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1. Text of Proposed Rule Change
   (a) Pursuant to the provisions of Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, NYSE American LLC 1 2 (“NYSE American” or the “Exchange”) proposes to amend the Short Term Options Series Program to permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on certain individual stocks or Exchange- Traded Fund Shares. A notice of the proposed rule change for publication in the Federal Register is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and the text of the proposed rule change is attached as Exhibit 5. (b) The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will have any direct effect, or any significant indirect effect, on any other Exchange rule in effect at the time of this filing. (c) Not applicable.

2. Procedures of the Self-Regulatory Organization
   Senior management has approved the proposed rule change pursuant to authority delegated to it by the Board of the Exchange. No further action is required under the Exchange’s governing documents. Therefore, the Exchange’s internal procedures with respect to the proposed rule change are complete. The persons on the Exchange staff prepared to respond to questions and comments on the proposed rule change are: Samir M. Patel Senior Counsel NYSE Group, Inc. (212) 656-2030

3. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
   for, the Proposed Rule Change (a) Purpose The Exchange proposes to amend Commentary .10 to Rule 903, “Series of Options Open for Trading.” Specifically, the Exchange proposes to permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on certain individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares (collectively “Qualifying

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).1 17 CFR 240.19b-4.2

Securities”). This proposed rule change is based on a similar proposal submitted by Nasdaq ISE, LLC (“ISE”) and approved by the Commission. 3 Currently, as set forth in Rule 903(h), after an option class has been approved for listing and trading on the Exchange, the Exchange may open for trading on any Thursday or Friday that is a business day (“Short Term Option Opening Date”) series of options on that class that expire at the close of business on each of the next five Fridays that are business days and are not Fridays in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Friday Short Term Option Expiration Dates”). The Exchange may have no more than a total of five Short Term Option Expiration Dates (“Short Term Option Weekly Expirations”). Further, if the Exchange is not open for business on a Thursday or Friday, the Short Term Option Opening Date for Short Term Option Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Thursday or Friday. Similarly, if the Exchange is not open for business on a Friday, the Short Term Option Expiration Date for Short Term Option Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Friday. Additionally, the Exchange may open for trading series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 of Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903 that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, respectively, that are business days beyond the current week and are not business days in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Short Term Option Daily For those symbols listed in Table 1, the Exchange may have no 4more than a total of two Short Term Option Daily Expirations beyond the current week for each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday expirations, as applicable, at one time. At this time, the Exchange proposes to expand the Short Term Option Series Program to permit certain Qualifying Securities to list up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations in addition to the Friday weekly expiration. The Exchange proposes to define Qualifying Securities as eligible individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares, which are separate and apart from the symbols listed in Table 1, that have received approval to list additional expiries on specific symbols, that meet the following criteria on a quarterly basis:

See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104624 (January 16, 2026), 91 FR 2806 (January 22,32026) (SR-ISE-2025-15) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, to Amend the Short Term Option Series Program to List Qualifying Securities). As set forth in Table 1 of Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903, the Exchange currently permits4expirations in SPY, IWM, QQQ on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Also, the Exchange permits expirations in GLD, SLV and TLT on Mondays and Wednesdays. Finally, the Exchange permits expirations in USO and UNG on Wednesdays.

(1) an underlying security, as measured on the last day of the prior calendar quarter, must have: (A) a market capitalization of greater than 700 billion dollars for an individual stock based on the closing price, or 5(B) Assets under Management (“AUM”) greater than 50 billion dollars for an Exchange-Traded Fund Share based on net asset value (“NAV”);

Each calendar quarter, the Exchange will apply the above criteria to individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares to determine eligibility for the following quarter as a Qualifying Security. Beginning on the second trading day in the first month of each calendar quarter, the market capitalization of individual stocks shall be calculated based on the closing price established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter and the AUM for Exchange-Traded Fund Shares shall be calculated based on the NAV established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter. The data establishing the volume thresholds will be established by using data from the last month of the prior calendar quarter from The Options Clearing Corporation. For options listed on the first trading day of a given calendar quarter, the volume shall be calculated using the last month of the quarter prior to that trading calendar quarter. The Exchange will make the list of Qualifying Securities 6available by close of business on the first trading day of the quarter. 7 Eligible Qualifying Securities would be permitted to list two Short Term Option Expiration Dates beyond the current week for each Monday and Wednesday expiration at one time. For Qualifying Securities, the Exchange would not list an expiry on a day when there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close. For purposes of this rule proposal, earnings announcements shall include official public quarterly or yearly earnings filed with the

The closing price and the opening price shall be that of the primary exchange where the security is5listed. OCC data becomes available for the end of a quarter on the first trading day of a new quarter. For6example, if the Exchange were to list Qualifying Securities in Q3 of 2025, the Exchange would look at the volume, measured in sides, for the last month of Q2 2025 or June 2025. The Exchange will make this information available on its website. This information will be freely7accessible to the public.

