[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9384-9385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1666]


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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 12f-3; SEC File No. 270-141; OMB Control No. 3235-0249.

    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 requests for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
     Termination or suspension of unlisted trading privileges.
    Rule 12f-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 
``Rule''), which was originally adopted in 1934 pursuant to Sections 
12(f) and 23(a) of the Act, as modified in 1995, prescribes the 
information which must be included in applications for and notices of 
termination or suspension of unlisted trading privileges for a security 
as contemplated in Section 12(f)(4) of the Act. An application must 
provide, among other things, the name of the applicant; a brief 
statement of the applicant's interest in the question of termination or 
suspension of such unlisted trading privileges; the title of the 
security; the name of the issuer; certain information regarding the 
size of the class of security and its recent trading history; and a 
statement

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indicating that the applicant has provided a copy of such application 
to the exchange from which suspension or termination of unlisted 
trading privileges are sought, and to any other exchange on which the 
security is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges.
    The information required to be included in applications submitted 
pursuant to Rule 12f-3, is intended to provide the Commission with 
sufficient information to make the necessary findings under the Act to 
terminate or suspend by order the unlisted trading privileges granted a 
security on a national securities exchange. Without the Rule, the 
Commission would be unable to fulfill these statutory responsibilities.
    The burden of complying with Rule 12f-3 arises when a potential 
respondent, having a demonstrable bona fide interest in the question of 
termination or suspension of the unlisted trading privileges of a 
security, determines to seek such termination or suspension. The staff 
estimates that each such application to terminate or suspend unlisted 
trading privileges requires approximately one hour to complete. Thus 
each potential respondent would incur on average one burden hour in 
complying with the Rule.
    The Commission staff estimates that there could be as many as ten 
responses annually and that each respondent's related cost of 
compliance with Rule 12f-3 would be $53.55, or, the cost of one hour of 
professional work needed to complete the application. The total annual 
related reporting costs for all potential respondents, therefore, is 
$535.50 (10 responses x $53.55/response).
    Compliance with the application requirements of Rule 12f-3 is 
mandatory, though the filing of such applications is undertaken 
voluntarily. Rule 12f-3 does not have a record retention requirement 
per se. However, responses made pursuant to Rule 12f-3 are subject to 
the recordkeeping requirements of Rules 17a-3 and 17a-4 of the Act. 
Information received in response to Rule 12f-3 shall not be kept 
confidential; the information collected is public information.
    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: (1) 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 by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to Office of Management and Budget within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: February 16, 2006.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-1666 Filed 2-22-06; 8:45 am]
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