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The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Jefferson, Trimble. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 4.500 

Businesses And Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 11851B and for 

economic injury is 11852B 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–20984 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Audit and Financial Management 

Advisory (AFMAC) 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time, 

and agenda for the next meeting of the 

Audit and Financial Management 

Advisory (AFMAC). The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 22, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 

approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer Conference Room, 6th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the AFMAC. The AFMAC is 

tasked with providing recommendation 

and advice regarding the Agency’s 

financial management, including the 

financial reporting process, systems of 

internal controls, audit process and 

process for monitoring compliance with 

relevant laws and regulations. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss the SBA’s Financial Reporting, 

Audit Findings to Date, Recovery Act 

Implementation, FMFIA/A–123, 

Emerging Issues/Changes, Agency 

Financial Report and Performance 

Management Update. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public, however 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend 

and/or make a presentation to the 

AFMAC must contact Jonathan Carver, 

by fax or e-mail, in order to be placed 

on the agenda. Jonathan Carver, Chief 

Financial Officer, 409 3rd Street, SW., 

6th Floor, Washington, DC 20416, 

phone: (202) 205–6449, fax: (202) 205– 

6969, e-mail: Jonathan.Carver@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Jeff Brown at (202) 205–6117, email: Jeffrey.Brown@sba.gov, SBA, 

Office of Chief Financial Officer, 409 

3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. 

For more information, please visit our 

Web site at http://www.sba.gov/ 

aboutsba/sbaprograms/cfo/index.html. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Meaghan Burdick, 

White House Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–20886 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Women’s Business Council 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time, 

and agenda for the next meeting of the 

National Women’s Business Council 

(NWBC). The meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 29, 2009 from approximately 

2 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 Third Street, SW., Eisenhower 

Conference Room, Washington, DC 

20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the National Women’s 

Business Council. The National 

Women’s Business Council is tasked 

with providing policy recommendations 

on issues of importance to women 

business owners to the President, 

Congress, and the SBA Administrator. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

introduce the NWBC’s agenda and 

action items for fiscal year 2010 

included but not limited to 

procurement, access to capital, access to 

training and technical assistance, and 

affordable health care. The topics to be 

discussed will include: 2010 projects 

and upcoming October Town Hall 

Meeting in New Orleans, LA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public however 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend or 

make a presentation to the NWBC must 

contact Katherine Stanley by Friday, 

September 25, 2009, by fax or e-mail in 

order to be placed on the agenda. 

Katherine Stanley, Operations Manager, 

NWBC, 409 Third Street, SW., Suite 

210, Washington, DC 20416, telephone 

202–205–6695, fax 202–205–6825, email Katherine.stanley@nwbc.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Katherine Stanley at the above 

information. 

For more information, please visit our 

Web site at www.nwbc.gov. 

Dated: August 20, 2009. 

Meaghan K. Burdick, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20887 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Form 18, OMB Control No. 3235–0121, 

SEC File No. 270–105. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Form 18 (17 CFR 249.218) is used for 

the registration of securities of any 

foreign government or political 

subdivision on a U.S. exchange. The 

information collected is intended to 

ensure that the information required to 

be filed by the Commission permits 

verification of compliance with 

securities law requirements and assures 

the public availability of the 

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1All entities that currently intend to rely on the 

requested order have been named as applicants. 

Any other entity that relies on the order in the 

future will comply with the terms and conditions 

of the application. 

2The Underlying Indices for the Initial Funds are 

the SPADE® Oklahoma Index and the SPADE®

Texas Index. 

is mandatory and all information is 

made available to the public upon 

request. Form 18 takes approximately 8 

hours per response and is filed by 

approximately 5 respondents for a total 

of 40 annual burden hours. It is 

estimated that 100% of the total 

reporting burden is prepared by the 

company. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (i) Desk Officer 

for the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10102, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503 or send an email to Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; 

and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312; 

or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20867 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

28851; File No. 812–13504] 