Commission (“Earnings Announcement”). Not listing an expiry for a Qualifying Security on a day where there is an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close will avoid permitting an additional expiry on a day where post-close price volatility may be impacted due to the Earnings Announcement. Qualifying Securities that do not continue to meet the above criteria would no longer be permitted to list Monday and Wednesday expiries beginning on the second day of the following quarter. 9 The proposed Monday Qualifying Securities expirations will be similar to the current Monday Expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM (among other symbols that may list a Monday Expiration) in Short Term Option Daily Expirations set forth in Commentary .10 to Rule 903 such that the Exchange may open for trading on any Friday or Monday that is a business day (beyond the current week) series of options on Qualifying Securities to expire on any Monday of the month that is a business day and is not a Monday in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire, provided that Monday expirations that are listed on a Friday must be listed at least one business week and one business day prior to the expiration (“Monday Qualifying Securities In the event Qualifying Securities would expire on a Monday 10and that Monday is the same day that a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expires, the Exchange would skip that week’s listing and instead list the following week; the two weeks of Monday Qualifying Securities Expirations would therefore not be consecutive. Today, Monday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM similarly skip the weekly listing in the event the weekly listing would expire on the same day in the same class as a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series. The proposed Wednesday Qualifying Securities expirations will be similar to the current Wednesday SPY, QQQ, and IWM (among other symbols that may list a Wednesday Expiration) in Short Term Option Daily Expirations set forth in Commentary .10 to Rule 903, such that the Exchange may open for trading on any Tuesday or Wednesday that is a business day (beyond the current week) series of options on Qualifying Securities to expire on any Wednesday of the month that is a business day and is not a Wednesday in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations”). In the event Qualifying Securities would 11expire on a Wednesday and that Wednesday is the same day that a standard

For purposes of this proposal, pre-announcements or “guidance” shall not be considered an8Earnings Announcement. The Exchange has noted the additional expiries in a proposed Table 2 in Commentary .10(f) to9Rule 903 along with the criteria for a Qualifying Security. They may also trade on Fridays, as is the case for all options series in the Short Term Option10Series Program. Id.11

expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expires, the Exchange would skip that week’s listing and instead list the following week; the two weeks of Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations would therefore not be consecutive. Today, Wednesday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM similarly skip the weekly listing in the event the weekly listing would expire on the same day in the same class as a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series. The interval between strike prices for the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations will be the same as those currently applicable for SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations (among other symbols that may list a Monday or Wednesday Expiration) in the Short Term Option Series Program. Specifically, the Monday and Wednesday Qualifying 12Securities Expirations will have a strike interval of (i) $0.50 or greater for strike prices below $100, and $1 or greater for strike prices between $100 and $150 for all option classes that participate in the Short Term Option Series Program, (ii) $0.50 for option classes that trade in one dollar increments and are in the Short Term Option Series Program, or (iii) $2.50 or greater for strike prices above $150. As is the case with other equity options series listed pursuant to the Short 13Term Option Series Program, the Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations series will be P.M.-settled. Pursuant to Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903, with respect to the Short Term Option Series Program, if a Monday is not a business day, the series shall expire on the first business day immediately following that Monday. Additionally, with respect to the Short Term Options Series Program, a Wednesday expiration series shall expire on the first business day immediately prior to that Wednesday, e.g., Tuesday of that week if the Wednesday is not a business day. Currently, for each option class eligible for participation in the Short Term Option Series Program, the Exchange is limited to opening thirty (30) series for each expiration date for the specific class. The thirty (30) series restriction does not 14include series that are open by other securities exchanges under their respective weekly rules; the Exchange may list these additional series that are listed by other options exchanges. With the proposed changes, this thirty (30) series restriction 15would apply to Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations as well. In addition, the Exchange will be able to list series that are listed by other

See Commentary .10(d) to Rule 903. The Exchange notes that equity options which have an12expiration of more than twenty-one days from the listing date would also be subject to the intervals as noted within Commentary .10(d) to Rule 903. See also Commentary .10(e) to Rule 903. Id.13 See Commentary .10(b) and (c) to Rule 903.14

exchanges, assuming they file similar rules with the Commission to list Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations. With this proposal, Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations would be treated similar to existing SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations. With respect to standard expiration option series, Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations will be permitted to expire in the same week in which standard expiration option series on the same class expire. Not listing Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities 16Expirations for one week every month because there was a standard options series on that same class on the Friday of that week would create investor confusion. Further, as with SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the Exchange would not permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations to expire on a business day in which standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire. Therefore, all 17Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations would expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays and Wednesdays, respectively, that are business days and are not business days in which standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire. The Exchange believes that it is reasonable to not permit two expirations on the same day in which a standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, a Quarterly Options Series would expire because those options would be duplicative of each other. The Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations. The Exchange currently trades P.M.-settled Short Term Option Series that expire Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on several symbols and has not experienced any market disruptions nor issues with 18capacity. Today, the Exchange has surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading in Short Term Option Series that expire Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on several symbols. The Exchange believes 19that it has the necessary capacity and surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading in the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations. (b) Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 6(b) of the

