Subject: File No. S7-07-22
From: Eric Maas

February 19, 2022

Hello,

Write to you today to express that as a retail investor and former consultant to public companies I strongly oppose limits to awards. Employees and contractors should have maximum incentive to blow the whistle.

Whistleblowing is not without consequence the risk is high, the timeline of a claim is long, and the effort should be rewarded.

I believe this rule proposal seeks to diminish the incentives of whistleblower protections and that is not a good thing for a free public market.

Thank you,

Eric Maas