[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77104-77105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31657]


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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, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities 
and Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the 
week of December 16, 2002:
    An Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 10 
a.m., in Room 1C30, the William O. Douglas Room, and a Closed Meeting 
will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 2 p.m.

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    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 Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
December 18, 2002 will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt exemptions for 
most standardized options from provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 
and from the registration requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934. The exemptions would ensure comparable regulatory treatment of 
standardized options and security futures products.
    2. The Commission will consider proposing new rules and rule 
amendments to implement (a) the mandated electronic filing of reports 
required to be filed by officers, directors and principal security 
holders under section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 
(b) Web site posting of such reports by issuers, both of which are 
required by section 16(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, as amended by section 
403 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 
December 19, 2002 will be:

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

    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: December 11, 2002.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-31657 Filed 12-12-02; 11:28 am]
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