Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 131 / Monday, July 9, 2018 / Notices 31801 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, under delegated 

authority. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14662 Filed 7–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–475, OMB Control No. 

3235–0536] 

Proposed Collection; 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: 

Regulation FD 

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’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Regulation FD (17 CFR 243.100 et 

seq.)—Other Disclosure Materials 

requires public disclosure of material 

information from issuers of publicly 

traded securities so that investors have 

current information upon which to base 

investment decisions. The purpose of 

the regulation is to require: (1) An issuer 

that intentionally discloses material 

information, to do so through public 

disclosure, not selective disclosure; and 

(2) to make prompt public disclosure of 

material information that was 

unintentionally selectively disclosed. 

We estimate that approximately 13,000 

issuers make Regulation FD disclosures 

approximately five times a year for a 

total of 58,000 submissions annually, 

not including an estimated 7,000 issuers 

who file Form 8–K to comply with 

Regulation FD. We estimate that it takes 

5 hours per response (58,000 responses 

× 5 hours) for a total burden of 290,000 

hours annually. In addition, we estimate 

that 25% of the 5 hours per response 

(1.25 hours) is prepared by the filer for 

an annual reporting burden of 72,500 

hours (1.25 hours per response × 58,000 

responses). 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden imposed by the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

in writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

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. 

Please direct your written comment to 

Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Candace 

Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: July 3, 2018. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14656 Filed 7–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; 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: 

Form 11–K, SEC File No. 270–101, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0082 

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’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Form 11–K (17 CFR 249.311) is the 

annual report designed for use by 

employee stock purchase, savings and 

similar plans to comply with the 

reporting requirements under Section 

15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act 

of 1934 (the ‘‘Exchange Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 

78o(d)). Section 15(d) establishes a 

periodic reporting obligation for every 

issuer of a class of securities registered 

under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 

‘‘Securities Act’’)(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.). 

Form 11–K provides employees of an 

issuer with financial information so that 

they can assess the performance of the 

investment vehicle or stock plan. Form 

11–K takes approximately 30 burden 

hours per response and is filed by 1,302 

respondents for total of 39,060 burden 

hours (30 hours per response × 1,302 

responses). 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether this proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden imposed by the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

in writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

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. 

Please direct your written comment to 

Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Candace 

Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: July 3, 2018. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14651 Filed 7–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; 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 239; SEC File No. 270–638, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0687. 

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 


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