[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70470-70471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29821]


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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 
November 25, 2002:
    A closed meeting will be held on Monday, November 25, 2002, at 2:30 
p.m., and an open meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2002, 
at 10 a.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 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)(5), (7), (9)(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(5), 
(7), (9)(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at 
the closed meeting.
    The subject matter of the closed meeting scheduled for Monday, 
November 25, 2002, will be:
    Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature; and
    Institution and settlement of injunctive actions.
    The subject matter of the open meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 
November 26, 2002, will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to issue a release 
proposing amendments to rule 10b-18 (the safe harbor for issuer 
repurchases), and amendments to regulations S-K and S-B under the 
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Exchange Act forms 10-Q, 10-QSB, 
10-K, 10-KSB, and 20-F, and proposed form N-CSR under the Exchange Act 
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, regarding disclosure of issuer 
repurchases.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to propose new rule 3a-8 
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that would provide a 
nonexclusive safe

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harbor from the definition of investment company for certain bona fide 
research and development companies.
    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: November 19, 2002.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-29821 Filed 11-19-02; 4:18 pm]
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