Title 17, Part 240 — General Rules and Regulations, Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Definitions.

Business hours of the Commission.

Filing of material with the Commission.

Nondisclosure of information obtained in examinations and investigations.

Reference to rule by obsolete designation.

Disclosure detrimental to the national defense or foreign policy.

Application of rules to registered broker-dealers.

Payment of filing fees.

Small entities under the Securities Exchange Act for purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Filing fees for certain acquisitions, dispositions and similar transactions.

Commission procedures for filing applications for orders for exemptive relief under Section 36 of the Exchange Act.

Commission procedures for filing applications to request a substituted compliance or listed jurisdiction order under the Exchange Act.

Exemption from the definition of “Exchange” under Section 3(a)(1) of the Act.

Associated persons of an issuer deemed not to be brokers.

§§ 240.3a4-2-240.3a4-6 [Reserved]

Exemption from the definition of “dealer” for a bank engaged in riskless principal transactions.

Exemption from the definition of “dealer” for banks effecting transactions in securities issued pursuant to Regulation S.

Exemption from the definition of “dealer” for banks engaging in securities lending transactions.

Further definition of “as a part of a regular business” in connection with certain liquidity providers.

Definition of the term “equity security.”

Exemption of certain mortgages and interests in mortgages.

[Reserved]

Exemption from sections 14(a), 14(b), 14(c), 14(f), 16(b) and 16(c) for securities of certain foreign issuers.

Exemptions from sections 15(a) and 15(c)(3) for certain mortgage securities.

Exemption of certain investment contract securities from sections 7(c) and 11(d)(1).

Definition of “common trust fund” as used in section 3(a)(12) of the Act.

Exemption for certain derivative securities traded otherwise than on a national securities exchange.

Exemption for designated foreign government securities for purposes of futures trading.

Exemption of certain direct participation program securities from the arranging provisions of sections 7(c) and 11(d)(1).

Exemption of certain securities issued by the Resolution Funding Corporation.

Exemption from sections 8(a), 14(a), 14(b), and 14(c) for debt securities listed on a national securities exchange.

Exemption from certain provisions of section 16 of the Act for asset-backed securities.

Designation of financial responsibility rules.

Customer-related government securities activities incidental to the futures-related business of a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Proprietary government securities transactions incidental to the futures-related business of a CFTC-regulated person.

Further definition of “as a part of a regular business” in connection with certain liquidity providers.

Definition of “penny stock”.

Method for determining market capitalization and dollar value of average daily trading volume; application of the definition of narrow-based security index.

Indexes underlying futures contracts trading for fewer than 30 days.

Futures contracts on security indexes trading on or subject to the rules of a foreign board of trade.

Exclusion from definition of narrow-based security index for indexes composed of debt securities.

Definition of “major security-based swap participant.”

Categories of security-based swaps.

Definition of “substantial position.”

Definition of “hedging or mitigating commercial risk.”

Definition of “substantial counterparty exposure.”

Definition of “financial entity.”

Definition of “highly leveraged.”

Timing requirements, reevaluation period, and termination of status.

Calculation of major participant status by certain persons.

Foreign major security-based swap participants.

Meaning of “issuers of securities in a narrow-based security index” as used in section 3(a)(68)(A)(ii)(III) of the Act.

Meaning of “narrow-based security index” as used in section 3(a)(68)(A)(ii)(I) of the Act.

Requests for interpretation of swaps, security-based swaps, and mixed swaps.

Meaning of “narrow-based security index” as used in the definition of “security-based swap.”

Regulation of mixed swaps.

Regulation of certain futures contracts on foreign sovereign debt.

Safe Harbor Definition of “security-based swap” and “swap” as used in sections 3(a)(68) and 3(a)(69) of the Act—insurance.

Definition of “swap” as used in section 3(a)(69) of the Act—additional products.

Books and records requirements for security-based swap agreements.

Definition of “security-based swap dealer.”

exception.

Report regarding the “security-based swap dealer” and “major security-based swap participant” definitions (Appendix A to 17 CFR 240.3a71-2).

Cross-border security-based swap dealing activity.

Exception from aggregation for affiliated groups with registered security-based swap dealers.

Exception for cleared transactions executed on a swap execution facility.

Substituted compliance for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Definition of “listed”.

Definition of “officer”.

