNX. See Options 7, Section 
4, note 4.
    \7\ The term ``Priority Customer'' is a person or entity that is 
not a broker/dealer in securities, and does not place more than 390 
orders in listed options per day on average during a calendar month 
for its own beneficial account(s), as defined in Options 1, Section 
1(a)(38). Unless otherwise noted, when used in the Pricing Schedule, 
the term ``Priority Customer'' includes ``Retail''. See Options 7, 
Section 1(c). A ``Retail'' order is a Priority Customer order that 
originates from a natural person, provided that no change is made to 
the terms of the order with respect to price or side of market and 
the order does not originate from a trading algorithm or any other 
computerized methodology. See id.
    \8\ Priority Customer Complex Tiers are based on Total 
Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity Complex Order Volume 
(Excluding Crossing Orders and Responses to Crossing Orders) 
Calculated as a Percentage of Customer Total Consolidated Volume. 
``Customer Total Consolidated Volume'' means the total national 
volume cleared at The Options Clearing Corporation in the Customer 
range in equity and ETF options in that month. See Options 7, 
Section 1(c). All Complex Order volume executed on the Exchange, 
including volume executed by Affiliated Members, is included in the 
volume calculation, except for volume executed as Crossing Orders 
and Responses to Crossing Orders. Affiliated Entities may aggregate 
their Complex Order volume for purposes of calculating Priority 
Customer Rebates. An ``Appointed OFP'' would receive the rebate 
associated with the qualifying volume tier based on aggregated 
volume. See Options 7, Section 4, note 16. As set forth in Options 
7, Section 1(c), an Appointed OFP is an Order Flow Provider who has 
been appointed by a Market Maker for purposes of qualifying as an 
Affiliated Entity, and an Order Flow Provider is any Member, other 
than a Market Maker, that submits orders, as agent or principal, to 
the Exchange.

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                                                  Total affiliated member or
                                               affiliated entity complex order
                                              volume (excluding crossing orders     Rebate for    Rebate for non-
       Priority customer complex tier         and responses to crossing orders)   select symbols  select symbols
                                                calculated as a percentage of
                                              customer total consolidated volume
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Tier 1.....................................  0.000%-0.200%......................          (0.25)          (0.50)
Tier 2.....................................  Above 0.200%-0.400%................          (0.30)          (0.60)
Tier 3.....................................  Above 0.400%-0.550%................          (0.40)          (0.80)
Tier 4.....................................  Above 0.550%-0.750%................          (0.45)          (0.85)
Tier 5.....................................  Above 0.750%-0.900%................          (0.49)          (0.90)
Tier 6.....................................  Above 0.900%-1.350%................          (0.53)          (0.99)
Tier 7.....................................  Above 1.350%-1.750%................          (0.54)          (1.00)
Tier 8.....................................  Above 1.750%-2.250%................          (0.56)          (1.11)
Tier 9.....................................  Above 2.250%-4.500%................          (0.58)          (1.13)
Tier 10....................................  Above 4.500%.......................          (0.59)          (1.16)
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    The above rebates are provided per contract, per leg, if the order 
trades with Non-Priority Customer \9\ orders in the complex order book. 
This rebate will be reduced by $0.20 per contract in Select Symbols 
where the largest leg of the Complex Order is under fifty (50) 
contracts and trades with quotes and orders on the regular order book. 
No Priority Customer Complex Order rebates are provided in Select 
Symbols if any leg of the order that trades with interest on the 
regular order book is fifty (50) contracts or more. No Priority 
Customer Complex Order rebates are provided in Non-Select Symbols if 
any leg of the order trades with interest on the regular order book, 
irrespective of order size.
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    \9\ ``Non-Priority Customers'' include Market Makers, Non-Nasdaq 
ISE Market Makers, Firm Proprietary/Broker-Dealers, and Professional 
Customers. See Options 7, Section 1(c).
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    The Exchange also offers additional tiered rebates, in addition to 
the existing Priority Customer Complex Tier rebates, for Select Symbols 
and for Non-Select Symbols, provided the Member has also transacted an 
average daily volume of greater than 10,000 contracts of FLEX Orders 
\10\ in a given month. As is the case with the Priority Customer 
Complex Tier rebates, these additional tiered rebates are provided per 
contract, per leg, if the order trades with Non-Priority Customer 
orders in the complex order book. For purposes of calculating this 
threshold, eligible volume from Affiliated Members and Affiliated 
Entities is aggregated.
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    \10\ A ``FLEX Order'' is an order submitted in a FLEX Option 
pursuant to Options 3A. See Options 3, Section 7(z). See also 
Options 3A, Section 1(b)(2). A ``FLEX Option'' is a flexible 
exchange option. See Options 3A, Section 1(b)(1). A FLEX Order can 
also be a Complex Order. Therefore, it is possible for a single 
order to count both towards the Priority Customer complex tier 
qualification, as well as the additional tiered rebates for Members 
who have also transacted an average daily volume of greater than 
10,000 contracts of FLEX Orders.
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    The additional tiered rebate, in addition to the Priority Customer 
Complex Tier rebates, for Select Symbols is currently as follows:

