[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68289-68290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30430]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copy Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Form N-5; SEC File No. 270-172; OMB Control No. 3235-0169.

    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.
    Form N-5 (17 CFR 239.24 and 274.5)--Registration Statement of Small 
Business Investment Companies Under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
80a-1 et seq.). Form N-5 is the integrated registration statement form 
adopted by the Commission for use by a small business investment 
company which has been licensed as such under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 and has been notified by the Small Business 
Administration that the company may submit a license application, to 
register its securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities 
Act''), and to register as an investment company under section 8 of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment Company Act''). The 
purpose of registration under the Securities Act is to ensure that 
investors are provided with material information concerning securities 
offered for public sale that will permit investors to make informed 
decisions regarding such securities. The Commission staff reviews the 
registration statements for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure 
contained therein. Without Form N-5, the Commission would be unable to 
carry out the requirements to the Securities Act and Investment Company 
Act for registration of small business investment companies. The 
respondents to the collection of information are small business 
investment companies seeking to register under the Investment

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Company Act and to register their securities for sale to the public 
under the Securities Act. The estimated number of respondents is one 
and the proposed frequency of response is annually. The estimate of the 
total annual reporting burden of the collection of information is 
approximately 352 hours per respondent, for a total annual burden of 
352 hours. Providing the information on Form N-5 is mandatory. 
Responses will not be kept confidential. Estimates of the burden hours 
are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and 
are not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or 
study of the costs of SEC rules and forms. 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 OMB 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: December 16, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-30430 Filed 12-22-09; 8:45 am]
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