Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Notices 70801 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(l). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 In Amendment No. 1, Amex clarified the Index 

symbol and the rationale for the product. 

4 In Amendment No. 2, Amex replaced the 

original rule filing in its entirety and incorporated 

the previously filed Amendment No. 1. 

5 In Amendment No. 3, Amex made modifications 

to the Purpose section to clarify the ‘‘Index 

Calculation and Maintenance’’ section and included 

representations made by Nuveen regarding the 

existence of firewalls to address insider trading 

concerns. 

business activity other than that 

necessary to wind up its affairs. 

Filing Date: The application was filed 

on April 21, 2006. 

Applicant’s Address: 1300 West 

Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75247. 

LSW Variable Life Insurance Account 

[File No. 811–10315] 

Summary: Applicant seeks an order 

declaring that it has ceased to be an 

investment company. Applicant 

abandoned its intention to operate 

before it received any assets. Applicant 

has never made a public offering of its 

securities and does not propose to make 

a public offering or engage in any 

business activity other than that 

necessary to wind up its affairs. 

Filing Date: The application was filed 

on April 21, 2006. 

Applicant’s Address: 1300 West 

Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75247. 

Guardian Variable Contract Funds, Inc. 

[File No. 811–3636] 

Summary: Applicant seeks an order 

declaring that it has ceased to be an 

investment company. Shareholders 

approved the merger of applicant on 

September 28, 2006, and applicant 

distributed its assets on October 9, 2006. 

The fund surviving the merger is RS 

Variable Products Trust, a 

Massachusetts business trust and openend management investment company. 

Guardian Investor Services LLC, 

applicant’s investment adviser, or its 

affiliates paid the fees incurred in 

connection with the merger. 

Filing Date: The application was filed 

on October 19, 2006. 

Applicant’s Address: 7 Hanover Sq., 

New York, NY 10004. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, pursuant to 

delegated authority. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–20632 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: [71 FR 69149, 

November 29, 2006]. 

STATUS: Open Meeting. 

PLACE: 100 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

MEETING: Monday, December 4, 2006 at 

10 a.m. 

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Deletion of 

Items. 

The following items will not be 

considered during the Open Meeting on 

Monday, December 4, 2006: 

1. 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. 

2. 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. 

The Commission determined that no 

earlier notice thereof was possible. 

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: December 1, 2006. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–9562 Filed 12–1–06; 4:04 pm] 

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[(Release No. 34–54813; File No. SR–Amex–

2006–19)] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice 

of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and 

Amendment Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Thereto 

Relating to the Listing and Trading of 

Options on the Nuveen Municipal Fund 

Index 

November 22, 2006. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(’’Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on February 

17, 2006, the American Stock Exchange 

LLC (‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change as described 

in Items I, II and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the Exchange. 

On July 12, 2006, the Exchange filed 

Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule 

change.3 On September 19, 2006, the 

Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to the 

proposed rule change.4 On November 

13, 2006, the Exchange filed 

Amendment No. 3 to the proposed rule 

change.5 The Commission is publishing 

this notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change, as amended, from 

interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to list and 

trade options on the Price-Return 

Nuveen Municipal Closed-End Fund 

Index (‘‘NMUNP’’) (the ‘‘Nuveen 

Municipal Fund Index’’ or ‘‘Index’’), an 

index based on the shares of exchangelisted closed-end management 

investment companies that are exempt 

from federal income tax by investing in 

portfolios of bonds issued by state and 

local governments and agencies 

(‘‘Closed-End Funds’’ or ‘‘Funds’’). 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Amex’s Web site at 

http://www.amex.com, at the Amex 

Office of the Secretary, and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Amex included statements concerning 

the purpose of, and basis for, the 

proposed rule change and discussed any 

comments it received on the proposed 

rule change. The text of these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item III below. The Amex has 

prepared summaries, set forth in 

sections A, B, and C below, of the most 

significant aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of the proposed rule 

change is to permit the Exchange to list 

and trade cash-settled, European-style 

index options on the Price-Return 

Nuveen Municipal Fund Index. The 

Exchange believes that options on the 

Index will be the first index options 

based on an index of closed-end funds. 

The proposed Index options are 

intended for the use of investors 


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