[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR202.3a]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 202--INFORMAL AND OTHER PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 202.3a  Instructions for filing fees.

    Payment of filing fees specified by the following rules shall be 
made according to the directions listed in this part: Sec. 230.111 (17 
CFR 230.111), Sec. 240.0-9 (17 CFR 240-0.9), Sec. 260.7a-10 (17 CFR 
260.7a-10), and Sec. 270.0-8 (17 CFR 270.0-8). All such fees payable by 
electronic filers (Sec. 232.11(e) of this chapter), including those 
pertaining to documents filed in paper pursuant to a hardship exemption, 
shall be remitted to the U.S. Treasury designated lockbox depository at 
the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by wire transfer, mail or 
hand delivery. Fees payable by paper filers may be either remitted to 
the lockbox depository, or remitted directly to the Commission at 450 
Fifth Street NW., Washington DC 20549. Personal checks cannot be 
accepted for payment of fees. To ensure proper posting, all filers must 
include their assigned CIK account numbers on fee payments. If a third 
party submits a fee payment, the fee payment must specify the account 
number to which the fee is to be applied. Filing fees paid pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, including fees paid pursuant 
to section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-
24(f)) or pursuant to Section 307(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 
should be designated as ``restricted,'' except that filing fees paid 
with respect to registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) 
(Sec. 230.462(b) of this chapter) should be designated as 
``unrestricted.'' Specific instructions on the various methods of making 
fee payments to the lockbox depository are as follows:
    (a) Wire transfer: Those who wish to wire fee payments may use any 
bank or wire transfer service to initiate the transaction. All remitters 
must follow standard Federal Reserve instructions to ensure that fees 
transferred are received and identifiable. Specific information required 
for transmission to the Mellon Bank is listed below. Where an item is in 
boldface type, the entry should be made exactly as indicated. Where an 
item is in italics, the filer-specific information should be included.
    (1) Receiving Bank's ABA Number (field two); 043000261
    (2) Type Code (field three): 1040
    (3) Name of registrant and name of payor, if different (field nine): 
ORG= registrant's name/payor's name (if different)
    (4) Receiving Bank's Name (field ten): MELLONBANK
    (5) Transaction Code (field eleven): CTR/
    (6) Beneficiary of payment (field twelve): BNF=SEC/AC-9108739/WRE
    (7) Reference for Beneficiary (field thirteen): RFB=account number 
to which the fee is to be applied
    (8) Payment Details (field fourteen): To designate funds as 
restricted: OBI=R, Otherwise: OBI=N.
    (b) Mail and hand delivery: Checks and money orders are to be made 
payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, omitting the name or 
title of any official of the Commission. The account number and a 
notation of ``R'' (restricted), as applicable, are to be written on the 
front of the check or money order. Fees transmitted by mail must be 
addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Post Office Box 
360055M, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15252. Fees that are hand delivered 
must be brought to the Mellon Bank, 27th floor, Three Mellon Bank 
Center, Fifth Avenue at William Penn Way, Pittsburgh, PA. Hand 
deliveries will be

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accepted weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (eastern time). No 
deliveries can be made on Federal holidays. All hand deliveries must be 
in a sealed envelope, with the Commission's lockbox number, 360055M, and 
the Commission's account number, 910-8739, written on the outside. Cash 
payments must be accompanied by a separate sheet of paper providing the 
same information specified for checks and money orders.

[58 FR 15010, Mar. 18, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 26613, May 17, 1995; 61 
FR 49959, Sept. 24, 1996; 62 FR 47938, Sept. 12, 1997]