85 FR 169 pgs. 53890-53896 - Order Making Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Adjustments to Registration Fee Rates
Type: NOTICEVolume: 85Number: 169Pages: 53890 - 53896
Pages: 53890, 53891, 53892, 53893, 53895, 53896Docket number: [Release Nos. 33–10826; 34–89671/August 26, 2020]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2020–19079 Filed 8–28–20; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release Nos. 33-10826; 34-89671/August 26, 2020]
Order Making Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Adjustments to Registration Fee Rates
I. Background
[top] The Commission collects fees under various provisions of the securities laws. Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") requires the Commission to collect fees from issuers
Footnotes:
1 ?15 U.S.C. 77f(b).
2 ?15 U.S.C. 78m(e).
3 ?15 U.S.C. 78n(g).
II. Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Adjustment to Fee Rates
Section 6(b)(2) of the Securities Act requires the Commission to make an annual adjustment to the fee rate applicable under Section 6(b). 4 The annual adjustment to the fee rate under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act also sets the annual adjustment to the fee rates under Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Exchange Act. 5
Footnotes:
4 ?15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(2). The annual adjustments are designed to adjust the fee rate in a given fiscal year so that, when applied to the aggregate maximum offering price at which securities are proposed to be offered for the fiscal year, it is reasonably likely to produce total fee collections under Section 6(b) equal to the "target fee collection amount" specified in Section 6(b)(6)(A) for that fiscal year.
5 ?15 U.S.C. 78m(e)(4) and 15 U.S.C. 78n(g)(4).
Section 6(b)(2) sets forth the method for determining the annual adjustment to the fee rate under Section 6(b) for fiscal year 2021. Specifically, the Commission must adjust the fee rate under Section 6(b) to a "rate that, when applied to the baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering prices for [fiscal year 2021], is reasonably likely to produce aggregate fee collections under [Section 6(b)] that are equal to the target fee collection amount for [fiscal year 2021]." That is, the adjusted rate is determined by dividing the "target fee collection amount" for fiscal year 2021 by the "baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering prices" for fiscal year 2021.
III. Target Fee Collection Amount for FY 2021
The statutory "target fee collection amount" for fiscal year 2021 and "each fiscal year thereafter" is "an amount that is equal to the target fee collection amount for the prior fiscal year, adjusted by the rate of inflation." The target fee collection amount for fiscal year 2020 was $705,000,000. To adjust the fiscal year 2020 target fee collection amount by the rate of inflation to determine the fiscal year 2021 target fee collect amount, the Commission has determined that it will use an approach similar to one that it uses to annually adjust civil monetary penalties by the rate of inflation. 6 Under this approach, the Commission will use the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U"), not seasonally adjusted, rounded to five decimal places, in calculating the target fee collection amount, which is then rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The calculation for the fiscal year 2021 target fee collection amount is described in more detail below.
Footnotes:
6 ?The Commission annually adjusts for inflation the civil money penalties that can be imposed under the statutes administered by Commission, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, pursuant to guidance from the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"). See OMB December 16, 2019 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies," M-20-05, on "Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2020, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015."
The most recent CPI-U index value, not seasonally adjusted, available for use by the Commission is for June 2020. This value is 257.797. 7 The CPI-U index value, not seasonally adjusted, for June 2019 is 256.143. 8 Dividing the June 2020 value by the June 2019 value and rounding to five decimal places yields a multiplier value of 1.00646. Multiplying the fiscal year 2020 target fee collection amount of $705,000,000 by the multiplier value of 1.00646 and rounding to the nearest whole dollar yields a fiscal year 2021 target fee collection amount of $709,554,300.
Footnotes:
7 ?This was announced on July 14, 2020. See https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_07142020.htm.
8 ?See Supplemental Tables, "CPI-U News Release Companion File" from the July 14, 2020 press release.
