
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 548-549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33213]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-149, OMB Control No. 3235-0130]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736.

Extension: Rule 17Ad-2(c), (d), and (h).

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``PRA''), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the 
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 
17Ad-2(c), (d), and (h), (17 CFR 240.17Ad-2(c), (d), and (h)), under 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Rule 17Ad-2(c),(d) and (h) enumerates the requirements with which 
registered transfer agents must comply to inform the Commission or the 
appropriate regulator of a transfer agent's failure to meet the minimum 
performance standards set by the Commission rule by filing a notice.
    The Commission receives approximately 3 notices a year pursuant to 
Rule 17Ad-2(c), (d), and (h). The estimated annual time burden of these 
filings on respondents is minimal in view of: (a) The readily available 
nature of most of the information required to be included in the notice 
(since that information must be compiled and retained pursuant to other 
Commission rules); and (b) the summary fashion in which such 
information must be presented in the notice (most notices are one page 
or less in length). In light of the above, and based on the experience 
of the staff regarding the notices, the Commission staff estimates 
that, on average, most notices require approximately one-half hour to 
prepare. Thus, the Commission staff estimates that the industry-wide 
total time burden is approximately 1.5 hours.
    The retention period for the recordkeeping requirement under Rule 
17Ad-2(c), (d), and (h) is not less than two years following the date 
the notice is submitted. The recordkeeping requirement under this rule 
is mandatory to assist the Commission in monitoring transfer agents who 
fail to meet the minimum performance standards set by the Commission 
rule. This rule does not involve the collection of confidential 
information. A transfer agent is not required to file under the rule 
unless it does not meet the minimum performance standards for 
turnaround, processing or forwarding items received for transfer during 
a month.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should 
be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission,

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503, or by sending an email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 
Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 30, 2015.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-33213 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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