02-31635. Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register citation of previous announcement:

67 FR 72711, December 6, 2002.

STATUS:

Closed meeting.

PLACE:

450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED MEETING:

Additional meeting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an additional closed meeting during the week of December 9, 2002:

An additional closed meeting will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 2 p.m.

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, determined that no earlier notice thereof was possible.

Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be present.

The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(5), (7), (9)(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(5), (7), (9)(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed meeting.

The subject matter of the closed meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 12, 2002, will be:

Formal orders of investigation;

Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an enforcement nature;

Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;

Adjudicatory matter; and

Litigation matter.

At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items. For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:

The Office of the Secretary at [phone].

Dated: December 11, 2002.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.