Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 4, 2000 / Notices 59235

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 36947

(March 8, 1996), 61 FR 10606 (March 14, 1996).

4See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 40749

(December 4, 1998), 63 FR 68483 (December 11,

1998).

5See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 42748

(May 2, 2000), 65 FR 30155 (May 10, 2000); and

36947 (March 8, 1996), 61 FR 10606 (March 14,

1996).

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 42787

(May 15, 2000), 65 FR 33598 (May 24, 2000).

relevant registration statements are

reported on the separate PRA

submissions for those statements (see

the separate PRA submissions for Form

N–3 [17 CFR 274.11b] and Form N–4 [17

CFR 274.11c]). With regard to Rule 11a–

2, the Commission includes the estimate

of burden hours in the total number of

burden hours estimated for completing

the relevant registration statements and

reported on the separate PRA

submissions for those statements (see

the separate PRA submissions for Form

N–3 and Form N–4).

Complying with the collection of

information requirements of the rules is

necessary to obtain a benefit. 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, D.C. 20503; and (ii)

Michael E. Bartell, Associate Executive

Director, Office of Information

Technology, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. Comments

must be submitted to OMB within 30

days of this notice.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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[Release No. 34–43380; File No. 265–22]

Advisory Commission on Market

Information

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission.

ACTION: Supplemental notice.

SUMMARY: This notice supplements the

Securities and Exchange Commission’s

notice of intent to establish the

Securities and Exchange Commission

Advisory Committee on Market

Information (‘‘Committee’’), and intent

to hold the first Committee meeting on

October 10, 2000 (65 FR 58135).

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted in triplicate and should

refer to File No. 265–22. Comments

should be submitted to Jonathan G.

Katz, Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549–0609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anitra Cassas, Attorney, Division of

Market Regulation, at 202–942–0089;

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20549–1001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 20, 2000, the Commission

issued a notice that the first meeting of

the Securities and Exchange

Commission Advisory Committee on

Market Information is to be held on

October 10, 2000, in the William O.

Douglas Room at the Commission’s

main offices, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC, beginning at 1 p.m.

(Securities Exchange Act Release No.

43313, September 20, 2000). The

meeting will be open to the public, and

the public is invited to submit written

comments to the Committee. The notice

was published in the Federal Register

on September 27, 2000, less than 15

days prior to the first meeting as

required by 41 CFR 101–61015. To

accommodate all of the committee

members’ schedules and travel

arrangements, however, the Commission

finds good cause to continue to hold the

meeting on October 10, 2000.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

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[Release No. 34–4338; File No. SR–Amex–

00–53]

Self Regulatory Organizations; Notice

of Filing and Order Granting

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed

Rule Change by the American Stock

Exchange LLC Relating to the

streetTracks sm Dow Jones Global

Titans Index Fund

September 25, 2000.

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

September 13, 2000, 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 and II below, which Items

have been prepared by the Exchange.

The Commission is publishing this

notice to solicit comments on the

proposed rule change from interested

persons and to approve the proposal on

an accelerated basis.

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Terms of Substance of

the Proposed Rule Change

The Amex proposes to list and trade

under Amex Rules 1000A et seq.

(‘‘Index Fund Shares’’), shares of the

streetTracks sm Dow Jones Global Titans

Index Fund. The text of the proposed

rule change is available upon request

from the Office of the Secretary, the

Amex or the Commission.

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 Exchange 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

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule

Change

1. Purpose

On March 8, 1996, the Commission

approved Amex’s listing and trading of

Index Fund Shares under Rules 1000A

et seq.3 Index Fund Shares are shares

issued by an open-end management

investment company that seeks to

provide investment results that

correspond generally to the price and

yield performance of a specified foreign

or domestic equity market index. The

Exchange currently trades the following

Index Fund Shares under Amex Rules

1000A et seq.: Select Sector SPDRs

based on industry sectors in the S&P

500 Index;4 iShares MSCI Index Funds

(formerly ‘‘WEBS’’) based on Morgan

Stanley Capital International foreign

indexes;5 series of the iShares Trust

based on domestic stock indexes; 6 and