Section 6(b)(6)(B) defines the "baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering prices" for fiscal year 2021 as "the baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering price at which securities are proposed to be offered pursuant to registration statements filed with the Commission during [fiscal year 2021] as determined by the Commission, after consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget . . . ."
To make the baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering price for fiscal year 2021, the Commission is using the methodology it has used in prior fiscal years and that was developed in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"). 9 Using this methodology, the Commission determines the "baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering price" for fiscal year 2021 to be $6,506,143,522,561. Based on this estimate and the fiscal year 2021 target fee collection amount, the Commission calculates the fee rate for fiscal 2021 to be $109.10 per million. This adjusted fee rate applies to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, as well as to Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Exchange Act. IV. Effective Dates of the Annual Adjustments
Footnotes:
9 ?Appendix A explains how we determined the "baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering price" for fiscal year 2021 using our methodology, and then shows the arithmetical process of calculating the fiscal year 2021 annual adjustment based on that estimate. The appendix includes the data used by the Commission in making its "baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering price" for fiscal year 2021.
The fiscal year 2021 annual adjustments to the fee rates applicable under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act and Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Exchange Act will be effective on October 1, 2020. 10
Footnotes:
10 ?15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4), 15 U.S.C. 78m(e)(6) and 15 U.S.C. 78n(g)(6).
V. Conclusion
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act and Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Exchange Act, 11
Footnotes:
11 ?15 U.S.C. 77f(b), 78m(e) and 78n(g).
It is hereby ordered that the fee rates applicable under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act and Sections 13(e) and 14(g) of the Exchange Act shall be $109.10 per million effective on October 1, 2020.
By the Commission.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
Appendix A
Congress has established a target amount of monies to be collected from fees charged to issuers based on the value of their registrations. This appendix provides the formula for determining such fees, which the Commission adjusts annually. Congress has mandated that the Commission determine these fees based on the "aggregate maximum offering prices," which measures the aggregate dollar amount of securities registered with the Commission over the course of the year. In order to maximize the likelihood that the amount of monies targeted by Congress will be collected, the fee rate must be set to reflect projected aggregate maximum offering prices. As a percentage, the fee rate equals the ratio of the target amounts of monies to the projected aggregate maximum offering prices.
[top] For 2021, the Commission has estimated the aggregate maximum offering prices by projecting forward the trend established in the previous decade. More specifically, an auto-regressive integrated moving average ("ARIMA") model was used to forecast the value of the aggregate maximum offering prices for months subsequent to July 2020,
The following sections describe this process in detail.
A. Baseline Estimate of the Aggregate Maximum Offering Prices for Fiscal Year 2021
First, calculate the aggregate maximum offering prices (AMOP) for each month in the sample (July 2010-July 2020). Next, calculate the percentage change in the AMOP from month to month.
Model the monthly percentage change in AMOP as a first order moving average process. The moving average approach allows one to model the effect that an exceptionally high (or low) observation of AMOP tends to be followed by a more "typical" value of AMOP.
Use the [estimated moving average] [ARIMA] model to forecast the monthly percent change in AMOP. These percent changes can then be applied to obtain forecasts of the total dollar value of registrations. The following is a more formal (mathematical) description of the procedure:
1. Begin with the monthly data for AMOP. The sample spans ten years, from July 2010 to July 2020.
2. Divide each month's AMOP (column C) by the number of trading days in that month (column B) to obtain the average daily AMOP (AAMOP, column D).
3. For each month t, the natural logarithm of AAMOP is reported in column E.
4. Calculate the change in log(AAMOP) from the previous month as ? t = log (AAMOP t )-log(AAMOP t-1 ). This approximates the percentage change.
5. Estimate the first order moving average model ? t = a + ße? t - 1 + e? t , where e? t denotes the forecast error for month t. The forecast error is simply the difference between the one-month ahead forecast and the actual realization of ?? t . The forecast error is expressed as e? t = ?? t -a-ße? t - 1 . The model can be estimated using standard commercially available software. Using least squares, the estimated parameter values are a = 0.0070920641 and ß = 0.8803315102.
