4-563
July 21, 2008
Request for rulemaking for interpretive guidance for registrants pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on public statements concerning global warming and other environmental issues View Received Comments Submitted By: Steven J. Milloy and Thomas Borelli, Free Enterprise Action Fund
4-562
July 15, 2008
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit fees that options exchanges may charge non-members to obtain access to quotations to $.20 per contract View Received Comments Submitted By: John C. Nagel, Citadel
4-558
May 12, 2008
Request for rulemaking requiring companies to disclose in the proxy statement the fees associated with all engagements for a single company and any ownership interest a consultant working for the compensation committee may have in the parent consulting firm View Received Comments Submitted By: Multiple Petitioners
4-557
April 3, 2008
Request for rulemaking to adopt new Rule 15c3-4 to address the practice of market participants redefining securities in customer accounts past T+3 View Received Comments Submitted By: Thomas Vallarino, National Investor Protection Coalition
4-556
Feb. 27, 2008
Request for Review and Repeal of FAS 123R, "Share-Based Payment" Submitted By: B. Kipling Hagopian
4-555
Jan. 25, 2008
Request for rulemaking to amend SEC rules to require public companies to provide a plain English descriptive narrative for all departures or dismissals of their external auditors Submitted By: Jeff Mahoney, General Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors
4-554
Sept. 22, 2008
Additional letter Note: original petition
4-553
Dec. 19, 2007
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt issuers of certain types of fixed insurance contracts from the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Act Submitted By: Stephen E. Roth, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance Company
4-550
Oct. 19, 2007
Joint request for rulemaking to adopt amendments to Regulation S-K that would provide for increased disclosure of certain financial and other relationships between underwriters and registrants Submitted By: California Public Employees' Retirement System California State Teachers' Retirement System Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association Illinois Universities Retirement System Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
4-549
Oct. 22, 2007
Request for interpretive guidance under the Securities Act of 1933 that would require registrants to disclose to shareholders the business risks of laws and regulations intended to address global warming concerns Submitted By: Steven J. Milloy and Thomas J. Borelli, on behalf of Free Enterprise Action Fund
4-548
Sept. 25, 2007
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Act of 1933 to permit commodity pools to publish and distribute advertisements that disclose certain information about the commodity pool beyond that specified by the safe harbor of Rule 134 Submitted By: James B. Biery, Sidley Austin LLP on behalf of Superfund Capital Management, Inc.
4-547B
Nov. 23, 2009
Supplemental petition: Request for interpretive guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure View Received Comments original petition (Sep. 18, 2007)
4-547A
June 12, 2008
Supplemental petition: Request for interpretive guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure View Received Comments original petition (Sep. 18, 2007) Note:
For attachments, see original petition (Sep. 18, 2007)
4-547
Sept. 18, 2007
Request for interpretive guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure View Received Comments Supplemental Petition (Jun. 12, 2008) , original petition (Sep. 18, 2007) , Supplemental petition dated Nov. 23, 2009 Submitted By: Multiple petitioners
4-547
June 12, 2008
Supplemental petition: Request for interpretive guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure View Received Comments original petition (Sep. 18, 2007) Note:
For attachments, see original petition (Sep. 18, 2007)
4-547
Nov. 23, 2009
Supplemental petition: Request for interpretive guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure View Received Comments original petition (Sep. 18, 2007)
4-543
July 9, 2007
Request to amend Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act to amend the definition of fundamental investment policy Submitted By: George W. Karpus, Karpus Investment Management
4-542
June 13, 2007
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to amend Rule 19a-1 which governs how a fund calculates and discloses the sources of its distributions Submitted By: Mary S. Podesta, Esq., Investment Company Institute
4-541A
Feb. 11, 2008
Supplemental petition View Received Comments Note: For attachments, see original petition Comments received are available
4-541
June 18, 2007
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit broker-dealers from requiring investors to accept mandatory arbitration clauses View Received Comments Submitted By: Daniel R. Solin
4-540
May 24, 2007
Request to Amend "Pattern Day Trader" Rule View Received Comments Submitted By: Michael Wilson
4-535
March 28, 2007
Request for written interpretative guidance relating to the implementation of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48") by investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Submitted By: Stephen D. Fisher, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Fidelity Management & Research Company; Eric Roiter, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Fidelity Management & Research Company; Maria Dwyer, Chief Regulatory Officer, Massachusetts Financial Services Company; Scott Huebl, Vice President, Tax, Oppenheimerfunds, Inc.
