
[Federal Register: March 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 51)]
[Notices]               
[Page 11616-11617]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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:
    Form 12b-25, OMB Control No. 3235-0058, SEC File No. 270-71.

    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 a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    The purpose of Form 12b-25 (17 CFR 240.12b-25) is to provide notice 
to the Commission and the marketplace that a

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public company will be unable to timely file a required periodic or 
transition report pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78a et seq.) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
80a et seq.). If all the filing conditions of the form are met, the 
company is granted an automatic filing extension. The information 
required is filed on occasion and is mandatory. All information is 
available to the public for review. Publicly held companies file Form 
12b-25. Approximately 7,799 registrants file Form 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; and an e-mail to Shagufta_
Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 
Alexandria, VA 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 11, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-5768 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
