[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22770]


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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 Filings and Information Services, 
Washington, DC 20549.
    Extension: Form 2-E, Rule 609; SEC File No. 270-222; OMB Control 
No. 3235-0233.
    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 2-E under the Securities Act of 1933, Report of Sales Pursuant 
to Rule 609 of Regulation E; and Rule 609 under the Securities Act of 
1933, Report of Sales.
    Form 2-E [17 CFR 239.201] is used by small business investment 
companies or business development companies engaged in limited 
offerings of securities to report semi-annually the progress of the 
offering, including the number of shares sold. The form solicits 
information such as the dates an offering has commenced and has been 
completed, the number of shares sold and still being offered, amounts 
received in the offering, and expenses and underwriting discounts 
incurred in the offering. This information assists the staff in 
determining whether the issuer has stayed within the limits of an 
offering exemption.
    Form 2-E must be filed semi-annually during an offering and as a 
final report at the completion of the offering. Less frequent filing 
would not allow the Commission to monitor the progress of the limited 
offering in order to ensure that the issuer was not attempting to avoid 
the normal registration provisions of the securities laws.
    There has been on average one filing on Form 2-E during each of the 
last three years. On average, approximately one respondent spends four 
hours collecting information, preparing, and filing a Form 2-E for a 
total annual burden of four hours.
    The estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the 
purposes of the Act and are not derived from a comprehensive or even 
representative survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and 
forms.
    Form 2-E does not involve any recordkeeping requirements. The 
information required by the form is mandatory and the information 
provided will not be kept confidential. The Commission 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.
    General comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate Executive 
Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. Comments must 
be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-22770 Filed 9-5-00; 8:45 am]
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