SEC Announces Agenda And Panelists For Roundtable On Mutual Recognition

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the final agenda and participants for the upcoming roundtable on mutual recognition scheduled for June 12, 2007.

The roundtable will examine how retail and institutional investors, U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges, global and regional broker-dealers, and others may be impacted by a selective mutual recognition regulatory regime. In addition, a separate panel will consider the issue of how the SEC can best assess regulatory comparability and convergence.

The roundtable will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET, with opening remarks by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. The agenda and participants are as follows:

9:15 a.m.

The Impact on U.S. Market Participants of Increased Foreign Market Access

Moderators:	Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Market Regulation
	John White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance

Stephen E. Bepler, Capital Research and Management Company
Duane Kelly, Vanguard Group
Catherine R. Kinney, NYSE Euronext
Chris Concannon, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
Meyer S. Frucher, Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Jonathan Howell, London Stock Exchange
Roberta Karmel, Brooklyn Law School

11:15 a.m.

The Impact on U.S. Market Participants of Increased Foreign Broker-Dealer Access to U.S. Investors

Moderators:	Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Market Regulation
	Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office of International Affairs

Harold Evensky, Evensky & Katz
Edward F. Greene, Citigroup
David Grayson, Auerbach Grayson & Co.
Christopher Amato, E* Trade
James R. Allen, Hilliard Lyons
David Aufhauser, UBS Investment Bank

2:00 p.m.

Defining and Measuring the Comparability of Regulatory Regimes

Moderators:	Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office of International Affairs
	Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Market Regulation

Harvey L. Pitt, Kalorama Partners, LLC
Alan L. Beller, Cleary Gottlieb
Richard G. Ketchum, NYSE Regulation Inc.
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School

David Ruder, Northwestern University School of Law

The roundtable will take place in the Auditorium at the Commission's headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. The roundtable will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and visitors will be subject to security checks.

Real time and archived audio webcasts will be accessible at http://www.sec.gov. Materials related to the roundtable including the day's agenda, the list of panelists, and the comments that have been received by the Commission will be accessible at www.sec.gov/spotlight/mutualrecognition.htm.

For additional information, contact Kelly Riley: (202) 551-6772.