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summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit these existing
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
• Form 2–E under the Securities Act
of 1933, Report of Sales pursuant to
Rule 609 of Regulation E. Rule 609
under the Securities Act of 1933, Report
of Sales
Under Rule 609 under the Securities
Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.609), Form 2–
E under the Securities Act of 1933 (17
CFR 239.201) is used by small business
investment companies or business
development companies engaged in
limited offerings of securities to report
semi-annually the progress of the
offering, including the number of shares
sold. The form solicits information such
as the dates an offering has commenced
and has been completed, the number of
shares sold and still being offered,
amounts received in the offering, and
expenses and underwriting discounts
incurred in the offering. This
information assists the staff in
determining whether the issuer has
stayed within the limits of an offering
exemption.
Form 2–E must be filed semi-annually
during an offering and as a final report
at the completion of the offering. Less
frequent filing would not allow the
Commission to monitor the progress of
the limited offering in order to ensure
that the issuer was not attempting to
avoid the normal registration provisions
of the securities laws.
During the calendar year 2005, there
were 36 filings of Form 2–E by 24
respondents. The Commission
estimates, based on its experience with
disclosure documents generally and
Form 2–E in particular, and based on
informal contacts with the investment
company industry, that the total annual
burden associated with information
collection, Form 2–E preparation, and
submission is four hours per filing or
144 hours for all respondents.
The estimates of average burden hours
are made solely for the purposes of the
Act and are not derived from a
comprehensive or even representative
survey or study of the cost of
Commission rules and forms.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the 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
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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
Informtion Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312, or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
April 19, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and
Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension: Form 24F–2; SEC File No. 270–
399; OMB Control No. 3235–0456.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
requests for extension of the previously
approved collections of information
discussed below.
Rule 24f–2 (17 CFR 270.24f–2) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
requires any open-end management
companies (‘‘mutual funds’’), unit
investment trusts (‘‘UITs’’) or faceamount certificate companies
(collectively, ‘‘funds’’) deemed to have
registered an indefinite amount of
securities to file, not later than 90 days
after the end of any fiscal year in which
it has publicly offered such securities,
Form 24F–2 with the Commission.1
Form 24F–2 is the annual notice of
securities sold by funds that
accompanies the payment of registration
fees with respect to the securities sold
during the fiscal year.
The Commission estimates that 5,509
funds file Form 24F–2 on the required
annual basis. The average annual
burden per respondent for Form 24F–2
is estimated to be two hours. The total
annual burden for all respondents to
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Form 24F–2 is estimated to be 11,018
hours. The estimate of average burden
hours is made solely for the purposes of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not
derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules.
Compliance with the collection of
information required by Form 24F–2 is
mandatory. The Form 24F–2 filing that
must be made to the Commission is
available to the public. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
General comments regarding the
above information should be directed to
the following persons: (i) Desk officer
for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10102,
New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to:
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R.
Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, C/O Shirley Martinson,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria,
Virginia 22312, or send an e-mail to
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must
be submitted to OMB within 30 days of
this notice.
April 25, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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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 489 and Form F–N; SEC File
No. 270–361; OMB Control No. 3235–
0411.
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 these existing
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget for
extension and approval:
• Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
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et seq.), Filing of Form by Foreign Banks
and Insurance Companies and Certain of
Their Holding Companies and Finance
Subsidiaries; and Form F–N (17 CFR
239.43), Appointment of Agent for
Service of Process by Foreign Banks and
Foreign Insurance Companies and
Certain of Their Holding Companies and
Finance Subsidiaries Making Public
Offerings of Securities in the United
States.
Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et
seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign
insurance companies and holding
companies and finance subsidiaries of
foreign banks and foreign insurance
companies that are exempted from the
definition of ‘‘investment company’’ by
virtue of Rules 3a–1, 3a–5, and 3a–6
under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) to file
Form F–N under the Securities Act of
1933 to appoint an agent for service of
process when making a public offering
of securities in the United States.
Approximately seven entities are
required by Rule 489 to file Form F–N,
which is estimated to require an average
of one hour to complete. The estimated
annual burden of complying with the
rule’s filing requirement is
approximately eleven hours, as some of
the entities submitted multiple filings.
