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five and ten year periods (or life of the
New Fund), (i) the cumulative total
return and the average annual total
return based on NAV and Bid/Ask Price,
and (ii) the cumulative total return of
the relevant local currency against the
U.S. dollar.
6. On each Business Day, before the
commencement of trading in Shares on
a New Fund’s Listing Market, the New
Fund will disclose on its website the
identities and quantities of the money
market securities and other assets held
by the New Fund that will form the
basis for the New Fund’s calculation of
NAV at the end of the Business Day.
7. The Adviser and any subadviser,
directly or indirectly, will not cause any
Authorized Participant (or any investor
on whose behalf an Authorized
Participant may transact with the New
Fund) to acquire any Deposit Security
for a New Fund through a transaction in
which the New Fund could not engage
directly.
8. The requested order will expire on
the effective date of any Commission
rule under the Act that provides relief
permitting the operation of activelymanaged exchange-traded funds.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, pursuant to
delegated authority.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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Sunshine Act Meetings
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that
the Securities and Exchange
Commission will hold the following
meetings during the week of February
11, 2008: An Open Meeting will be held
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 10
a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L–002,
and a Closed Meeting will be held on
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10 a.m.
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. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (9)(B), and
(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (4), (5),
(7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration
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of the scheduled matters at the Closed
Meeting.
Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer,
voted to consider the items listed for the
closed meeting in closed session.
The subject matters of the Open
Meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 will be:
1. The Commission will consider whether
to propose amendments to its rules regarding
the circumstances under which a foreign
private issuer is required to register a class
of equity securities under section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act.
2. The Commission will consider whether
to propose a package of amendments to
various Commission rules and forms to
improve reporting by foreign private issuers.
The amendments, if adopted, would allow
foreign private issuer status to be tested once
a year; change the deadline for annual reports
filed by foreign private issuers; revise the
annual report and registration statement
forms used by foreign private issuers to
improve disclosure; and amend the rule
regarding going private transactions to reflect
recent regulatory changes.
3. The Commission will consider whether
to propose amendments to Part 2 of Form
ADV under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 and related rules. The proposed
amendments, if adopted, would require
investment advisers to provide clients with
narrative brochures containing plain English
descriptions of the advisers’ businesses,
services, and conflicts of interest. The
proposal also would require advisers to
electronically file their brochures with the
Commission, and the brochures would be
available to the public through the
Commission’s Web site.
4. The Commission will, as required by
section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, review the annual accounting support
fee of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Friday, February
15, 2008 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature;
Resolution of litigation claims; and
A regulatory matter regarding a
financial institution.
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: February 6, 2008.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–57273; File No. SR–
NYSEArca–2008–06]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed
Rule Change Relating to the
Dissemination of the Index Value for
Equity Index-Linked Securities
February 5, 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 January
11, 2008, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE
Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’), through its
wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca
Equities, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca Equities’’),
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been substantially prepared by the
Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.2(j)(6)(B)(I)(2)(c)(ii) to provide that the
Exchange will commence delisting or
removal proceedings if the value of an
index or composite value of the indexes
underlying an issuance of Equity IndexLinked Securities3 is no longer
calculated or widely disseminated on at
least a 15-second basis with respect to
an index or indexes containing only
securities listed on a national securities
exchange, or on at least a 60-second
basis with respect to an index or
indexes containing foreign country
securities. The text of the proposed rule
change is available at the Exchange, the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
and https://www.nyse.com.
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
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of, and basis for,
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Equity Index-Linked Securities are securities
that provide for the payment at maturity of a cash
amount based on the performance of an underlying
index or indexes of equity securities. See NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(6).
2 17
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities
and Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the
week of February 11, 2008: An Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 at 10 a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002, and a
Closed Meeting will be held on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10 a.m.
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. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(3), (4), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of
the scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed session.
The subject matters of the Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 will be:
1. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to
its rules regarding the circumstances under which a foreign private
issuer is required to register a class of equity securities under
section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
2. The Commission will consider whether to propose a package of
amendments to various Commission rules and forms to improve
reporting by foreign private issuers. The amendments, if adopted,
would allow foreign private issuer status to be tested once a year;
change the deadline for annual reports filed by foreign private
issuers; revise the annual report and registration statement forms
used by foreign private issuers to improve disclosure; and amend the
rule regarding going private transactions to reflect recent
regulatory changes.
3. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to
Part 2 of Form ADV under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and
related rules. The proposed amendments, if adopted, would require
investment advisers to provide clients with narrative brochures
containing plain English descriptions of the advisers' businesses,
services, and conflicts of interest. The proposal also would require
advisers to electronically file their brochures with the Commission,
and the brochures would be available to the public through the
Commission's Web site.
4. The Commission will, as required by section 109 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, review the annual accounting support fee
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Friday,
February 15, 2008 will be:
Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature;
Resolution of litigation claims; and
A regulatory matter regarding a financial institution.
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: February 6, 2008.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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