6. For the month of August 2020 forecast ?? t = 8/2020 = a + ße? t = 7/2020 . For all subsequent months, forecast ?? t = a.
7. Calculate forecasts of log(AAMOP). For example, the forecast of log(AAMOP) for October 2020 is given by FLAAMOP? t = 10/2020 = log(AAMOP? t = 7/2020 ) + ?? t = 8/2020 + ?? t = 9/2020 + ?? t = 10/2020 .
8. Under the assumption that e? t is normally distributed, the n-step ahead forecast of AAMOP is given by exp(FLAAMOP? t + s? n ? 2 /2), where s? n denotes the standard error of the n-step ahead forecast.
9. For October 2020, this gives a forecast AAMOP of $24.705 billion (Column I), and a forecast AMOP of $543.503 billion (Column J).
10. Iterate this process through September 2021 to obtain a baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering prices for fiscal year 2021 of $6,506,143,522,561.
B. Using the Forecasts From A To Calculate the New Fee Rate
1. Using the data from Table A, estimate the aggregate maximum offering prices between 10/01/20 and 9/30/21 to be $6,506,143,522,561.
2. The rate necessary to collect the target $709,554,300 in fee revenues set by Congress is then calculated as: $709,554,300 ÷ $6,506,143,522,561 = 0.00010906.
3. Round the result to the seventh decimal point, yielding a rate of 0.0001091 (or $109.10 per million).
| Fee rate calculation | |
|---|---|
| a. Baseline estimate of the aggregate maximum offering prices, 10/01/20 to 09/30/21 ($Millions) | 6,506,144 |
| b. Implied fee rate ($709,554,300 / a) | $109.10 |
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| Month | Number of trading days in month | Aggregate maximum offering prices, in $millions | Average daily aggregate max. offering prices (AAMOP) in $millions | Log(AAMOP) | Log (change in AAMOP) | forecast log(AAMOP) | Standard error | Forecast AAMOP, in $millions | Forecast aggregate maximum offering prices, in $millions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (E) | (F) | (G) | (H) | (I) | (J) |
| Jul-10 | 21 | 171,191 | 8,152 | 22.822 | |||||
| Aug-10 | 22 | 240,793 | 10,945 | 23.116 | 0.295 | ||||
| Sep-10 | 21 | 260,783 | 12,418 | 23.242 | 0.126 | ||||
| Oct-10 | 21 | 214,988 | 10,238 | 23.049 | -0.193 | ||||
| Nov-10 | 21 | 340,112 | 16,196 | 23.508 | 0.459 | ||||
| Dec-10 | 22 | 297,992 | 13,545 | 23.329 | -0.179 | ||||
| Jan-11 | 20 | 233,668 | 11,683 | 23.181 | -0.148 | ||||
| Feb-11 | 19 | 252,785 | 13,304 | 23.311 | 0.130 | ||||
