[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 48456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-15557]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235-0063]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension: Exchange Act Form 10-K
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (``OMB'') this request for an extension of the
previously approved collection of information discussed below. The
Commission also is requesting approval from OMB to designate this
existing collection of information (OMB Control No. 3235-0063) as a
``common form'' for purposes of PRA submissions \1\ because the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System uses this information
collection (under OMB Control No. 7100-0091).
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\1\ See ROCIS PRA Module User Guide v. 8.2, at 110-111 (Mar.
2024), available at https://www.rocis.gov/rocis/viewResources.do
(``A `common form' is an information collection that can be used by
two or more agencies, or government-wide, for the same purpose. The
Common Forms Module [in ROCIS] allows a `host' agency to obtain
[OMB] approval of an information collection for use by one or more
`using' agencies. After OMB grants approval, any prospective using
agency that seeks to collect identical information for the same
purpose can obtain approval to use the `common form' by providing
its agency-specific information to OMB (e.g., burden estimates and
number of respondents). . . . The host agency will indicate in the
Federal Registernotices that it is requesting approval of a common
form and, if known, identify other agencies that may use the
information collection. Both the Federal Registernotices and the ICR
should account only for the burden imposed by the host agency's use
of the common form. Once the host agency has received approval from
OMB, any agency will be able to request OMB approval for its use of
the common form in ROCIS by providing its agency specific
information to OMB (e.g., burden estimates and number of
respondents). Additional public notice by those agencies will not be
required.'').
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Form 10-K (17 CFR 249.310) is filed by issuers of securities to
satisfy their annual reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)).
The information provided by Form 10-K is intended to ensure the
adequacy of information available to investors and securities markets
about an issuer. The information required by Form 10-K is mandatory,
and Form 10-K filings are publicly available on the Commission's
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (``EDGAR'') system.
We estimate that Form 10-K is filed once per year by approximately
6,740 respondents, for a total of approximately 6,740 responses
annually. We estimate that respondents incur 1,695.2 burden hours per
Form 10-K response, for a total annual reporting burden of 11,425,648
hours (1,695.2 burden hours per response x 6,740 responses). We
estimate that respondents incur $334,438.81 cost burden per Form 10-K
response, for a total annual cost burden of $2,254,117,579 ($334,438.81
cost burden per response x 6,740 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 and comment on this information collection
request at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202605-3235-002 or send an email comment to
[email protected] within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice by August 31, 2026.
Dated: July 29, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-15557 Filed 7-30-26; 8:45 am]
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