[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42227-42228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16015]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon written request, copy available from: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension: Form N-5; SEC File No. 270-172; OMB Control No. 3235-
0169.

    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 (``OMB'') requests for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Form N-5--Registration Statement of Small Business Investment 
Companies Under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company 
Act of 1940. Form N-5 is the integrated registration statement form 
adopted by the Commission for use by a small business investment 
company which has been licensed as such under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 and has been notified by the Small Business 
Administration that the company may submit a license application, to 
register its securities under the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. 77a 
et seq.] (``Securities Act''), and to register as an investment company 
under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a-1 
et seq.] (``Investment Company Act''). The purpose of registration 
under the Securities Act is to ensure that investors are provided with 
material information concerning securities offered for public sale that 
will permit investors to make informed decisions regarding such 
securities. The Commission staff reviews the registration statements 
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure contained therein. 
Without Form N-5, the Commission would be unable to carry out the 
requirements to the Securities Act and Investment Company Act for 
registration of small business investment companies. The respondents to 
the collection of information are small business investment companies 
seeking to register under the Investment Company Act and to register 
their securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act. The 
estimated number of respondents is two and the proposed frequency of 
response is annually. The estimate of the total annual reporting burden 
of the collection of information is approximately 352 hours per 
respondent, for a total of 704 hours. Providing the information on Form 
N-5 is mandatory. Responses will not be kept confidential. Estimates of 
the 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 SEC rules and forms. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of

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information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 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, or e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, 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: July 6, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-16015 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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