[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 195 (Monday, October 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52479-52480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25826]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and 
Exchange Commission will hold the following meeting during the week of 
October 7, 1996.
    An open meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 1996, at 10 
a.m. A closed meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 1996, 
following the 10 a.m. open meeting. A closed meeting will be held on 
Thursday, October 10, 1996, at 10 a.m.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (4), (8), (9)(A) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a) 
(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), (8), (9)(i) and 
(10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed 
meeting.
    Commissioner Johnson, as duty officer, voted to consider the items 
listed for the closed meeting in a closed session.
    The subject matter of the open meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
October 9, 1996, at 10 a.m., will be:

    (1) The Commissioner will hear oral argument on an appeal by 
officers and managers of the Stuart-James Co., Inc., formerly a 
registered broker-dealer. For further information, please contact: 
George Zornada at (202) 942-0968.
    (2) The Commission will consider whether to issue a release 
adopting rule and form changes designed to streamline registrant 
filing requirements with respect to financial statements of 
significant acquisitions. For further information, please contact: 
Douglas Tanner, Associate Chief Accountant, Office of Chief 
Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 942-2960.
    (3) The Commission will consider whether to issue a release 
proposing rules designed to facilitate U.S. press access to offshore 
press activities. The rules would clarify the conditions under which 
journalists may be provided access to offshore press conferences, 
offshore press meetings and press related materials released 
offshore, where a present or proposed offering of

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securities or tender offer is discussed, without violating the 
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act, or the procedural 
requirements of the tender offer rules promulgated under the 
Williams Act. For Further Information, Please Contact: Luise M. 
Welby, Special Counsel, Office of International Corporate Finance, 
Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 942-2990.
    (4) The Commission will consider whether to issue a release 
adopting rule and form changes designed to require registrants to 
report sales of equity securities that have not been registered 
under the Securities Act, including securities sold in reliance on 
Regulation S. For Further Information, Please Contact: Walter Van 
Dorn, Special Counsel, Office of International Corporate Finance, 
Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 942-2990.

    The subject matter of the closed meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
October 9, 1996, following the 10 a.m. open meeting, will be: Post 
argument discussion.
    The subject matter of the closed meeting scheduled for Thursday, 
October 10, 1996, at 10 a.m., will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive actions.
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature.
Formal order of investigation.

    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items. For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, 
please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at (202) 942-7070.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25826 Filed 10-3-96; 3:53 pm]
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