OOK, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application 

August 25, 2009. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice of an application for an 

order under section 6(c) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 

‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections 

2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), and 22(d) of the Act 

and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under 

sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an 

exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 

17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 

12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption 

from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 

12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants 

request an order that would permit (a) 

certain open-end management 

investment companies and their series, 

to issue shares (‘‘Fund Shares’’) that can 

be redeemed only in large aggregations 

(‘‘Creation Unit Aggregations’’); (b) 

secondary market transactions in Fund 

Shares to occur at negotiated prices; (c) 

certain affiliated persons of the 

investment companies or series to 

deposit securities into, and receive 

securities from, the investment 

companies or series in connection with 

the purchase and redemption of 

Creation Unit Aggregations; and (d) 

certain registered management 

investment companies and unit 

investment trusts outside of the same 

group of investment companies as the 

investment companies or series to 

acquire Fund Shares. 

APPLICANTS: OOK, Inc. (‘‘OOK’’), TXF 

Funds, Inc. (‘‘TXF’’), OOK Advisors, 

LLC (‘‘Advisor’’), and ALPS 

Distributors, Inc. (‘‘Distributor’’). 

FILING DATES: The application was filed 

on March 5, 2008, and amended on 

March 26, 2008, May 1, 2008, January 7, 

2009, January 28, 2009, and June 23, 

2009. Applicants have agreed to file an 

amendment during the notice period, 

the substance of which is reflected in 

this notice. 

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An 

order granting the application will be 

issued unless the Commission orders a 

hearing. Interested persons may request 

a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 

should be received by the Commission 

by 5:30 p.m. on September 16, 2009, 

and should be accompanied by proof of 

service on applicants, in the form of an 

affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of 

service. Hearing requests should state 

the nature of the writer’s interest, the 

reason for the request, and the issues 

contested. Persons who wish to be 

notified of a hearing may request 

notification by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090; 

Applicants: OOK, Inc., TXF Funds, Inc., 

and OOK Advisors, LLC, One 

Leadership Square, Suite 200, 211 North 

Robinson, Oklahoma City, OK 73102; 

ALPS Distributors, Inc., 1290 Broadway, 

Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven I. Amchan, Senior Counsel at 

(202) 551–6826, or Julia Kim Gilmer, 

Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6821 

(Division of Investment Management, 

Office of Investment Company 

Regulation). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a summary of the 

application. The complete application 

may be obtained via the Commission’s 

Web site by searching for the file 

number, or an applicant using the 

Company name box, at http:// 

www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by 

calling (202) 551–8090. 

Applicants’ Representations 

1. Each of OOK and TXF is registered 

as an open-end management investment 

company and is organized as a 

Maryland corporation. TXF Large 

Companies ETF is the initial fund of 

TXF (collectively with OOK, the ‘‘Initial 

Funds’’). Applicants may offer 

additional registered open-end 

investment companies in the future as 

well as additional series of TXF and 

series of any future open-end 

investment companies registered under 

the Act, which will be advised by the 

Advisor or an entity controlling, 

controlled by, or under common control 

with the Advisor (‘‘Future Funds’’ and 

together with the Initial Funds, the 

‘‘Funds’’).1

2. The Advisor will serve as the 

investment adviser to the Initial Funds. 

The Advisor is registered as an 

investment adviser under the 

Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as 

amended (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’). In the 

future, the Advisor may enter into subadvisory agreements with one or more 

additional investment advisers to act as 

sub-advisors to particular Funds (‘‘SubAdvisors’’). Any Sub-Advisor will be 

registered under the Advisers Act. The 

Distributor is a broker-dealer registered 

under the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (the ‘‘Exchange Act’’) and will act 

as the underwriter and distributor for 

the Creation Unit Aggregations of Fund 

Shares. 

3. Each Fund will hold certain 

securities (‘‘Portfolio Securities’’) 

selected to correspond, before fees and 

expenses, generally to the price and 

yield performance of a specified 

domestic equity securities index (each, 

an ‘‘Underlying Index’’ and collectively, 

‘‘Underlying Indices’’).2 No entity that 

compiles, creates, sponsors or maintains 

an Underlying Index (‘‘Index Provider’’) 

is or will be an affiliated person, as 

defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act, or 

an affiliated person of an affiliated 

person, of the Funds, of the Advisor, of 


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