Audio Webcast

Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies

John Marshall School of Law, Chicago, Illinois

Live Broadcast Dates:
Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 1:00pm CENTRALTIME
Wednesday, August 10, 2005, 1:00pm CENTRAL TIME

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on
Smaller Public Companies today announced its agenda and the witnesses it
plans to hear from at its two-day meeting at the John Marshall School of
Law, Room 300, 315 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, Illinois on August 9 and
10, 2005. The Committee will take testimony from witnesses from 1:00 to
5:30 p.m. on August 9. It will conduct a business session on August 10
from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.

The agenda includes consideration, and possible adoption, of two
recommendations. One recommendation would endorse a further delay by the SEC in enforcing compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act internal control
requirements by smaller companies. Another recommendation would define
the "smaller public companies" and "microcap companies" for which the
Advisory Committee would provide specific recommendations in the future.
The witnesses include officers of small cap companies and other persons
knowledgeable about securities regulation of small cap companies.

For more information, see: Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies