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date of a report prepared pursuant to the 

rule. The recordkeeping requirement 

under Rule 17Ad–13 is mandatory to 

assist the Commission and other 

regulatory agencies with monitoring 

transfer agents and ensuring compliance 

with the rule. This rule does not involve 

the collection of confidential 

information. Please note that 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. 

General comments regarding the 

estimated burden hours 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 or by 

sending an e-mail to: 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. 

Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, 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 7, 2007. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4898 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon written request copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: Rule 17Ad–2(c),(d), and (h), SEC 

File No. 270–149, OMB Control No. 

3235–0130. 

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. 

• Rule 17Ad–2(c), (d), and (h)—

Transfer Agent Turnaround, Processing 

and Forwarding Requirements 

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.), enumerate the 

requirements with which 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. 

While it is estimated there are 740 

transfer agents, approximately ten 

notices pursuant to 17Ad-2(c), (d), and 

(h) are filed annually. The estimated 

annual cost to 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); (b) the summary 

fashion that such information must be 

presented in the notice (most notices are 

one page or less in length); and (c) the 

experience of the staff regarding the 

notices, the Commission staff estimates 

that, on average, most notices require 

approximately one-half hour to prepare. 

The Commission staff estimates that 

transfer agents spend an average of five 

hours per year complying with the rule. 

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. Please note 

that 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. Persons should note 

that 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. 

General comments regarding the 

estimated burden hours 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, or by 

sending an e-mail to: 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. 

Corey Booth, 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 7, 2007. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold the following meetings during 

the week of March 19, 2007: 

An Open Meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the 

Auditorium, Room L–002, and a Closed 

Meeting will be held Wednesday, March 21, 

2007 at 2 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsels to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), 9(B) and 

(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a) (3), (5), (6), 

(7), 9(ii) and (10) permit consideration 

of the scheduled matters at the Closed 

Meeting. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meeting in a closed session. 

The subject matter of the Open 

Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

March 21, 2007 will be: 

The Commission will consider whether to 

adopt a new rule that will enable a foreign 

private issuer meeting specified conditions to 

terminate its Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

registration and reporting obligations under 

Section 12(g) regarding a class of equity 

securities and its Section 15(d) reporting 

obligations regarding a class of equity or debt 

securities. The Commission will also 

consider whether to adopt a rule amendment 

that will apply the exemption from Exchange 

Act registration under Rule 12g3–2(b) to a 

class of equity securities immediately upon 

the effective date of the issuer’s termination 

of registration and reporting obligations 

under the new exit rule. 

The subject matter of the Closed 

Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

March 21, 2007 will be: 


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