[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 195 (Friday, October 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24357]


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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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension: Form N-6, SEC File No. 270-446, OMB Control No. 3235-
0503.

    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 (the ``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    The title for the collection of information is ``Form N-6 (17 CFR 
239.17c and 274.11d) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 
seq.) and under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et 
seq.) registration statement of separate accounts organized as unit 
investment trusts that offer variable life insurance policies.'' Form 
N-6 is the form used by insurance company separate accounts organized 
as unit investment trusts that offer variable life insurance contracts 
to register as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 and/or to register their securities under the Securities Act of 
1933. The primary purpose of the registration process is to provide 
disclosure of financial and other information to investors and 
potential investors for the purpose of evaluating an investment in a 
security. Form N-6 also permits separate accounts organized as unit 
investment trusts that offer variable life insurance contracts to 
provide investors with a prospectus containing information required in 
a registration statement prior to the sale or at the time of 
confirmation of delivery of securities.
    The Commission estimates that there are approximately 250 separate 
accounts registered as unit investment trusts and offering variable 
life insurance policies that file registration statements on Form N-6. 
The Commission estimates that there are 95 initial registration 
statements on Form N-6 filed annually. The Commission estimates that 
approximately 813 registration statements (718 post-effective 
amendments plus 95 initial registration statements) are filed on Form 
N-6 annually. The Commission estimates that the hour burden for 
preparing and filing a post-effective amendment on Form N-6 is 67.5 
hours. The total annual hour burden for preparing and filing post-
effective amendments is 48,465 hours (718 post-effective amendments 
annually times 67.5 hours per amendment). The estimated hour burden per 
portfolio for preparing and filing an initial registration statement on 
Form N-6 is 770.25 hours. The estimated annual hour burden for 
preparing and filing initial registration statements is 73,174 hours 
(95 initial registration statements annually times 770.25 hours per 
portfolio for each registration statement). The frequency of response 
is annual. The total annual hour burden for Form N-6, therefore, is 
estimated to be 121,639 hours (48,465 hours for post-effective 
amendments plus 73,174 hours for initial registration statements).
    The information collection requirements imposed by Form N-6 are 
mandatory. Responses to the collection of information will not be kept 
confidential. 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.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information to 
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an e-mail to Shagufta 
Ahmed at [email protected]; and (ii) Charles Boucher, 
Director/CIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-
mail to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 
30 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 5, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-24357 Filed 10-8-09; 8:45 am]
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