The estimates of average burden hours
are made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and are not derived
from a comprehensive or even
representative survey or study of the
cost of Commission rules and forms.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the 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, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312, or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
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April 25, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–53733; File No. 4–208]
Intermarket Trading System; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
the Twenty Second Amendment to the
ITS Plan Relating to the Change in
Name From the Cincinnati Stock
Exchange, Inc., to the National Stock
Exchange and to the Admission of the
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC as an ITS
Participant
April 27, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 11A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on April 19,
2006, the ITS Participants, through the
ITS Operating Committee, submitted to
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a
proposed amendment (‘‘Twenty Second
Amendment’’) to the restated ITS Plan.3
The purpose of the Twenty Second
Amendment is to recognize the change
in name from the Cincinnati Stock
Exchange, Inc., to the National Stock
Exchange and to admit the NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC as an ITS Participant.
Pursuant to Rule 608(b)(3)(ii) under the
Act,4 the ITS Participants designated the
amendment as concerned solely with
the administration of the Plan. As a
result, the Twenty Second Amendment
has become effective upon filing with
the Commission.5 At any time within 60
1 15
U.S.C. 78k–1.
CFR 242.608.
3 The ITS Plan is a National Market System
(‘‘NMS’’) plan, which was designed to facilitate
intermarket trading in exchange-listed equity
securities based on current quotation information
emanating from the linked markets. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 19456 (January 27, 1983),
48 FR 4938 (February 3, 1983).
The ITS Participants currently include the
American Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’), the
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BSE’’); the Chicago
Board Options Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CBOE’’); the
Chicago Stock Exchange (‘‘CHX’’), Inc., the
Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CSE’’), the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(‘‘NASD’’), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘NYSE’’), the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (‘‘PCX’’), and
the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Phlx’’)
(‘‘Participants’’).
4 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(ii).
5 The ITS Participants initially filed the Twenty
Second Amendment on March 17, 2006. The ITS
Participants amended the filing on April 19, 2006
to designate the filing as effective on filing pursuant
to Rule 608(b)(3)(ii) under the Act and to make
other technical changes.
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days of the filing of the amendment, the
Commission may summarily abrogate
the amendment and require that such
amendment be refiled in accordance
with paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 608 and
reviewed in accordance with paragraph
(b)(2) of Rule 608, if it appears to the
Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or the maintenance of fair and orderly
markets, to remove impediments to, and
perfect the mechanisms of, a national
market system or otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments from
interested persons.
I. Description and Purpose of the
Proposed Amendment
The ITS Participants proposed to
amend the restated ITS Plan to
recognize the change in name from the
Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., to the
National Stock Exchange and to admit
the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC as an
ITS Participant.
A. Governing or Constituent Documents
Not applicable.
B. Implementation of Amendment
The ITS Participants have manifested
their approval of the proposed
amendment by means of their execution
of the Twenty Second Amendment. The
Amendment has become effective upon
filing.
C. Development and Implementation
Phases
Not applicable.
D. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The Participants believe that the
proposed amendment does not impose
any burden on competition.
E. Written Understanding or Agreements
Relating to Interpretation of, or
Participation in, Plan
Not applicable.
F. Approval by Sponsors in Accordance
With Plan
Under section 4(c) of the restated ITS
Plan, the requisite approval of the
amendment is achieved by execution of
the amendment on behalf of each ITS
Participant. The amendment is so
executed.
G. Description of Operation of Facility
Contemplated by the Proposed
Amendment
Not applicable.
H. Terms and Conditions of Access
Not applicable.
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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: Rule 489 and Form F-N; SEC File No. 270-361; OMB Control
No. 3235-0411.
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 these
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval:
Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933
(15 U.S.C. 77a
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et seq.), Filing of Form by Foreign Banks and Insurance Companies and
Certain of Their Holding Companies and Finance Subsidiaries; and Form
F-N (17 CFR 239.43), Appointment of Agent for Service of Process by
Foreign Banks and Foreign Insurance Companies and Certain of Their
Holding Companies and Finance Subsidiaries Making Public Offerings of
Securities in the United States.
Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign insurance
companies and holding companies and finance subsidiaries of foreign
banks and foreign insurance companies that are exempted from the
definition of ``investment company'' by virtue of Rules 3a-1, 3a-5, and
3a-6 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.)
to file Form F-N under the Securities Act of 1933 to appoint an agent
for service of process when making a public offering of securities in
the United States. Approximately seven entities are required by Rule
489 to file Form F-N, which is estimated to require an average of one
hour to complete. The estimated annual burden of complying with the
rule's filing requirement is approximately eleven hours, as some of the
entities submitted multiple filings.
The estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and are not derived from a comprehensive or even representative
survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and forms.
Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O
Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312,
or send an e-mail to: PRA--Mailbox@sec.gov.
April 25, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-6779 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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