[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51808-51809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22029]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request; Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and

[[Page 51809]]

Information Services, Washington, DC 20549.

Extension:
    Schedule 13E-4F, OMB Control No. 3235-0375, SEC File No. 270-
340.
    Form F-X, OMB Control No. 3235-0379, SEC File No. 270-336.
    Form DF, OMB Control No. 3235-0482, SEC File No. 270-430.

    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'') is soliciting comments on the collections of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these 
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget for approval.
    Schedule 13E-4F (OMB Control No. 3235-0375; SEC File No. 270-340) 
may be used by any foreign private issuer if: (1) The issuer is 
incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada; (2) the issuer is 
making a cash tender or exchange offer for the issuer's own securities; 
and (3) less than 40 percent of the class of such issuer's securities 
outstanding that is the subject of the tender offer is held by U.S. 
holders. The information collected must be filed with the Commission 
and is publicly available. We estimate that it takes 2 burden hours to 
prepare Schedule 13E-4F and that the information is filed by 3 
respondents for a total of 6 burden hours.
    Form F-X (OMB Control No. 3235-0379; SEC File No. 270-336) is used 
to appoint an agent for service of process by Canadian issuers 
registering securities on Form F-7, F-8, F-9 or F-10 or filing periodic 
reports on Form 40-F under the Exchange Act. The information collected 
must be filed with the Commission and is publicly available. We 
estimate that it takes 2 hours to prepare and is filed 129 respondents 
for a total of 258 burden hours.
    Form DF (OMB Control No. 3235-0482; SEC File No. 270-430) allows 
registrants to identify a filing that was filed late because of 
electronic filing difficulties in order to preserve the timeliness of 
the filing. The information collected must be filed with the Commission 
and is publicly available. We estimate that it takes 12 minutes to 
prepare and is filed by an estimated 500 respondents for a total annual 
burden of 100 hours.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether these proposed 
collection of information are necessary for the performance of the 
functions of the agency, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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 comment to Kenneth A. Fogash, Acting 
Associate Executive Director/CIO, Office of Information Technology, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20549.

    Dated: August 22, 2003.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-22029 Filed 8-27-03; 8:45 am]
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