# Sunshine Act Meetings
**TIME AND DATE:**
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 an Open Meeting on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. (ET).
**PLACE:**
The meeting will be webcast on the Commission's website at *www.sec.gov* .
**STATUS:**
This meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public via webcast on the Commission's website at *www.sec.gov* .
**MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:**
1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt a rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) to increase the transparency and efficiency of the securities lending market.
2. The Commission will consider whether to adopt a rule under the Exchange Act that is designed to provide greater transparency to investors and other market participants by increasing the public availability of short sale-related data and whether to approve a proposed amendment to the national market system plan governing the consolidated audit trail (“CAT”) created pursuant to the Exchange Act to require a CAT reporting firm that is reporting short sales to indicate whether such firm is asserting use of the bona fide market making exception under Rule 203(b) of Regulation SHO.
**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:**
For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b)
Dated: October 6, 2023.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.