| Mar-11 | 23 | 595,198 | 25,878 | 23.977 | 0.665 | ||||
| Apr-11 | 20 | 236,355 | 11,818 | 23.193 | -0.784 | ||||
| May-11 | 21 | 319,053 | 15,193 | 23.444 | 0.251 | ||||
| Jun-11 | 22 | 359,727 | 16,351 | 23.518 | 0.073 | ||||
| Jul-11 | 20 | 215,391 | 10,770 | 23.100 | -0.418 | ||||
| Aug-11 | 23 | 179,870 | 7,820 | 22.780 | -0.320 | ||||
| Sep-11 | 21 | 168,005 | 8,000 | 22.803 | 0.023 | ||||
| Oct-11 | 21 | 181,452 | 8,641 | 22.880 | 0.077 | ||||
| Nov-11 | 21 | 256,418 | 12,210 | 23.226 | 0.346 | ||||
| Dec-11 | 21 | 237,652 | 11,317 | 23.150 | -0.076 | ||||
| Jan-12 | 20 | 276,965 | 13,848 | 23.351 | 0.202 | ||||
| Feb-12 | 20 | 228,419 | 11,421 | 23.159 | -0.193 | ||||
| Mar-12 | 22 | 430,806 | 19,582 | 23.698 | 0.539 | ||||
| Apr-12 | 20 | 173,626 | 8,681 | 22.884 | -0.813 | ||||
| May-12 | 22 | 414,122 | 18,824 | 23.658 | 0.774 | ||||
| Jun-12 | 21 | 272,218 | 12,963 | 23.285 | -0.373 | ||||
| Jul-12 | 21 | 170,462 | 8,117 | 22.817 | -0.468 | ||||
| Aug-12 | 23 | 295,472 | 12,847 | 23.276 | 0.459 | ||||
| Sep-12 | 19 | 331,295 | 17,437 | 23.582 | 0.305 | ||||
| Oct-12 | 21 | 137,562 | 6,551 | 22.603 | -0.979 | ||||
| Nov-12 | 21 | 221,521 | 10,549 | 23.079 | 0.476 | ||||
| Dec-12 | 20 | 321,602 | 16,080 | 23.501 | 0.422 | ||||
| Jan-13 | 21 | 368,488 | 17,547 | 23.588 | 0.087 | ||||
| Feb-13 | 19 | 252,148 | 13,271 | 23.309 | -0.279 | ||||
| Mar-13 | 20 | 533,440 | 26,672 | 24.007 | 0.698 | ||||
| Apr-13 | 22 | 235,779 | 10,717 | 23.095 | -0.912 | ||||
| May-13 | 22 | 382,950 | 17,407 | 23.580 | 0.485 | ||||
| Jun-13 | 20 | 480,624 | 24,031 | 23.903 | 0.322 | ||||
| Jul-13 | 22 | 263,869 | 11,994 | 23.208 | -0.695 | ||||
| Aug-13 | 22 | 253,305 | 11,514 | 23.167 | -0.041 | ||||
| Sep-13 | 20 | 267,923 | 13,396 | 23.318 | 0.151 | ||||
| Oct-13 | 23 | 293,847 | 12,776 | 23.271 | -0.047 | ||||
| Nov-13 | 20 | 326,257 | 16,313 | 23.515 | 0.244 | ||||
| Dec-13 | 21 | 358,169 | 17,056 | 23.560 | 0.045 | ||||
| Jan-14 | 21 | 369,067 | 17,575 | 23.590 | 0.030 | ||||
| Feb-14 | 19 | 298,376 | 15,704 | 23.477 | -0.113 | ||||
| Mar-14 | 21 | 564,840 | 26,897 | 24.015 | 0.538 | ||||
| Apr-14 | 21 | 263,401 | 12,543 | 23.252 | -0.763 | ||||
| May-14 | 21 | 403,700 | 19,224 | 23.679 | 0.427 | ||||
| Jun-14 | 21 | 423,075 | 20,146 | 23.726 | 0.047 | ||||
| Jul-14 | 22 | 373,811 | 16,991 | 23.556 | -0.170 | ||||
| Aug-14 | 21 | 405,017 | 19,287 | 23.683 | 0.127 | ||||
| Sep-14 | 21 | 409,349 | 19,493 | 23.693 | 0.011 | ||||
