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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONSTATION PLACE

100 F STREET, NE

WASHINGTON, DC 20549-2465

Office of FOIA Services

May 21, 2015

Mr . Adam Rappapor tCi t i zens f or Responsi bi l i t y and

Et hi cs i n Washi ngt on ( CREW)409 7t h St r eet , N. W.Sui t e 450Washi ngt on, DC 20005

Re: Freedom of I nf or mat i on Act ( FOI A) , 5 U. S. C. § 552Request No. 15- 00831- FOI A

Dear Mr . Rappapor t :

Thi s i s our f i nal r esponse t o a r equest dat ed December 6,2014, submi t t ed by Ms. Anne Wei smann on behal f of CREW, f or al lr ecor ds f r om J anuar y 1, 2012 t hr ough t he pr esent , r el at ed t oHerbal i f e and Per shi ng Squar e Capi t al Management . On May 15,2015, you i nf ormed me i n a phone conver sat i on t hat you are thepoi nt of cont act f or t hi s FOI A r equest si nce Ms. Wei smann hasl ef t your or gani zat i on.

I n an emai l st r i ng endi ng May 15, 2015, you di r ect ed us t ocont i nue pr ocessi ng t hi s r equest as agr eed t o i n ear l i er

communi cat i ons between t hi s of f i ce and Ms. Wei smann wi t h r espectt o a smal l batch of emai l s. Upon compl et i ng our pr ocessi ng oft hese emai l s, you di r ect ed us t o cl ose t hi s FOI A r equest wi t h nof ur t her act i on r egar di ng t he l ar ger emai l pr oduct i on descr i bedi n t he emai l st r i ng.

By l et t er dat ed December 23, 2014, we gr ant ed Ms.Wei smann’ s request f or a f ee wai ver . I n our i nt er i m r esponse ofFebr uary 3, 2015, we r el eased 663 pages of r ecor ds.

I n t hi s f i nal r esponse, we ar e r el easi ng 41 pages of

r ecor ds i n t hei r ent i r et y, and we ar e wi t hhol di ng one page i nf ul l under 5 U. S. C. § 552( b) ( 5) , ( 6) , ( 7) ( C) , and ( 8) , 17 CFR §200. 80( b) ( 5) , ( 6) , ( 7) ( i i i ) , and ( 8) , f or t he f ol l owi ng r easons.

Under Exempt i on 5, si nce cer t ai n responsi ve i nf or mat i onf or ms an i nt egr al par t of t he pr edeci si onal pr ocess, and/ orcont ai ns advi ce gi ven t o the Commi ssi on or seni or st af f by t heCommi ssi on’ s at t or neys, i t i s pr ot ect ed f r om r el ease by t hedel i ber at i ve pr ocess and/ or att or ney- cl i ent pr i vi l eges.



Mr . Adam Rappapor t 15- 00831- FOI AMay 21, 2015Page Two

Under Exempt i on 6, t he rel ease of t hi s i nf ormat i on woul d

const i t ut e a cl ear l y unwar r ant ed i nvasi on of per sonal pr i vacy.Under Exempt i on 7( C) r el ease of t he i nf ormat i on coul d r easonabl ybe expect ed t o const i t ut e an unwarr ant ed i nvasi on of per sonalpr i vacy. Fur t her , publ i c i dent i f i cat i on of Commi ssi on st af fcoul d subj ect t hem t o har assment i n t he conduct of t hei rof f i ci al dut i es and i n t hei r pr i vat e l i ves.

Under Exempt i on 8, t hi s i nf or mat i on i s pr ot ect ed f r omdi scl osur e because i t i s cont ai ned i n or r el at ed t o exami nat i on,oper at i ng, or condi t i on r epor t s pr epar ed by, on behal f of , orf or t he use of an agency r esponsi bl e f or t he r egul at i on or

super vi si on of f i nanci al i nst i t ut i ons.

I am t he deci di ng of f i ci al wi t h r egar d t o t hi s adver sedet er mi nat i on. Wi t h r espect t o t he wi t hhel d r ecor d, you have t her i ght t o appeal my deci si on t o our Gener al Counsel under 5 U. S. C.§ 552( a) ( 6) , 17 CFR § 200. 80( d) ( 5) and ( 6) . Your appeal must bei n wr i t i ng, cl ear l y mar ked "Freedom of I nf or mat i on Act Appeal , "and shoul d i dent i f y t he r equest ed r ecords. The appeal may i ncl udef act s and aut hor i t i es you consi der appr opr i at e.

Send your appeal t o the Of f i ce of FOI A Ser vi ces of t heSecur i t i es and Exchange Commi ssi on l ocat ed at St at i on Pl ace, 100 FSt r eet NE, Mai l St op 2465, Washi ngt on, D. C. 20549, or del i ver i tt o Room 1120 at t hat addr ess. Al so, send a copy t o t he SECOf f i ce of t he Gener al Counsel , Mai l St op 9612, or del i ver i t t oRoom 1120 at t he St at i on Pl ace addr ess.

I f you have any quest i ons, pl ease cont act Sonj a Osbor ne ofmy st af f at osbor nes@sec. gov or ( 202) 551- 8371. You may al socont act me at f oi apa@sec. gov or ( 202) 551- 7900.

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