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assume that the independent directors
of approximately one-third (1,036) of
those funds would need to make the
required determination in order for their
counsel to meet the definition of
independent legal counsel.8 We
estimate that each of these 1,036 funds
would be required to spend, on average,
0.75 hours annually to comply with the
recordkeeping requirement associated
with this determination, for a total
annual burden of approximately 777
hours. Based on this estimate, the total
annual cost for all funds’ compliance
with this rule is approximately
$168,350. To calculate this total annual
cost, the Commission staff assumed that
approximately two-thirds of the total
annual hour burden (518 hours) would
be incurred by a compliance manager
with an average hourly wage rate of
$292 per hour,9 and one-third of the
annual hour burden (259 hours) would
be incurred by compliance clerk with an
average hourly wage rate of $66 per
hour.10
These burden hour estimates are
based upon the Commission staff’s
experience and discussions with the
fund industry. The estimates of average
burden hours are made solely for the
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction
Act. These estimates are not derived
from a comprehensive or even a
representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules.
Compliance with the collection of
information requirements of the rule is
mandatory and is necessary to comply
with the requirements of the rule in
general. 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
percent (3,108) actually rely on at least one
exemptive rules annually.
8 We assume that the independent directors of the
remaining two-thirds of those funds will choose not
to have counsel, or will rely on counsel who has
not recently represented the fund’s management
organizations or control persons. In both
circumstances, it would not be necessary for the
fund’s independent directors to make a
determination about their counsel’s independence.
9 The estimated hourly wages used in this PRA
analysis were derived from the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association Reports on
Management and Professional Earnings in the
Securities Industry (2013) (modified to account for
an 1800-hour work year and multiplied by 5.35 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead) (adjusted for inflation), and Office
Salaries in the Securities Industry (2013) (modified
to account for an 1800-hour work year and
multiplied by 2.93 to account for bonuses, firm size,
employee benefits and overhead) (adjusted for
inflation).
10 (518 × $292/hour) + (259 × $66/hour) =
$168,350.
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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: November 9, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–24755 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am]
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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–6F; SEC File No. 270–185, OMB
Control No. 3235–0238
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.
The title for the collection of
information is ‘‘Form N–6F (17 CFR
274.15), Notice of Intent to Elect to be
Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940.’’ The
purpose of Form N–6F is to notify the
Commission of a company’s intent to
file a notification of election to become
subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15
U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) (‘‘1940 Act’’).
Certain companies may have to make a
filing with the Commission before they
are ready to elect to be regulated as a
business development company.1 A
company that is excluded from the
definition of ‘‘investment company’’ by
Section 3(c)(1) because it has fewer than
one hundred shareholders and is not
making a public offering of its securities
may lose such an exclusion solely
because it proposes to make a public
offering of securities as a business
development company. Such company,
under certain conditions, would not
lose its exclusion if it notifies the
Commission on Form N–6F of its intent
to make an election to be regulated as
a business development company. The
company only has to file a Form N–6F
once.
The Commission estimates that on
average approximately 12 companies
file these notifications each year. Each
of those companies need only make a
single filing of Form N–6F. The
Commission further estimates that this
information collection imposes burden
of 0.5 hours, resulting in a total annual
PRA burden of 6 hours. Based on the
estimated wage rate, the total cost to the
industry of the hour burden for
complying with Form N–6F would be
approximately $2,070.
The collection of information under
Form N–6F 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) 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: November 9, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–24754 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am]
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company might not be prepared to elect to be
subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act
because its capital structure or management
compensation plan is not yet in compliance with
the requirements of those sections.
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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-6F; SEC File No. 270-185, OMB Control No. 3235-0238
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.
The title for the collection of information is ``Form N-6F (17 CFR
274.15), Notice of Intent to Elect to be Subject to Sections 55 through
65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.'' The purpose of Form N-6F is
to notify the Commission of a company's intent to file a notification
of election to become subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) (``1940
Act''). Certain companies may have to make a filing with the Commission
before they are ready to elect to be regulated as a business
development company.\1\ A company that is excluded from the definition
of ``investment company'' by Section 3(c)(1) because it has fewer than
one hundred shareholders and is not making a public offering of its
securities may lose such an exclusion solely because it proposes to
make a public offering of securities as a business development company.
Such company, under certain conditions, would not lose its exclusion if
it notifies the Commission on Form N-6F of its intent to make an
election to be regulated as a business development company. The company
only has to file a Form N-6F once.
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\1\ A company might not be prepared to elect to be subject to
Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act because its capital structure
or management compensation plan is not yet in compliance with the
requirements of those sections.
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The Commission estimates that on average approximately 12 companies
file these notifications each year. Each of those companies need only
make a single filing of Form N-6F. The Commission further estimates
that this information collection imposes burden of 0.5 hours, resulting
in a total annual PRA burden of 6 hours. Based on the estimated wage
rate, the total cost to the industry of the hour burden for complying
with Form N-6F would be approximately $2,070.
The collection of information under Form N-6F 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) 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: November 9, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-24754 Filed 11-15-17; 8:45 am]
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