Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 54757 [2014-21736]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 2014 / Notices Pursuant to this authority, the Commission in 1989 adopted Rule 15a– 6, which was subsequently redesignated as Rule 15g–9, 17 CFR 240.15g–9 (the ‘‘Rule’’). The Rule requires brokerdealers to produce a written suitability determination for, and to obtain a written customer agreement to, certain recommended transactions in penny stocks that are not registered on a national securities exchange, and whose issuers do not meet certain minimum financial standards. The Rule is intended to prevent the indiscriminate use by broker-dealers of fraudulent, high pressure telephone sales campaigns to sell penny stocks to unsophisticated customers. The Commission staff estimates that there are approximately 221 brokerdealers subject to the Rule. The burden of the Rule on a respondent varies widely depending on the frequency with which new customers are solicited. On the average for all respondents, the staff has estimated that respondents process three new customers per week, or approximately 156 new customer suitability determinations per year. We also estimate that a broker-dealer would expend approximately one-half hour per new customer in obtaining, reviewing, and processing (including transmitting to the customer) the information required by Rule 15g–9, and each respondent would consequently spend 78 hours annually (156 customers × .5 hours) obtaining the information required in the rule. We determined, based on the estimate of 221 brokerdealer respondents, that the current annual burden of Rule 15g–9 is 17,238 hours (221 respondents × 78 hours). The broker-dealer must keep the written suitability determination and customer agreement required by the Rule for at least three years. Completing the suitability determination and obtaining the customer agreement in writing is mandatory for broker-dealers who effect transactions in penny stocks and do not qualify for an exemption, but does not involve the collection of confidential information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following Web site: 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:58 Sep 11, 2014 Jkt 232001 or by sending an email to: Shagufta_ Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice. Dated: September 8, 2014. Kevin M. O’Neill, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21732 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736 Extension: Form N–PX; SEC File No. 270–524, OMB Control No. 3235–0582 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 (‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below. The title for the collection of information is ‘‘Form N–PX (17 CFR 274.129) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Annual Report of Proxy Voting Record.’’ Rule 30b1–4 (17 CFR 270.30b1–4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) requires every registered management investment company, other than a small business investment company registered on Form N–5 (‘‘Funds’’), to file Form N–PX not later than August 31 of each year. Funds use Form N–PX to file annual reports with the Commission containing their complete proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30. The Commission estimates that there are approximately 2,500 Funds registered with the Commission, representing approximately 10,000 Fund portfolios, which are required to file Form N–PX.1 The 10,000 portfolios 1 The estimate of 2,500 Funds is based on the number of management investment companies currently registered with the Commission. We estimate, based on data from the Investment Company Institute and other sources, that there are PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 54757 are comprised of 6,200 portfolios holding equity securities and 3,800 portfolios holding no equity securities. The staff estimates that portfolios holding no equity securities require approximately a 0.17 hour burden per response and those holding equity securities require 7.2 hours per response. The overall estimated annual burden is therefore approximately 45,300 hours ((6,200 responses × 7.2 hours per response for equity holding portfolios) + (3,800 responses × 0.17 hours per response for non-equity holding portfolios)). Based on the estimated wage rate, the total cost to the industry of the hour burden for complying with Form N–PX would be approximately $14.5 million. The Commission also estimates that portfolios holding equity securities will bear an external cost burden of $1,000 per portfolio to prepare and update Form N–PX. Based on this estimate, the Commission estimates that the total annualized cost burden for Form N–PX is $6.2 million (6,200 responses × $1,000 per response = $6,200,000). The collection of information under Form N–PX is mandatory. The information provided under the form is not 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 OMB control number. The public may view the background documentation for this information collection at the following Web site, 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 email to: Shagufta_ Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice. Dated: September 8, 2014. Kevin M. O’Neill, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21736 Filed 9–11–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P approximately 5,700 Fund portfolios that invest primarily in equity securities, 500 ‘‘hybrid’’ or bond portfolios that may hold some equity securities, 3,200 bond Funds that hold no equity securities, and 600 money market Funds, for a total of 10,000 portfolios required to file Form N–PX. E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 54757]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Form N-PX; SEC File No. 270-524, OMB Control No. 3235-0582

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    The title for the collection of information is ``Form N-PX (17 CFR 
274.129) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Annual Report of 
Proxy Voting Record.'' Rule 30b1-4 (17 CFR 270.30b1-4) under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) requires every 
registered management investment company, other than a small business 
investment company registered on Form N-5 (``Funds''), to file Form N-
PX not later than August 31 of each year. Funds use Form N-PX to file 
annual reports with the Commission containing their complete proxy 
voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30.
    The Commission estimates that there are approximately 2,500 Funds 
registered with the Commission, representing approximately 10,000 Fund 
portfolios, which are required to file Form N-PX.\1\ The 10,000 
portfolios are comprised of 6,200 portfolios holding equity securities 
and 3,800 portfolios holding no equity securities. The staff estimates 
that portfolios holding no equity securities require approximately a 
0.17 hour burden per response and those holding equity securities 
require 7.2 hours per response. The overall estimated annual burden is 
therefore approximately 45,300 hours ((6,200 responses x 7.2 hours per 
response for equity holding portfolios) + (3,800 responses x 0.17 hours 
per response for non-equity holding portfolios)). Based on the 
estimated wage rate, the total cost to the industry of the hour burden 
for complying with Form N-PX would be approximately $14.5 million.
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    \1\ The estimate of 2,500 Funds is based on the number of 
management investment companies currently registered with the 
Commission. We estimate, based on data from the Investment Company 
Institute and other sources, that there are approximately 5,700 Fund 
portfolios that invest primarily in equity securities, 500 
``hybrid'' or bond portfolios that may hold some equity securities, 
3,200 bond Funds that hold no equity securities, and 600 money 
market Funds, for a total of 10,000 portfolios required to file Form 
N-PX.
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    The Commission also estimates that portfolios holding equity 
securities will bear an external cost burden of $1,000 per portfolio to 
prepare and update Form N-PX. Based on this estimate, the Commission 
estimates that the total annualized cost burden for Form N-PX is $6.2 
million (6,200 responses x $1,000 per response = $6,200,000).
    The collection of information under Form N-PX is mandatory. The 
information provided under the form is not 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 OMB 
control number.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following Web site, 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 email to: 
ShaguftaAhmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email 
to: PRAMailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 8, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21736 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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