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

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

A fee calculator is available as a tool to assist you in the calculation of SEC filing fees applicable to your SEC registration statement.

The free resource is available at: http://www.secfile.net/fee_calculator.htm

Also available is a current link to the latest SEC fee rate advisory as well as FEDWIRE instructions for wiring fees to the SEC.