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[Notices]               
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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 Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549

Extension:
    Form 12b-25; SEC File No. 270-71; OMB Control No. 3235-0058

    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 the request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    The purpose of Form 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 is to provide notice to the Commission and the marketplace that a 
public company will be unable to timely file a required periodic 
report. If all filing conditions are met, the company is granted an 
automatic filing extension. The information required is filed on 
occasion and is mandatory. All information is provided to the public 
for review. Publicly held companies file Form 12b-25. Approximately 
7,799 issuers fileForm 12b-25 and it takes approximately 2.5 hours per 
response for a total of 19,498 burden hours.
    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 control number.
    Written comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (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 an e-mail to 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

     Dated: February 6, 2006
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-2099 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010-01-P
