73174 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 174 / Monday, September 9, 2024 / Notices 

1According to Commission records, one issuer 

filed two notifications on Form 1–E, together with 

offering circulars, during 2013 and 2014. 

(‘‘SBIC’’) or business development 

company (‘‘BDC’’) uses to notify the 

Commission that it is claiming an 

exemption under Regulation E from 

registering its securities under the 

Securities Act. Rule 605 of Regulation E 

(17 CFR 230.605) under the Securities 

Act requires an SBIC or BDC claiming 

such an exemption to file an offering 

circular with the Commission that must 

also be provided to persons to whom an 

offer is made. Form 1–E requires an 

issuer to provide the names and 

addresses of the issuer, its affiliates, 

directors, officers, and counsel; a 

description of events which would 

make the exemption unavailable; the 

jurisdictions in which the issuer intends 

to offer the securities; information about 

unregistered securities issued or sold by 

the issuer within one year before filing 

the notification on Form 1–E; 

information as to whether the issuer is 

presently offering or contemplating 

offering any other securities; and 

exhibits, including copies of the rule 

605 offering circular and any 

underwriting contracts. 

The Commission uses the information 

provided in the notification on Form 1– 

E and the offering circular to determine 

whether an offering qualifies for the 

exemption under Regulation E. The 

Commission estimates that, each year, 

one issuer files one notification on Form 

1–E, together with offering circulars, 

with the Commission.1 Based on the 

Commission’s experience with 

disclosure documents, we estimate that 

the burden from compliance with Form 

1–E and the offering circular requires 

approximately 100 hours per filing. The 

annual burden hours for compliance 

with Form 1–E and the offering circular 

would be 200 hours (2 responses × 100 

hours per response). Estimates of the 

burden hours are made solely for the 

purposes of the PRA, and are not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

a representative survey or study of the 

costs of SEC rules and forms. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of 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 

by November 8, 2024. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

under the PRA unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Oluwaseun Ajayi, 100 

F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or 

send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@

sec.gov. 

Dated: September 3, 2024. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

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[SEC File No. 270–136, OMB Control No. 

3235–0157] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension: Form N–8F 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

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’’) 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 N–8F (17 CFR 274.218) is the 

form prescribed for use by registered 

investment companies in certain 

circumstances to request orders of the 

Commission declaring that the 

registration of that investment company 

cease to be in effect. The form requests 

information about: (i) the investment 

company’s identity, (ii) the investment 

company’s distributions, (iii) the 

investment company’s assets and 

liabilities, (iv) the events leading to the 

request to deregister, and (v) the 

conclusion of the investment company’s 

business. The information is needed by 

the Commission to determine whether 

an order of deregistration is appropriate. 

The Form takes approximately 5.2 

hours on average to complete. It is 

estimated that approximately 101 

investment companies file Form N–8F 

annually, so the total annual burden for 

the form is estimated to be 

approximately 525 hours. The estimate 

of average burden hours is made solely 

for the purposes of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act and is not derived from 

a comprehensive or even a 

representative survey or study. 

Commission staff continues to believe 

that there is no cost burden for 

completing and filing Form N–8F. 

The collection of information on Form 

N–8F is not mandatory. The information 

provided on Form N–8F 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 OMB control number. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of 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 

by November 8, 2024. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

under the PRA unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Oluwaseun Ajayi, 100 

F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or 

send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@

sec.gov. 

Dated: September 3, 2024. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

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