[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 85752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28770]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-267, OMB Control No. 3235-0272]


Proposed Collection; 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:
    Rule 11a-2

    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'') 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 for extension and approval.
    Rule 11a-2 (17 CFR 270.11a-2) under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) permits certain registered insurance 
company separate accounts, subject to certain conditions, to make 
exchange offers without prior approval by the Commission of the terms 
of those offers. Rule 11a-2 requires disclosure, in certain 
registration statements filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) of any administrative fee or sales load imposed 
in connection with an exchange offer.
    There are currently 676 registrants governed by Rule 11a-2. The 
Commission includes the estimated burden of complying with the 
information collection required by Rule 11a-2 in the total number of 
burden hours estimated for completing the relevant registration 
statements and reports the burden of Rule 11a-2 in the separate 
Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') submissions for those registration 
statements (see the separate PRA submissions for Form N-3 (17 CFR 
274.11b), Form N-4 (17 CFR 274.11c) and Form N-6 (17 CFR 274.11d). The 
Commission is requesting a burden of one hour for Rule 11a-2 for 
administrative purposes.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the 
purposes of the PRA, and is not derived from a comprehensive or even a 
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules or 
forms. With regard to Rule 11a-2, the Commission includes the estimate 
of burden hours in the total number of burden hours estimated for 
completing the relevant registration statements and reported on the 
separate PRA submissions for those statements (see the separate PRA 
submissions for Form N-3, Form N-4 and Form N-6). The information 
collection requirements imposed by Rule 11a-2 are mandatory. Responses 
to the collection of information will not be kept confidential.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information has practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission'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 David Bottom, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Cynthia 
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549; or send an email to: 
[email protected].

    Dated: December 22, 2020.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28770 Filed 12-28-20; 8:45 am]
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