Securities and Exchange Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.  

PLACE: The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

STATUS: This meeting will begin at 10:00 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 amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act, and new disclosure regarding Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements and insider trading policies and procedures, as well as amendments regarding the disclosure of the timing of certain equity compensation awards and reporting of gifts on Form 4.
    
2. The Commission will consider whether to propose rule amendments to update the disclosure required by Rule 605 under Regulation NMS of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for order executions in national market system stocks. The proposed rule amendments would expand the scope of entities subject to Rule 605, modify the information required to be reported under the rule, and change how orders are categorized for purposes of the rule.
    
3. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to certain rules under Regulation NMS of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to adopt variable minimum pricing increments for the quoting and trading of NMS stocks, reduce access fee caps, and enhance the transparency of better priced orders.
    
4. The Commission will consider whether to propose a new rule under Regulation NMS of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 titled the Order Competition Rule, which would require certain equity orders of retail investors to be exposed to competition in fair and open auctions before such orders could be executed internally by any trading center that restricts order-by-order competition.
    
5. The Commission will consider whether to propose new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 titled Regulation Best Execution, which would establish a best execution standard and require detailed policies and procedures for brokers, dealers, government securities brokers, government securities dealers, and municipal securities dealers and more robust policies and procedures for entities engaging in certain conflicted transactions with retail customers, as well as related review and documentation requirements.
    

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: December 7, 2022

J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.