[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17198-17199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06764]


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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:
    Rule 701, OMB Control No. 3235-0522, SEC File No. 270-306.

    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 (``OMB'') the request for extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 701(17 CFR 230.701) under the Securities Act of 1933 
(``Securities Act'') (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) provides an exemption for 
certain issuers from the registration requirements of the Securities 
Act for limited offerings and sales of securities issued under 
compensatory benefit plans or contracts. The purpose of Rule 701 is to 
ensure that a basic level of information is available to employees and 
others when substantial amounts of securities are issued in 
compensatory arrangements. Information provided under Rule 701 is 
mandatory. We estimate that approximately 300 companies annually rely 
on the Rule 701 exemption and that it takes 2 hours to prepare each 
response. We estimate that 25% of the 2 hours per response (0.5 hours) 
is prepared by the company for a total annual reporting burden of 150 
hours

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(0.5 hours per response x 300 responses).
    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.
    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, 100 
F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: March 21, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06764 Filed 3-26-14; 8:45 am]
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