Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 71 / Thursday, April 12, 2012 / Notices 22005 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8796 Filed 4–11–12; 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 Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Regulation FD, OMB Control No. 3235– 

0536, SEC File No. 270–475. 

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. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an 

email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8795 Filed 4–11–12; 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 Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Form F–9, OMB Control No. 3235–0377, 

SEC File No. 270–333. 

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 Budget for extension and 

approval. 

Form F–9 (17 CFR 239.39) is a 

registration statement under the 

Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 

seq.) that is used to register investment 

grade debt or investment grade preferred 

securities that are offered for cash or in 

connection with an exchange offer and 

are either non-convertible or not 

convertible for a period of at least one 

year from the date of issuance and 

thereafter are only convertible into a 

security of another class of the issuer. 

The purpose of the information 

collection is to permit verification of 

compliance with securities law 

requirements and to assure the public 

availability and dissemination of such 

information. The principal function of 

the Commission’s forms and rules under 

the securities laws’ disclosure 

provisions is to make information 

available to the investors. We estimate 

that Form F–9 takes approximately 25 

hours per response and it is filed by 18 

respondents. We further estimate that 

25% of the 25 hours per response (6.25 

hours) is prepared by the issuer for an 

annual reporting burden of 113 hours 

(6.25 hours per response × 18 

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. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an 

email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8794 Filed 4–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Interagency Statement on Sound Practices, 

OMB Control No. 3235–0622, SEC File 

No. 270–560. 

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 existing collection of information 

provided for in the proposed 

Interagency Statement on Sound 

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