Tier 1--($0.00)
Tier 2--($0.02)
Tier 3--($0.03)
Tier 4--($0.04)
Tier 5--($0.06)
Tier 6--($0.02)
Tier 7--($0.01)
Tier 8--($0.00)
Tier 9--($0.00)
Tier 10--($0.00)

    The additional tiered rebate, in addition to the Priority Customer 
Complex Tier rebates, for Non-Select Symbols is currently as follows:

Tier 1--($0.00)
Tier 2--($0.05)
Tier 3--($0.10)
Tier 4--($0.15)
Tier 5--($0.20)
Tier 6--($0.12)
Tier 7--($0.12)
Tier 8--($0.03)
Tier 9--($0.01)
Tier 10--($0.00)

    The Exchange proposes to compress this schedule of rebates. To do 
so, the Exchange will slightly widen the scope of Tier 3 (by increasing 
the upper bound to qualify for this tier from 0.550% to 0.600%), while 
collapsing the remainder of Tier 4 into Tier 5. Because of the widening 
of the scope of Tier 3, Members who currently qualify for Tier 4 with 
volume in the 0.550%-0.600% range will now, instead, fall under Tier 3.
    The revised schedule of tiered complex order Priority Customer 
rebates for Select Symbols and Non-Select Symbols will be as follows:

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                                                  Total affiliated member or
                                               affiliated entity complex order
                                              volume (excluding crossing orders     Rebate for    Rebate for non-
       Priority customer complex tier         and responses to crossing orders)   select symbols  select symbols
                                                calculated as a percentage of
                                              customer total consolidated volume
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Tier 1.....................................  0.000%-0.200%......................         ($0.25)         ($0.50)
Tier 2.....................................  Above 0.200%-0.400%................          (0.30)          (0.60)
Tier 3.....................................  Above 0.400%-0.600%................          (0.40)          (0.80)
Tier 4.....................................  Above 0.600%-0.900%................          (0.49)          (0.90)
Tier 5.....................................  Above 0.900%-1.350%................          (0.53)          (0.99)
Tier 6.....................................  Above 1.350%-1.750%................          (0.54)          (1.00)
Tier 7.....................................  Above 1.750%-2.250%................          (0.56)          (1.11)
Tier 8.....................................  Above 2.250%-4.500%................          (0.58)          (1.13)
Tier 9.....................................  Above 4.500%.......................          (0.59)          (1.16)
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    The additional tiered rebate, in addition to the Priority Customer 
Complex Tier rebates, for Select Symbols will be as follows:

Tier 1--($0.00)
Tier 2--($0.02)
Tier 3--($0.03)
Tier 4--($0.06)
Tier 5--($0.02)
Tier 6--($0.01)
Tier 7--($0.00)
Tier 8--($0.00)
Tier 9--($0.00)

    The additional tiered rebate, in addition to the Priority Customer 
Complex Tier rebates, for Non-Select Symbols will be as follows:

Tier 1--($0.00)
Tier 2--($0.05)
Tier 3--($0.10)
Tier 4--($0.20)
Tier 5--($0.12)
Tier 6--($0.12)
Tier 7--($0.03)
Tier 8--($0.01)
Tier 9--($0.00)

    The amount of the Priority Customer tiered rebate, as well as the 
amount of the additional tiered rebates, will continue to be the same 
for Tiers 1-3. Meanwhile, the amount of these rebates formerly paid to 
Tier 5 will now be paid to Tier 4, and so on for the remaining tiers. 
The Exchange believes that these changes to its Pricing Schedule will 
help drive additional order flow to the Exchange, which will benefit 
all market participants by providing them the opportunity to interact 
with such increased order flow.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 
6(b) of the Act,\11\ in general, and furthers the objectives of 
Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\12\ in particular, in that it 
provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and 
other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any 
facility, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their 
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining 
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation 
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the

