Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 9, 2001 / Notices 1705

1 15 U.S.C. 781(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

3 15 U.S.C. 781(b). 4 15 U.S.C. 781(g). 5 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies or citizens investing

overseas.

Reporting Hours: 1 hour per client.

Number of Responses: 480.

Federal Cost: $0.

Authority for Information Collection:

Section 234A, of the Foreign Assistance

Act of 1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): OPIC is

sponsoring a survey to identify trends

relating to its clients’ experiences with

political risk in emerging markets. The

survey results will not only help OPIC

identify new products and opportunities

to fulfill its mandate to insure

investments overseas against a broad

range of political risks, but will also

provide valuable information to the

political risk insurance industry,

thereby helping the industry to enhance

its programs.

January 3, 2001.

Rumu Sarkar,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

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Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Interchange Financial

Services Corporation, Common Stock,

No Par Value) File No. 1–10518

January 3, 2001.

Interchange Financial Services

Corporation, a New Jersey corporation

(‘‘Company’’), has filed an application

with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant

to section 12(d) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule

12d2–2(d) thereunder,2 to withdraw its

Common Stock, no par value

(‘‘Security’’), from listing and

registration on the American Stock

Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’).

The Company has stated that the

Security has been approved for

quotation on the National Market of the

Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (‘‘Nasdaq

National Market’’), effective at the

opening of business on Wednesday,

January 17, 2001. The Company made

the decision to transfer the trading of its

Security from the Amex to the Nasdaq

National Market based on its evaluation

of the comparative marketing

advantages and financial incentives

available to investment companies

quoted through the dealer network of

the Nasdaq National Market.

The Company has stated in its

application that it has complied with

the rules of the Amex governing the

withdrawal of an issue from listing and

registration. The Company’s application

relates solely to the withdrawal of the

Security from listing on the Amex and

registration under section 12(b) of the

Act,3 and shall have no effect upon the

approval of its application for quotation

of the Security on the Nasdaq National

Market or its obligation to be registered

under section 12(g) of the Act.4

Any interested person may, on or

before January 25, 2001, submit by letter

to the Secretary of the Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549–0609,

facts bearing upon whether the

application has been made in

accordance with the rules of the Amex

and what terms, if any, should be

imposed by the Commission for the

protection of investors. The

Commission, based on the information

submitted to it, will issue an order

granting the application after the date

mentioned above, unless the

Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.5

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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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 January 8, 2001.

An open meeting will be held on

Wednesday, January 10, 2001, at 2:30

p.m. in Room 1C30, the William O.

Douglas Room, and a closed meeting

will be held on Thursday, January 11,

2001, at 11:00 a.m.

Commissioner Carey, as duty officer,

determined that no earlier notice thereof

was possible.

The subject matters of the open

meeting will be:

(1) The Commission will consider

approving a proposed rule change by

the National Association of Securities

Dealers, Inc. to establish the Nasdaq

Order Display Facility and the Order

Collector Facility and to modify its

primary trading platform, the Nasdaq

National Market System, collectively

referred to as the SuperMontage

proposal.

For further information contact:

Jennifer Colihan, Division of Market

Regulation at (202) 942–0735.

(2) The Commission will consider

proposing new Exchange Act Rule 19b–

6, which would replace current

Exchange Act Rule 19b–4. Proposed

Rule 19b–6 would streamline the selfregulatory organization rule filing

process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sonia Patton, Division of Market

Regulation at (202) 942–0753.

Commissioners, Counsel 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. 552(c)(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10) and

17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), (8), (9)(A) and

(10), permit consideration of the

scheduled matters at the closed meeting.

The subject matters of the closed

meeting will be:

Institution and settlement of

injunctive actions;

Institution and settlement of

administrative proceedings of an

enforcement nature; and opinion.

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)

942–7070.

Dated: January 4, 2001.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

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