| Oct-14 | 23 | 338,832 | 14,732 | 23.413 | -0.280 | ||||
| Nov-14 | 19 | 386,898 | 20,363 | 23.737 | 0.324 | ||||
| Dec-14 | 22 | 370,760 | 16,853 | 23.548 | -0.189 | ||||
| Jan-15 | 20 | 394,127 | 19,706 | 23.704 | 0.156 | ||||
| Feb-15 | 19 | 466,138 | 24,534 | 23.923 | 0.219 | ||||
| Mar-15 | 22 | 753,747 | 34,261 | 24.257 | 0.334 | ||||
| Apr-15 | 21 | 356,560 | 16,979 | 23.555 | -0.702 | ||||
| May-15 | 20 | 478,591 | 23,930 | 23.898 | 0.343 | ||||
| Jun-15 | 22 | 446,102 | 20,277 | 23.733 | -0.166 | ||||
| Jul-15 | 22 | 402,062 | 18,276 | 23.629 | -0.104 | ||||
| Aug-15 | 21 | 334,746 | 15,940 | 23.492 | -0.137 | ||||
| Sep-15 | 21 | 289,872 | 13,803 | 23.348 | -0.144 | ||||
| Oct-15 | 22 | 300,276 | 13,649 | 23.337 | -0.011 | ||||
| Nov-15 | 20 | 409,690 | 20,485 | 23.743 | 0.406 | ||||
| Dec-15 | 22 | 308,569 | 14,026 | 23.364 | -0.379 | ||||
| Jan-16 | 19 | 457,411 | 24,074 | 23.904 | 0.540 | ||||
| Feb-16 | 20 | 554,343 | 27,717 | 24.045 | 0.141 | ||||
| Mar-16 | 22 | 900,301 | 40,923 | 24.435 | 0.390 | ||||
| Apr-16 | 21 | 250,716 | 11,939 | 23.203 | -1.232 | ||||
| May-16 | 21 | 409,992 | 19,523 | 23.695 | 0.492 | ||||
| Jun-16 | 22 | 321,219 | 14,601 | 23.404 | -0.291 | ||||
| Jul-16 | 20 | 289,671 | 14,484 | 23.396 | -0.008 | ||||
| Aug-16 | 23 | 352,068 | 15,307 | 23.452 | 0.055 | ||||
| Sep-16 | 21 | 326,116 | 15,529 | 23.466 | 0.014 | ||||
| Oct-16 | 21 | 266,115 | 12,672 | 23.263 | -0.203 | ||||
| Nov-16 | 21 | 443,034 | 21,097 | 23.772 | 0.510 | ||||
| Dec-16 | 21 | 310,614 | 14,791 | 23.417 | -0.355 | ||||
| Jan-17 | 20 | 503,030 | 25,152 | 23.948 | 0.531 | ||||
| Feb-17 | 19 | 255,815 | 13,464 | 23.323 | -0.625 | ||||
| Mar-17 | 23 | 723,870 | 31,473 | 24.172 | 0.849 | ||||
| Apr-17 | 19 | 255,275 | 13,436 | 23.321 | -0.851 | ||||
| May-17 | 22 | 569,965 | 25,908 | 23.978 | 0.657 | ||||
| Jun-17 | 22 | 445,081 | 20,231 | 23.730 | -0.247 | ||||
| Jul-17 | 20 | 291,167 | 14,558 | 23.401 | -0.329 | ||||
| Aug-17 | 23 | 263,981 | 11,477 | 23.164 | -0.238 | ||||
| Sep-17 | 20 | 372,705 | 18,635 | 23.648 | 0.485 | ||||
| Oct-17 | 22 | 173,749 | 7,898 | 22.790 | -0.858 | ||||
| Nov-17 | 21 | 377,262 | 17,965 | 23.612 | 0.822 | ||||
| Dec-17 | 20 | 281,126 | 14,056 | 23.366 | -0.245 | ||||
| Jan-18 | 21 | 593,025 | 28,239 | 24.064 | 0.698 | ||||
| Feb-18 | 19 | 353,182 | 18,589 | 23.646 | -0.418 | ||||
| Mar-18 | 21 | 685,784 | 32,656 | 24.209 | 0.563 | ||||
