
[Federal Register: August 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 167)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Sunshine Act Meeting

    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 an Open Meeting on August 27, 2008 at 
10 a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002.
    Commissioner Paredes, as duty officer, determined that no earlier 
notice thereof was possible.
    The subject matter of the Open Meeting will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt 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 adopt amendments to the 
forms and rules applicable to foreign private issuers that are intended 
to enhance the information that is available to investors.
    3. The Commission will consider whether to adopt revisions to the 
current exemptions for cross-border business combination transactions 
and rights offerings to expand and enhance the usefulness of the 
exemptions, and to adopt changes to the beneficial ownership reporting 
rules to permit certain foreign institutions to file reports on a 
shorter form. The Commission also will consider whether to publish 
interpretive guidance on issues related to cross-border transactions.
    4. The Commission will consider whether to propose a Roadmap for 
the potential use by U.S. issuers for purposes of their filings with 
the Commission of financial statements prepared in accordance with 
International Financial Reporting Standards (``IFRS'') as issued by the 
International Accounting Standards Board. As part of the Roadmap, the 
Commission will also consider whether to propose amendments to various 
rules and forms that would permit early use of IFRS by a limited number 
of U.S. issuers.
    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: August 22, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19857 Filed 8-26-08; 8:45 am]

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