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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20509]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-54 OMB Control No. 3235-0056]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revisions; Form 8-A

    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, 
Washington, DC 20459.
    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 requests for approval of revisions to the following form:
    Form 8-A is the special form for the registration of additional 
classes or series of securities by an issuer that is required to file 
reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (``Exchange Act''). Form 8-A does not require as detailed 
disclosure about the issuer's business as other Exchange Act 
registration forms because it presupposes that more detailed 
information is or will be available through periodic reports pursuant 
to Sections 13 or 15(d). The form currently contains a disclosure of 
information concerning the particular class of securities being 
registered. This information may be provided by incorporation by 
reference to a comparable description contained in any other filing 
with the Commission. The Commission believes this information is 
essential to a determination by an investor of the merits of the 
security.
    The principal function of Commission rules and forms under the 
securities laws disclosure provisions is to make information available 
to the securities markets. Private contractors reproduce much of the 
filed information directly from the Commission's public files. Thus, 
information in filings on Form 8-A can be, and is, used by security 
holders, investors, brokers, dealers, investment banking firms, 
professional securities analysts and others in evaluating securities 
and making investment and voting decisions with respect to them. In 
addition, all investors benefit indirectly from filings on Form 8-A, as 
direct users of the information in such filings effect transactions in 
securities on the basis of the current information included in such 
filings, thereby causing the market prices of the securities to reflect 
such information.
    On July 18, 1997, the Commission adopted revisions to Form 8-A. As 
a result of these revisions, the Commission estimates that 1,940 
respondents will file Form 8-A for a total annual burden of 13,050 
hours.
    General comments regarding the estimated burden hours should be 
directed to the Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission 
at the address below. Any comments concerning the accuracy of the 
estimated average burden hours for compliance with Commission rules and 
forms should be directed to Michael E. Bartell, Associate Executive 
Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549 and Desk 
Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 22, 1997.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20509 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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