[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9433-9434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02853]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0120, SEC File No. 270-108]


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 18-K.

    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 this

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request for extension of the previously approved collection of 
information discussed below.
    Form 18-K (17 CFR 249.318) is an annual report form used by foreign 
governments or political subdivisions of foreign governments with 
securities listed on a United States exchange. The information to be 
collected is intended to ensure the adequacy of information available 
to investors in the registration of securities and assures public 
availability. The information provided is mandatory. Form 18-K is a 
public document. We estimate that Form 18-K takes approximately 8 hours 
to prepare and is filed by approximately 40 respondents for a total 
annual reporting burden of 320 hours.
    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.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following Web site, www.reginfo.gov. 
Comments should be directed to: (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 by sending an email to: [email protected]; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: February 4, 2013.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-02853 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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