
[Federal Register: July 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 130)]
[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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 607; SEC File No. 270-561; OMB Control No. 3235-0634.

    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'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Regulation E (17 CFR 230.601-230.610a) provides a conditional 
exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) (``Securities Act'') for securities of 
small business investment companies (``SBICs'') and investment 
companies that elect to be treated as business development companies 
(``BDCs''). Regulation E was initially adopted in 1958 and made 
available to SBICs pursuant to Section 3(c) of the Securities Act. 
Section 3(c) of the Securities Act generally permits the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') to add to the securities exempted 
from the Securities Act by Section 3 any class of securities issued by 
an SBIC. In 1984, pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Securities Act, 
Regulation E was amended to permit the availability of the exemption to 
BDCs. Section 3(b) of the Securities Act generally permits the 
Commission to add any class of securities to the securities exempted 
from the Securities Act by Section 3.
    Regulation E allows the exemption of securities issued by an SBIC 
which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 
(``Investment Company Act'') (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) or a closed-end 
investment company that has elected to be regulated as a BDC under the 
Investment Company Act from registration under the Securities Act, so 
long as the aggregate offering price of all securities of the issuer 
that may be sold within a 12-month period does not exceed $5,000,000 
and certain other conditions are met.
    Rule 607 (17 CFR 230.607) entitled, ``Sales material to be filed,'' 
requires that sales material used in connection with securities 
offerings under Regulation E to be filed with the Commission at least 
five days (excluding weekends and holidays) prior to its use. 
Respondents to this collection of information include SBICs and BDCs 
making an offering of securities under Regulation E. Each respondent's 
reporting burden under rule 607 relates to the burden associated with 
filing its sales material electronically. The burden of filing 
electronically, however, is negligible and there have been no filings 
made under this rule, so this collection of information does not impose 
any burden on the industry. However, we are requesting one annual 
response and an annual burden of one hour for administrative purposes. 
The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for purposes of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act and is not derived from a quantitative, 
comprehensive, or even representative survey or study of the burdens 
associated with Commission rules and forms.
    The requirements of this collection of information are mandatory. 
Responses will not be 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 control number.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information to 
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an e-mail to Shagufta 
Ahmed at 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: June 30, 2010.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-16547 Filed 7-7-10; 8:45 am]
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