[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23680]


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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 25, 2004:
    An Open Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2004, at 10 
a.m., in Room 1C30, the William O. Douglas Room.
    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 
October 26, 2004 will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to propose new and amended 
rules and form changes to modify the registration, communications, and 
offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities 
Act''). In addition, the proposals would seek to ensure more timely 
investment information to investors without mandating delays in the 
offering process and would further integrate disclosure processes under 
the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The 
proposals would address communications related to registered securities 
offerings, delivery of information to investors, and procedural 
restrictions in the offering and capital formation process.
    For further information, please contact Amy M. Starr, Consuelo 
Hitchcock, Andrew Thorpe, Daniel Horwood, or Anne Nguyen, in the 
Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 824-5300.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to adopt rule 203(b)(3)-2 
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require hedge fund 
advisers to register with the Commission. The Commission also will 
consider whether to adopt certain conforming and transitional 
amendments to rules 203(b)(3)-1, 203A-3, 204-2, 205-3, 206(4)-2, 222-2 
and Form ADV.
    For further information, please contact Vivien Liu, Senior Counsel, 
in the Division of Investment Management, at (202) 942-0719.
    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 19, 2004.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-23680 Filed 10-19-04; 11:34 am]
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