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Securities and Exchange Commission,
c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General
Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or
send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–11659 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Rule 15a–6; SEC File No. 270–0329; OMB
Control No. 3235–0371]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
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Extension:
Rule 15a–6; SEC File No. 270–0329; OMB
Control No. 3235–0371.
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 existing 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.
Rule 15a–6 (17 CFR 240.15a–6) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78a et seq.) provides, among
other things, an exemption from brokerdealer registration for foreign brokerdealers that effect trades with or for U.S.
institutional investors through a U.S.
registered broker-dealer, provided that
the U.S. broker-dealer obtains certain
information about, and consents to
service of process from, the personnel of
the foreign broker-dealer involved in
such transactions, and maintains certain
records in connection therewith.
These requirements are intended to
ensure (a) that the U.S. broker-dealer
will receive notice of the identity of,
and has reviewed the background of,
foreign personnel who will contact U.S.
institutional investors, (b) that the
foreign broker-dealer and its personnel
effectively may be served with process
in the event enforcement action is
necessary, and (c) that the Commission
has ready access to information
concerning these persons and their U.S.
securities activities.
It is estimated that approximately
2,000 respondents will incur an average
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burden of three hours per year to
comply with this rule, for a total burden
of 6,000 hours. At an average cost per
hour of approximately $105, the
resultant total cost of compliance for the
respondents is $600,000 per year (2,000
entities × 3 hours/entity × $105/hour =
$630,000).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be 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.
Direct your written comments to
Charles Boucher, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–11658 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Rule 0–4; SEC File No. 270–569; OMB
Control No. 3235–0633]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Existing Collection; New OMB Control No.:
Rule 0–4; SEC File No. 270–569; OMB
Control No. 3235–0633.
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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this collection of
information to the Office of
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Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Rule 0–4 (17 CFR 275.0–4) under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’
or ‘‘Advisers Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 80b–1 et
seq.) entitled ‘‘General Requirements of
Papers and Applications,’’ prescribes
general instructions for filing an
application seeking exemptive relief
with the Commission. Rule 0–4
currently requires that every application
for an order for which a form is not
specifically prescribed and which is
executed by a corporation, partnership
or other company and filed with the
Commission contain a statement of the
applicable provisions of the articles of
incorporation, bylaws or similar
documents, relating to the right of the
person signing and filing such
application to take such action on behalf
of the applicant, and a statement that all
such requirements have been complied
with and that the person signing and
filing the application is fully authorized
to do so. If such authorization is
dependent on resolutions of
stockholders, directors, or other bodies,
such resolutions must be attached as an
exhibit to or quoted in the application.
Any amendment to the application must
contain a similar statement as to the
applicability of the original statement of
authorization. When any application or
amendment is signed by an agent or
attorney, rule 0–4 requires that the
power of attorney evidencing his
authority to sign shall state the basis for
the agent’s authority and shall be filed
with the Commission. Every application
subject to rule 0–4 must be verified by
the person executing the application by
providing a notarized signature in
substantially the form specified in the
rule. Each application subject to rule 0–
4 must state the reasons why the
applicant is deemed to be entitled to the
action requested with a reference to the
provisions of the Act and rules
thereunder, the name and address of
each applicant, and the name and
address of any person to whom any
questions regarding the application
should be directed. Rule 0–4 requires
that a proposed notice of the proceeding
initiated by the filing of the application
accompany each application as an
exhibit and, if necessary, be modified to
reflect any amendment to the
application.
The requirements of rule 0–4 are
designed to provide Commission staff
with the necessary information to assess
whether granting the orders of
exemption are necessary and
appropriate in the public interest and
consistent with the protection of
investors and the intended purposes of
the Act.
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Applicants for orders under the
Advisers Act can include registered
investment advisers, affiliated persons
of registered investment advisers, and
entities seeking to avoid investment
adviser status, among others.
Commission staff estimates that it
receives approximately 9 applications
per year submitted under rule 0–4 of the
Act. Although each application
typically is submitted on behalf of
multiple applicants, the applicants in
the vast majority of cases are related
entities and are treated as a single
respondent for purposes of this analysis.
Most of the work of preparing an
application is performed by outside
counsel and, therefore, imposes no
hourly burden on respondents. The cost
outside counsel charges applicants
depends on the complexity of the issues
covered by the application and the time
required. Based on conversations with
applicants and attorneys, the cost ranges
from approximately $7,000 for
preparing a well-precedented, routine
application to approximately $80,000 to
prepare a complex or novel application.
We estimate that the Commission
receives 2 of the most time-consuming
applications annually, 4 applications of
medium difficulty, and 3 of the least
difficult applications subject to rule 0–
4. This distribution gives a total
estimated annual cost burden to
applicants of filing all applications of
$355,000 [(2 × $80,000) + (4 × $43,500)
+ (3 × $7,000)]. The estimates of annual
burden hours and costs are made solely
for the purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, and are not derived from
a comprehensive or even representative
survey or study of the costs of
Commission rules and forms.
The requirements of this collection of
information are required to obtain or
retain benefits. Responses will not be
kept confidential. 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.
