Effective April 1, 2010, the Section 31 transaction fee rate will be set at $16.90 per million.

Securex has a fee rate calculator to assist in the calculation of fees applicable to your SEC registration statement. The free tool is available at:  http://secfile.net/fee_calculator.htm

A copy of the SEC release follows:

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2010 – Pursuant to Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission has determined that a mid-year adjustment to the Section 31 transaction fee rate is necessary.  Effective on April 1, 2010, the Section 31 transaction fee rate will be set at $16.90 per million.

The Exchange Act requires the Commission to adjust the Section 31 fee rate if it estimates that the baseline estimate of dollar volume that was used to calculate the annual adjusted rate for fiscal year 2010 is reasonably likely to be 10 percent (or more) greater or less than the actual dollar volume of securities transactions for fiscal year 2010.  The Commission determined the mid-year adjustment using a methodology developed in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, as required by Section 31(j)(2) of the Exchange Act.  This methodology used market projections based on the most recent information on dollar volume of securities transactions thus far in fiscal year 2010.  A copy of the Commission’s order and calculation methodology is available at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2010/34-61605.pdf .

This rate change does not apply to the Section 31 assessment on security futures transactions, which will remain at the current rate of $0.0042 per round turn transaction.

The Office of Interpretation and Guidance in the Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets is also available for questions on Section 31 at (202) 551-5777, or by e-mail at tradingandmarkets@sec.gov.  In addition, useful guidance on Section 31 can be found on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/sec31feesbasicinfo.htm and http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/sec31info.htm.

The Commission will announce the fiscal year 2010 rates for fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g), and 31 of the Exchange Act no later than April 30, 2010.  Those rates will become effective on Oct. 1, 2010, or 30 days after the date on which the Commission receives its fiscal year 2011 regular appropriation, whichever date comes later.

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Yesterday President Obama signed the appropriations bill that includes funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Effective Dec. 21, 2009, the Section 6(b) fee rate applicable to the registration of securities, the Section 13(e) fee rate applicable to the repurchase of securities, and the Section 14(g) fee rate applicable to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions will increase to $71.30 per million dollars from the current $55.80 per million.

Read the full SEC release: www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-270.htm

The SEC just announced a continuing resolution to continue the current fee rate of $55.80 per million dollars until December 18, 2009.

The full SEC press release is available at: http://sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-230.htm

Securex has a fee rate calculator to assist in the calculation of fees applicable to your SEC registration statement. The free tool is available at:  http://secfile.net/fee_calculator.htm

Fee Rate Advisory #2 for Fiscal Year 2010

Yesterday the SEC announced the fee rate applicable to securities transactions will be $12.70 per million dollars for the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2010. This amount is a decrease from the current rate of $55.80 per million dollars which which is expected to extend through October 31, 2009.

The SEC press release is available at: http://sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-209.htm

Securex has a fee rate calculator to assist in the calculation of fees applicable to your SEC registration statement. The free tool is available at:  http://secfile.net/fee_calculator.htm