[Reserved]

Definition of “foreign government,” “foreign issuer” and “foreign private issuer”.

Non-exempt securities issued under governmental obligations.

Liability for certain statements by issuers.

Definition of “executive officer”.

Definitions of “Qualified OTC Market Maker, Qualified Third Market Maker” and “Qualified Block Positioner”.

§§ 240.3b-9-240.3b-10 [Reserved]

Definitions relating to limited partnership roll-up transactions for purposes of sections 6(b)(9), 14(h) and 15A(b)(12)-(13).

Definition of OTC derivatives dealer.

Definition of eligible OTC derivative instrument.

Definition of cash management securities activities.

Definition of ancillary portfolio management securities activities.

Definitions of terms used in Section 3(a)(1) of the Act.

[Reserved]

Definitions of terms used in Section 3(a)(5) of the Act.

Definition of “issuer” in section 3(a)(8) of the Act in relation to asset-backed securities.

Stay of clearing requirement and review by the Commission.

Submission of security-based swaps for clearing.

Application for registration as a national securities exchange or exemption from registration based on limited volume.

Amendments to application.

Supplemental material to be filed by exchanges.

Notice of registration under Section 6(g) of the Act, amendment to such notice, and supplemental materials to be filed by exchanges registered under Section 6(g) of the Act.

Settlement and regulatory halt requirements for security futures products.

Security future based on note, bond, debenture, or evidence of indebtedness.

[Reserved]

Hypothecation of customers' securities.

Options disclosure document.

Prohibition against fraud, manipulation, or deception in connection with security-based swaps.

§§ 240.10a-1-240.10a-2 [Reserved]

Prohibition of use of manipulative or deceptive devices or contrivances with respect to certain securities exempted from registration.

[Reserved]

Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices by brokers or dealers.

[Reserved]

Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices.

Trading “on the basis of” material nonpublic information in insider trading cases.

Duties of trust or confidence in misappropriation insider trading cases.

§§ 240.10b-6-240.10b-8 [Reserved]

Prohibited representations in connection with certain offerings.

Confirmation of transactions.

[Reserved]

Disclosure of credit terms in margin transactions.

Untimely announcements of record dates.

Purchases of certain equity securities by the issuer and others.

Deception in connection with a seller's ability or intent to deliver securities on the date delivery is due.

Securities lending transparency.

Notice to the Commission Pursuant to Section 10A of the Act.

Auditor independence.

Listing standards relating to audit committees.

Listing standards relating to compensation committees.

Listing standards relating to recovery of erroneously awarded compensation.

Regulation of floor trading.

Transactions yielding priority, parity, and precedence.

Transactions for certain accounts of associated persons of members.

Bona fide hedge transactions in certain securities.

Bond transactions on national securities exchanges.

Transactions by registered competitive market makers and registered equity market makers.

Transactions for certain accounts of OTC derivatives dealers.

Transactions effected by exchange members through other members.

Regulation of specialists.

Exemption of certain securities from section 11(d)(1).

Exemption from section 11(d)(1) for certain investment company securities held by broker-dealers as collateral in margin accounts.

Exemption from Section 11(d)(2) for certain broker-dealers effecting transactions for customers security futures products in futures accounts.

Exemption of certain warrants from section 12(a).

Temporary exemption of substituted or additional securities.

Exemption of securities underlying certain options from section 12(a).

Exemption of stock contained in standardized market baskets from section 12(a) of the Act.

Exemption of depositary shares.

Exemption of standardized options from section 12(a) of the Act.

Exemption of security-based swaps from section 12(a) of the Act.

Exemption of security-based swaps sold in reliance on Securities Act of 1933 Rule 240 (§ 230.240) from section 12(a) of the Act.

Scope of regulation.

Definitions.

Title of securities.

Supplemental information.

Determination of affiliates of banks.

When securities are deemed to be registered.

[Reserved]

Requirements as to proper form.

Number of copies; signatures; binding.

Requirements as to paper, printing and language.

Preparation of statement or report.

Riders; inserts.

Amendments.

Additional information.

Information unknown or not available.

Disclaimer of control.

Incorporation by reference.

[Reserved]

Notification of inability to timely file all or any required portion of a Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, N-CEN , N-CSR, 10-Q, or 10-D.

Additional exhibits.

Omission of substantially identical documents.