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See supra, note 418 Id.19

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”), in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act, in particular, in that it is designed to 21prevent 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. Similar to Monday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM, the proposal to permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations, subject to the proposed limitation of two expirations beyond the current week, would protect investors and the public interest by providing the investing public and other market participants more choice and flexibility to closely tailor their investment and hedging decisions in these options and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection, thus allowing them to better manage their risk exposure. The Exchange believes that the proposed criteria for Qualifying Securities requires individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares to be highly liquid. A market capitalization measured on the last day of the prior calendar quarter based on the closing price of the underlying, of greater than 700 billion dollars for an individual stock, or AUM of 50 billion dollars for an Exchange-Trade Fund Share, in conjunction with the monthly options volume requirement of greater than 10 million options as measured by sides traded in the last month preceding the quarter end, is very restrictive. This requirement represents substantially less than 1% of individual stocks (only eight (8) individual stocks met this criteria as of January 1, 2025) and substantially less than 1% of Exchange-Traded Fund Shares (only seven (7) Exchange Traded Fund Shares met this criteria as of January 1, 2025, pursuant to Rule 903, Commentary .10(f), to trade additional expiries) traded. Therefore, an individual stock or Exchange-Traded Fund Share that meets aforementioned market capitalization and volume requirements are highly liquid and could be viewed as stable securities. The Exchange notes that with respect to position limits, Commentary .07 to Rule 904 provides, that to be eligible for the 250,000 contract limit, the underlying security had to have “had trading volume of at least 100,000,000 shares during the most recent six-month trading period; or” the underlying security had to have “had trading volume of at least 75,000,000 shares during the most recent six- month trading period and has at least 300,000,000 shares currently outstanding.” The 250,000 contract position limit is the highest position limit by Exchange rules. Options that qualify for the 250,000 position (and exercise) limit are highly liquid securities that have met the stringent requirements noted in Commentary .07 to Rule 904 to qualify for the highest position limit.

15 U.S.C. 78f(b).20 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).21

Finally, a Qualifying Security must participate in the Penny Interval Program. In order to qualify for the Penny Interval Program, an options class must be among the 300 most actively traded multiply listed option classes overlying securities priced below $200. The most actively traded options classes are included in the 22Penny Interval Program based on certain objective criteria (trading volume thresholds and initial price tests). As of June 27, 2025, the number of individual stocks meeting all four criteria for a Qualifying Security is eight (8) and the number of Exchange-Traded Fund Shares meeting all four criteria for a Qualifying Security that do not already have Monday and Wednesday expirations is one (1). Both totals represent less than 0.2% of all securities with options listed. The Exchange believes that since individual stocks are the dominant constituents of the broad-based indexes (e.g., S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq- 100 Index), the improvement in price transparency brought about by Monday and Wednesday trading will offer Market Makers and investors better volatility pricing which will inform trading on the related products to these indexes. The Exchange believes that the proposed criteria for Qualifying Securities is consistent with the protection of investors and the general public because the criteria targets the most liquid individual stocks and Exchange- Traded Fund Shares. The Exchange would not list an expiry on a Qualifying Security on a day where there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close to avoid post-close price volatility that may arise from the Earnings Announcement and which may impact exercise and/or assignment decisions. Qualifying Securities that do not continue to meet the above criteria would no longer be permitted to list Monday and Wednesday expiries in the following quarter, although the Qualifying Security would potentially have two weeks of strikes already listed which will persist. These remaining listings could continue to be traded until they expire. With this proposal, overall, the Exchange would add a small number of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations by limiting the addition of two Monday expirations and two Wednesday expirations beyond the current week. The addition of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations would remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market by encouraging Market Makers to continue to deploy capital more efficiently and improve displayed market quality. The Exchange believes that the proposal will 23allow Exchange members to expand hedging tools and tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively in Qualifying Securities as these funds are most

See Rule 960.1NY(b). Each December OCC ranks all multiply listed option classes based on22National Cleared Volume for the six full calendar months from June 1 through November 30 for determination of the most actively traded option classes. Today, Market Makers are required to quote a specified time in their assigned options series. See23Rule 925.1NYP. Market Maker Quotations.

likely to be utilized by market participants to hedge the underlying asset classes. Similar to SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations is consistent with the Act as it will, among other things, expand hedging tools available to market participants and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection. The Exchange believes that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively, thus allowing them to better manage their risk exposure. Today, the Exchange lists other Monday and Wednesday expirations. 24 In particular, the Exchange believes the Short Term Option Series Program has been successful to date and that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should simply expand the ability of investors to hedge risk against market movements stemming from economic releases or market events that occur throughout the month in the same way that the Short Term Option Series Program has expanded the landscape of hedging. There are no material differences in the treatment of SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations compared to the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations. Given the similarities between SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations and the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations, the Exchange believes that applying the provisions in Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903 that currently apply to SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations is justified. The Exchange believes Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, the proposal to permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations for options on Qualifying Securities listed pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program, subject to the proposed limitation of two nearest expirations, would protect investors and the public interest by providing the investing public and other market participants more flexibility to closely tailor their investment and hedging decisions in the options on Qualifying Securities, thus allowing them to better manage their risk exposure. In particular, the Exchange believes the Short Term Option Series Program has been successful to date and that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should simply expand the ability of investors to hedge risk against market movements stemming from economic releases or market events that occur throughout the month in the same way that the Short Term Option Series Program has expanded the landscape of hedging. Similarly, the Exchange believes

See Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903.24

Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should create greater trading and hedging opportunities and provide customers the flexibility to tailor their investment objectives more effectively. Finally, the Exchange represents that it has an adequate surveillance program in place to detect manipulative trading in the proposed option expirations, in the same way that it monitors trading in the current Short Term Option Series for Monday SPY, QQQ and IWM expirations. The Exchange also represents that it has the necessary system capacity to support the new expirations. Finally, the Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction of these option expirations. As discussed above, the Exchange believes that its proposal is a modest expansion of weekly expiration dates for Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations given that it will be limited to two Monday expirations and two Wednesday expirations beyond the current week.