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
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in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to Charles Boucher, Director/CIO,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/
o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General
Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or
send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–11657 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am]
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Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to Charles Boucher, Director/CIO,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/
o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General
Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or
send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–11656 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549.
Extension:
Regulation S; OMB Control No. 3235–0357;
SEC File No. 270–315.
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.
Regulation S (17 CFR 230.901 through
230.905) includes rules governing offers
and sales of securities made outside the
United States without registration under
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
et seq.). The purpose of Regulation S is
to provide clarification of the extent to
which Section 5 of the Securities Act
applies to offers and sales of securities
outside of the United States. Regulation
S is assigned one burden hour for
administrative convenience.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this 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 imposed
by 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.
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In the Matter of BVR Technologies Ltd.
(n/k/a Technoprises Ltd.), Crystal
Graphite Corp., Devine Entertainment
Corp., GEE TEN Ventures, Inc.,
National Construction, Inc. (n/k/a E.G.
Capital, Inc.), SHEP Technologies, Inc.,
and WHEREVER.Net Holding Corp.;
Order of Suspension of Trading
May 13, 2010.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of BVR
Technologies Ltd. (n/k/a Technoprises
Ltd.) because it has not filed any
periodic reports since the period ended
December 31, 2004.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Crystal
Graphite Corp. because it has not filed
any periodic reports since the period
ended August 31, 2004.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Devine
Entertainment Corp. because it has not
filed any periodic reports since the
period ended September 30, 2008.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of GEE TEN
Ventures, Inc. because it has not filed
any periodic reports since the period
ended May 31, 2004.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of National
Construction, Inc. (n/k/a E.G. Capital,
Inc.) because it has not filed any
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Rule 0-4; SEC File No. 270-569; OMB Control No. 3235-0633]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.
Existing Collection; New OMB Control No.:
Rule 0-4; SEC File No. 270-569; OMB Control No. 3235-0633.
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 (the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the
collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to
submit this collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
Rule 0-4 (17 CFR 275.0-4) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(``Act'' or ``Advisers Act'') (15 U.S.C. 80b-1 et seq.) entitled
``General Requirements of Papers and Applications,'' prescribes general
instructions for filing an application seeking exemptive relief with
the Commission. Rule 0-4 currently requires that every application for
an order for which a form is not specifically prescribed and which is
executed by a corporation, partnership or other company and filed with
the Commission contain a statement of the applicable provisions of the
articles of incorporation, bylaws or similar documents, relating to the
right of the person signing and filing such application to take such
action on behalf of the applicant, and a statement that all such
requirements have been complied with and that the person signing and
filing the application is fully authorized to do so. If such
authorization is dependent on resolutions of stockholders, directors,
or other bodies, such resolutions must be attached as an exhibit to or
quoted in the application. Any amendment to the application must
contain a similar statement as to the applicability of the original
statement of authorization. When any application or amendment is signed
by an agent or attorney, rule 0-4 requires that the power of attorney
evidencing his authority to sign shall state the basis for the agent's
authority and shall be filed with the Commission. Every application
subject to rule 0-4 must be verified by the person executing the
application by providing a notarized signature in substantially the
form specified in the rule. Each application subject to rule 0-4 must
state the reasons why the applicant is deemed to be entitled to the
action requested with a reference to the provisions of the Act and
rules thereunder, the name and address of each applicant, and the name
and address of any person to whom any questions regarding the
application should be directed. Rule 0-4 requires that a proposed
notice of the proceeding initiated by the filing of the application
accompany each application as an exhibit and, if necessary, be modified
to reflect any amendment to the application.
The requirements of rule 0-4 are designed to provide Commission
staff with the necessary information to assess whether granting the
orders of exemption are necessary and appropriate in the public
interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
intended purposes of the Act.
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Applicants for orders under the Advisers Act can include registered
investment advisers, affiliated persons of registered investment
advisers, and entities seeking to avoid investment adviser status,
among others. Commission staff estimates that it receives approximately
9 applications per year submitted under rule 0-4 of the Act. Although
each application typically is submitted on behalf of multiple
applicants, the applicants in the vast majority of cases are related
entities and are treated as a single respondent for purposes of this
analysis. Most of the work of preparing an application is performed by
outside counsel and, therefore, imposes no hourly burden on
respondents. The cost outside counsel charges applicants depends on the
complexity of the issues covered by the application and the time
required. Based on conversations with applicants and attorneys, the
cost ranges from approximately $7,000 for preparing a well-precedented,
routine application to approximately $80,000 to prepare a complex or
novel application. We estimate that the Commission receives 2 of the
most time-consuming applications annually, 4 applications of medium
difficulty, and 3 of the least difficult applications subject to rule
0-4. This distribution gives a total estimated annual cost burden to
applicants of filing all applications of $355,000 [(2 x $80,000) + (4 x
$43,500) + (3 x $7,000)]. The estimates of annual burden hours and
costs are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
and are not derived from a comprehensive or even representative survey
or study of the costs of Commission rules and forms.
The requirements of this collection of information are required to
obtain or retain benefits. Responses will not be kept confidential. 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.
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 Charles Boucher, Director/
CIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432
General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11657 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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