[Reserved]

Annual reports to other Federal agencies.

[Reserved]

Use of financial statements filed under other acts.

Satisfaction of filing requirements.

Registration effective as to class or series.

Effectiveness of registration.

Requirements as to certification.

Date of receipt of certification by Commission.

Operation of certification on subsequent amendments.

Withdrawal of certification.

Suspension of trading.

Removal from listing and registration.

Applications for permission to reinstate unlisted trading privileges.

Extending unlisted trading privileges to a security that is the subject of an initial public offering.

Termination or suspension of unlisted trading privileges.

Exemption of securities admitted to unlisted trading privileges from sections 13, 14 and 16.

Exchange rules for securities to which unlisted trading privileges are extended.

[Reserved]

Registration of securities; exemption from section 12(g).

Securities deemed to be registered pursuant to section 12(g)(1) upon termination of exemption pursuant to section 12(g)(2)(A) or (B).

Registration of securities of successor issuers under section 12(b) or 12(g).

Certifications of termination of registration under section 12(g).

Exemption for securities issued pursuant to section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Regulation Crowdfunding.

Exemptions for American depositary receipts and certain foreign securities.

Definition of securities “held of record”.

Definition of “total assets”.

Exemptions from registration under section 12(g) of the Act.

[Reserved]

Suspension of duty to file reports under section 15(d).

Exemption from duty to file reports under section 15(d).

Exemption for subsidiary issuers of guaranteed securities and subsidiary guarantors.

Certification by a foreign private issuer regarding the termination of registration of a class of securities under section 12(g) or the duty to file reports under section 13(a) or section 15(d).

Exemption for issuers of securities that are subject to insurance regulation.

Requirements of annual reports.

[Reserved]

Reporting by Form 40-F registrant.

Transition reports.

Current reports on Form 8-K (§ 249.308 of this chapter).

Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (§ 249.308a of this chapter).

Certification of disclosure in annual and quarterly reports.

Controls and procedures.

Reports of foreign private issuers on Form 6-K (17 CFR 249.306).

Reports of asset-backed issuers on Form 10-D (§ 249.312 of this chapter).

Compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

Reports by shell companies on Form 20-F.

Plain English presentation of specified information.

[Reserved]

Falsification of accounting records.

Representations and conduct in connection with the preparation of required reports and documents.

Filing of Schedules 13D and 13G.

Filing of amendments to Schedules 13D or 13G.

Determination of beneficial owner.

Disclaimer of beneficial ownership.

Acquisition of beneficial ownership.

Exemption of certain acquisitions.

[Reserved]

Schedule 13D—Information to be included in statements filed pursuant to § 240.13d-1(a) and amendments thereto filed pursuant to § 240.13d-2(a).

Schedule 13G—Information to be included in statements filed pursuant to § 240.13d-1(b), (c), and (d) and amendments thereto filed pursuant to § 240.13d-2.

Purchase of securities by the issuer during a third-party tender offer.

[Reserved]

Going private transactions by certain issuers or their affiliates.

Tender offers by issuers.

Schedule 13E-3, Transaction statement under section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 13e-3 (§ 240.13e-3) thereunder.

[Reserved]

Schedule 13E-4F. Tender offer statement pursuant to section 13(e) (1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and § 240.13e-4 thereunder.

Reporting by institutional investment managers of information with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

Reporting by institutional investment managers regarding gross short position and activity information.

Large trader reporting.

Foreign bank exemption from the insider lending prohibition under section 13(k).

Registration of security-based swap data repository.

Withdrawal from registration; revocation and cancellation.

Registration of successor to registered security-based swap data repository.

Duties and core principles of security-based swap data repository.

Data collection and maintenance.

Automated systems.

Recordkeeping of security-based swap data repository.

Reports to be provided to the Commission.

Privacy requirements of security-based swap data repository.

Disclosure requirements of security-based swap data repository.

Chief compliance officer of security-based swap data repository; compliance reports and financial reports.

Exemption from requirements governing security-based swap data repositories for certain non-U.S. persons.

Requirement of report regarding disclosure of registrant's supply chain information regarding conflict minerals.

Disclosure of payments made by resource extraction issuers.

Definitions.

Solicitations to which § 240.14a-3 to § 240.14a-15 apply.

Information to be furnished to security holders.

Requirements as to proxy.

