On February 24, 2025, NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”) and NYSE Arca Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) (each an “Exchange,” and, collectively, the “Exchanges”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”),^[1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,^[2] proposed rule changes to amend their respective rules to allow the Exchanges to list and trade options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares. The proposed rule changes were published for comment in the Federal Register on March 14, 2025 and March 17, 2025.^[3] On April 25, 2025, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,^[4] the Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the proposed rule changes, disapprove the proposed rule changes, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule changes.^[5] On June 12, 2025, the Commission instituted proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act ^[6] to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule changes.^[7] The Commission has not received any comments on the proposed rule changes.

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act ^[8] provides that, after initiating 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 the 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, however, by not more than 60 days if the Commission determines that a longer period is appropriate and publishes the reasons for such determination. The proposed rule changes were published for notice and comment in the Federal Register on ( printed page 43491) March 14 and March 17, 2025.^[9] The 180th day after publication of the Notices is September 10, 2025, for SR-NYSEAMER-2025-07 and September 13, 2025, for SR-NYSEARCA-2025-16. The Commission is extending the time period for approving or disapproving the proposed rule changes for an additional 60 days.

The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period within which to issue an order approving or disapproving the proposed rule changes so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule changes. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,^[10] designates November 9, 2025, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove File No. SR-NYSEAMER-2025-07 and designates November 12, 2025, the as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2025-16.