[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30978-30979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2724]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release Nos. 33-8575; 34-51730; File No. 265-23]


Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public 
Companies.

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NOTICE: The Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on 
Smaller Public Companies is providing notice that it will hold a public 
meeting on Thursday, June 16, 2005, at Columbia Law School, Jerome 
Greene Hall, Room 103, 435 West 116th Street, New York, New York, from 
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will reconvene on Friday, June 17, 
2005, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be audio webcast on 
the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
    The agenda for the Thursday session of the meeting includes 
considering reports of subcommittees or other subgroups of the Advisory 
Committee, approval of the Committee Agenda published for public 
comment in the Federal Register on April 29, 2005 and discussing any 
recommendations proposed for adoption by the Advisory Committee. A 
subgroup appointed to make suggestions to the Advisory Committee on 
defining the term ``smaller public company'' for purposes of the 
Advisory Committee's work is expected to deliver a report. The agenda 
for the Friday session includes considering written statements that 
have been filed in connection with the meeting and hearing oral 
testimony. The oral testimony will focus on methods the Advisory 
Committee might recommend to scale securities regulations for smaller 
public companies to assure that the costs and burdens of the 
regulations are commensurate with the benefits to investors and the 
public.

Deadlines: Requests to present oral testimony should be received on or 
before June 6, 2005. Written statements should be received on or before 
June 8, 2005.

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Submissions: Written statements may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:

Electronic Statements

     Use the Commission's Internet submission form (http://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/acspc.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail message to [email protected]. Please 
include File Number 265-23 on the subject line; or
     Use the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov). Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Paper Statements

     Send paper statements in triplicate to Jonathan G. Katz, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20549-0609.

All submissions should refer to File No. 265-23. This file number 
should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help us 
process and review your statement more efficiently, please use only one 
method. The Commission will post all statements on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.sec.gov./info/smallbus/acspc.shtml).
    Statements also will be available for public inspection and copying 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549. All statements received will be posted without 
change; we do not edit personal identifying information from 
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly.
    Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the Friday session 
should submit a request to testify to the SEC staff contact person 
listed below by the deadline given above. The SEC staff will notify 
persons whom the Advisory Committee Co-Chairs decide to invite to 
provide oral testimony. Sufficient time may not be available to 
accommodate all those wishing to testify. The Co-Chairs have reserved 
the right to select witnesses and limit the time of witnesses invited 
to testify. Persons testifying are requested to submit a written 
statement in accordance with the instructions provided above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin M. O'Neill, Special Counsel, at 
(202) 551-3260 or [email protected], Office of Small Business Policy, 
Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-0310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10(a) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, Sec.  10(a), Gerald J. 
Laporte, Designated Federal Officer of the Committee, has approved 
publication of this notice at the request of the Committee.

    Dated: May 24, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-2724 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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