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No. 1, with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,115
which requires that the rules of a
national securities exchange be
designed, among other things, to
prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, 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, and not be designed to
permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers,
or to regulate by virtue of any authority
conferred by the Act matters not related
to the purposes of the Act or the
administration of the exchange; and
Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,116 which
requires that the rules of a national
securities exchange not impose any
burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act. The
Commission is instituting proceedings
to also allow for additional analysis of,
and input from commenters with
respect to, the consistency of the Board
Recruiting Service Proposal, as modified
by Amendment No. 1, with Section
6(b)(4) of the Act,117 which requires that
the rules of a national securities
exchange provide for the equitable
allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and
other charges among its members and
issuers and other persons using its
facilities.
V. Procedure: Request for Written
Comments

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The Commission requests that
interested persons provide written
submissions of their views, data, and
arguments with respect to the issues
identified above, as well as any other
concerns they may have with the
proposals. In particular, the
Commission invites the written views of
interested persons concerning whether
the proposals, as modified by
Amendments No. 1, are consistent with
Sections 6(b)(4),118 6(b)(5) 119 and
6(b)(8) 120 of the Act or any other
provision of the Act, or the rules and
regulations thereunder. Although there
do not appear to be any issues relevant
to approval or disapproval that would
be facilitated by an oral presentation of
views, data, and arguments, the
Commission will consider, pursuant to
Rule 19b–4 under the Act,121 any
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U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
117 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
118 Id.
119 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
120 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
121 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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request for an opportunity to make an
oral presentation.122
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments regarding whether the
proposals, as modified by Amendments
No. 1, should be approved or
disapproved by April 6, 2021. Any
person who wishes to file a rebuttal to
any other person’s submission must file
that rebuttal by April 20, 2021.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

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 available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2020–081 or SR–
NASDAQ–2020–082 and should be
submitted by April 6, 2021. Rebuttal
comments should be submitted by April
20, 2021.

Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
NASDAQ–2020–081 or SR–NASDAQ–
2020–082 on the subject line.

For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.123
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.

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–NASDAQ–2020–081 or SR–
NASDAQ–2020–082. 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/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
changes that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule changes 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
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments

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122 Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, as amended by the
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975, Public Law
94–29 (June 4, 1975), grants the Commission
flexibility to determine what type of proceeding—
either oral or notice and opportunity for written
comments—is appropriate for consideration of a
particular proposal by a self-regulatory
organization. See Securities Acts Amendments of
1975, Senate Comm. on Banking, Housing & Urban
Affairs, S. Rep. No. 75, 94th Cong., 1st Sess. 30
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[SEC File No. 270–267, OMB Control No.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:
Rule 11a–2

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Rule 11a–2 (17 CFR 270.11a–2) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) permits certain
registered insurance company separate
accounts, subject to certain conditions,
to make exchange offers without prior
approval by the Commission of the
terms of those offers. Rule 11a–2
requires disclosure, in certain
registration statements filed pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
et seq.) of any administrative fee or sales
load imposed in connection with an
exchange offer.
There are currently 676 registrants
governed by Rule 11a–2. The
Commission includes the estimated
burden of complying with the
information collection required by Rule
123 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12); 17 CFR 200.30–
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11a–2 in the total number of burden
hours estimated for completing the
relevant registration statements and
reports the burden of Rule 11a–2 in the
separate Paperwork Reduction Act
(‘‘PRA’’) submissions for those
registration statements (see the separate
PRA submissions for Form N–3 (17 CFR
274.11b), Form N–4 (17 CFR 274.11c)
and Form N–6 (17 CFR 274.11d). The
Commission is requesting a burden of
one hour for Rule 11a–2 for
administrative purposes.
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
PRA, and is not derived from a
comprehensive or even a representative
survey or study of the costs of
Commission rules or forms. With regard
to Rule 11a–2, the Commission includes
the estimate of burden hours in the total
number of burden hours estimated for
completing the relevant registration
statements and reported on the separate
PRA submissions for those statements
(see the separate PRA submissions for
Form N–3, Form N–4 and Form N–6).
The information collection
requirements imposed by Rule 11a–2
are mandatory. Responses to the
collection of information will not be
kept confidential. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
The public may view background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom,
Director/Chief Information Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/
o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an
email to: [email protected].
Dated: March 11, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.

The meeting will be held via
remote means and/or at the
Commission’s headquarters, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

PLACE:

This meeting will be closed to
the public.

STATUS:

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 his designee, has
certified that, in his 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.
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.

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Dated: March 11, 2021.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.

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[Release No. 34–91288; File No. SR–CBOE–
2021–015]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Update its Fees
Schedule in Connection With the
Exchange’s Plans To List and Trade
Options on the Mini-RUT Index
(‘‘MRUT’’ or ‘‘Mini-RUT’’)
March 10, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on March 1,
2021, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘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 Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’
or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) proposes to update
its Fees Schedule in connection with
the Exchange’s plans to list and trade
options on the Mini-RUT Index
(‘‘MRUT’’ or ‘‘Mini-RUT’’). 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://www.cboe.com/
AboutCBOE/
CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx), 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
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
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