[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1665]


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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 Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extensions:
    Form 6-K, OMB Control No. 3235-0116, SEC File No. 270-107.

    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 for extension and approval.
    Form 6-K elicits material information from foreign private issuers 
of publicly traded securities promptly after the occurrence of 
specified or other important corporate events so that investors have 
current information upon which to base investment decisions. The 
purpose of Form 6-K is to ensure that U.S. investors have access to the 
same information that foreign investors do when making investment 
decisions. Form 6-K is filed by approximately 14,661 issuers annually. 
We estimate that it takes 8 hours per response to prepare Form 6-K for 
a total annual burden of 117,288 hours. We further estimate that 367 
Forms 6-K each year require an additional 27 hours per response to 
translate into English an additional 8 pages of foreign language text 
for a total of 9,909 additional burden hours, which results in 127,197 
total annual burden hours for Form 6-K. We estimate that respondents 
incur 75% of the 117,288 annual burden hours (87,966 hours) to prepare 
Form 6-K and 25% of the 9,909 burden hours (2,477 hours) to translate 
the additional foreign language text into English for a total annual 
reporting burden of 90,443 hours. The remaining burden hours are 
reflected as a cost to the foreign private issuers.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this 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 
collections 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 comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

    Dated: March 31, 2005.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1665 Filed 4-11-05; 8:45 am]
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