On August 24, 2021, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE” or “Exchange”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act” or “Exchange Act”) ^[1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,^[2] a proposed rule change to adopt listing standards for subscription warrants issued by a company organized solely for the purpose of identifying an acquisition target. The proposed rule change was ( printed page 26385) published for comment in the Federal Register on September 10, 2021.^[3]

On September 30, 2021, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,^[4] the Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change.^[5] On December 8, 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]

On March 1, 2022, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change, which replaced the proposed rule change as originally filed and superseded such filing in its entirety.^[8] On March 2, 2022, the Commission published notice of Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change.^[9] On March 4, 2022, the Commission extended the period for consideration of the proposed rule change to May 8, 2022.^[10] On April 26, 2022, the Exchange withdrew the proposed rule change (SR-NYSE-2021-45).