1. 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 that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In this regard and as indicated above, the Exchange notes that the rule change is being proposed as a competitive response to a filing submitted by ISE that was recently approved by the Commission. 25 The Exchange believes that this limited expansion for Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on Qualifying Securities will not impose an undue burden on competition, rather, it will meet customer demand. The Exchange would uniformly apply the Qualifying Security criteria to options in individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares. The Exchange believes that Exchange members will continue to be able to expand hedging tools and tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively in the Qualifying Securities. Similar to SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations does not impose an undue burden on competition. The Exchange believes that it will, among other things, expand the hedging tools available to market participants and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection. The Exchange believes that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, not adding an expiry for a Qualifying Security on a day where there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close does not impose an undue burden on competition as the Exchange would uniformly apply this

practice to the listing of all Qualifying Securities. The Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any burden on intermarket competition, as nothing prevents other options exchanges from proposing similar rules to list and trade Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations. Further, the Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any burden on intra-market competition, as all market participants will be treated in the same manner under this proposal.

1. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule
   Change Received from Members, Participants or Others The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change.

2. Extension of Time Period for Commission Action
   Not Applicable.

3. Basis for Summary Effectiveness Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3) or for Accelerated
   Effectiveness Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) The Exchange believes that the proposal qualifies for immediate effectiveness upon filing as a “non-controversial” rule change in accordance with Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder. 26 27 The Exchange asserts that the proposed rule change (i) will not significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest, (ii) will not impose any significant burden on competition, and (iii) by its terms, will not become operative for 30 days after the date of this filing, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change does not significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest because this limited expansion for Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on Qualifying Securities will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, the proposal subject to the proposed limitation, would protect investors and the public interest by providing the investing public and other market participants (i) more flexibility to tailor their investment objectives more effectively; and (ii) greater hedging opportunities to allow them to better manage their risk exposure. The proposed rule change is substantially similar to a proposal by ISE that was

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).26

recently approved by the Commission. Therefore, the Exchange believes that this proposal raises no new or novel issues that have not been previously considered by the Commission. Additionally, the Exchange believes this proposal does not impose any significant burden on competition but rather promotes competition among the options exchanges. Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to give the 29Commission written notice of its intent to file a proposed rule change under that subsection at least five business days prior to the date of filing, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The Exchange has provided such notice. Furthermore, a proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the Act normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date of its filing.30However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) permits the Commission to designate a shorter time 31if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange respectfully requests that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay, so that the proposed rule change may become effective and operative upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder. The Exchange states that the proposed32 33changes will not adversely impact investors and will create greater trading and hedging opportunities and flexibility and will provide customers with the ability to tailor their investment objectives more effectively. Because the proposed rule change does not raise any novel regulatory issues, the Exchange believes that waiver of the operative delay would be consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. Waiving the 30-day operative delay would permit the Exchange to immediately implement its proposal, which would promote competition within the marketplace and benefit investors. Waiver of the operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest because it would allow the Exchange to immediately offer an additional market to investors to trade, and to compete with at least one other exchange that has approval to list and trade the same option series. Waiver of the operative delay 34would, therefore, enhance competition among exchanges by allowing options on Qualifying Securities to be traded on multiple exchanges and therefore expand the available pools of liquidity for investors to access. Based on the foregoing, the Exchange believes that waiver of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest.

17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).29

Id.31 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).32

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At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule changes if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 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.

1. Proposed Rule Change Based on Rules of Another Self-Regulatory Organization
   or of the Commission The proposed rule change is based on a substantively identical proposal filed by ISE.35

2. Security-Based Swap Submissions Filed Pursuant to Section 3C of the Act
   Not Applicable.

3. Advance Notices Filed Pursuant to Section 806(e) of the Payment, Clearing and
   Settlement Supervision Act Not Applicable.

4. Exhibits
   Exhibit 1 – Form of Notice of Proposed Rule Change for Federal Register Exhibit 5 – Text of Proposed Rule Change

EXHIBIT 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (Release No. 34- ; File No. SR-NYSEAMER-2026-26) [Date] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Change to Amend the Short Term Options Series Program Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)and Rule12 19b-4 thereunder,notice is hereby given that, on March 27, 2026, NYSE American LLC3 (“NYSE American” or the “Exchange”) 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 self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.

1. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed
   Rule Change The Exchange proposes to amend the Short Term Options Series Program to permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on certain individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares. The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s website at www.nyse.com and at the principal office of the Exchange.

2. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
   Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and discussed any comments

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).1 15 U.S.C. 78a.2 17 CFR 240.19b-4.3

it received on the proposed rule change. The text of those 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 parts of such statements.

1. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and the Statutory
   Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

2. Purpose
   The Exchange proposes to amend Commentary .10 to Rule 903, “Series of Options Open for Trading.” Specifically, the Exchange proposes to permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on certain individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares (collectively “Qualifying Securities”). This proposed rule change is based on a similar proposal submitted by Nasdaq ISE, LLC (“ISE”) and approved by the Commission. 4 Currently, as set forth in Rule 903(h), after an option class has been approved for listing and trading on the Exchange, the Exchange may open for trading on any Thursday or Friday that is a business day (“Short Term Option Opening Date”) series of options on that class that expire at the close of business on each of the next five Fridays that are business days and are not Fridays in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Friday Short Term Option Expiration Dates”). The Exchange may have no more than a total of five Short Term Option Expiration Dates (“Short Term Option Weekly Expirations”). Further, if the Exchange is not open for business on a Thursday or Friday, the Short Term Option Opening Date for Short Term Option Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Thursday or Friday. Similarly, if the Exchange is not open for business on a Friday, the Short Term Option Expiration Date for Short Term Option

See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104624 (January 16, 2026), 91 FR 2806 (January 22, 2026) (SR-4ISE-2025-15) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, to Amend the Short Term Option Series Program to List Qualifying Securities).

Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Friday. Additionally, the Exchange may open for trading series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 of Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903 that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, respectively, that are business days beyond the current week and are not business days in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Short Term Option Daily Expirations”). For those symbols listed in Table 1, the Exchange may have no more than 5 a total of two Short Term Option Daily Expirations beyond the current week for each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday expirations, as applicable, at one time. At this time, the Exchange proposes to expand the Short Term Option Series Program to permit certain Qualifying Securities to list up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations in addition to the Friday weekly expiration. The Exchange proposes to define Qualifying Securities as eligible individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares, which are separate and apart from the symbols listed in Table 1, that have received approval to list additional expiries on specific symbols, that meet the following criteria on a quarterly basis: (1) an underlying security, as measured on the last day of the prior calendar quarter, must have: (A) a market capitalization of greater than 700 billion dollars for an individual stock based on the closing price, or 6 (B) Assets under Management (“AUM”) greater than 50 billion dollars for an

As set forth in Table 1 of Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903, the Exchange currently permits expirations in5SPY, IWM, QQQ on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Also, the Exchange permits expirations in GLD, SLV and TLT on Mondays and Wednesdays. Finally, the Exchange permits expirations in USO and UNG on Wednesdays. The closing price and the opening price shall be that of the primary exchange where the security is listed.6

Exchange-Traded Fund Share based on net asset value (“NAV”);

Each calendar quarter, the Exchange will apply the above criteria to individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares to determine eligibility for the following quarter as a Qualifying Security. Beginning on the second trading day in the first month of each calendar quarter, the market capitalization of individual stocks shall be calculated based on the closing price established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter and the AUM for Exchange-Traded Fund Shares shall be calculated based on the NAV established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter. The data establishing the volume thresholds will be established by using data from the last month of the prior calendar quarter from The Options Clearing Corporation. For options listed on the first trading day of a given calendar quarter, the volume shall be calculated using the last month of the quarter prior to that trading calendar quarter. The Exchange will make the list of Qualifying Securities 7 available by close of business on the first trading day of the quarter. 8 Eligible Qualifying Securities would be permitted to list two Short Term Option Expiration Dates beyond the current week for each Monday and Wednesday expiration at one time. For Qualifying Securities, the Exchange would not list an expiry on a day when there will

OCC data becomes available for the end of a quarter on the first trading day of a new quarter. For example,7if the Exchange were to list Qualifying Securities in Q3 of 2025, the Exchange would look at the volume, measured in sides, for the last month of Q2 2025 or June 2025. The Exchange will make this information available on its website. This information will be freely8accessible to the public.

be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close. For purposes of this rule proposal, earnings announcements shall include official public quarterly or yearly earnings filed with the Commission (“Earnings Announcement”). Not listing an expiry for a Qualifying 9 Security on a day where there is an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close will avoid permitting an additional expiry on a day where post-close price volatility may be impacted due to the Earnings Announcement. Qualifying Securities that do not continue to meet the above criteria would no longer be permitted to list Monday and Wednesday expiries beginning on the second day of the following quarter. 10 The proposed Monday Qualifying Securities expirations will be similar to the current Monday Expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM (among other symbols that may list a Monday Expiration) in Short Term Option Daily Expirations set forth in Commentary .10 to Rule 903 such that the Exchange may open for trading on any Friday or Monday that is a business day (beyond the current week) series of options on Qualifying Securities to expire on any Monday of the month that is a business day and is not a Monday in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire, provided that Monday expirations that are listed on a Friday must be listed at least one business week and one business day prior to the expiration (“Monday Qualifying Securities Expirations”). In the event Qualifying 11 Securities would expire on a Monday and that Monday is the same day that a standard expiration

For purposes of this proposal, pre-announcements or “guidance” shall not be considered an Earnings9Announcement. The Exchange has noted the additional expiries in a proposed Table 2 in Commentary .10(f) to Rule 90310along with the criteria for a Qualifying Security. They may also trade on Fridays, as is the case for all options series in the Short Term Option Series11Program.

options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expires, the Exchange would skip that week’s listing and instead list the following week; the two weeks of Monday Qualifying Securities Expirations would therefore not be consecutive. Today, Monday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM similarly skip the weekly listing in the event the weekly listing would expire on the same day in the same class as a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series. The proposed Wednesday Qualifying Securities expirations will be similar to the current Wednesday SPY, QQQ, and IWM (among other symbols that may list a Wednesday Expiration) in Short Term Option Daily Expirations set forth in Commentary .10 to Rule 903, such that the Exchange may open for trading on any Tuesday or Wednesday that is a business day (beyond the current week) series of options on Qualifying Securities to expire on any Wednesday of the month that is a business day and is not a Wednesday in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Wednesday Qualifying Securities In the event Qualifying Securities would expire on a Wednesday and that 12 Wednesday is the same day that a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expires, the Exchange would skip that week’s listing and instead list the following week; the two weeks of Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations would therefore not be consecutive. Today, Wednesday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM similarly skip the weekly listing in the event the weekly listing would expire on the same day in the same class as a standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series.