Presentation of information in proxy statement.

Filing requirements.

Obligations of registrants to provide a list of, or mail soliciting material to, security holders.

Shareholder proposals.

False or misleading statements.

Prohibition of certain solicitations.

Solicitation before furnishing a proxy statement.

Obligation of registrants in communicating with beneficial owners.

Modified or superseded documents.

Differential and contingent compensation in connection with roll-up transactions.

Internet availability of proxy materials.

Electronic shareholder forums.

Disclosure regarding nominating shareholders and nominees submitted for inclusion in a registrant's proxy materials pursuant to applicable state or foreign law, or a registrant's governing documents.

Solicitation of proxies in support of director nominees other than the registrant's nominees.

Shareholder approval of executive compensation of TARP recipients.

Shareholder approval of executive compensation, frequency of votes for approval of executive compensation and shareholder approval of golden parachute compensation.

Schedule 14A. Information required in proxy statement.

[Reserved]

Notice of Exempt Solicitation. Information to be included in statements submitted by or on behalf of a person pursuant to § 240.14a-6(g).

Notice of Exempt Preliminary Roll-up Communication. Information regarding ownership interests and any potential conflicts of interest to be included in statements submitted by or on behalf of a person pursuant to § 240.14a-2(b)(4) and § 240.14a-6(n).

Report of proxy voting record.

Obligation of registered brokers and dealers in connection with the prompt forwarding of certain communications to beneficial owners.

Obligation of banks, associations and other entities that exercise fiduciary powers in connection with the prompt forwarding of certain communications to beneficial owners.

Definitions.

Distribution of information statement.

Annual report to be furnished security holders.

Presentation of information in information statement.

Filing requirements.

False or misleading statements.

Providing copies of material for certain beneficial owners.

Schedule 14C. Information required in information statement.

Scope of and definitions applicable to Regulations 14D and 14E.

Commencement of a tender offer.

Filing and transmission of tender offer statement.

Dissemination of tender offers to security holders.

Dissemination of certain tender offers by the use of stockholder lists and security position listings.

Disclosure of tender offer information to security holders.

Additional withdrawal rights.

Exemption from statutory pro rata requirements.

Recommendation or solicitation by the subject company and others.

Equal treatment of security holders.

Subsequent offering period.

Schedule TO. Tender offer statement under section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Schedule 14D-9.

Schedule 14D-1F. Tender offer statement pursuant to rule 14d-1(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Schedule 14D-9F. Solicitation/recommendation statement pursuant to section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules 14d-1(b) and 14e-2(c) thereunder.

Unlawful tender offer practices.

Position of subject company with respect to a tender offer.

Transactions in securities on the basis of material, nonpublic information in the context of tender offers.

Prohibited transactions in connection with partial tender offers.

Prohibiting purchases outside of a tender offer.

Repurchase offers by certain closed-end registered investment companies.

Unlawful tender offer practices in connection with roll-ups.

Prohibited conduct in connection with pre-commencement communications.

Change in majority of directors.

Filing of Schedule 14N.

Filing of amendments to Schedule 14N.

Dissemination.

Schedule 14N—Information to be included in statements filed pursuant to § 240.14n-1 and amendments thereto filed pursuant to § 240.14n-2.

Securities activities of OTC derivatives dealers.

Exemption of certain securities of cooperative apartment houses from section 15(a).

[Reserved]

Forty-five day exemption from registration for certain members of national securities exchanges.

Exemption of certain nonbank lenders.

Exemption of certain foreign brokers or dealers.

§§ 240.15a-7-240.15a-9 [Reserved]

Exemption of certain brokers or dealers with respect to security futures products.

[Reserved]

Exemption for certain security-based swap execution facilities from certain broker requirements.

Application for registration of brokers or dealers.

[Reserved]

Registration of successor to registered broker or dealer.

Registration of fiduciaries.

Consent to service of process to be furnished by nonresident brokers or dealers and by nonresident general partners or managing agents of brokers or dealers.

Notice to brokers and dealers of requirements regarding lost securityholders and unresponsive payees.

Inspection of newly registered brokers and dealers.

Amendments to application.

Extension of registration for purposes of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 after cancellation or revocation.

Withdrawal from registration.

Compliance with qualification requirements of self-regulatory organizations.

Operational capability in a Year 2000 environment.

