[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63986-63987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31616]


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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 Filings and Information Services, 
Washington, DC 20549.
    Extension: Rule 13e-1, SEC File No. 270-255, OMB Control No. 
3235-0305; Rule 12g3-2, SEC File No. 270-104, OMB Control No. 3235-
0119; Trust Indenture: Act Rules, SEC File No. 270-115, OMB Control 
No. 3235-0132.

    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 extension of the previously approved collections of 
information discussed below.
    ``Purchase of Securities by issuer thereof under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934''. Rule 13e-1 under the Exchange Act is designed 
to provide shareholders and the marketplace with relevant information 
concerning issuer repurchases during a tender offer for its securities 
by a third party. Public companies are the respondents. An estimated 20 
respondents will file submissions annually at an estimated 13 hours per 
response for a total annual burden of 260 hours.
    ``Securities Exchange Act of 1934--Rule 12g3-2.'' Rule 12g3-2 
provides an exemption for certain foreign securities. It affects 
approximately 1,800 foreign issuer respondents at an estimated one 
burden hour per response for a total annual burden of 1,800 hours.
    ``Requirements as to Form and Content of Applications, Statements 
and Reports under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.'' Rules 7a-15 
through 7a-37 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (``TIA'') provides 
guidance for complying with requirements under the TIA. Persons and 
entities subject to TIA requirements are the respondents. No 
information collection burdens are imposed directly by these rules so 
they are assigned only one burden hour for administrative convenience.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information

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unless it displays a currently valid control number.
    Written comments regarding the above information 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 3208, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, 
Associate Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20549. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 25, 1997.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-31616 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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