FLEX® Equity Options Specifications*

Underlying Security: Any security upon which options currently trade can be eligible.

Type of Option: Put or call.

Strike (Exercise) Prices: Call option strike prices may be set at standard intervals only. Put option strikes may be specified in terms of a specific dollar amount rounded to the nearest $.10 or a percentage of the underlying security rounded to the nearest tick or minimum increment. A strike price specified as a percentage will be rounded to the nearest eighth.

Expiration Date: Any business day up to three years from the trade date, except that a FLEX® option may not expire on any day that falls on or within two business days of a non-FLEX® option expiration date. For example, if Saturday, July 18, represents the expiration date for July equity options, FLEX® options may not be established to expire on Thursday, July 16, Friday, July 17, Monday, July 20 and Tuesday, July 21. Further, a FLEX® equity option may not be established to expire on the same day as the trade date.

Exercise Style: American or European.

Minimum Opening Transaction Size: If there is no open interest in the particular series when an RFQ is submitted, the minimum size of an RFQ is:

• (i) $10 million underlying equivalent value, reflecting FLEX market index options, and $5 million underlying equivalent value reflecting FLEX industry index options; and
• (ii) the lesser of 250 contracts or the number of contracts having $1 million of underlying equivalent value, with respect to FLEX equity options.

Minimum Closing Transaction Size: The lesser of 25 contracts and the remaining size.

Position and Exercise Limits: FLEX® equity options are not subject to a separate FLEX® position limit and positions in FLEX® equity options are not taken into account when calculating the position limits for non-FLEX® options. However, position limits which exceed three times the non-FLEX® position / exercise limit must be reported to the Exchange.

Settlement: Physical delivery.

 

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