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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

          - [SEC File No. 270-363, OMB Control No. 3235-0413]

*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.*) (`PRA”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) a request for approval of extension of the existing collection of information provided for in Rule 17Ad-16 (17 CFR 240.17Ad-16) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a*et seq.*).                

Rule 17Ad-16 requires a registered transfer agent to provide written notice to the appropriate qualified registered securities depository when assuming or terminating transfer agent services on behalf of an issuer or when changing its name or address. In addition, transfer agents that provide such notice shall maintain such notice for a period of at least two years in an easily accessible place. This rule addresses the problem of certificate transfer delays caused by transfer requests that are directed to the wrong transfer agent or the wrong address.

We estimate that the transfer agent industry submits approximately 15,917 Rule 17Ad-16 notices to appropriate qualified registered securities depositories. The staff estimates that the average amount of time necessary to create and submit each notice is approximately 15 minutes per notice. Accordingly, the estimated total industry burden is 3,979.25 hours per year (15 minutes multiplied by 15,917 notices filed annually).

                    Because the information needed by transfer agents to properly notify the appropriate registered securities depository is readily available to them and the report is simple and straightforward, the cost is relatively minimal. The average internal compliance cost to prepare and send a notice is approximately $86 (15 minutes at $344 per hour).[1]                                          This yields an industry-wide internal compliance cost estimate of $1,368,862 (15,917 notices multiplied by $86 per notice).                

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.

                    The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following website: >                    *www.reginfo.gov*                    <. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by August 11, 2022 to (i) >                    *MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov*                    < and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to:                     *PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.*

Dated: July 6, 2022.

J. Matthew DeLesDernier,

Assistant Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                             The estimated hourly wages used in this analysis were derived from reports prepared by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.                         *See*                         Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Office Salaries in the Securities Industry—2022 (2022), modified to account for an 1800-hour work year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead.                    
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[FR Doc. 2022-14747 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]

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