[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25157-25158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10198]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copy Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension:
    Form N-8A, File No. 270-135, OMB Control No. 3235-0175

    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 collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.

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    Form N-8A--Notification of Registration of Investment Companies. 
Form N-8A [17 CFR 274.10] is the form that investment companies file to 
notify the Commission of the existence of active investment companies. 
After an investment company has filed its notification of registration 
under section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 
80a-1 et seq.] (``1940 Act''), the company is then subject to the 
provisions of the 1940 Act which govern certain aspects of its 
organization and activities, such as the composition of its board of 
directors and the issuance of senior securities. Form N-8A requires an 
investment company to provide its name, state of organization, form of 
organization, classification, if it is a management company, the name 
and address of each investment adviser of the investment company, the 
current value of its total assets and certain other information readily 
available to the investment company. If the investment company is 
filing simultaneously its notification of registration and registration 
statement, Form N-8A requires only that the registrant file the cover 
page (giving its name, address and agent for service of process) and 
sign the form in order to effect registration.
    The Commission uses the information provided in the notification on 
Form N-8A to determine the existence of active investment companies and 
to enable the Commission to administer the provisions of the 1940 Act 
with respect to those companies. Each year approximately 263 investment 
companies file a notification on Form N-8A. The Commission estimates 
that preparing Form N-8A requires an investment company to spend 
approximately 1 hour so that the total burden of preparing Form N-8A 
for all affected investment companies is 263 hours. Estimates of 
average burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, and are not derived from a comprehensive or even a 
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and 
forms.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper 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 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 comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

    Dated: April 28, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-10198 Filed 5-4-04; 8:45 am]
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