

[Federal Register: February 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 28)]
[Notices]               
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Sunshine Act Meetings

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities 
and Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the 
week of February 11, 2008: An Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
February 13, 2008 at 10 a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002, and a 
Closed Meeting will be held on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10 a.m.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meeting. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (4), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of 
the scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
    Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, voted to consider the items 
listed for the closed meeting in closed session.
    The subject matters of the Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
February 13, 2008 will be:

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Friday, 
February 15, 2008 will be:
    Formal orders of investigation;
    Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
    Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature;
    Resolution of litigation claims; and
    A regulatory matter regarding a financial institution.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items.
    For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have 
been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

    Dated: February 6, 2008.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-2522 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