| Apr-18 | 21 | 367,569 | 17,503 | 23.586 | -0.624 | ||||
| May-18 | 22 | 543,840 | 24,720 | 23.931 | 0.345 | ||||
| Jun-18 | 21 | 477,967 | 22,760 | 23.848 | -0.083 | ||||
| Jul-18 | 21 | 327,710 | 15,605 | 23.471 | -0.377 | ||||
| Aug-18 | 23 | 347,239 | 15,097 | 23.438 | -0.033 | ||||
| Sep-18 | 19 | 259,874 | 13,678 | 23.339 | -0.099 | ||||
| Oct-18 | 23 | 300,814 | 13,079 | 23.294 | -0.045 | ||||
| Nov-18 | 21 | 447,767 | 21,322 | 23.783 | 0.489 | ||||
| Dec-18 | 19 | 276,130 | 14,533 | 23.400 | -0.383 | ||||
| Jan-19 | 21 | 495,624 | 23,601 | 23.885 | 0.485 | ||||
| Feb-19 | 19 | 372,166 | 19,588 | 23.698 | -0.186 | ||||
| Mar-19 | 21 | 604,813 | 28,801 | 24.084 | 0.385 | ||||
| Apr-19 | 21 | 267,737 | 12,749 | 23.269 | -0.815 | ||||
| May-19 | 22 | 476,892 | 21,677 | 23.800 | 0.531 | ||||
| Jun-19 | 20 | 399,178 | 19,959 | 23.717 | -0.083 | ||||
| Jul-19 | 22 | 359,438 | 16,338 | 23.517 | -0.200 | ||||
| Aug-19 | 22 | 401,391 | 18,245 | 23.627 | 0.110 | ||||
| Sep-19 | 20 | 382,876 | 19,144 | 23.675 | 0.048 | ||||
| Oct-19 | 23 | 181,113 | 7,874 | 22.787 | -0.888 | ||||
| Nov-19 | 20 | 553,889 | 27,694 | 24.044 | 1.258 | ||||
| Dec-19 | 21 | 438,062 | 20,860 | 23.761 | -0.283 | ||||
| Jan-20 | 21 | 636,403 | 30,305 | 24.135 | 0.373 | ||||
| Feb-20 | 19 | 424,133 | 22,323 | 23.829 | -0.306 | ||||
| Mar-20 | 22 | 409,403 | 18,609 | 23.647 | -0.182 | ||||
| Apr-20 | 21 | 389,821 | 18,563 | 23.644 | -0.002 | ||||
| May-20 | 20 | 731,835 | 36,592 | 24.323 | 0.679 | ||||
| Jun-20 | 22 | 650,219 | 29,555 | 24.110 | -0.214 | ||||
| Jul-20 | 22 | 457,871 | 20,812 | 23.759 | -0.351 | ||||
| Aug-20 | 21 | 23.858 | 0.336 | 24,317 | 510,665 | ||||
| Sep-20 | 21 | 23.865 | 0.338 | 24,510 | 514,715 | ||||
| Oct-20 | 22 | 23.872 | 0.341 | 24,705 | 543,503 | ||||
| Nov-20 | 20 | 23.879 | 0.343 | 24,901 | 498,013 | ||||
| Dec-20 | 22 | 23.886 | 0.346 | 25,098 | 552,159 | ||||
| Jan-21 | 19 | 23.893 | 0.348 | 25,297 | 480,647 | ||||
| Feb-21 | 19 | 23.901 | 0.350 | 25,498 | 484,460 | ||||
| Mar-21 | 23 | 23.908 | 0.353 | 25,700 | 591,103 | ||||
| Apr-21 | 21 | 23.915 | 0.355 | 25,904 | 543,984 | ||||
| May-21 | 20 | 23.922 | 0.357 | 26,109 | 522,189 | ||||
| Jun-21 | 22 | 23.929 | 0.359 | 26,317 | 578,965 | ||||
| Jul-21 | 21 | 23.936 | 0.362 | 26,525 | 557,032 | ||||
| Aug-21 | 22 | 23.943 | 0.364 | 26,736 | 588,186 | ||||
| Sep-21 | 21 | 23.950 | 0.366 | 26,948 | 565,904 |
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