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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

*Upon Written Request,**Copies Available From:*                     Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549-0213.                

*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.*), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 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                           ( print page 9708)                        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. During calendar year 2010, approximately 13 entities were required by rule 489 to make 15 Form F-N submissions. 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 believe that this estimate is appropriate. The estimated annual burden of complying with the rule's filing requirement is approximately 15 hours, as some of the entities submitted multiple filings.                

The estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and are not derived from a comprehensive or even representative survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and forms.

The collection of information under Form F-N is mandatory. The information provided by the Form is not 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 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:                     *Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov;*                     and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email to:                     *PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.*                     Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.                

Dated: February 14, 2012.

Kevin M. O'Neill,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2012-3768 Filed 2-16-12; 8:45 am]

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