Sunshine Act Meeting, 31822-31823 [2010-13503]

Download as PDF 31822 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 107 / Friday, June 4, 2010 / Notices Filing Dates: The application was filed on January 6, 2010 and amended on April 19, 2010 and May 7, 2010. Applicant’s Address: 4400 Computer Dr., Westborough, MA 01581. Pioneer Select Value Fund [File No. 811–21530] Pioneer Select Growth Fund [File No. 811–21452] Summary: Each applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On May 30, 2008 and March 23, 2009, respectively, applicants made liquidating distributions to their shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of $5,500 and $7,000, respectively, incurred in connection with the liquidations were paid by Pioneer Investment Management, Inc., applicants’ investment adviser. Filing Date: The applications were filed on November 12, 2009 and amended on May 21, 2010 and May 24, 2010, respectively. Applicants’ Address: 60 State St., Boston, MA 02109. Utopia Funds [File No. 811–21798] Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On March 31, 2009, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholder, based on net asset value. Expenses of $304,485 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by applicant. Filing Dates: The application was filed on June 8, 2009 and amended on March 4, 2010 and May 27, 2010. Applicant’s Address: 111 Cass St., Traverse City, MI 49684. Morgan Stanley International SmallCap Fund srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES [File No. 811–7169] Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On July 30, 2008, applicant made a final liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of approximately $41,106 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., applicant’s investment adviser. Filing Date: The application was filed on April 21, 2010. Applicant’s Address: c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., 522 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10036. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:01 Jun 03, 2010 Jkt 220001 SG Principal Protected Trust Applicant’s Address: 555 12th St., Suite 2100, Oakland, CA 94607. [File No. 811–21194] Summary: Applicant, a closed-end investment company, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicant has never made a public offering of its securities and does not propose to make a public offering or engage in business of any kind. Filing Date: The application was filed on May 6, 2010. Applicant’s Address: 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. S&P 500® Covered Call Fund Inc. [File No. 811–21672] Summary: Applicant, a closed-end investment company, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On February 2, 2010, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of approximately $27,000 incurred in connection with the liquidation will be paid by applicant and IQ Investment Advisors LLC, applicant’s investment adviser. Applicant will pay approximately $14,752 of the accrued expenses with cash that it has retained for that purpose. Filing Date: The application was filed on April 29, 2010. Applicant’s Address: 4 World Financial Center, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10080. Capital Growth Portfolio [File No. 811–9835] Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On November 13, 2009, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Applicant incurred no expenses in connection with the liquidation. Filing Date: The application was filed on April 23, 2010. Applicant’s Address: Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110. Adelante Funds [File No. 811–9679] Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On March 19, 2010, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of approximately $42,135 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by Adelante Capital Management LLC, applicant’s investment adviser. Filing Date: The application was filed on May 11, 2010. PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 AIM Summit Fund [File No. 811–3443] Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On April 28, 2008, applicant transferred its assets to, and was reorganized as a series of, AIM Equity Funds, based on net asset value. Expenses of $282,300 incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by applicant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., applicant’s investment adviser. Filing Date: The application was filed on April 23, 2010. Applicant’s Address: 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77046– 1173. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–13459 Filed 6–3–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8010–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting 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 a Closed Meeting on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 2 p.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 also may 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), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting. Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, voted to consider the items listed for the Closed Meeting in a closed session. The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, 2010 will be: Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; an adjudicatory matter; and other matters relating to enforcement proceedings. At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items. E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 107 / Friday, June 4, 2010 / Notices 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: June 1, 2010. Elizabeth M. Murphy. Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–13503 Filed 6–2–10; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 8010–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–62193; File No. SR–CBOE– 2010–043] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Enable the Listing and Trading of Options on the Sprott Physical Gold Trust May 28, 2010. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on May 11, 2010, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III 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. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change CBOE proposes to amend certain rules to enable the listing and trading on the Exchange of options on the Sprott Physical Gold Trust. The text of the rule proposal is available on the Exchange’s Web site (https://www.cboe.org/legal), at the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary and at 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 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 those statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. 