Originally broadcast live on: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Commission held a roundtable on September 29 and September 30, 2009 to discuss securities lending and short sale issues.   The roundtable was held in the auditorium of the Commission's headquarters at 100 F Street, NE in Washington, DC between approximately 9:30 am and 4:00 pm on September 29th and between approximately 9:30 am and 12:30 pm on September 30th.  The roundtable event was comprised of six separate panel discussions, four of which covered securities lending topics and the other two panels focused on short sale issues.  The panels included corporate issuers, financial services firms, beneficial owner lenders, lending agents, borrowers of securities, self-regulatory organizations, international regulators and the academic community.