SEC Open Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 10:00 a.m.

Agenda as of October 25, 2004. Note that Open Meeting agendas are subject to last-minute changes.

Item 1:	Securities Offering Reform Office:  Division of Corporation Finance Staff:  Amy M. Starr, Consuelo Hitchcock, Andrew Thorpe, Daniel Horwood, and Anne Nguyen
Item 2:	Registration Under the Advisers Act of Certain Hedge Fund Advisers Office:  Division of Investment Management Staff:  Robert E. Plaze, Jennifer L. Sawin, James G. Basham, and Vivien Liu

Item 1: Securities Offering Reform

The Commission will consider whether to propose new and amended rules and form changes to modify the registration, communications, and offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposals would address communications related to registered securities offerings, delivery of information to investors, and procedural restrictions in the offering and capital formation process.

For further information, please contact Amy M. Starr, Consuelo Hitchcock, Andrew Thorpe, Daniel Horwood, or Anne Nguyen, in the Division of Corporation Finance, at (202) 824-5300.

Item 2: Registration Under the Advisers Act of Certain Hedge Fund Advisers

The Commission will consider whether to adopt rule 203(b)(3)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require hedge fund advisers to register with the Commission. The Commission also will consider whether to adopt certain conforming and transitional amendments to rules 203(b)(3)-1, 203A-3, 204-2, 205-3, 206(4)-2, 222-2 and Form ADV.

For further information, please contact Vivien Liu, Senior Counsel, in the Division of Investment Management, at (202) 942-0719.