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current market model, the Commission highlighted the importance of 
market forces in determining prices and SRO revenues and, also, 
recognized that current regulation of the market system ``has been 
remarkably successful in promoting market competition in its broader 
forms that are most important to investors and listed companies.'' \13\
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    \13\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005), 
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005).
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    Likewise, in NetCoalition v. Securities and Exchange Commission 
\14\ (``NetCoalition'') the D.C. Circuit upheld the Commission's use of 
a market-based approach in evaluating the fairness of market data fees 
against a challenge claiming that Congress mandated a cost-based 
approach.\15\ As the court emphasized, the Commission ``intended in 
Regulation NMS that `market forces, rather than regulatory 
requirements' play a role in determining the market data . . . to be 
made available to investors and at what cost.'' \16\
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    \14\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir. 2010).
    \15\ See NetCoalition, at 534-535.
    \16\ Id. at 537.
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    Further, ``[n]o one disputes that competition for order flow is 
`fierce.' . . . As the SEC explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market 
system, buyers and sellers of securities, and the broker-dealers that 
act as their order-routing agents, have a wide range of choices of 
where to route orders for execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to 
take its market share percentages for granted' because `no exchange 
possesses a monopoly, regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of 
order flow from broker dealers'. . . .'' \17\ Although the court and 
the SEC were discussing the cash equities markets, the Exchange 
believes that these views apply with equal force to the options 
markets.
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    \17\ Id. at 539 (quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
59039 (Dec. 2, 2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (Dec. 9, 2008) (File No. 
SR-NYSEArca-2006-21)).
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    The proposed amendments to compress the schedule of Priority 
Customer complex rebates are reasonable. The Exchange's proposal to 
compress the tier schedule by slightly widening the scope of Tier 3 (by 
increasing the upper bound of this tier from 0.550% to 0.600%) and 
collapsing the remainder of Tier 4 into Tier 5 is reasonable because 
the existing Tier 4 provided only a limited incremental rebate over 
Tier 3--an increase of $0.05 per contract in Select Symbols (from $0.40 
to $0.45) and $0.05 per contract in Non-Select Symbols (from $0.80 to 
$0.85)--that might not have provided a sufficient incentive for Members 
to increase their complex order volume from the Tier 3 range to the 
Tier 4 range. By removing this intermediate tier, the Exchange creates 
a larger rebate increment between the new Tier 3 and the new Tier 4--
$0.09 per contract in Select Symbols (from $0.40 to $0.49) and $0.10 
per contract in Non-Select Symbols (from $0.80 to $0.90)--which is 
nearly double the prior step and which the Exchange believes will more 
effectively incentivize Members to direct additional Priority Customer 
complex order flow to the Exchange in order to reach the new Tier 4 
threshold. National securities exchanges have routinely eliminated 
tiers that provided insufficient marginal incentive to drive additional 
volume, on the basis that such tiers were not accomplishing their 
intended objectives. The Exchange believes that the same rationale 
supports the proposed compression here. The Exchange also notes that 
the proposed compression will not disadvantage the majority of Members 
currently qualifying for old Tier 4: Members whose volume falls in the 
0.600%-0.750% range of old Tier 4 will now qualify for the new Tier 4 
and will receive a higher base rebate ($0.49 per contract in Select 
Symbols and $0.90 per contract in Non-Select Symbols, compared with 
$0.45 and $0.85, respectively, that they currently receive). Moreover, 
for Members who also qualify for the additional tiered rebates by 
having transacted an average daily volume of greater than 10,000 
contracts of FLEX Orders in a given month, the benefit is compounded: 
the additional FLEX rebate for the new Tier 4 will increase from $0.04 
to $0.06 per contract in Select Symbols and from $0.15 to $0.20 per 
contract in Non-Select Symbols, resulting in a total combined rebate 
increase from $0.49 to $0.55 per contract in Select Symbols and from 
$1.00 to $1.10 per contract in Non-Select Symbols. Only Members in the 
narrower 0.550%-0.600% portion of old Tier 4 will instead fall under 
the new Tier 3, but these Members will retain a meaningful rebate at 
the Tier 3 level, and the heightened rebate increment to the new Tier 4 
provides them a stronger incentive to increase their volume. 
Additionally, the Exchange has limited resources to allocate to 
incentive programs and must, from time to time, reallocate resources to 
maximize their net impact on the Exchange, market quality, and 
participants. The Exchange believes that concentrating its rebate 
resources into tiers with more meaningful incremental rebate steps--
rather than maintaining a greater number of narrowly differentiated 
tiers--will more effectively incentivize the submission of Priority 
Customer complex order flow to the Exchange, which will benefit all 
market participants by providing them the opportunity to interact with 
such increased order flow. Additionally, the proposed amendments to the 
additional tiered rebates available to Members who have also transacted 
an average daily volume of greater than 10,000 contracts of FLEX Orders 
in a given month are reasonable because all they do is make these 
additional tiered rebates compatible with the new Priority Customer 
complex rebate tiers by collapsing the additional rebates that were 
formerly paid to Tier 4 into Tier 5.
    The proposed compressed schedule of Priority Customer complex 
rebates is also equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because the 
Exchange will uniformly apply the revised rebates to all Priority 
Customers who meet the applicable tier qualifications. All Members 
qualifying at a given tier level will receive the same rebate, and the 
tier qualifications remain based on objective, transparent volume 
criteria. Further, paying complex order rebates solely to Priority 
Customers is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because Priority 
Customer liquidity benefits all market participants by providing more 
trading opportunities, which attracts Market Makers. An increase in the 
activity of Market Makers--particularly in response to pricing--
facilitates tighter spreads, which may cause an additional 
corresponding increase in order flow from other market participants. 
The additional tiered rebates available to Members who have also 
transacted an average daily volume of greater than 10,000 contracts of 
FLEX Orders in a given month will likewise continue to be uniformly 
applied to all Members meeting the applicable criteria and are 
similarly designed to incentivize order flow that benefits all market 
participants. Additionally, the revised schedule of Priority Customer 
complex rebates, combined with the additional tiered Priority Customer 
Complex rebates for Members who have also transacted an average daily 
volume of greater than 10,000 contracts of FLEX Orders in a given 
month, will be reasonable and not unfairly discriminatory, because it 
will continue to be the case that the amount of the combined rebates 
will either stay flat, or increase, with every single step up to a 
higher tier.\18\
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    \18\ For Select Symbols, the combined rebates for Tiers 1-9 will 
be $0.25, $0.32, $0.43, $0.55, $0.55, $0.55, $0.56, $0.58, and 
$0.59, respectively. For Non-Select Symbols, the combined rebates 
for Tiers 1-9 will be $0.50, $0.65, $0.90, $1.10, $1.11, $1.12, 
$1.14, $1.14, and $1.16, respectively.

