[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35468-35469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14966]


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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, 450 Fifth 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Extension:
    Rule 489 and Form F-N; SEC File No. 270-361; OMB Control No. 
3235-0411.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995

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(``Act'') (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.
    Rule 489 under the Securities Act of 1933, Filing of Form by 
Foreign Banks and Certain of their Holding Companies and Finance 
Subsidiaries; and Form F-N, Appointment of Agent for Service of Process 
by Foreign Banks and Foreign Insurance Companies and Certain of Their 
Holding Companies and Finance Subsidiaries Making Public Offerings of 
Securities in the United States.
    Rule 489 under the Securities Act of 1933 requires foreign banks 
and foreign insurance companies and holding companies and finance 
subsidiaries of foreign banks and foreign insurance companies that are 
excepted from the definition of ``investment company'' by virtue of 
rules 3a-1, 3a-5, and 3a-6 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to 
file Form F-N to appoint an agent for service of process United States 
when making a public offering of securities. Approximately four 
entities are required by rule 489 to file Form F-N, which is estimated 
to require an average of one hour to complete. The estimated annual 
burden of complying with the rule's filing requirement is approximately 
five hours, as one of the entities has submitted multiple filings.
    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.
    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.
    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, Room 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Kenneth A. Fogash, Acting 
Associate Executive Director/CIO, 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: June 9, 2003.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-14966 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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