[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 244 (Thursday, December 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 77083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29971]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available from: U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549-0213.
Extension: Rule 12a-5, OMB Control No. 3235-79, SEC File No. 270-85.
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 approval of extension of the
existing collection of information provided for in: Rule 12a-5 (17 CFR
240.12a-5) and Form 26 (17 CFR 249.26) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
Section 12(a) of the Exchange Act generally makes it unlawful for
any security to be traded on a national securities exchange unless such
security is registered on the exchange in accordance with the
provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Rule 12a-5 (the ``Rule'') under the Exchange Act and Form 26 (the
``Form'') were adopted by the Commission in 1936 and 1955,
respectively, pursuant to Sections 3(a)(12), 10(b), and 23(a) of the
Exchange Act. Subject to certain conditions, Rule 12a-5 affords a
temporary exemption (generally for up to 120 days) from the
registration requirements of Section 12(a) of the Exchange Act for a
new security when the holders of a security admitted to trading on a
national securities exchange obtain the right (by operation of law or
otherwise) to acquire all or any part of a class of another or
substitute security of the same or another issuer, or an additional
amount of the original security. The purpose of the exemption is to
avoid an interruption of exchange trading to afford time for the issuer
of the new security to list and register it, or for the exchange to
apply for unlisted trading privileges.
Under paragraph (d) of Rule 12a-5, after an exchange has taken
action to admit any security to trading pursuant to the provisions of
the Rule, the exchange is required to file with the Commission a
notification on Form 26. Form 26 provides the Commission with certain
information regarding a security admitted to trading on an exchange
pursuant to Rule 12a-5, including: (1) The name of the exchange, (2)
the name of the issuer, (3) a description of the security, (4) the
date(s) on which the security was or will be admitted to when-issued
and/or regular trading, and (5) a brief description of the transaction
pursuant to which the security was or will be issued.
The Commission generally oversees the national securities
exchanges. This mission requires that, under Section 12(a) of the
Exchange Act specifically, the Commission receive notification of any
securities that are permitted to trade on an exchange pursuant to the
temporary exemption under Rule 12a-5. Without the Rule and the Form,
the Commission would be unable fully to implement these statutory
responsibilities.
There are currently eleven national securities exchanges subject to
Rule 12a-5. The Commission staff estimates that there could be one Form
26 filed every five years. The reporting burdens are not typically
spread evenly among the exchanges. For purposes of this analysis of
burden, however, the Commission staff has assumed that each exchange
files an equal number of Form 26 notifications. Each notification
requires approximately 20 minutes to complete. Accordingly, the
Commission staff estimates the annual aggregate compliance burden for
all respondents in a given year would be approximately 4 minutes (20
minutes/report x .2 reports/year = 4 minutes), and for each respondent
the annual compliance burden would be approximately .36 minutes (4
minutes/respondent / 11 respondents = .36 minutes), or .006 hours.
Based on the most recent available information, the Commission
staff estimates that the cost to respondents of completing a
notification on Form 26 is, on average, $43.23 per response. Therefore,
the Commission staff estimates that the total annual related reporting
cost per respondent is $.86 (.02 responses/respondent/year x $43.23
cost/response), for a total annual related cost to all respondents of
$9.46 ($.86 cost/respondent x 11 respondents).
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.
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 e-mail to:
[email protected]; and (ii) Lewis W. Walker, Acting Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-
mail to [email protected]. Comments must be submitted within 30 days
of this notice.
Dated: December 10, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-29971 Filed 12-17-08; 8:45 am]
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