The following comment on Letter Type K,
or variations thereof, was submitted by
13 individuals or entities on S7-19-03.

Letter Type K:

Mr. Johnathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Re: File No. S7-19-03

Dear Mr. Katz:

On behalf of ____________________________, I welcome this opportunity to offer supporting comments on the Securities Exchange Canmission proposal, S7-19-03, regarding security holder director nominations.

_____________________________ has approximately _____________ under management, all of which is invested in public company equities. As fiduciary, we take seriously our duty to exercise the rights of ownership attending our shareholdings in order to promote the best economic interests for our clients and investors. We therefore congratulate the Commission for proposing rules that would, for the first time, give institutional shareholders the ability to participate meaningfully in the proxy process governing director elections.

We want to commend the Commission in particular for developing appropriate safeguards-including significant minimum ownership and holding period requirements for shareholders, and strict limitations on the number of sharehoider nominees-that will give sharcholders access to the corporate proxy without opening the door to either corporate raiders or potentially frivolous nominees at numerous companies. We believe the adoption of the proposed rules could have beneficial impacts on director performance, independence and accountability that extend well beyond the companies at which they are actuaily used.

To permit the timely and effective use of the rules when appropriate, however. we encourage the Commission to eliminate the proposed triggering requirements, which are unwarranted given the proposed ownership threshold. We note that a five percent ownership threshold would require a $900 million investment in the average S&P 500 Company, a very substantial barrier in itself. Alternatively, we suggest that the Commission adopt requirements for submitting a triggering shareholder proposal that are identical to those under current Section 14a-8, rather than the proposed one percent ownership requirement, and also include additional triggers that do not entail a two-year delay. We thank you for this opportunity to offer our strong support for this historical proposal, and hope that the Commission will consider our comments in formulating its final rules.

Sincerely,

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