Exemption for certain exchange members.

Exemption from SRO membership for OTC derivatives dealers.

Registration by notice of security futures product broker-dealers.

Definitions.

Fraud and misrepresentation.

Misrepresentation by brokers, dealers and municipal securities dealers as to registration.

[Reserved]

Disclosure of control.

Disclosure of interest in distribution.

Discretionary accounts.

Sales at the market.

Use of pro forma balance sheets.

Hypothecation of customers' securities.

[Reserved]

Transmission or maintenance of payments received in connection with underwritings.

Disclosure and other requirements when extending or arranging credit in certain transactions.

[Reserved]

Identification of quotations.

Delivery of prospectus.

Publication or submission of quotations without specified information.

Municipal securities disclosure.

Net capital requirements for brokers or dealers.

Options (Appendix A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Adjustments to net worth and aggregate indebtedness for certain commodities transactions (appendix B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Consolidated computations of net capital and aggregate indebtedness for certain subsidiaries and affiliates (appendix C to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Satisfactory Subordination Agreements (Appendix D to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Deductions for market and credit risk for certain brokers or dealers (Appendix E to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Optional market and credit risk requirements for OTC derivatives dealers (Appendix F to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

Conditions for ultimate holding companies of certain brokers or dealers (Appendix G to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).

[Reserved]

Customer protection—reserves and custody of securities.

Exhibit A—Formula for determination of customer and PAB account reserve requirements of brokers and dealers under § 240.15c3-3.

Exhibit B—Formula for determination of security-based swap customer reserve requirements of brokers and dealers under § 240.15c3-3.

Internal risk management control systems for OTC derivatives dealers.

Risk management controls for brokers or dealers with market access.

Settlement cycle.

Same-day allocation, confirmation, and affirmation.

Requirement of annual reports.

Special financial report.

Reports for depositary shares registered on Form F-6.

Reporting by Form 40-F registrants.

Reporting by successor issuers.

Suspension of duty to file reports.

Transition reports.

Current reports on Form 8-K (§ 249.308 of this chapter).

Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (§ 249.308 of this chapter).

Certification of disclosure in annual and quarterly reports.

Controls and procedures.

Reports of foreign private issuers on Form 6-K [17 CFR 249.306].

Reports of asset-backed issuers on Form 10-D (§ 249.312 of this chapter).

Compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.

Reports by shell companies on Form 20-F.

Plain English presentation of specified information.

Reports for employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans.

Reporting regarding asset-backed securities under section 15(d) of the Act.

Reporting regarding certain securities underlying asset-backed securities under section 15(d) of the Act.

Exemptions for certain transactions.

Penny stock disclosure document relating to the penny stock market.

Broker or dealer disclosure of quotations and other information relating to the penny stock market.

Disclosure of compensation to brokers or dealers.

Disclosure of compensation of associated persons in connection with penny stock transactions.

Account statements for penny stock customers.

Sales of escrowed securities of blank check companies.

Sales practice requirements for certain low-priced securities.

Schedule 15G—Information to be included in the document distributed pursuant to 17 CFR 240.15g-2.

Regulation best interest.

Registration of a national or an affiliated securities association.

Amendments and supplements to registration statements of securities associations.

[Reserved]

Definitions.

Registration of municipal advisors and information regarding certain natural persons.

Exemption of certain natural persons from registration under section 15B(a)(1)(B) of the Act.

Withdrawal from municipal advisor registration.

Amendments to Form MA and Form MA-I.

Consent to service of process to be filed by non-resident municipal advisors; legal opinion to be provided by non-resident municipal advisors.

Registration of successor to municipal advisor.

Books and records to be made and maintained by municipal advisors.

Application for registration of municipal securities dealers which are banks or separately identifiable departments or divisions of banks.

Application for registration of non-bank municipal securities dealers whose business is exclusively intrastate.

Registration of successor to registered municipal securities dealer.

Registration of fiduciaries.

[Reserved]

Withdrawal from registration of municipal securities dealers.

Persons associated with municipal advisors.

Availability of examination reports.

Notice of government securities broker-dealer activities.

Application for registration as a government securities broker or government securities dealer.

[Reserved]

Registration of successor to registered government securities broker or government securities dealer.

Registration of fiduciaries.

