SEC Open Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 10:00 a.m.

Agenda as of the afternoon of December 17, 2002. Note that Open Meeting agendas are subject to last-minute changes.

Item 1:	Exemption for Standardized Options from Provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and from the Registration Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Office:  Division of Corporation Finance Staff:  Elizabeth Murphy, N. Sean Harrison
Item 2:	Mandated Electronic Filing and Website Posting for Forms 3, 4 and 5 Office:  Division of Corporation Finance Staff:  Mauri L. Osheroff, Mark W. Green, Anne M. Krauskopf

Item 1: Exemption for Standardized Options from Provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and from the Registration Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The Commission will consider whether to adopt exemptions for most standardized options from provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and from the registration requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The exemptions would ensure comparable regulatory treatment of standardized options and security futures products.

For further information, please contact Sean Harrison or Elizabeth Murphy at (202) 942-2910.

Item 2: Mandated Electronic Filing and Website Posting
for Forms 3, 4 and 5

The Commission will consider proposing new rules and rule amendments to implement (a) the mandated electronic filing of reports required to be filed by officers, directors and principal security holders under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (b) website posting of such reports by issuers, both of which are required by Section 16(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, as amended by Section 403 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

For further information, please contact Mark W. Green at (202) 942-1940.