[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40408-40409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3710]


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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 236; OMB Control No. 3235-0095; SEC File No. 270-
118.

    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.
    Rule 236 under the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities Act'') 
requires issuers choosing to rely on an exemption from Securities Act 
registration for the issuance of fractional shares, scrip certificates 
or order forms, in connection with a stock dividend, stock split, 
reverse stock split, conversion, merger or similar transaction to 
furnish specified information to the Commission in writing at least ten 
days prior to the offering. The information is needed to provide public 
notice that an issuer is relying on the exemption. Public companies are 
the likely respondents. An estimated ten submissions are made pursuant 
to Rule 236 annually, resulting in an estimated annual total burden of 
15 hours. The

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information is needed to establish qualification for reliance on the 
exemption. The information provided by Rule 236 is required to obtain 
or retain benefits. All information provided to the Commission is 
available to the public for review upon request.
    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: July 6, 2005.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-3710 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
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