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Rule 19b-4(e) permits a self-regulatory organization to list and trade new derivative securities products, subject to existing trading rules, regulations, surveillance procedures, and listing standards, without submitting a rule filing for Commission approval pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of ...

Section 10A requires, among other things, that the auditor of a registrant's financial statements report to the registrant's board of directors certain uncorrected illegal acts of the registrant, and that the registrant notify the Commission that it has received such a report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires public companies, certain company insiders, and broker-dealers to file periodic financial statements and other disclosures. Finance professionals and investors rely on SEC filings to make informed decisions when evaluating whether to invest in a company.

Section 19(g) of the Exchange Act obligates registered exchanges to comply with their own rules and to enforce compliance with their own rules by their members and persons associated with their members.

Rule 19b-4(o) requires a registered clearing agency to submit for a Commission determination any security-based swap, or any group, category, type, or class of security-based swaps it plans to accept for clearing (“Security-Based Swap Submission”), and provide notice to its members of such submissions.

The Securities Exchange Act requires disclosure of important information by anyone seeking to acquire more than 5 percent of a company's securities by direct purchase or tender offer. Such an offer often is extended in an effort to gain control of the company.

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act provides that, within 45 days of the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding, or as to which the self- ...