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Petitions for Rulemaking
Submitted to the SEC

Any person may request that the Commission issue, amend or repeal a rule of general application. Petitions must contain the text or substance of any proposed rule or amendment or specify the rule or portion of a rule requested to be repealed. Persons submitting petitions must also include a statement of their interest and/or reasons for requesting Commission action.

All petitions will be forwarded to the appropriate office or division of the Commission for consideration and recommendation. Following submission of the staff's recommendation to the Commission, petitioners will be notified of any action taken by the Commission.

For additional information please refer to the Commission's Rules of Practice, Rule 192 (17 CFR 201.192).

File No. Date Description
4-494 Jul. 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 Apr. 12, 2004 Request for Rulemaking Concerning Shareholder Communications
Submitted by:   Steve Odland, Chairman-Corporate Governance Task Force, Business Roundtable
Comments received are available for this proposal.
4-492 Dec. 16, 2003 Request for Rulemaking Concerning Soft Dollars and Directed Brokerage
Submitted by:  Matthew Fink, President, Investment Company Institute
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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
Submitted by:  Scott Schulke
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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
4-488 Oct. 9, 2003 Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rule 146(b) under Section 18(b)(1)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933 to Designate Securities Listed on the International Securities Exchange as Covered Securities for the Purpose of Section 18 of the Act
Submitted by:   Michael Simon, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, International Securities Exchange
4-487 Sept. 30, 2003 Request for Rulemaking to Repeal a Proposed Rule Change (SR-NASD-2003-52, Release No. 34-48279, 8/1/2003), which allowed Nasdaq to Establish a Fee for Receipt of Mutual Fund Quotation Service Data by Distributors.
Submitted by:   Robert C. Pelletier, President and CEO, Commodity Systems Inc.
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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 July 3, 2003 Request for Rulemaking under Section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning securities held in "Street Name"
Submitted by:   Stephen Nelson, The Nelson Law Firm, on behalf of Nine Institutional Investors
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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
4-482 May 14, 2003 Petition for a Rulemaking to Repeal Rule 500 of the New York Stock Exchange
Submitted by:  Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice President, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
4-480 Apr. 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
Submitted by:   John M. Schaible, President, NexTrade Holdings, Inc.
Comments received are available for this proposal.
4-479 Apr. 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.
4-478 Apr. 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
Submitted by:   Paul Schott Stevens, Jack W. Murphy and Ethan D. Corey of Dechert LLP on behalf of Federated Investors, Inc.
Comments received are available for this proposal.
4-477 Mar. 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
4-474 Request for Rulemaking to Adopt New Rule 19c-6 Concerning Exchange-Sponsored Options Payment for Order Flow Programs
  June 11, 2003 Submitted by:  Mr. Joel Greenberg, Chief Legal Officer, Susquehanna International Group, LP
  Feb. 3, 2003 Submitted by:   Meyer S. Frucher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
4-469 Nov. 1, 2002 Request for Rulemaking to Amend Rule 19c-5 Regarding Certain Options Exchange Licensing Arrangements
Submitted by:   David Krell, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Securities Exchange
Comments received are available for this proposal.
4-465 Sept. 24, 2002 Request for Rulemaking Concerning Corporate Elections
Submitted by:   Deborah Pastor, Portfolio Manager, eRaider.com Inc.
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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
Submitted by:   Jill Ratner, President, Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
Comments received are available for this proposal.
4-461 Aug. 1, 2002 Request for Rulemaking to Amend
Rule 14a-8(i) to Allow Shareholder Proposals To Elect Directors

Submitted by:   The Committee of Concerned Shareholders and James McRitchie
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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
Submitted by:   Arthur Andersen LLP, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Comments received are available for this proposal.
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

 

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Modified: 08/27/2004