1 15 2 17 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:01 Jun 03, 2010 Jkt 220001 The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose Recently the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) authorized CBOE to list and trade options on the SPDR Gold Trust,3 the iShares COMEX Gold Trust, the iShares Silver Trust,4 the ETFS Silver Trust and the ETFS Gold Trust,5 the ETFS Palladium Trust and the ETFS Platinum Trust.6 Now, the Exchange proposes to list and trade options on the Sprott Physical Gold Trust (‘‘PHYS’’). Under current Rule 5.3, only Units (also referred to herein as exchange traded fund (‘‘ETFs’’)) representing (i) interests in registered investment companies (or series thereof) organized as open-end management investment companies, unit investment trusts or similar entities that hold portfolios of securities and/or financial instruments including, but not limited to, stock index futures contracts, options on futures, options on securities and indexes, equity caps, collars and floors, swap agreements, forward contracts, repurchase agreements and reverse purchase agreements (the ‘‘Financial Instruments’’), and money market instruments, including, but not limited to, U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements (the ‘‘Money Market Instruments’’) comprising or otherwise based on or representing investments in indexes or portfolios of securities and/or Financial Instruments and Money Market Instruments (or that hold securities in one or more other registered investment companies that themselves hold such portfolios of securities and/or Financial Instruments and Money Market Instruments); or (ii) interests in a trust or similar entity that holds a specified non-U.S. currency deposited with the trust or similar entity when aggregated in some specified minimum number may be surrendered to the trust by the beneficial owner to 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57897 (May 30, 2008), 73 FR 32061 (June 5, 2008) (order approving SR–CBOE–2005–11). 4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59055 (December 4, 2008), 73 FR 75148 (December 10, 2008) (order approving SR–CBOE–2008–72). 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61483 (February 3, 2010) (order approving SR–CBOE– 2010–007). 6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61892 (April 13, 2010), 75 FR 20649 (April 20, 2010) (order approving SR–CBOE–2010–015). PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31823 receive the specified non-U.S. currency and pays the beneficial owner interest and other distributions on deposited non-U.S. currency, if any, declared and paid by the trust; or (iii) commodity pool interests principally engaged, directly or indirectly, in holding and/or managing portfolios or baskets of securities, commodity futures contracts, options on commodity futures contracts, swaps, forward contracts and/or options on physical commodities and/or nonU.S. currency (‘‘Commodity Pool Units’’); or (iv) represent interests in the streetTRACKS Gold Trust or the iShares COMEX Gold Trust or the iShares Silver Trust or the ETFS Silver Trust or the ETFS Gold Trust or the ETFS Palladium Trust or the ETFS Platinum Trust; or (v) represents an interest in a registered investment company (‘‘Investment Company’’) organized as an open-end management investment company or similar entity, that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by the Investment Company’s investment adviser consistent with the Investment Company’s investment objectives and policies, which is issued in a specified aggregate minimum number in return for a deposit of a specified portfolio of securities and/or a cash amount with a value equal to the next determined net asset value (‘‘NAV’’), and when aggregated in the same specified minimum number, may be redeemed at a holder’s request, which holder will be paid a specified portfolio of securities and/or cash with a value equal to the next determined NAV (‘‘Managed Fund Share’’) are eligible as underlying securities for options traded on the Exchange.7 This rule change proposes to expand the types of ETFs that may be approved for options trading on the Exchange to include the Sprott Physical Gold Trust. Apart from allowing Sprott Physical Gold Trust to be an underlying for options traded on the Exchange as described above, the listing standards for ETFs will remain unchanged from those that apply under current Exchange rules. ETFs on which options may be listed and traded must still be listed and traded on a national securities exchange and must satisfy the other listing standards set forth in Interpretation and Policy .06 to Rule 5.3. Specifically, in addition to satisfying the aforementioned listing requirements, Units must meet either (1) the criteria and guidelines under Rule 5.3 and Interpretation and Policy .01 to Rule 5.3, Criteria for Underlying Securities; or (2) they must be available for creation or redemption each 7 See E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM Interpretation and Policy .06 to Rule 5.3. 04JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31822-31823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13503]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

    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 a Closed Meeting on Tuesday, June 8, 
2010 at 2 p.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 also may 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), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the 
scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
    Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, voted to consider the items 
listed for the Closed Meeting in a closed session.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 
June 8, 2010 will be: Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; 
institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; an 
adjudicatory matter; and other matters relating to enforcement 
proceedings.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items.

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    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: June 1, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy.
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13503 Filed 6-2-10; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 8010-01-P
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