Order Providing Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Listing of Cash-Settled Futures on Individual Equity Securities

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 17 CFR Part 41 AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Order. SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is issuing an order pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) that provides exemptive relief from the Commission's opening price settlement requirement for security futures products in connection with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.'s (“CME”) plans to list cash-settled futures on individual equity securities for trading pursuant to its registration as a designated contract market and notice registration as a national securities exchange. DATES: Applicable as of July 16, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Chaffin, Special Counsel, Division of Market Oversight, pchaffin@cftc.gov , 202-418-5185, at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Regulatory Background III. Request for Exemption IV. Exemption I. Introduction In a letter dated July 25, 2025, [ 1 ] CME requested that the Commission grant an exemption from the requirements of CFTC regulation 41.25(c)  [ 2 ] in connection with CME's intention to list cash-settled futures on individual equity securities for trading pursuant to its registration as a designated contract market (“DCM”) and notice registration as a national securities exchange. CME requested…