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March 15, 2001
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 14-01
SEC RULES MEMBERS No. 24-01
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST MEMBERS No. 11-01
RE: SEC ADOPTS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO INSTRUCTIONS TO FORM 24F-2
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted technical amendments to the
instructions to Form 24F-2, the form under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that prescribes
the method by which certain investment companies calculate and pay registration fees on
securities they issue.1 A copy of the adopting release is attached.
The Release notes that Instruction C.9 to the form specifies the rate used to calculate the
registration fee, but that rate is subject to change from time to time by act of Congress through
appropriations for the SEC or other laws. As a result, according to the Release, filers with older
copies of the form have made filings with incorrect fees, sometimes overpaying.
Revised Instruction C.9 directs filers to the correct statutory provision and to the latest
fee advisory on the SEC’s web site to find the correct rate to use in calculating registration fees.
In addition, revised Instruction D.1, which explains the computation of the interest due for a
late payment of registration fees, provides a reference to the Treasury Department Financial
Management web site and a telephone number through which issuers can obtain the most
current interest rate.
These technical amendments became effective on March 12, 2001.
Kathy D. Ireland
Associate Counsel
Attachment
Attachment (in .pdf format)
1 Technical Amendments to Instructions for Registration Form for Certain Investment Company Securities, SEC
Release Nos. 33-7959; IC-24886 (March 5, 2001), 66 Fed. Reg. 14071 (March 9, 2001) (the “Release”).
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