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Open Meeting Agenda
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Item 1: | Exemption from Registration Under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for Foreign Private Issuers Office: Division of Corporation Finance Staff: Mauri L. Osheroff, Paul M. Dudek, Elliot B. Staffin |
Item 2: | Foreign Issuer Reporting Enhancements Office: Division of Corporation Finance and Office of the Chief Accountant Staff: Paul M. Dudek, Craig Olinger, Felicia H. Kung, Julie Erhardt, Jeffrey Minton, Katrina A. Kimpel |
Item 3: | Amendments to Form ADV Office: Division of Investment Management Staff: Robert E. Plaze, David W. Blass, Daniel S. Kahl, Vivien Liu |
Item 4: | Order Regarding Review of FASB Accounting Support Fee for 2008 under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Office: Office of the Chief Accountant and Office of the Executive Director Staff: James L. Kroeker, Jeffrey J. Minton, Melanie S. Jacobsen, Bert W. Mehrer, Diego T. Ruiz, Kenneth A. Johnson, Elaine Mancino |
The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to its rules regarding the circumstances under which a foreign private issuer is required to register a class of equity securities under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
For further information, please contact Elliot B. Staffin, Special Counsel, Office of International Corporate Finance, Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 551-3450.
The Commission will consider whether to propose a package of amendments to various Commission rules and forms to improve reporting by foreign private issuers. The amendments, if adopted, would allow foreign private issuer status to be tested once a year; change the deadline for annual reports filed by foreign private issuers; revise the annual report and registration statement forms used by foreign private issuers to improve disclosure; and amend the rule regarding going private transactions to reflect recent regulatory changes.
For further information, please contact Felicia H. Kung, Senior Special Counsel, Office of International Corporate Finance, Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 551-3450, or Katrina A. Kimpel, Professional Accounting Fellow, Office of the Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-5300.
The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to Part 2 of Form ADV under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and related rules. The proposed amendments, if adopted, would require investment advisers to provide clients with narrative brochures containing plain English descriptions of the advisers' businesses, services, and conflicts of interest. The proposal also would require advisers to electronically file their brochures with the Commission, and the brochures would be available to the public through the Commission's Web site.
For further information, please contact Vivien Liu, Senior Counsel, Division of Investment Management, at 202-551-6787.
The Commission will, as required by Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, review the annual accounting support fee of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
For further information, please contact Jeffrey J. Minton, Office of the Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-5300, or Kenneth A. Johnson, Office of the Executive Director, at (202) 551-4300.
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