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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request; Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension:
Rule 163; OMB Control No. 3235–0619;
SEC File No. 270–556.
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’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget this
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request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Rule 163 (17 CFR 230.163) provides
an exemption from Section 5(c) (15
U.S.C. 77e(c)) under the Securities Act
of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) for certain
communications by or on behalf of a
well-known seasoned issuer. The
information filed under Rule 163 is
publicly available. We estimate that it
takes approximately 0.24 burden hours
per response to provide the information
required under Rule 163 and that the
information is filed by approximately 53
respondents for a total annual reporting
burden of approximately 13 hours. We
estimate that 25% of 0.24 hours per
response (0.06 hours) is prepared by the
respondent for a total annual burden of
approximately 3 hours (0.06 hours per
response × 53 responses).
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.
The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following Web site,
https://www.reginfo.gov. Comments
should be directed to: (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 by sending an
e-mail to:
Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii)
Thomas Bayer, Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria,
VA 22312 or send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must
be submitted to OMB within 30 days of
this notice.
Dated: April 8, 2011.
Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549.
Extension:
Investor Form; SEC File No. 270–485; OMB
Control No. 3235–0547.
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Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) that 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.
In both 2009 and 2010, the
Commission received over a million
contacts from investors on a wide range
of investment-related issues. These
contacts generally fall into the following
three categories:
(a) Complaints against Commissionregulated individuals or entities;
(b) Questions concerning the federal
securities laws, companies or firms that
the Commission regulates, or other
investment-related questions; and
(c) Tips concerning potential
violations of the federal securities laws.
Investors who submit complaints, ask
questions, or provide tips do so
voluntarily. To make it easier for the
public to contact the agency
electronically, the Commission created a
series of online investor forms. Investors
may access these forms through the SEC
Center for Complaints and Enforcement
Tips. The Investor form, asks for the
same information as the Enforcement
form, (OMB 3235–0672) but also
provides options to choose to categorize
the investor’s complaint, and possibly
provide the investor with information
about that issue. The investor will have
the opportunity to describe their
complaint, and they will be free to
submit it without their name or contact
information.
Although the Investor form provides a
structured format for incoming investor
correspondence, the Commission does
not require that investors use any
particular form or format when
contacting the agency. To the contrary,
investors may submit complaints,
questions, and tips through a variety of
other means, including telephone, letter,
facsimile, or e-mail.
Approximately 20,000 investors each
year voluntarily choose to use the
complaint and question forms. Investors
who choose not to use the Investor Form
receive the same level of service as
those who do. The dual purpose of the
form is to make it easier for the public
to contact the agency with complaints,
questions, tips, or other feedback and to
streamline the workflow of the
Commission staff who handle those
contacts.
The Commission has used—and will
continue to use—the information that
investors supply on the Investor Form to
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review and process the contact (which
may, in turn, involve responding to
questions, processing complaints, or, as
appropriate, initiating enforcement
investigations), to maintain a record of
contacts, to track the volume of investor
complaints, and to analyze trends. Use
of the Investor Form is strictly
voluntary. The Investor Form asks
investors to provide information
concerning, among other things, their
names, how they can be reached, the
names of the individuals or entities
involved, the nature of their complaint,
question, or tip, what documents they
can provide, and what, if any, actions
they have taken.
The staff of the Commission estimates
that the total reporting burden for using
the complaint and question forms is
5,000 hours. The calculation of this
estimate depends on the number of
investors who use the forms each year
and the estimated time it takes to
complete the forms: 20,000 respondents
× 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours.
The Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the PRA that does not display
a valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) 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 Thomas Bayer, Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria,
VA, 22312; or send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: April 5, 2011.
Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request; Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy Washington,
DC 20549–0213.
Extension:
Form CB; OMB Control No. 3235–0518; SEC
File No. 270–457.
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’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget this
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Form CB (17 CFR 239.800) is a
document filed in connection with a
tender offer for a foreign private issuer.
This form is used to report an issuer
tender offer conducted in compliance
with Exchange Act Rule 13e–4(h)(8) (17
CFR 240.13e–4(h)(8)) and a third-party
tender offer conducted in compliance
with Exchange Act Rule 14d–1(c) (17
CFR 240.14d–1(c)). Form CB is also
used by a subject company pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 14e–2(d) (17 CFR
240.14e–2(d)). This information is made
available to the public. Information
provided on Form CB is mandatory.
Form CB takes approximately 0.5 hours
per response to prepare and is filed by
approximately 200 respondents
annually. We estimate that 25% of the
0.5 hours per response (0.125 hours) is
prepared by the respondent for an
annual reporting burden of 25 hours
(0.125 hours per response × 200
responses).
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.
The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following Web site,
https://www.reginfo.gov. Comments
should be directed to: (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 by sending an
e-mail to:
Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii)
Thomas Bayer, Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria,
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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:
Investor Form; SEC File No. 270-485; OMB Control No. 3235-0547.
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Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) that 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.
In both 2009 and 2010, the Commission received over a million
contacts from investors on a wide range of investment-related issues.
These contacts generally fall into the following three categories:
(a) Complaints against Commission-regulated individuals or
entities;
(b) Questions concerning the federal securities laws, companies or
firms that the Commission regulates, or other investment-related
questions; and
(c) Tips concerning potential violations of the federal securities
laws.
Investors who submit complaints, ask questions, or provide tips do
so voluntarily. To make it easier for the public to contact the agency
electronically, the Commission created a series of online investor
forms. Investors may access these forms through the SEC Center for
Complaints and Enforcement Tips. The Investor form, asks for the same
information as the Enforcement form, (OMB 3235-0672) but also provides
options to choose to categorize the investor's complaint, and possibly
provide the investor with information about that issue. The investor
will have the opportunity to describe their complaint, and they will be
free to submit it without their name or contact information.
Although the Investor form provides a structured format for
incoming investor correspondence, the Commission does not require that
investors use any particular form or format when contacting the agency.
To the contrary, investors may submit complaints, questions, and tips
through a variety of other means, including telephone, letter,
facsimile, or e-mail.
Approximately 20,000 investors each year voluntarily choose to use
the complaint and question forms. Investors who choose not to use the
Investor Form receive the same level of service as those who do. The
dual purpose of the form is to make it easier for the public to contact
the agency with complaints, questions, tips, or other feedback and to
streamline the workflow of the Commission staff who handle those
contacts.
The Commission has used--and will continue to use--the information
that investors supply on the Investor Form to review and process the
contact (which may, in turn, involve responding to questions,
processing complaints, or, as appropriate, initiating enforcement
investigations), to maintain a record of contacts, to track the volume
of investor complaints, and to analyze trends. Use of the Investor Form
is strictly voluntary. The Investor Form asks investors to provide
information concerning, among other things, their names, how they can
be reached, the names of the individuals or entities involved, the
nature of their complaint, question, or tip, what documents they can
provide, and what, if any, actions they have taken.
The staff of the Commission estimates that the total reporting
burden for using the complaint and question forms is 5,000 hours. The
calculation of this estimate depends on the number of investors who use
the forms each year and the estimated time it takes to complete the
forms: 20,000 respondents x 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours.
The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No
person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 Thomas Bayer, Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA, 22312; or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: April 5, 2011.
Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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