Rule 455

Place of Filing

All registration statements and other papers filed with the Commission shall be filed at its principal office, except for statements of Form SB-1 and Form SB-2. Registration statements on Form SB-1 or SB-2 may be filed with the Commission either at its principal office or at the Commission's regional or district offices as specified in General Instruction A to each of those forms, except that registration statements and post-effective amendments thereto on such forms that are filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) and Rule 110(d) shall be filed at the Commission's principal office. Such material may be filed by delivery to the Commission through the mails or otherwise; provided, however, that only registration statements and post-effective amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) and Rule 110(d) may be filed by means of facsimile transmission.