[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18696]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

    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 meetings during the week of 
July 22, 2002:

    Closed Meetings will be held on Monday, July 22, 2002, at 2:30 
p.m. and Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., and an Open Meeting 
will be held on Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in Room 
1C30, the William O. Douglas Room.

    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meetings. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    Commissioner Glassman, as duty officer, determined that no earlier 
notice thereof was possible.
    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)(3), (5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), (9)(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the 
scheduled matters at the Closed Meetings.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Monday, July 
22, 2002, will be:

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

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 
July 23, 2002, will be:

    Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
    Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature;
    Amici participation; and
    Opinion.

    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
July 24, 2002, will be:

    1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt rules governing 
customer margin for security futures. The rules would be adopted 
jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pursuant to 
section 7(c)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange 
Act''), which, among other things, requires that the customer margin 
requirements for security futures be consistent with the margin 
requirements for comparable option contracts traded on any exchange 
registered pursuant to section 6(a) of the Exchange Act and provide 
for initial and maintenance margin levels that are not lower than 
the lowest level of margin, exclusive of premium, required for 
comparable exchange-traded options.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to propose a new rule 
that would require analysts to provide certifications regarding 
research reports and to provide disclosures regarding their 
compensation related to those reports.

    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: July 19, 2002.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-18696 Filed 7-19-02; 11:48 am]
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