
[Federal Register: October 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 202)]
[Notices]               
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Form N-8A; File No. 270-135; OMB Control No. 3235-0175]

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon written request, copy available from: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

    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.
    The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (``1940 Act'') (15 
U.S.C.

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80a-1 et seq.), requires investment companies to register with the 
Commission before they conduct any business in interstate commerce. 
Section 8(a) of the 1940 Act provides that an investment company shall 
be deemed to be registered upon receipt by the Commission of a 
notification of registration in such form as the Commission prescribes. 
Form N-8A (17 CFR 274.10) is the form for notification of registration 
that the Commission has adopted under section 8(a). The purpose of such 
notification of registration provided on Form N-8A is to notify the 
Commission of the existence of investment companies required to be 
registered under the 1940 Act and to enable the Commission to 
administer the provisions of the 1940 Act with respect to those 
companies. After an investment company has filed its notification of 
registration under section 8(a), the company is then subject to the 
provisions of the 1940 Act which govern certain aspects of its 
organization and activities, such as the composition of its board of 
directors and the issuance of senior securities. Form N-8A requires an 
investment company to provide its name, state of organization, form of 
organization, classification, the name and address of each investment 
adviser of the investment company, the current value of its total 
assets and certain other information readily available to the 
investment company. If the investment company is filing a registration 
statement as required by Section 8(b) of the 1940 Act concurrently with 
its notification of registration, Form N-8A requires only that the 
registrant file the cover page (giving its name, address and agent for 
service of process) and sign the form in order to effect registration.
    Each year approximately 105 investment companies file a 
notification on Form N-8A, which is required to be filed only once by 
an investment company. The Commission estimates that preparing Form N-
8A requires an investment company to spend approximately 1 hour so that 
the total burden of preparing Form N-8A for all affected investment 
companies is 105 hours. Estimates of average burden hours are made 
solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and are not 
derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study 
of the costs of Commission rules and forms.
    The collection of information on Form N-8A is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8A is not kept confidential. 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.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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 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 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.

    Dated: October 14, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25206 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]

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