[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8131-8132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03739]


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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 FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Form 2-E under Rule 609; SEC File No. 270-222, OMB Control No. 
3235-0233

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the 
previously approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 609 (17 CFR 230.609) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) requires small business investment

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companies and business development companies that have engaged in 
offerings of securities that are exempt from registration pursuant to 
Regulation E under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.601 to 610a) 
to report semi-annually on Form 2-E (17 CFR 239.201) the progress of 
the offering. The form solicits information such as the dates an 
offering commenced and was completed (if completed), the number of 
shares sold and still being offered, amounts received in the offering, 
and expenses and underwriting discounts incurred in the offering. The 
information provided on Form 2-E assists the staff in monitoring the 
progress of the offering and in determining whether the offering has 
stayed within the limits set for an offering exempt under Regulation E.
    There has not been a Form 2-E filing since calendar year 2010, when 
there was one filing of Form 2-E by one respondent. The Commission has 
previously estimated that the total annual burden associated with 
information collection and Form 2-E preparation and submission is four 
hours per filing. Although there have been no filings made under this 
rule since 2010, we are requesting one annual response and an annual 
burden of one hour for administrative purposes. Estimates of average 
burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act and are not derived from a comprehensive or even 
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and 
forms. The collection of information under rule 609 and Form 2-E is 
mandatory. The information provided under rule 609 and Form 2-E 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.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following website, 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) Pamela Dyson, 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: February 20, 2018.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03739 Filed 2-22-18; 8:45 am]
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