[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69149-69150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9474]


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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, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and 
Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the week of 
December 4, 2006:
    An open meeting will be held on Monday, December 4, 2006 at 10 a.m. 
in the Auditorium, Room LL-002 and a closed meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 11 a.m.
    Commissioners, Counsels 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), (5), (7), (9)(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), (9)(ii), and (10) permit consideration of the 
scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
    Commissioner Campos, 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 Monday, 
December 4, 2006 will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to approve the budget of 
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and will consider the 
annual accounting support fees under section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to propose a new rule under 
the Securities Act of 1933 to revise the criteria for natural persons 
to be considered ``accredited investors'' for purposes of investing in 
certain privately offered investment vehicles.
    3. The Commission will consider whether to propose a new rule under 
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to prohibit advisers from making 
false or misleading statements to investors in certain pooled 
investment vehicles they manage, including hedge funds.
    4. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to 
Rule 105 of Regulation M that would further safeguard the integrity of 
the capital raising process and protect issuers from manipulative 
activity that can reduce issuers' offering proceeds and dilute security 
holder value.
    5. The Commission will consider whether to propose an amendment to 
the short sale price test of Rule 10a-1. In addition, the Commission 
will consider whether to propose an amendment to the ``short exempt'' 
marking requirement of Regulation SHO.
    The subject matters of the closed meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
December 6, 2006 will be:

Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature;

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Resolution of litigation claims; and
Adjudicatory matters.

    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: November 27, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-9474 Filed 11-27-06; 3:55 pm]
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