[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35316-35317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3118]


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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.

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'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a 
request for extension of the previously approved collection of 
information discussed below.
    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

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information that foreign investors do when making investment decisions. 
Form 6-K is a public document and all information provided is 
mandatory. 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.
    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 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an 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: June 7, 2005.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-3118 Filed 6-16-05; 8:45 am]
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