Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Options Clearing Corporation To Establish a Commercial Paper Program
Published Date: 7/28/2026
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OCC Authorized $1 Billion Commercial Paper
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) may privately sell unsecured notes to institutional investors in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. The Notes would have maturities no greater than 180 days, be interest-bearing, not redeemable before maturity, and the cash proceeds would be held in OCC's Federal Reserve Bank account and used only to repay maturing Notes or to cover losses or liquidity shortfalls where OCC may use the Clearing Fund under Rule 1006.
Reduces Liquidity Concentration Risk
OCC plans initially to replace $250,000,000 of existing liquidity from a single non-bank repo provider with proceeds from the Commercial Paper Program. That single provider's commitments currently represent about 42.5% of commitments under the non-bank repurchase facility and about 19% of OCC's Committed Facilities.
Cap on Commercial Paper Counted as Liquidity
OCC's board will set a cap on how much Commercial Paper Program proceeds may count as Base Liquidity Resources; OCC anticipates initially setting that cap at 5% of Base Liquidity Resources. OCC gave an example where, if Notes were two $500 million tranches, the Board might count up to $500 million of the total $1 billion toward Base Liquidity Resources.
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