Proposed Rules. Proposed rulemaking

Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Action: Proposed rulemaking
Citation: FR Doc. 00-25773 · RIN 3235-AH94 · Release No. 34-43401; File No. S7-18-00 · 17 CFR 240

Summary

The Commission is publishing for comment proposed rules to improve the processing of securities certificates by transfer agents. Proposed Rule 17Ad-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 would require every transfer agent to establish and implement written procedures for the cancellation, storage, transportation, and destruction of securities certificates. The rule would also require transfer agents to: Mark each cancelled securities certificate with the word “cancelled”; maintain a secure storage area for cancelled certificates; have specific procedures for the destruction of cancelled certificates, and maintain an electronic database of all of its cancelled certificates. Additionally, the Commission proposes to codify that Rules 17f-1 (the lost and stolen securities rule) and 17Ad-12 (the transfer agent safekeeping rule) apply to cancelled certificates.

Dates

Comments should be received on or before December 5, 2000.