Id.12

The interval between strike prices for the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations will be the same as those currently applicable for SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations (among other symbols that may list a Monday or Wednesday Expiration) in the Short Term Option Series Program. Specifically, the Monday 13 and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations will have a strike interval of (i) $0.50 or greater for strike prices below $100, and $1 or greater for strike prices between $100 and $150 for all option classes that participate in the Short Term Option Series Program, (ii) $0.50 for option classes that trade in one dollar increments and are in the Short Term Option Series Program, or (iii) $2.50 or greater for strike prices above $150. As is the case with other equity 14 options series listed pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program, the Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations series will be P.M.-settled. Pursuant to Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903, with respect to the Short Term Option Series Program, if a Monday is not a business day, the series shall expire on the first business day immediately following that Monday. Additionally, with respect to the Short Term Options Series Program, a Wednesday expiration series shall expire on the first business day immediately prior to that Wednesday, e.g., Tuesday of that week if the Wednesday is not a business day. Currently, for each option class eligible for participation in the Short Term Option Series Program, the Exchange is limited to opening thirty (30) series for each expiration date for the specific class. The thirty (30) series restriction does not include series that are open by other 15 securities exchanges under their respective weekly rules; the Exchange may list these additional

See Commentary .10(d) to Rule 903. The Exchange notes that equity options which have an expiration of13more than twenty-one days from the listing date would also be subject to the intervals as noted within Commentary .10(d) to Rule 903. See also Commentary .10(e) to Rule 903. Id.14 See Commentary .10(b) and (c) to Rule 903.15

series that are listed by other options exchanges. With the proposed changes, this thirty (30) series restriction would apply to Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations as well. In addition, the Exchange will be able to list series that are listed by other exchanges, assuming they file similar rules with the Commission to list Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations. With this proposal, Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations would be treated similar to existing SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations. With respect to standard expiration option series, Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations will be permitted to expire in the same week in which standard expiration option series on the same class expire. Not listing Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities 17 Expirations for one week every month because there was a standard options series on that same class on the Friday of that week would create investor confusion. Further, as with SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the Exchange would not permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations to expire on a business day in which standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire. Therefore, all Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities 18 Expirations would expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays and Wednesdays, respectively, that are business days and are not business days in which standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire. The Exchange believes that it is reasonable to not permit two expirations on the same day in which a standard expiration option series, Monthly Options Series, a Quarterly Options Series would

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expire because those options would be duplicative of each other. The Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations. The Exchange currently trades P.M.-settled Short Term Option Series that expire Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on several symbols and has not experienced any market disruptions 19 nor issues with capacity. Today, the Exchange has surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading in Short Term Option Series that expire Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on several symbols. The Exchange believes that it has the necessary capacity 20 and surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading in the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Securities Expirations.

1. Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”), in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of 21 the Act,in particular, in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and22 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. Similar to Monday expirations in SPY, QQQ, and IWM, the proposal to permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations, subject to the proposed limitation of two expirations beyond the current week, would protect investors and the public interest by providing

See supra, note 5.19 Id.20 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).21 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).22

the investing public and other market participants more choice and flexibility to closely tailor their investment and hedging decisions in these options and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection, thus allowing them to better manage their risk exposure. The Exchange believes that the proposed criteria for Qualifying Securities requires individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares to be highly liquid. A market capitalization measured on the last day of the prior calendar quarter based on the closing price of the underlying, of greater than 700 billion dollars for an individual stock, or AUM of 50 billion dollars for an Exchange-Trade Fund Share, in conjunction with the monthly options volume requirement of greater than 10 million options as measured by sides traded in the last month preceding the quarter end, is very restrictive. This requirement represents substantially less than 1% of individual stocks (only eight (8) individual stocks met this criteria as of January 1, 2025) and substantially less than 1% of Exchange-Traded Fund Shares (only seven (7) Exchange Traded Fund Shares met this criteria as of January 1, 2025, pursuant to Rule 903, Commentary .10(f), to trade additional expiries) traded. Therefore, an individual stock or Exchange-Traded Fund Share that meets aforementioned market capitalization and volume requirements are highly liquid and could be viewed as stable securities. The Exchange notes that with respect to position limits, Commentary .07 to Rule 904 provides, that to be eligible for the 250,000 contract limit, the underlying security had to have “had trading volume of at least 100,000,000 shares during the most recent six-month trading period; or” the underlying security had to have “had trading volume of at least 75,000,000 shares during the most recent six-month trading period and has at least 300,000,000 shares currently outstanding.” The 250,000 contract position limit is the highest position limit by Exchange rules. Options that qualify for the 250,000 position (and exercise) limit are highly liquid

securities that have met the stringent requirements noted in Commentary .07 to Rule 904 to qualify for the highest position limit. Finally, a Qualifying Security must participate in the Penny Interval Program. In order to qualify for the Penny Interval Program, an options class must be among the 300 most actively traded multiply listed option classes overlying securities priced below $200. The most actively 23 traded options classes are included in the Penny Interval Program based on certain objective criteria (trading volume thresholds and initial price tests). As of June 27, 2025, the number of individual stocks meeting all four criteria for a Qualifying Security is eight (8) and the number of Exchange-Traded Fund Shares meeting all four criteria for a Qualifying Security that do not already have Monday and Wednesday expirations is one (1). Both totals represent less than 0.2% of all securities with options listed. The Exchange believes that since individual stocks are the dominant constituents of the broad- based indexes (e.g., S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq- 100 Index), the improvement in price transparency brought about by Monday and Wednesday trading will offer Market Makers and investors better volatility pricing which will inform trading on the related products to these indexes. The Exchange believes that the proposed criteria for Qualifying Securities is consistent with the protection of investors and the general public because the criteria targets the most liquid individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares. The Exchange would not list an expiry on a Qualifying Security on a day where there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close to avoid post-close price volatility that may arise from the Earnings Announcement and which may impact exercise and/or

