[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49052-49053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24050]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: To be published 
Monday, September 24, 2001.

STATUS: Open Meeting.

PLACE: 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC

TIME AND DATE OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MEETING: September 25, 2001 at 1 
p.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Additional Items.
    The following items have been added to the open meeting scheduled 
for Tuesday, September 25, 2001, in Room 1C30, the William O. Douglas 
Room, at 1 p.m.:
    (1) The Commission will consider extending the comment period for 
the Concept Release on the Effects of Decimal Trading in Subpennies. 
The Concept Release, which was published in the Federal Register on 
July 24, 2001, solicited the views of a wide range of commenters 
concerning the impact of subpenny price increments for quotations, 
orders, and trading stocks in a decimals environment. The original 
deadline for submitting public comment established by the Concept 
Release is September 24, 2001. Following the market disruption caused 
by the attacks of September 11, 2001, we have received requests to 
extend the original deadline.
    For further information, please contact Kevin Campion, Special 
Counsel, Division of Market Regulations at (202) 942-0744.
    (2) The Commission will consider extending the deadline for the 
Exchanges and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 
(collectively the ``Participants'') to submit rule filings concerning 
the implementation of decimal pricing in equity securities and options 
pursuant to section 11A(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934. The Commission's Order of May 22, 2001 required the Participants 
to submit rule filings to establish the minimum price variation in each 
market for quoting equity securities and options by November 5, 2001, 
we believe that it may be necessary and appropriate to extend the 
original deadline. Such an extension would give the Participants 
adequate time to thoroughly analyze the important investor protection 
and market integrity issues that need to be addressed in order to 
preserve the benefits of decimalization. Extending the deadline would 
also allow the Commission to fully consider the comments submitted in 
response to the Concept Release on the Effects of Decimal Trading in 
Subpennies.
    For further information, please contact Alton Harvey, Office Head, 
Office of MarketWatch, Division of Market Regulation at (202) 942-4167 
or Kevin Campion, Special Counsel, Division of Market Regulation at 
(202) 942-0744.

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    Commissioner Hunt, as duty officer, determined that Commission 
business required the above change and that no earlier thereof was 
possible.
    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 (202) 942-7070.

    Dated: September 21, 2001.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-24050 Filed 9-21-01; 12:14 pm]
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