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Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH) today reported the October 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 47.3 million contracts in October 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 2,057,973 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 9.62%.

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), the parent holding company of the MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ exchanges, today announced that a Notice of the Form 1 Application for its newest options exchange, MIAX Emerald, has been published in the Federal Register by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following MIH’s formal application submission. MIAX Emerald is expected to join the MIAX Exchange Group in Q1 2019, pending SEC approval.   
 

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), the parent holding company of the MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ exchanges (MIAX), today announced that a 5th MIAX petition for review of the patents asserted against MIAX has been granted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with the PTAB again finding that it is more likely than not that the claims of this patent are unpatentable under current law. The FTEN patent was asserted as part of its and Nasdaq’s complaint filed against MIAX.

MIAX Options® today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list and trade cash-settled options on the SPIKES™ Index (Ticker: SPIKE), transforming the competitive landscape of the volatility trading market dominated by a single player for the last 15 years.
 

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), the parent holding company of the MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ exchanges (MIAX), today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted an additional MIAX petition for review of one of the Nasdaq patents asserted as part of its complaint filed against MIAX. Similar to its prior rulings, the PTAB found that it is more likely than not that the claims of this patent are unpatentable under current law.

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), the parent holding company of the MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ exchanges (MIAX), today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted MIAX’s petitions for review of three Nasdaq patents (one Nasdaq and two Nasdaq ISE patents). In granting MIAX’s petitions, the PTAB found that it is more likely than not that the claims of these patents are unpatentable under current law. The patents were asserted as part of Nasdaq’s complaint filed against MIAX.
 

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5, 2018 – Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the September 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 30.7 million contracts in September 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 1,617,423 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 9.53%.

Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the August 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 37.6 million contracts in August 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 1,636,650 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 9.80%.
 

Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the July 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 32.5 million contracts in July 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 1,551,647 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 9.78%.
 

PRINCETON, N.J., July 9, 2018 – Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the June 2018 trading activity for its two fully electronic options exchanges – MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™). The MIAX Exchange Group collectively executed over 37.1 million contracts in June 2018 for a combined average daily volume (ADV) of 1,767,929 contracts, representing a total U.S. equity options market share of 10.23%.