See Rule 960.1NY(b). Each December OCC ranks all multiply listed option classes based on National23Cleared Volume for the six full calendar months from June 1 through November 30 for determination of the most actively traded option classes.

assignment decisions. Qualifying Securities that do not continue to meet the above criteria would no longer be permitted to list Monday and Wednesday expiries in the following quarter, although the Qualifying Security would potentially have two weeks of strikes already listed which will persist. These remaining listings could continue to be traded until they expire. With this proposal, overall, the Exchange would add a small number of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations by limiting the addition of two Monday expirations and two Wednesday expirations beyond the current week. The addition of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations would remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market by encouraging Market Makers to continue to deploy capital more efficiently and improve displayed market quality. The Exchange believes that the 24 proposal will allow Exchange members to expand hedging tools and tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively in Qualifying Securities as these funds are most likely to be utilized by market participants to hedge the underlying asset classes. Similar to SPY, QQQ, and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations is consistent with the Act as it will, among other things, expand hedging tools available to market participants and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection. The Exchange believes that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively, thus allowing them to better manage their risk

Today, Market Makers are required to quote a specified time in their assigned options series. See Rule24925.1NYP. Market Maker Quotations.

exposure. Today, the Exchange lists other Monday and Wednesday expirations. In particular, the Exchange believes the Short Term Option Series Program has been successful to date and that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should simply expand the ability of investors to hedge risk against market movements stemming from economic releases or market events that occur throughout the month in the same way that the Short Term Option Series Program has expanded the landscape of hedging. There are no material differences in the treatment of SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations compared to the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations. Given the similarities between SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations and the proposed Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations, the Exchange believes that applying the provisions in Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903 that currently apply to SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations is justified. The Exchange believes Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, the proposal to permit Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations for options on Qualifying Securities listed pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program, subject to the proposed limitation of two nearest expirations, would protect investors and the public interest by providing the investing public and other market participants more flexibility to closely tailor their investment and hedging decisions in the options on Qualifying Securities, thus allowing them to better manage their risk exposure.

See Commentary .10(f) to Rule 903.25

In particular, the Exchange believes the Short Term Option Series Program has been successful to date and that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should simply expand the ability of investors to hedge risk against market movements stemming from economic releases or market events that occur throughout the month in the same way that the Short Term Option Series Program has expanded the landscape of hedging. Similarly, the Exchange believes Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations should create greater trading and hedging opportunities and provide customers the flexibility to tailor their investment objectives more effectively. Finally, the Exchange represents that it has an adequate surveillance program in place to detect manipulative trading in the proposed option expirations, in the same way that it monitors trading in the current Short Term Option Series for Monday SPY, QQQ and IWM expirations. The Exchange also represents that it has the necessary system capacity to support the new expirations. Finally, the Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction of these option expirations. As discussed above, the Exchange believes that its proposal is a modest expansion of weekly expiration dates for Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations given that it will be limited to two Monday expirations and two Wednesday expirations beyond the current week.

1. 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 that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In this regard and as indicated above, the Exchange notes that the rule change is being proposed as a competitive response to a filing submitted by ISE that was recently approved by the

Commission. The Exchange believes that this limited expansion for Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on Qualifying Securities will not impose an undue burden on competition, rather, it will meet customer demand. The Exchange would uniformly apply the Qualifying Security criteria to options in individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares. The Exchange believes that Exchange members will continue to be able to expand hedging tools and tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively in the Qualifying Securities. Similar to SPY, QQQ and IWM Monday and Wednesday Expirations, the introduction of Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations does not impose an undue burden on competition. The Exchange believes that it will, among other things, expand the hedging tools available to market participants and allow for a reduced premium cost of buying portfolio protection. The Exchange believes that Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations will allow market participants to purchase options on Qualifying Securities based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, not adding an expiry for a Qualifying Security on a day where there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close does not impose an undue burden on competition as the Exchange would uniformly apply this practice to the listing of all Qualifying Securities. The Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any burden on intermarket competition, as nothing prevents other options exchanges from proposing similar rules to list and trade Monday and Wednesday Qualifying Security Expirations. Further, the Exchange does not

See supra, note 4.26

believe the proposal will impose any burden on intra-market competition, as all market participants will be treated in the same manner under this proposal.

1. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule
   Change Received from Members, Participants, or Others No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the proposed rule change.

2. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
   The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Actand Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder. Because the proposed rule change does not: (i)27 28 significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder. A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally does not become 29 operative prior to 30 days after the date of the filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b4(f)(6)(iii), the Commission may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with 30 the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).27

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17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).30

action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act to determine 31 whether the proposed rule change should be approved or disapproved.

1. 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 rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include file number

SR-NYSEAMER-2026-26 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-NYSEAMER-2026-26. 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

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).31

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-NYSEAMER-2026-26 and should be submitted on or before [INSERT DATE 21 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority. 32

Sherry R. Haywood,

Assistant Secretary.

