Amendment of Procedures for Payment of Fees

• SEC amends procedures for payment of fees under federal securities laws

• Designated lockbox depository will change from Mellon Bank, N.A. to U.S. Bank  effective 2.04.08

• Lockbox depository will be U.S. Bank  effective 2.04.08
• Payment may be made by wire transfer, certified check, bank cashiers check, U.S. postal money order, or bank money order (but not by cash or personal check)
• other updates to rules that govern payment of fees

• SEC final release 33-8885  SEC website
• LawyerLinks Hyperlinked Version  Advantage

Fee rate advisory #1  4.30.08

• Effective 10.1.08

• 6(b) rate  Registration of securities
• 13(e) rate  Repurchase of securities
• 14(g) rate  Proxy solicitations
• 31 rate  Securities transactions

• Significant increase in fee rates
  ... the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will be set at $55.80 per million dollars. In addition, the fees applicable to most securities transactions will be fixed at $9.30 per million dollars.

Fee rate advisory #7  2.29.08

• Effective 4.01.08
• Section 31 fee rate for fiscal 2008 decreased almost 50%
• From rate of $11.00 per million to $5.60 per million
• Does not apply to Section 31 assessment on security futures transactions, which will remain at current rate of $0.0042 per round turn transaction

Fee rate advisory #6  12.27.07 

• Effective 12.31.07

EDGAR filer page

EDGAR filer help sheet

SEC wire instructions  FEDWIRE

Regulation S-T  General rules and regulations

Form ID   Application for access codes

Form SE  Paper exhibits

Form TH  Temporary hardship notice

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