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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
New Collection: Individual Investor Plain
English Survey Project; SEC File No.
270–570. OMB Control No. 3235–XXXX.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) a request for a new collection
of information discussed below.
The SEC’s Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy seeks to
commence a collection of information.
The title of this collection is the
Individual Investor Plain English
Survey Project. This project will
conduct focus groups and telephone
surveys of individual investors in SEC
registered securities. The project will
seek to gauge the level of individual
investor satisfaction with current and
potential future SEC-mandated
disclosures, to learn whether investors
believe such disclosures are written in
plain English and are reader-friendly,
and to ask individual investors how
such disclosures might be improved.
The Commission will use this
information in order to gain a
comprehensive understanding of a range
of views. The SEC intends to hire a
professional survey firm to conduct the
focus groups and telephone surveys.
The total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden of this collection
of information is estimated to be less
than 1,000 burden hours.
There are no recordkeeping
requirements brought about by this
project. Participation in any interview
will be wholly voluntary. Information
collected during the study will not be
kept confidential, except that the
identity of a study participant, and
information that would identify a
participant to anyone outside the study,
will not be disclosed without the
participant’s consent, except as
provided by law.
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.
Please direct general comments
regarding the above information to the
following persons: (i) Desk Officer for
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the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10102,
New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to:
Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and
(ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Comments must be submitted to OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–57121; File No. SR–Amex–
2007–89]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
Sections 132(e), 211, and 1003(d) of the
Company Guide To Clarify That the
Exchange May Delist or Deny Initial
Listing to an Issuer for
Misrepresenting, or Omitting To
Provide, Material Information to the
Exchange or for Failing To Provide
Requested Information Within a
Reasonable Period of Time
January 10, 2008.
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 December
18, 2007, the American Stock Exchange
LLC (‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been substantially prepared by the selfregulatory organization. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
sections 132(e), 211 and 1003(d) of the
Amex Company Guide in order to
clarify that the Amex may delist or deny
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initial listing to an issuer for
misrepresenting material information or
omitting to provide material information
to the Amex or for failing to provide the
Amex with requested information
within a reasonable period of time. The
text of the proposed rule change is
available on the Amex’s Web site at
https://www.amex.com, the Office of the
Secretary, the Amex, 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
self-regulatory organization 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 IV below.
The self-regulatory organization 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 amend sections 132(e), 211
and 1003(d) (collectively, the
‘‘sections’’) of the Company Guide. The
Exchange is proposing to amend the
Sections in order to clarify that the
Amex may delist or deny initial listing
to an issuer if it fails to provide
information 3 within a reasonable period
of time or if any communication
(including communications made in
connection with an initial listing
application) to the Exchange contains a
material misrepresentation or omits
material information necessary to make
the communication to the Exchange not
misleading.
Sections 132(e) and 211 of the
Company Guide currently require listed
companies to furnish to the Exchange
such information concerning the
company as the Exchange may
reasonably request. Section 1003(f)(iii)
of the Company Guide provides the
Exchange with authority to prohibit
initial or continued listing of a security
3 The proposed rule change will specify that the
Exchange may request any additional information
or documentation, public or non-public, deemed
necessary to make a determination regarding a
security’s initial listing eligibility or continued
listing, including but not limited to, any material
provided to or received from the Commission or
other appropriate regulatory authority.
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if the issuer or its management engages
in operations which, in the opinion of
the Exchange, are contrary to the public
interest. However, the Company Guide
does not explicitly state that the Amex
may delist or deny initial listing to a
company that (1) makes a material
misrepresentation to the Amex or omits
material information, in a
communication that would be necessary
to make the communication to the
Amex not misleading or (2) fails to
provide the Amex with requested
information within a reasonable period
of time.
The Exchange submits that the
proposed amendments will provide
greater certainty and transparency in
connection with the sections of the
Company Guide. Further, the proposed
rule change will provide greater
uniformity among markets because it is
identical to Rule 4330 of the Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’). Although
the Amex believes that the existing
listing standards allow for delisting or
denial of listing in these situations, the
Exchange proposes to modify the
existing listing standards in order to
codify its current existing practice.
2. Statutory Basis
The proposed rule change is
consistent with section 6(b) of the Act 4
in general and furthers the objectives of
section 6(b)(5) of the Act,5 in particular
in that it is designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanisms of a free and open market,
and, in general, to protect investors and
the public interest.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The proposed rule change will impose
no burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received by the Exchange on this
proposal.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.
New Collection: Individual Investor Plain English Survey Project;
SEC File No. 270-570. OMB Control No. 3235-XXXX.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for a new collection of information
discussed below.
The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy seeks to
commence a collection of information. The title of this collection is
the Individual Investor Plain English Survey Project. This project will
conduct focus groups and telephone surveys of individual investors in
SEC registered securities. The project will seek to gauge the level of
individual investor satisfaction with current and potential future SEC-
mandated disclosures, to learn whether investors believe such
disclosures are written in plain English and are reader-friendly, and
to ask individual investors how such disclosures might be improved. The
Commission will use this information in order to gain a comprehensive
understanding of a range of views. The SEC intends to hire a
professional survey firm to conduct the focus groups and telephone
surveys. The total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden of this
collection of information is estimated to be less than 1,000 burden
hours.
There are no recordkeeping requirements brought about by this
project. Participation in any interview will be wholly voluntary.
Information collected during the study will not be kept confidential,
except that the identity of a study participant, and information that
would identify a participant to anyone outside the study, will not be
disclosed without the participant's consent, except as provided by law.
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.
Please direct general comments regarding the above information to
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for
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the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to:
Alexander--T.--Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O
Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312;
or send an e-mail to: PRA--Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted
to OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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