Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 24405-24406 [2017-10793]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 101 / Friday, May 26, 2017 / Notices Dated: May 23, 2017. Eduard A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request [FR Doc. 2017–10892 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736. Extension: Form S–4. SEC File No. 270–287, OMB Control No. 3235–0324. 19:14 May 25, 2017 Jkt 241001 [SEC File No. 270–456, OMB Control No. 3235–0515] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below. Form S–4 (17 CFR 239.25) is the form used for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) of securities issued in business combination transactions. The information collected is intended to ensure the adequacy of information available to investors in connection with business combination transactions. Form S–4 is a public document and all information provided is mandatory. Form S–4 takes approximately 4,099.68 hours per response to prepare and is filed by 551 registrants annually. We estimate that 25% of the 4,099.68 hours per response (1,024.92 hours) is prepared by the registrant for an annual reporting burden of 564,731 hours (1,024.92 hours per response × 551 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, 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) Pamela Dyson, Director/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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736. Extension: Schedule TO; SEC File No. 270–456, OMB Control No. 3235–0515. 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 the request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below. Schedule TO (17 CFR 240.14d–100) must be filed by a reporting company that makes a tender offer for its own securities. Also, persons other than the reporting company making a tender offer for equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78l) (which offer, if consummated, would cause that person to own over 5% of that class of the securities) must file a Schedule TO. The purpose of Schedule TO is to improve communications between public companies and investors before companies file registration statements involving tender offer statements. This information is made available to the public. The information provided on Schedule TO is mandatory. Schedule TO takes approximately 43.5 hours per response and is filed by approximately 1,378 issuers annually. We estimate that 50% of the 43.5 hours per response (21.75 hours) is prepared by the issuer for an annual reporting burden of 29,972 hours (21.75 hours per response × 1,378 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, www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24405 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) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 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: May 23, 2017. Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–10893 Filed 5–25–17; 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: Rule 482; SEC File No. 270–508, OMB Control No. 3235–0565 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), 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. Like most issuers of securities, when an investment company (‘‘fund’’) 1 offers its shares to the public, its promotional efforts become subject to the advertising restrictions of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77) (the ‘‘Securities Act’’). In recognition of the particular problems faced by funds that continually offer securities and wish to advertise their securities, the Commission has previously adopted advertising safe harbor rules. The most important of these is rule 482 (17 CFR 230.482) under the Securities Act, which, under certain circumstances, permits funds to advertise investment performance data, 1 ‘‘Investment company’’ refers to both investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Investment Company Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) and business development companies. E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1 24406 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 101 / Friday, May 26, 2017 / Notices as well as other information. Rule 482 advertisements are deemed to be ‘‘prospectuses’’ under Section 10(b) of the Securities Act.2 Rule 482 contains certain requirements regarding the disclosure that funds are required to provide in qualifying advertisements. These requirements are intended to encourage the provision to investors of information that is balanced and informative, particularly in the area of investment performance. For example, a fund is required to include disclosure advising investors to consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses, and other information described in the fund’s prospectus, and highlighting the availability of the fund’s prospectus and, if applicable, its summary prospectus. In addition, rule 482 advertisements that include performance data of open-end funds or insurance company separate accounts offering variable annuity contracts are required to include certain standardized performance information, information about any sales loads or other nonrecurring fees, and a legend warning that past performance does not guarantee future results. Such funds including performance information in rule 482 advertisements are also required to make available to investors month-end performance figures via Web site disclosure or by a toll-free telephone number, and to disclose the availability of the month-end performance data in the advertisement. The rule also sets forth requirements regarding the prominence of certain disclosures, requirements regarding advertisements that make tax representations, requirements regarding advertisements used prior to the effectiveness of the fund’s registration statement, requirements regarding the timeliness of performance data, and certain required disclosures by money market funds. Rule 482 advertisements must be filed with the Commission or, in the alternative, with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’).3 This information collection differs from many other federal information collections that are primarily for the use and benefit of the collecting agency. Rule 482 contains requirements that are intended to encourage the provision to investors of information that is balanced and informative, particularly 2 15 U.S.C. 77j(b). 3 See rule 24b–3 under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 270.24b–3), which provides that any sales material, including rule 482 advertisements, shall be deemed filed with the Commission for purposes of Section 24(b) of the Investment Company Act upon filing with FINRA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:14 May 25, 2017 Jkt 241001 in the area of investment performance. The Commission is concerned that in the absence of such provisions fund investors may be misled by deceptive rule 482 advertisements and may rely on less-than-adequate information when determining in which funds they should invest money. As a result, the Commission believes it is beneficial for funds to provide investors with balanced information in fund advertisements in order to allow investors to make better-informed decisions. The Commission estimates that 53,907 4 responses to rule 482 are filed annually by 3,278 investment companies offering approximately 15,494 portfolios, or approximately 3.5 responses per portfolio annually.5 The burden associated with rule 482 is presently estimated to be 5.16 hours per response. The annual hourly burden is therefore approximately 278,161 hours.6 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 and forms. The provision of information under rule 482 is necessary to obtain the benefits of the safe harbor offered by the rule. The information provided under rule 482 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 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) Pamela Dyson, Director/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. 4 This estimated number of responses to rule 482 is composed of 53,746 responses filed with FINRA and 161 responses filed with the Commission in 2016. 5 53,907 responses ÷ 15,494 portfolios = 3.5 responses per portfolio. 6 53,907 responses × 5.16 hours per response = 278,161 hours. PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: May 19, 2017. Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–10793 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Investment Company Act Release No. 32641; 812-14707] TICC Capital Corp., et al. May 19, 2017 Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the Act permitting certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and under rule 17d–1 under the Act. Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain closed-end management investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each other and with affiliated investment funds. Applicants: TICC Capital Corp. (‘‘TICC’’), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (‘‘OXLC’’ and together with TICC, the ‘‘Existing Regulated Funds’’), TICC Management, LLC (‘‘TICC Adviser’’) on behalf of itself and its successors,1 Oxford Lane Management, LLC (‘‘OXLC Adviser’’), Oxford Bridge, LLC (the ‘‘Private Fund’’), and Oxford Bridge Management, LLC (the ‘‘Private Fund Adviser’’). Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 13, 2016, and amended on February 7, 2017 and May 12, 2017. Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission’s Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on June 13, 2017, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a 1 The term ‘‘successor,’’ as applied to each Adviser (as defined below), means an entity that results from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or change in the type of business organization. E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10793]


