SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE:The meeting will be held in Auditorium LL-002 at the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.

STATUS: This meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors will be subject to security checks. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

  1. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that governs the publication of quotations for securities in a quotation medium other than a national securities exchange, and issue proposed guidance on the Rule and a concept release requesting public comment on information repositories.
  2. The Commission will consider whether to adopt a new rule and related amendments under the Securities Act of 1933 that permits issuers to engage in oral or written communications with certain institutional investors, either prior to or following the filing of a registration statement, to determine whether such investors might have an interest in a contemplated registered securities offering.
  3. The Commission will consider whether to adopt a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will permit exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain conditions to operate without first obtaining an exemptive order, as well as related form amendments and the rescission of certain exemptive relief to ETFs and their sponsors.  The Commission will also consider whether to issue a related order granting exemptive relief from certain provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, please contact Vanessa A. Countryman, Office of the Secretary, at (202) 551-5400.

Dated: September 18, 2019

Vanessa A. Countryman
Secretary