[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58644-58645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16331]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release Nos. 33-8743; 34-54519; File No. 4-526]


SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Request for public comment in connection with Forum on Small 
Business Capital Formation.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission is providing for 
additional public input in connection with its annual Government-
Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, to be held Friday, 
September 29, 2006, beginning at 9 a.m. EDT, at its Washington, DC 
headquarters. The morning sessions of the Forum will be Webcast on the 
Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov. The public is invited to submit 
written statements in connection with the Forum.
    This year's Forum program will include two roundtable discussions 
in the morning. The first roundtable will discuss the advantages to 
smaller public companies of filing interactive data with the SEC. The 
second roundtable will discuss current issues in capital raising 
techniques for small business, such as the status of the IPO (initial 
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offering) market and PIPE (private investment in public equity) 
offerings.
    The Commission expects that the Forum will develop recommendations 
for government and private action to facilitate small business capital 
formation. The afternoon sessions of the Forum, which will not be 
Webcast, will be devoted to breakout sessions to develop 
recommendations.
    More information about the Forum is available at www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/sbforum.shtml.

DATES: Written statements should be received on or before October 15, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: 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/sbforum.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail message to [email protected]. Please 
include File Number 4-526 on the subject line; or

Paper Statements

     Send paper statements in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File No. 4-526. 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 staff will post all statements submitted on the 
Forum Web page at http://www.sec.gov./info/smallbus/sbforum.shtml. 
Statements also will be available for public inspection and copying in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Room 1580, 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony G. Barone, Special Counsel, at 
(202) 551-3260, at Office of Small Business Policy, Division of 
Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20549-3628.

     Dated: September 26, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-16331 Filed 10-3-06; 8:45 am]
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