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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and
Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension: Form 12b–25; OMB Control
No. 3235–0058; SEC File No. 270–
71.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
The purpose of Form 12b–25 is to
provide notice to the Commission and
the marketplace that a public company
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Dated: November 30, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
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will be unable to timely file a required
periodic report. If all filing conditions
are met, the company is granted an
automatic filing extension. Form 12b–25
is filed by publicly held companies.
Approximately 7,799 issuers file Form
12b–25 and it takes approximately 2.5
hours per response for a total of 19,498
burden hours.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Office of
Information Technology, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549.
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and
Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension: Rule 18f–3; SEC File No. 270–385;
OMB Control No. 3235–0441
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collections of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit these existing
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
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Section 18(f)(1) 1 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 2 (the ‘‘Investment
Company Act’’) prohibits registered
open-end management investment
companies (‘‘funds’’) from issuing any
senior security. Rule 18f–3 under the
Act 3 exempts from section 18(f)(1) a
fund that issues multiple classes of
shares representing interests in the same
portfolio of securities (a ‘‘multiple class
fund’’) if the fund satisfies the
conditions of the rule. In general, each
class must differ in its arrangement for
shareholder services or distribution or
both, and must pay the related expenses
of that different arrangement.
The rule includes one requirement for
the collection of information. A
multiple class fund must prepare, and
fund directors must approve, a written
plan setting forth the separate
arrangement and expense allocation of
each class, and any related conversion
features or exchange privileges (‘‘rule
18f–3 plan’’).4 Approval of the plan
must occur before the fund issues any
shares of multiple classes and whenever
the fund materially amends the plan. In
approving the plan, a majority of the
fund board, including a majority of the
fund’s independent directors, must
determine that the plan is in the best
interests of each class and the fund as
a whole.
The requirement that the fund prepare
and directors approve a written rule
18f–3 plan is intended to ensure that the
fund compiles information relevant to
the fairness of the separate arrangement
and expense allocation for each class,
and that directors review and approve
the information. Without a blueprint
that highlights material differences
among classes, directors might not
perceive potential conflicts of interests
when they determine whether the plan
is in the best interests of each class and
the fund. In addition, the plan may be
useful to Commission staff in reviewing
the fund’s compliance with the rule.
There are approximately 1,142
multiple class funds.5 Based on a review
of typical rule 18f–3 plans, the
Commission’s staff estimates that the
1,142 funds together make an average of
571 responses each year to prepare and
approve a written rule 18f–3 plan,
requiring approximately 10 hours per
response and a total of 5,710 burden
hours per year in the aggregate.6 The
1 15
U.S.C. 80a–18(f)(1).
U.S.C. 80a.
3 17 CFR 270.18f–3.
4 Rule 18f–3(d).
5 This estimate is based on data from Form N–
SAR, the semi-annual report that funds file with the
Commission.
6 The estimate reflects the assumption that each
multiple class fund prepares and approves a rule
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension: Form 12b-25; OMB Control No. 3235-0058; SEC File No. 270-71.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
The purpose of Form 12b-25 is to provide notice to the Commission
and the marketplace that a public company will be unable to timely file
a required periodic report. If all filing conditions are met, the
company is granted an automatic filing extension. Form 12b-25 is filed
by publicly held companies. Approximately 7,799 issuers file Form 12b-
25 and it takes approximately 2.5 hours per response for a total of
19,498 burden hours.
Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549.
Dated: November 30, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
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