Subject: File No. S7-23-19
From: Randy k Rannow

December 13, 2019

Withdraw changes to SEC Rule 14a-8.

As a shareholder in more than a dozen public companies, and as a scientist, changing Rule 14a-8 is a clearly indication that the SEC intends to meddle in and try to silence shareholder activism, in an effort to protect big corporations from the consequences of their actions. Do not make it harder for shareholders to hold CEO's accountable.