[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31243]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; 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-8B-4.
    OMB Control No.: 3235-0247, SEC File No. 270-180.

    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'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The
    Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information 
to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and 
approval.
    Form N-8B-4 (17 CFR 274.14) is the form used by face-amount 
certificate companies to comply with the filing and disclosure 
requirements imposed by Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8(b)). Among other items, Form N-8B-4 requires 
disclosure of the following information about the face-amount 
certificate company: Date and form of organization; controlling 
persons; current business and contemplated changes to the company's 
business; investment, borrowing, and lending policies, as well as other 
fundamental policies; securities issued by the company; investment 
adviser; depositaries; management personnel; compensation paid to 
directors, officers, and certain employees; and financial statements. 
The Commission uses the information provided in the collection of 
information to determine compliance with Section 8(b) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940.
    Form N-8B-4 and the burden of compliance have not changed since the 
last approval. Each registrant files Form N-8B-4 for its initial filing 
and does not file post-effective amendments to Form N-8B-4.\1\ 
Commission staff estimates that no respondents will file Form N-8B-4 
each year. There are currently only four existing face-amount 
certificate companies, and none have filed a Form N-8B-4 in many years. 
No new face-amount certificate companies have been established since 
the last OMB information collection approval for this form, which 
occurred in 2011. Accordingly, the staff estimates that, each year, 
zero face-amount certificate companies will file Form N-8B-4, and that 
the total burden for the information collection is zero hours. Although 
Commission staff estimates that there is no hour burden associated with 
Form N-8B-4, the staff is requesting an hour burden of one hour for 
administrative purposes. Estimates of the burden hours are made solely 
for the purposes of the PRA and are not derived from a comprehensive or 
even a representative survey or study of the costs of SEC rules and 
forms.
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    \1\ Pursuant to Section 30(b)(1) of the Act, each respondent 
keeps its registration statement current through the filing of 
periodic reports as required by Section 13 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder. Post-effective 
amendments are filed with the Commission on the face-amount 
certificate company's Form S-1. Hence, respondents only file Form N-
8B-4 for their initial registration statement and not for post-
effective amendments.
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    The information provided on Form N-8B-4 is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8B-4 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 OMB control number.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to Thomas Bayer, Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email 
to: [email protected].

    Dated: December 24, 2013.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-31243 Filed 12-30-13; 8:45 am]
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