17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).32

EXHIBIT 5 New text is underlined; Deleted text is in [brackets] NYSE American Rules **Trading of Option Contracts Section 1. General Rules Relating to Options ** Rule 903. Series of Options Open for Trading (a) - (g) No Change. (h) Short Term Option Series Program. After an option class has been approved for listing and trading on the Exchange, the Exchange may open for trading on any Thursday or Friday that is a business day ("Short Term Option Opening Date") series of options on that class that expire at the close of business on each of the next five Fridays that are business days and are not Fridays in which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire ("Friday Short Term Option Expiration Dates"). The Exchange may have no more than a total of five Friday Short Term Option Expiration Dates (“Short Term Option Weekly Expirations”). If the Exchange is not open for business on a Thursday or Friday, the Short Term Option Opening Date for Short Term Option Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Thursday or Friday. Similarly, if the Exchange is not open for business on a Friday, the Short Term Option Expiration Date for Short Term Weekly Expirations will be the first business day immediately prior to that Friday. Short Term Option Series shall be P.M.-settled, except for Short Term Option Series on indexes. Short Term Option Series on indexes shall be A.M.- settled. No Short Term Option Series (with the exception of Short Term Option Daily Expirations) may expire in the same week in which standard expiration options series on the same class expire or, in the case of Monthly Options Series or Quarterly option series, on an expiration that coincides with an expiration of Monthly or Quarterly option series on the same class. Commentary .01 - .09 No Change.

.10 Short Term Option Series.

(a) - (e) No Change.

(f) Short Term Option Daily Expirations. In addition to the above, the Exchange may open for trading series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 and Table 2 below that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, respectively, that are business days beyond the current week and are not business days on which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Short Term Option Daily Expirations”). The Exchange may have no more than a total of two Short Term Option Daily Expirations beyond the current week for each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday expirations at one time. Short Term Option Daily Expirations would be subject to this paragraph (g). Table 1 Symbol Number of Expirations Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Table 2 Symbol Number of Expirations Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Qualifying 2 0 2 0

• Qualifying Securities are defined as eligible individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund Shares, which are separate and apart from the symbols listed in Table 1, that have received approval to list additional expiries on specific symbols, that meet the following criteria on a quarterly basis: (1) an underlying security, as measured on the last day of the prior calendar quarter, must have: (A) a market capitalization of greater than 700 billion dollars for an individual stock based on the closing price, or (B) Assets under Management (“AUM”) greater than 50 billion dollars for an Exchange-Traded Fund Share based on net asset value (“NAV”);

SPYIWMQQQUSOUNGGLDSLVTLTSecurities

Each calendar quarter, the Exchange will apply the above criteria to individual stocks and Exchange-Traded Fund Shares to determine eligibility for the following quarter as a Qualifying Security. Beginning on the second trading day in the first month of each calendar quarter, the market capitalization of individual stocks shall be calculated based on the closing price established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter and the AUM for Exchange-Traded Fund Shares shall be calculated based on the NAV established on the primary exchange on the last trading day of the prior calendar quarter. The data establishing the volume thresholds will be established by using data from the last month of the prior calendar quarter from The Options Clearing Corporation. For options listed on the first trading day of a given calendar quarter, the volume shall be calculated using the last month of the quarter prior to the last trading calendar quarter. With respect to Monday expirations for symbols defined in Table 1 and Table 2 above (“Monday Expirations”), the Exchange may open for trading on any Friday or Monday that is a business day series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 and Table 2 above that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays that are business days and are not business days on which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Monday Short Term Option Expiration Date”), provided that Monday Expirations that are listed on a Friday must be listed at least one business week and one business day prior to the expiration. For Qualifying Securities, the Exchange would not list an expiry on a day when there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close. “Earnings Announcement” shall include official public quarterly or yearly earnings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With respect to Tuesday expirations for symbols defined in Table 1 and Table 2 above (“Tuesday Expirations”), the Exchange may open for trading on any Monday or Tuesday that is a business day series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 and Table 2 above that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Tuesdays that are business days and are not business days on which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Tuesday Short Term Option Expiration Date”). With respect to Wednesday expirations for symbols defined in Table 1 and Table 2 above (“Wednesday Expirations”), the Exchange may open for trading on any Tuesday or Wednesday that is a business day series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 and Table 2 above that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Wednesdays that are business days and are not business days on which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Wednesday Short Term Option Expiration Date”). For Qualifying Securities, the

Exchange would not list an expiry on a day when there will be an Earnings Announcement that takes place after market close. With respect to Thursday expirations for symbols defined in Table 1 and Table 2 above (“Thursday Expirations”), the Exchange may open for trading on any Wednesday or Thursday that is a business day series of options on the symbols provided in Table 1 and Table 2 above that expire at the close of business on each of the next two Thursdays that are business days and are not business days on which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (“Thursday Short Term Option Expiration Date”). Monday Short Term Option Expiration Dates, Tuesday Short Term Option Expiration Dates, Wednesday Short Term Option Expiration Dates, and Thursday Short Term Option Expiration Dates, together with Friday Short Term Option Expiration Dates, are collectively “Short Term Option Expiration Dates.” If the Exchange is not open for business on a Monday, the Monday Short Term Option Expiration Date will be the business day immediately following that Monday. If the Exchange is not open for business on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the Tuesday Short Term Option Expiration Date, Wednesday Short Term Option Expiration Date, and Thursday Short Term Option Expiration Date, respectively, will be the first business day immediately prior to that Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, respectively. .11 - .16 No Change *****