Consent to service of process to be furnished by non-resident government securities brokers or government securities dealers and by non-resident general partners or managing agents of government securities brokers or government securities dealers.

Withdrawal from registration of government securities brokers or government securities dealers.

Signatures.

Registration of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Amendments to Form SBSE, Form SBSE-A, and Form SBSE-BD.

Nonresident security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Registration of successor to registered security-based swap dealer or a major security-based swap participant.

Registration of fiduciaries.

Duration of registration.

Withdrawal from registration.

Cancellation and revocation of registration.

[Reserved]

Associated person certification.

Scope and reliance on representations.

Definitions.

Business conduct requirements.

(Rule 15fh-4) Antifraud provisions for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants; special requirements for security-based swap dealers acting as advisors to special entities.

Special requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants acting as counterparties to special entities.

Political contributions by certain security-based swap dealers.

Definitions.

Acknowledgment and verification of security-based swap transactions.

Security-based swap portfolio reconciliation.

Security-based swap portfolio compression.

Security-based swap trading relationship documentation.

Designation of chief compliance officer for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Repurchases and replacements relating to asset-backed securities.

Findings and conclusions of third-party due diligence reports.

Definition of terms.

Persons and transactions subject to section 16.

Reporting transactions and holdings.

Derivative securities.

Odd-lot dealers.

Small acquisitions.

Transactions effected in connection with a distribution.

Trusts.

Stock splits, stock dividends, and pro rata rights.

Exemptions under section 16(a).

Dividend or interest reinvestment plans.

Domestic relations orders.

Change in form of beneficial ownership.

Transactions approved by a regulatory authority.

[Reserved]

Transactions between an issuer and its officers or directors.

[Reserved]

Bona fide gifts and inheritance.

Derivative securities.

Mergers, reclassifications, and consolidations.

Voting trusts.

Brokers.

Transactions effected in connection with a distribution.

Exemption of sales of securities to be acquired.

Derivative securities.

Arbitrage transactions under section 16.

Recordkeeping rule for national securities exchanges, national securities associations, registered clearing agencies and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Recordkeeping requirements relating to stabilizing activities.

Records to be made by certain exchange members, brokers and dealers.

Records to be preserved by certain exchange members, brokers and dealers.

Reports to be made by certain brokers and dealers.

Right of national securities exchange, national securities association, registered clearing agency or the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to destroy or dispose of documents.

Records of non-resident brokers and dealers.

Financial recordkeeping and reporting of currency and foreign transactions.

Records to be made and retained by certain exchange members, brokers and dealers.

Report on revenue and expenses.

Notification provisions for brokers and dealers.

Reports to be made by certain OTC derivatives dealers.

Quarterly security counts to be made by certain exchange members, brokers, and dealers.

Form CRS, for preparation, filing and delivery of Form CRS.

[Reserved]

Form X-17A-19 Report by national securities exchanges and registered national securities associations of changes in the membership status of any of their members.

Reports of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Supplemental material of registered clearing agencies.

Electronic submission of securities transaction information by exchange members, brokers, and dealers.

Examination for compliance with applicable financial responsibility rules.

Program for allocation of regulatory responsibility.

Requirements for reporting and inquiry with respect to missing, lost, counterfeit or stolen securities.

Fingerprinting of securities industry personnel.

Application for registration as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Records to be made and retained by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.

Annual financial and other reports to be filed or furnished by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.

Prevention of misuse of material nonpublic information.

Conflicts of interest.

Prohibited acts and practices.

Disclosure requirements.

Policies, procedures, and internal controls.

Standards of training, experience, and competence for credit analysts.

Certification of providers of third-party due diligence services in connection with asset-backed securities.

Risk assessment recordkeeping requirements for associated persons of brokers and dealers.

Risk assessment reporting requirements for brokers and dealers.

Registration of clearing agencies.

Determinations affecting covered clearing agencies.

Application for registration of transfer agents.

Annual reporting requirement for registered transfer agents.

Withdrawal from registration with the Commission.

Definitions.

Turnaround, processing, and forwarding of items.

Limitations on expansion.

Applicability of §§ 240.17Ad-2, 240.17Ad-3 and 240.17Ad-6(a) (1) through (7) and (11).

Written inquiries and requests.

Recordkeeping.

(Rule 17Ad-7) Record retention.

Securities position listings.

Definitions.