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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 not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Inter-Market Competition
    The proposal does not impose an undue burden on inter-market 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes its proposal remains 
competitive with other options markets and will offer market 
participants with another choice of where to transact options. The 
Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which 
market participants can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee 
levels at a particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities 
available at other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, 
the Exchange must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive 
with other exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own 
fees in response, and because market participants may readily adjust 
their order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to 
which fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition 
is extremely limited.
Intra-Market Competition
    The Exchange's proposed amendments to the schedule of Priority 
Customer complex rebates will not impose an undue burden on intra-
market competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Act. The compressed schedule will be uniformly 
applied to all Priority Customers; all Members qualifying at a given 
tier level will receive the same rebate, and the tier qualifications 
remain based on objective, transparent volume criteria that are equally 
accessible to all Members. Moreover, the compressed tier structure is 
pro-competitive because it eliminates a narrow intermediate tier whose 
limited incremental rebate--only $0.05 per contract in Select Symbols 
and $0.05 per contract in Non-Select Symbols over Tier 3--was not 
providing sufficient incentive to drive additional volume, and instead 
concentrates rebate resources into tiers with more meaningful step-ups. 
This benefits all Members because the resulting sharper incentive 
gradient between the new Tier 3 and new Tier 4--$0.09 per contract in 
Select Symbols and $0.10 per contract in Non-Select Symbols--is more 
likely to motivate Members to increase their Priority Customer complex 
order flow to the Exchange, which in turn enhances liquidity to the 
benefit of all market participants. While Members who currently qualify 
for Tier 4 with volume in the 0.550%-0.600% range will now fall under 
Tier 3 and receive a modestly lower base rebate, this does not impose 
an undue burden on intra-market competition. These Members will 
continue to receive a meaningful rebate at the Tier 3 level, and the 
compressed schedule provides a heightened incentive for these Members 
to increase their volume to the new Tier 4 threshold, which offers a 
higher rebate ($0.49 per contract in Select Symbols and $0.90 per 
contract in Non-Select Symbols) than the former Tier 4 ($0.45 and 
$0.85, respectively). Additionally, the combined effect of the base 
rebates and the additional tiered rebates available to qualifying 
Members will either stay flat or increase at every successive tier, 
ensuring that the incentive to direct additional volume to the Exchange 
is preserved at every level. The Exchange also believes that the 
increased Priority Customer order flow that the compressed schedule is 
designed to attract will enhance liquidity on the Exchange to the 
benefit of all market participants, including Market Makers and other 
Non-Priority Customer participants, by providing more trading 
opportunities, which in turn attracts additional market participants 
and facilitates tighter spreads. For these reasons, the proposed 
amendments to the additional tiered rebates available to Members who 
have also transacted an average daily volume of greater than 10,000 
contracts of FLEX Orders in a given month will likewise not impose an 
undue burden on intra-market competition. These modified additional 
tiered rebates are a conforming adjustment to make the FLEX-based 
incentive structure compatible with the compressed Priority Customer 
complex rebate tiers, and they will be uniformly applied to all Members 
meeting the applicable tier qualifications.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were either solicited or received.

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)(ii) of the Act.\19\ 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: (i) necessary or appropriate in the public 
interest; (ii) for the protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such 
action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether 
the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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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 [email protected]. Please include 
file number SR-ISE-2026-41 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-ISE-2026-41. 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 filing 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-ISE-2026-41 and should be submitted on 
or before August 17, 2026.


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    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\20\
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    \20\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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