[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18085-18086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07044]


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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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Form S-4, OMB Control No. 3235-0324, SEC File No. 270-287.

    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.
    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 619 registrants annually. We estimate that 25% of the 4,099.68 hours 
per response (1,024.92 hours) is

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prepared by the registrant for an annual reporting burden of 634,425 
hours (1,024.92 hours per response x 619 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 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: [email protected]; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, 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: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: March 25, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-07044 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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