[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2014-2015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-607]


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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:
    Rule 12g3-2, OMB Control No. 3235-0119, SEC File No. 270-104; 
Rules 7a-15 thru 7a-37, OMB Control No. 3235-0132, SEC File No. 270-
115; Rule 13e-1, OMB Control No. 3235-0305, SEC File No. 270-255.

    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 requests for extension of the previously approved 
collections of information discussed below.
    Rule 12g3-2 (OMB 3235-0119; SEC File No. 270-104) provides an 
exemption from section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for 
foreign private issuers. Rule 12g3-2 is designed to provide investors 
in foreign securities with information about such securities and the 
foreign issuer. All information required by Rule 12g3-2 must be filed 
with the Commission and made available to the public upon request. It 
estimated that 1,800 foreign issuers make submissions pursuant to Rule 
12g3-2 annually and it takes approximately one burden hour per response 
for a total annual burden of 1,800 hours. It is estimated that 100 
percent of the burden is prepared by the filer.
    Rules 7a-15 through 7a-37 (OMB 3235-0132; SEC File No. 270-115) set 
forth the general requirements relating to applications, statements and 
reports that must be filed under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 by 
issuers and trustees qualifying indentures for offerings of debt 
securities. The respondents are persons and entities subject to the 
Trust Indenture Act requirements. Rules 7a-15 through 7a-37 are 
disclosure guidelines and do not directly result in any collection of 
information. The Rules are assigned only one burden hour for 
administrative convenience.
    Rule 13e-1 (OMB 3235-0305; SEC File No. 270-255) makes it unlawful 
for an issuer who has received notice that it is the subject of a 
tender offer made under 14(d)(1) of the Act and which has commenced 
under Rule 14d-2 to purchase any of its equity securities during the 
tender offer unless it first files a statement with the Commission 
containing information required by the Rule. This rule is in keeping 
with the Commission's statutory responsibility to prescribe rules and 
regulations that are necessary for the protection of investors. Public 
companies are the respondents. Rule 13e-1 submissions take 
approximately 10 burden hours to prepare and are filed by 20 
respondents. It is estimated that 25 percent of 200 total burden hours 
(50 hours) is prepared by the company. The remaining 75 percent of the 
total burden is attributed to outside cost.
    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.
    Written 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 10202, New Executive Office 
Building,

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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: January 5, 2004.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-607 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am]
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