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rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether to disapprove the
proposed rule change.5 On May 11,
2021, the Commission instituted
proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of
the Exchange Act 6 to determine
whether to approve or disapprove the
proposed rule change.7 The Commission
has not received any comment letters on
the proposed rule change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act 8
provides that, after initiating
disapproval proceedings, the
Commission shall issue an order
approving or disapproving the proposed
rule change not later than 180 days after
the date of publication of notice of filing
of the proposed rule change. The
Commission may extend the period for
issuing an order approving or
disapproving the proposed rule change
by not more than 60 days if the
Commission determines that a longer
period is appropriate and publishes
reasons for such determination. The
proposed rule change was published for
notice and comment in the Federal
Register on February 10, 2021. August
9, 2021 is 180 days from that date, and
October 8, 2021 is 240 days from that
date.
The Commission finds it appropriate
to designate a longer period within
which to issue an order approving or
disapproving the proposed rule change
so that it has sufficient time to consider
the proposed rule change. Accordingly,
the Commission, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,9
designates October 8, 2021 as the date
by which the Commission shall either
approve or disapprove the proposed
rule change (File No. SR–CboeBZX–
2021–014).
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.10
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91398,
86 FR 16650 (March 30, 2021). The Commission
designated May 11, 2021, as the date by which the
Commission shall approve or disapprove, or
institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove, the proposed rule change.
6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91845,
86 FR 26767 (May 17, 2021).
8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
9 Id.
10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).

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[SEC File No. 270–662, OMB Control No.
3235–0720]

Proposed Collection; 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:
Form 1–K

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
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Form 1–K (17 CFR 239.91) is used to
file annual reports by Tier 2 issuers
under Regulation A, an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act of
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.). Tier 2
issuers under Regulation A conducting
offerings of up to $50 million within a
12-month period are required to file
Form 1–K. Form 1–K provides audited
year-end financial statements and
information about the issuer’s business
operation, ownership, management,
liquidity, capital resources and
operations on an annual basis. In
addition, Part I of the Form 1–K collects
information on any offerings under
Regulation A that have been terminated
or completed unless it has been
previous reported on Form 1–Z. The
purpose of the Form 1–K is to better
inform the public about companies that
have conducted Tier 2 offerings under
Regulation A. We estimate that
approximately 36 issuers file Form 1–K
annually. We estimate that Form 1–K
takes approximately 600 hours to
prepare. We estimate that 75% of the
600 hours per response (450 hours) is
prepared by the company for a total
annual burden of 16,200 hours (450.0
hours per response × 36 responses).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to

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minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
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.
Please direct your written comment to
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: August 6, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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[SEC File No. 270–620, OMB Control No.
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Proposed Collection[s]; 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 15Ga–2 and Form ABS–15G

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
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Rule 15Ga–2 and Form ABS–15G (17
CFR 249.1400) is used for reports of
information required under Rule 15Ga–
1 and Rule 15Ga–2 (17 CFR 240.15Ga–
1) (17 CFR 240.15Ga–2) of the Exchange
Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’). Exchange
Act Rule 15Ga–1 requires asset-backed
securitizers to provide disclosure
regarding fulfilled an unfulfilled
repurchase requests with respect to
asset-backed securities. The purpose of
the information collected on Form ABS–
15G is to implement the disclosure
requirements of Section 943 of the
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Consumer Protection Act to provide
information regarding the use of
representations and warranties in the
asset-backed securities markets. Rule
15Ga-1 had a one-time reporting
requirement that expired on February
14, 2012. We estimate that
approximately 1,343 securitizers will
file Form ABS–15G annually at
estimated (19.307 hours) burden hours
per response. In addition, we estimate
that 75% of the 19.307 hours per
response (14.48 hours) is carried
internally by the securitizers for a total
annual reporting burden of 19,447 hours
(14.48 hours per response × 1,343
responses).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
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.
Please direct your written comment to
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: August 6, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–17161 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am]

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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
C2 Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Its Fees
Schedule Relating to the Options
Regulatory Fee
August 6, 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 August 2,
2021, Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2’’) 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 C2 Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2 Options’’) proposes
to amend its Fees Schedule relating to
the Options Regulatory Fee. 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
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to reduce the
Options Regulatory Fee (‘‘ORF’’) from
$0.0004 per contract to $0.0003 per
contract, effective August 2, 2021, in
order to help ensure that revenue
collected from the ORF, in combination
with other regulatory fees and fines,
does not exceed the Exchange’s total
regulatory costs.
The ORF is assessed by C2 Options to
each Trading Permit Holder (‘‘TPH’’) for
options transactions cleared by the TPH
that are cleared by the Options Clearing
Corporation (‘‘OCC’’) in the customer
range, regardless of the exchange on
which the transaction occurs.3 In other
words, the Exchange imposes the ORF
on all customer-range transactions
cleared by a TPH, even if the
transactions do not take place on the
Exchange. The ORF is collected by OCC
on behalf of the Exchange from the
Clearing Trading Permit Holder
(‘‘CTPH’’) or non-CTPH that ultimately
clears the transaction. With respect to
linkage transactions, C2 Options
reimburses its routing broker providing
Routing Services pursuant to C2
Options Rule 5.36 for options regulatory
fees it incurs in connection with the
Routing Services it provides.
Revenue generated from ORF, when
combined with all of the Exchange’s
other regulatory fees and fines, is
designed to recover a material portion of
the regulatory costs to the Exchange of
the supervision and regulation of TPH
customer options business including
performing routine surveillances,
investigations, examinations, financial
monitoring, and policy, rulemaking,
interpretive, and enforcement activities.
Regulatory costs include direct
regulatory expenses and certain indirect
expenses for work allocated in support
of the regulatory function. The direct
expenses include in-house and thirdparty service provider costs to support
the day-to-day regulatory work such as
surveillances, investigations and
examinations. The indirect expenses
include support from such areas as
human resources, legal, information
technology, facilities and accounting.
These indirect expenses are estimated to
be approximately 20% of C2’s total
regulatory costs for 2021. Thus, direct
expenses are estimated to be
approximately 80% of total regulatory
3 The Exchange notes ORF also applies to
customer-range transactions executed during Global
Trading Hours.

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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