4-531
Feb. 10, 2007
Request for rulemaking on disclosure and transparency in client commission arrangements Submitted By: William T. George, Blue Sky Research Services
4-530
Jan. 8, 2007
Request for an extension of the implementation date of SEC Regulation NMS Trading Phase, targeted for February 5, 2007 Submitted By: Mary Yeager, Assistant Secretary, New York Stock Exchange LLC
4-528
Dec. 28, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to limit the application of the new disclosure requirements to registered investment company investments in "investment companies" and "private funds" as defined in former Rule 203(b)(3)-1(d) under the Investment Advisers of 1940 Submitted By: Stephen Fisher, Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Eric Roiter, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Fidelity Management & Research Company
4-525
Aug. 30, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide owners of American Depository Receipts of certain foreign issuers with the ability to exercise certain traditional shareowner rights, including the ability to vote in the election of directors, and to submit and vote on shareowner proposals Submitted By: Steven J. Milloy and Thomas J. Borelli, Action Fund Management, LLC
4-521
June 8, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require prompt disclosure of a Wells Notice when it is received by registrants Submitted By: Scott H. Schulke
4-519
April 24, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Act of 1933 to expose and prevent unlawful and deceptive activities by securities promoters and their sponsors View Received Comments Submitted By: R. Cromwell Coulson, Pink Sheets LLC
4-510C
Jan. 20, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to extend certain compliance dates for Rule 202(a)(11)-1 from January 31, 2006 to March 31, 2006 concerning the Commission's final rule -- Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not to Be Investment Advisers View Received Comments Submitted By: Dale E. Brown, Financial Services Institute, Inc.
4-510B
Jan. 13, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to extend certain compliance dates for Rule 202(a)(11)-1 from January 31, 2006 to March 31, 2006 concerning the Commission's final rule -- Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not to Be Investment Advisers View Received Comments Submitted By: Carl B. Wilkerson, Esq., American Council of Life Insurers
4-510A
Jan. 10, 2006
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to extend certain compliance dates for Rule 202(a)(11)-1 from January 31, 2006 to March 31, 2006 concerning the Commission's final rule -- Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not to Be Investment Advisers View Received Comments Submitted By: Ira D. Hammerman, Esq., Securities Industry Association
4-505
June 28, 2005
Request for rulemaking to amend Rule 3a12-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to include within its exemption the soverign debt of the Republic of Korea Submitted By: Philip McBride Johnson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
4-504
May 13, 2005
Request for rulemaking concerning corporate communication regarding company share buybacks Submitted By: James Schainuck, Jewel Investments
4-503
May 11, 2005
Request for rulemaking under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 regarding retention and production of e-mail by investment advisers View Received Comments Submitted By: Committee on Investment Management Regulation, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
4-501
May 6, 2005
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would prevent the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the New York Stock Exchange from placing by contract any restriction on the use of either the paper copies or their database of arbitration awards and also preventing these organizations from requiring third party vendors to limit access to these awards, in their original form View Received Comments Submitted By: Daniel R. Solin, Esq.
4-499
April 8, 2005
Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the definitions of "non-professional" and "professional" used by self-regulatory organizations and national market system plans Submitted By: Andrew C. Wels, Securities Industry Association
4-498
Feb. 11, 2005
Request for rulemaking concerning auditor independence Submitted By: Jeffry R. Haber, Iona College
4-496
Jan. 22, 2005
Request for rulemaking under Section 11A(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the Options Intermarket Linkage Plan to limit trade-through protection only to automated quotes Submitted By: Adam Cooper, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C.