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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:
    Rule 482; SEC File No. 270-508, OMB Control No. 3235-0565

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``Paperwork Reduction Act''), 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.
    Like most issuers of securities, when an investment company 
(``fund'') \1\ offers its shares to the public, its promotional efforts 
become subject to the advertising restrictions of the Securities Act of 
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77) (the ``Securities Act''). In recognition of the 
particular problems faced by funds that continually offer securities 
and wish to advertise their securities, the Commission has previously 
adopted advertising safe harbor rules. The most important of these is 
rule 482 (17 CFR 230.482) under the Securities Act, which, under 
certain circumstances, permits funds to advertise investment 
performance data,

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as well as other information. Rule 482 advertisements are deemed to be 
``prospectuses'' under Section 10(b) of the Securities Act.\2\
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    \1\ ``Investment company'' refers to both investment companies 
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment 
Company Act'') (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) and business development 
companies.
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 77j(b).
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    Rule 482 contains certain requirements regarding the disclosure 
that funds are required to provide in qualifying advertisements. These 
requirements are intended to encourage the provision to investors of 
information that is balanced and informative, particularly in the area 
of investment performance. For example, a fund is required to include 
disclosure advising investors to consider the fund's investment 
objectives, risks, charges and expenses, and other information 
described in the fund's prospectus, and highlighting the availability 
of the fund's prospectus and, if applicable, its summary prospectus. In 
addition, rule 482 advertisements that include performance data of 
open-end funds or insurance company separate accounts offering variable 
annuity contracts are required to include certain standardized 
performance information, information about any sales loads or other 
nonrecurring fees, and a legend warning that past performance does not 
guarantee future results. Such funds including performance information 
in rule 482 advertisements are also required to make available to 
investors month-end performance figures via Web site disclosure or by a 
toll-free telephone number, and to disclose the availability of the 
month-end performance data in the advertisement. The rule also sets 
forth requirements regarding the prominence of certain disclosures, 
requirements regarding advertisements that make tax representations, 
requirements regarding advertisements used prior to the effectiveness 
of the fund's registration statement, requirements regarding the 
timeliness of performance data, and certain required disclosures by 
money market funds.
    Rule 482 advertisements must be filed with the Commission or, in 
the alternative, with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 
(``FINRA'').\3\ This information collection differs from many other 
federal information collections that are primarily for the use and 
benefit of the collecting agency.
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    \3\ See rule 24b-3 under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 
270.24b-3), which provides that any sales material, including rule 
482 advertisements, shall be deemed filed with the Commission for 
purposes of Section 24(b) of the Investment Company Act upon filing 
with FINRA.
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    Rule 482 contains requirements that are intended to encourage the 
provision to investors of information that is balanced and informative, 
particularly in the area of investment performance. The Commission is 
concerned that in the absence of such provisions fund investors may be 
misled by deceptive rule 482 advertisements and may rely on less-than-
adequate information when determining in which funds they should invest 
money. As a result, the Commission believes it is beneficial for funds 
to provide investors with balanced information in fund advertisements 
in order to allow investors to make better-informed decisions.
    The Commission estimates that 53,907 \4\ responses to rule 482 are 
filed annually by 3,278 investment companies offering approximately 
15,494 portfolios, or approximately 3.5 responses per portfolio 
annually.\5\ The burden associated with rule 482 is presently estimated 
to be 5.16 hours per response. The annual hourly burden is therefore 
approximately 278,161 hours.\6\
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    \4\ This estimated number of responses to rule 482 is composed 
of 53,746 responses filed with FINRA and 161 responses filed with 
the Commission in 2016.
    \5\ 53,907 responses / 15,494 portfolios = 3.5 responses per 
portfolio.
    \6\ 53,907 responses x 5.16 hours per response = 278,161 hours.
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    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 and forms. The provision of information under rule 482 
is necessary to obtain the benefits of the safe harbor offered by the 
rule. The information provided under rule 482 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 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) Pamela Dyson, Director/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: May 19, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-10793 Filed 5-25-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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