Amendment No. 20 to License Agreement dated as of November 1, 1994 by and between S&P Dow Jones Indices, LLC (“S&P”) and Choe Exchange, Inc. (“CBOE”) (formerly Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated) as previously amended (the “1994 Agreement”)...
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (MARKED BY BRACKETS AS “[*confidential treatment requested*]”) HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
Amendment No. 20
to
License Agreement dated as of November 1, 1994
by and between S&P Dow Xxxxx Indices, LLC (“S&P”)
and
Xxxx Exchange, Inc. (“CBOE”)
(formerly Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated)
as previously amended (the “1994 Agreement”)
AND
Amendment No. 5
to
Amended and Restated License Agreement dated as of September 29, 2006
by and between DJI Opco, LLC (“DJI Opco”)
and
CBOE
as previously amended (the “2006 Agreement”)
This Amendment Xx. 00 ("Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 00"), effective as of April 25, 2022, ("Amendment Effective Date") to the 1994 Agreement dated as of November 1, 1994, by and between S&P Dow Xxxxx Indices, LLC ("S&P") and Cboe Exchange, Inc. ("CBOE"), as previously amended by Amendment No. 1 effective January 15, 1995, Amendment No. 2 effective April 1, 1998, Amendment No. 3 effective July 28, 2000, Amendment No. 4 effective October 27, 2000, Amendment No. 5 effective March 1, 2003, Amended and Restated Amendment No. 6 effective February 24, 2009 (which implemented "Addendum No. 1"), Amended and Restated Amendment No. 7 effective February 24, 2009, Amendment No. 8 effective January 9, 2005, Amendment No. 10 effective June 19, 2009, Amendment No. 11 effective April 29, 2010, Amendment No. 12 effective March 8, 2013, Amendment No. 13 effective December 21, 2017, Amendment No. 14 effective January 1, 2017, Amendment No. 15 effective January 15, 2019, Amendment No. 16 effective April 1, 2020, Amendment No. 17 effective August 1, 2020, Amendment No. 18 effective October 26, 2021, and Amendment No. 19 effective February 23, 2022 (Amendment No. 9 effective April 23, 2007 having been terminated as of February 24, 2009).
WHEREAS, Cboe and S&P desire to establish a fee to be paid to S&P in connection with trading on Cboe’s Markets of FLEX Micro-SPX Contracts (as defined below).
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
“(s)“FLEX Micro-SPX Contract” shall mean, with respect to the S&P 500 Index, a Standardized Option Contract that is a FLEX Option as defined in the letter agreement between the parties dated March 9, 1993, that is based on reduced values of such index that are calculated by multiplying the values of such index as published by S&P by a value equal to one (1.0), and then applying a multiplier of one dollar ($1.00).”
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (MARKED BY BRACKETS AS “[*confidential treatment requested*]”) HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
“Subject to the Annual Minimum and Annual Maximum provisions set forth in Addendum No. 3 to this Agreement (“Addendum No. 3”), a fee for each cleared S&P 500 Contract traded on the market of CBOE or any Affiliate of CBOE as reflected in the records of the clearing agency utilized by CBOE or any Affiliate of CBOE to clear trades in such Contracts at the rate of: (1) $[*confidential treatment requested*] per cleared Nano-SPX Contract; (2) $[*confidential treatment requested*] per cleared Mini-SPX Contract; (3) [*confidential treatment requested*] ($[*confidential treatment requested*]) per cleared FLEX Micro-SPX Contract; and (4) $[*confidential treatment requested*] per Contract for all other cleared S&P 500 Contracts during calendar year 2013 from the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date, $[*confidential treatment requested*] per Contract for all other cleared S&P 500 Contracts during calendar year 2014, $[*confidential treatment requested*] per Contract for all other cleared S&P 500 Contracts during calendar years 2015 through 2022, and $[*confidential treatment requested*] for all other cleared S&P 500 Contracts during the remaining term of this Agreement; provided however notwithstanding the foregoing, where CBOE or an Affiliate of CBOE has rebated transaction fees for closing trades in S&P 500 Contracts executed for purposes of reducing holdings and corresponding capital requirements and such trades result in no transaction fees to CBOE (“Compression Trades”), such as in a compression forum as described in CBOE Rule 6.56, up to an annual cap of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of per Contract fees (or such higher amount as may be approved in writing by S&P in its sole discretion) otherwise payable pursuant to this Paragraph 5(a)(i) for such Compression Trades executed during calendar year 2017 and each year thereafter during the term of this Agreement are hereby waived. At S&P’s option, S&P may terminate the foregoing fee waiver set forth in this Section 5(a)(i) upon written notice to CBOE with effect at any time as of January 1, 2025 forward during the Term. In addition, S&P may terminate the foregoing fee waiver at any time during the Term upon written notice to CBOE if applicable laws, rules or regulations change such that the benefit of Compression Trades is eliminated. In addition to CBOE’s reporting requirements set forth in this Agreement, within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter, CBOE shall report to S&P both the number of Nano-SPX Contracts and FLEX Micro-SPX Contracts traded along with the net transaction fees received by CBOE and its Affiliates with respect to each of the Nano-SPX Contracts and FLEX Micro-SPX Contracts for the immediately preceding quarter. After the respective three (3) year anniversary of listing each of the Nano-SPX Contracts and Flex Micro-SPX Contracts for trading, S&P DJI may provide notice of its interest in increasing the per Contract rate for the Nano-SPX Contracts and/or the Flex Micro-SPX Contracts, as the case may be, and the parties shall review and negotiate an appropriate rate in good faith.”
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The terms and conditions of this Amendment No. 20 to the 1994 Agreement and Amendment 5 to the 2006 Agreement are acknowledged and agreed to:
CBOE EXCHANGE, INC. | S&P DOW XXXXX INDICES, LLC | ||
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Signature: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | Signature: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | EVP, CSO | Title: | Chief Commercial Officer |
Date: | June 8, 2022 | Date: | 6/2/2022 |
DJI OPCO, LLC | |||
Signature: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Chief Commercial Officer | ||
Date: | 6/2/2022 |