4-495
Nov. 30, 2004
Request for rulemaking seeking repeal of rule 206(3)-1 (Exemption of investment advisers registered as broker-dealers in connection with the provision of certain investment advisory services) and that the Commission not adopt proposed rule 202(a)(11)-1 (Certain thrift institutions deemed not to be investment advisers) under the Investment Advisers Act Submitted By: Ron A. Rhoades, Joseph Capital Management, LLC
4-494
July 29, 2004
Request for rulemaking requiring that a rating that is an assessment of the quality of a company's reported earnings be a listing requirement for any publicly traded company Submitted By: Richard S. Furlin, President, Furlin Financial
4-493
April 12, 2004
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Shareholder Communications View Received Comments Submitted By: Steve Odland, Chairman-Corporate Governance Task Force, Business Roundtable
4-492
Dec. 16, 2003
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Soft Dollars and Directed Brokerage View Received Comments Submitted By: Matthew Fink, President, Investment Company Institute
4-491
May 15, 2003
Request for Rulemaking to Permit Shareholder-Nominated Director Candidates to Appear in Corporate Proxy Statements and Proxy Cards Submitted By: Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO
4-490
Feb. 4, 2004
Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X to require complete disclosure of all subsidiaries for filers of Form 10-K, regardless of the size of the subsidiary View Received Comments Submitted By: Scott Schulke
4-489
Oct. 3, 2003
Request for the Commission to Amend Rule 206(4)-1(a)(1) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Concerning the Use of Testimonials by Investment Advisers Who Are Also Planners Submitted By: Chris Grande, Walnut Hill Advisors
4-486
Oct. 23, 2001
Request for rulemaking to exempt the government securities of the Republic of Singapore from Rule 3a12-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the purpose of trading the Singapore Government Bond futures contracts Submitted By: Mr. Jimmy Ang, Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited
4-484
July 29, 2003
Request for Rulemaking to Require that Amended Registrant Filings Include an Explicit Summary of Specific Changes in Language or Figures Submitted By: Scott H. Schulke
4-483
Feb. 24, 2009
Request for Rulemaking under Section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning securities held in "Street Name" View Received Comments Supplements to petition Submitted By: Lawrence J. Goldstein
4-483
July 3, 2003
Request for Rulemaking under Section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning securities held in "Street Name" View Received Comments Submitted By: Stephen Nelson, The Nelson Law Firm, on behalf of Nine Institutional Investors
4-483
Feb. 24, 2009
Additional Petition — Request for Rulemaking under Section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning securities held in "Street Name" View Received Comments Supplements to additional petition Submitted By: Lawrence J. Goldstein
4-480
April 14, 2003
Request for Rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to Adopt New Rule 11Ac1-8 to Address the Practices of Trading-Through and Locking or Crossing OTC Quotes Across Separate Market Centers View Received Comments Submitted By: John M. Schaible, President, NexTrade Holdings, Inc.
4-479
April 11, 2003
Request for Rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Concerning Trading of Nasdaq-Listed Securities Submitted By: Edward Knight, Executive Vice President, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
4-478A
April 4, 2005
Amended Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rules 15c3-1 and 15c3-3 Concerning Net Capital and Collateral Treatment of Broker-Dealers' Investment in Shares of Certain Registered Investment Companies View Received Comments Submitted By: Paul Schott Stevens, Jack W. Murphy and Ethan D. Corey of Dechert LLP on behalf of Federated Investors, Inc.
4-478
April 3, 2003
Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rules 15c3-1 and 15c3-3 Concerning Net Capital and Collateral Treatment of Broker-Dealers' Investment in Shares of Certain Registered Investment Companies View Received Comments Submitted By: Paul Schott Stevens, Jack W. Murphy and Ethan D. Corey of Dechert LLP on behalf of Federated Investors, Inc.
4-477
March 24, 2003
Request for Rulemaking Requiring Pre-Notification and Disclosure of Certain Communications by Trial Lawyers Submitted By: Daniel J. Popeo, Chairman and General Counsel and Paul D. Kamenar, Senior Executive Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
4-475
Sept. 4, 2002
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Changes to Fundamental Investment Policies of Closed-End Funds (Section 12 - Majority of a Quorum to Approve a Change in Investment Policy) Submitted By: George W. Karpus, Karpus Investment Management
4-469
Nov. 1, 2002
Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rule 19c-5 Regarding Certain Options Exchange Licensing Arrangements View Received Comments Submitted By: David Krell, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Securities Exchange
4-465
Sept. 24, 2002
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Corporate Elections View Received Comments Submitted By: Deborah Pastor, Portfolio Manager, eRaider.com Inc.
4-463
Sept. 20, 2002
Request for Rulemaking for Clarification of Material Disclosures with Respect to Financially Significant Environmental Liabilities and Compliance with Existing Material Financial Disclosures View Received Comments Submitted By: Jill Ratner, President, Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
4-461
Aug. 1, 2002
Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rule 14a-8(i) to Allow Shareholder Proposals To Elect Directors View Received Comments Submitted By: The Committee of Concerned Shareholders and James McRitchie
4-457
May 23, 2002
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Definition of Investment Company Submitted By: Matthew A. Chambers and John C. Nagel, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization
4-450
Dec. 31, 2001
Request for Interpretive Release Concerning MD&A Under Regulation S-K, Item 303 View Received Comments Submitted By: Arthur Andersen LLP, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
4-449
Dec. 12, 2001
Request for Rulemaking to Amend Regulation S-K, Items 401 and 404, Concerning Director Conflicts of Interest Submitted By: Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
4-448
Dec. 11, 2001
Request for Rulemaking Concerning Definition of Independent Auditor and Limiting Services Accounting Firms May Provide to Audit Clients Submitted By: Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
