[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01075]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; 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 11a-2; SEC File No. 270-267, OMB Control No. 3235-0272.
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 (the ``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.
Rule 11a-2 (17 CFR 270.11a-2) under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) permits certain registered insurance
company separate accounts, subject to certain conditions, to make
exchange offers without prior approval by the Commission of the terms
of those offers. Rule 11a-2 requires disclosure, in certain
registration statements filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) of any administrative fee or sales load imposed
in connection with an exchange offer.
There are currently 652 registrants governed by Rule 11a-2. The
Commission includes the estimated burden of complying with the
information collection required by Rule 11a-2 in the total number of
burden hours estimated for completing the relevant registration
statements and reports the burden of Rule 11a-2 in the separate
Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') submissions for those registration
statements (see the separate PRA submissions for Form N-3 (17 CFR
274.11b), Form N-4 (17 CFR 274.11c) and Form N-6 (17 CFR 274.11d). The
Commission is requesting a burden of one hour for Rule 11a-2 for
administrative purposes.
The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the
purposes of the PRA, and is not derived from a comprehensive or even a
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules or
forms. With regard to Rule 11a-2, the Commission includes the estimate
of burden hours in the total number of burden hours estimated for
completing the relevant registration statements and reported on the
separate PRA submissions for those statements (see the separate PRA
submissions for Form N-3, Form N-4 and Form N-6). The information
collection requirements imposed by Rule 11a-2 are mandatory. Responses
to the collection of information will not be kept confidential.
Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission'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 Pamela Dyson, Acting
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].
Dated: January 16, 2015.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-01075 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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