[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56301-56302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25643]


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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 FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 489 and Form F-N, SEC File No. 270-361, OMB Control No. 
3235-0411

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``Paperwork Reduction Act''), the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for 
extension of the previously approved collection of information 
discussed below.
    Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign insurance 
companies and holding companies and finance subsidiaries of foreign 
banks and foreign insurance companies that are exempted from the 
definition of ``investment company'' by virtue of rules 3a-1 (17 CFR 
270.3a-1), 3a-5 (17 CFR 270.3a-5), and 3a-6 (17 CFR 270.3a-6) under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) to file Form 
F-N (17 CFR 239.43) to appoint an agent for service of process when 
making a public offering of securities in the United States. The 
information is collected so that the Commission and private plaintiffs 
may serve process on foreign entities in actions and administrative 
proceedings arising out of or based on the offer or sales of securities 
in the United States by such foreign entities.
    The Commission received an average of 30 Form F-N filings from 22 
unique filers each year for the last three years (2014-2016). The 
Commission has previously estimated that the total annual burden 
associated with information collection and Form F-N preparation and 
submission is one hour per filing. Based on the Commission's experience 
with disclosure documents generally, the Commission continues to

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believe that this estimate is appropriate. Thus the estimated total 
annual burden for rule 489 and Form F-N is 30 hours.\1\
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    \1\ 30 responses per year x 1 hour per response = 30 hours per 
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    Estimates of the 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. Compliance with the collection of 
information requirements of rule 489 and Form F-N is mandatory to 
obtain the benefit of the exemption. Responses to the collection of 
information 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 OMB control number.
    The public may view the 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, 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: 
[email protected]; 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 send an email 
to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 
days of this notice.

    Dated: November 22, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25643 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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