
[Federal Register: March 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 56)]
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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: Schedule TO, OMB Control No. 3235-0515, SEC File No. 270-
456.

    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.
    Schedule TO (17 CFR 240.14d-100) must be filed by a reporting 
company that makes a tender offer for its own securities. Also, persons 
other than the reporting company making a tender offer for equity 
securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 
78l ) (which offer, if consummated, would cause that person to own over 
5% of that class of the securities) must file Schedule TO. The purpose 
of Schedule TO is to improve communications between public companies 
and investors before companies file registration statements involving 
tender offer statements. This information is made available to the 
public. The information provided on Schedule TO is mandatory. Schedule 
TO takes approximately 43.5 hours per response and is filed by 
approximately 2,500 issuers annually. We estimate that 50% of the 43.5 
hours per response (21.75 hours) is prepared by the issuer for an 
annual reporting burden of 54,375 hours (21.75 hours per response x 
2,500 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 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 send an e-mail to Alexander--T.--
Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley Martinson, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an e-mail 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 
days of this notice.

    Dated: March 13, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-5679 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
