On 24 August 2018, the SEC announced that in fiscal year 2019 the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the SEC will be set at $121.20 per million dollars of securities registered.

Effective 1 October 2018, 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 rates applicable to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions decreased from $124.50 per million dollars to $121.20 per million dollars.

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