Prompt posting of certificate detail to master securityholder files, maintenance of accurate securityholder files, communications between co-transfer agents and recordkeeping transfer agents, maintenance of current control book, retention of certificate detail and “buy-in” of physical over-issuance.

Reports regarding aged record differences, buy-ins and failure to post certificate detail to master securityholder and subsidiary files.

Safeguarding of funds and securities.

Annual study and evaluation of internal accounting control.

Tender agents.

Signature guarantees.

Notice of assumption or termination of transfer agent services.

Lost securityholders and unresponsive payees.

Year 2000 Reports to be made by certain transfer agents.

Requirements for cancellation, processing, storage, transportation, and destruction or other disposition of securities certificates.

Issuer restrictions or prohibitions on ownership by securities intermediaries.

Operational capability in a Year 2000 environment.

Standards for clearing agencies.

Exemption from clearing agency definition for certain registered security-based swap dealers, registered security-based swap execution facilities, and entities engaging in dealing activity in security-based swaps that are eligible for an exception under § 240.3a71-2(a) (or subject to the period set forth in § 240.3a71-2(b)).

Clearing agency boards of directors and conflicts of interest.

Recovery and orderly wind-down plans of covered clearing agencies.

Straight-through processing by clearing agencies that provide a central matching service.

Net capital requirements for security-based swap dealers for which there is not a prudential regulator.

Options.

Adjustments to net worth for certain commodities transactions.

Consolidated Computations of Net Capital for Certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of Security-Based Swap Dealers.

Satisfactory Subordinated Loan Agreements.

Capital requirements for major security-based swap participants for which there is not a prudential regulator.

Non-cleared security-based swap margin requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants for which there is not a prudential regulator.

Segregation requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Exhibit A—Formula for determination of security-based swap customer reserve requirements under § 240.18a-4.

Records to be made by certain security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Records to be preserved by certain security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Reports to be made by certain security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Notification provisions for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

Quarterly security counts to be made by certain security-based swap dealers.

Alternative compliance mechanism for security-based swap dealers that are registered as swap dealers and have limited security-based swap activities.

[Reserved]

[Reserved]

Filings with respect to proposed rule changes by self-regulatory organizations.

Temporary exemption from the filing requirements of Section 19(b) of the Act.

Filings with respect to proposed rule changes submitted pursuant to Section 19(b)(7) of the Act.

Governing certain off-board agency transactions by members of national securities exchanges.

Governing off-board trading by members of national securities exchanges.

Governing certain listing or authorization determinations by national securities exchanges and associations.

Governing the multiple listing of options on national securities exchanges.

Notices by self-regulatory organizations of final disciplinary actions, denials, bars, or limitations respecting membership, association, participation, or access to services, and summary suspensions.

Applications for stays of disciplinary sanctions or summary suspensions by a self-regulatory organization.

Applications for review of final disciplinary sanctions, denials of membership, participation or association, or prohibitions or limitations of access to services imposed by self-regulatory organizations.

Notice by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of disapproval of registration or of disciplinary action.

Enforcement of compliance by national securities exchanges and registered securities associations with the Act and rules and regulations thereunder.

Notice by a self-regulatory organization of proposed admission to or continuance in membership or participation or association with a member of any person subject to a statutory disqualification, and applications to the Commission for relief therefrom.

General.

Whistleblower status, award eligibility, confidentiality, and retaliation protections.

Payment of awards.

Other definitions.

Amount of award.

Criteria for determining amount of award.

Confidentiality of submissions.

Eligibility and forms.

Procedures for submitting original information.

Procedures for making a claim for a whistleblower award in SEC actions that result in monetary sanctions in excess of $1,000,000.

Procedures for determining awards based upon a related action.

Materials that may form the basis of an award determination and that may comprise the record on appeal.

Appeals.

Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.

No amnesty.

Awards to whistleblowers who engage in culpable conduct.

Staff communications with individuals reporting possible securities law violations.

Summary disposition.

Documents to be kept public by exchanges.

Nondisclosure of information filed with the Commission and with any exchange.

Information filed by issuers and others under sections 12, 13, 14, and 16.

Access to nonpublic information.

Section 31 transaction fees.

Temporary rule regarding fiscal year 2004.

Exemption from Section 7 for OTC derivatives dealers.

Exemption from SIPA for OTC derivatives dealers.