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be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 14f–1; OMB Control No. 3235–0108; 

SEC File No. 270–127. 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Exchange Act Rule 14f–1 (17 CFR 

240.14f–1) requires a registrant to 

disclose a change in a majority of the 

directors of the registrant. The 

information filed under Rule 14f–1 must 

be filed with the Commission and is 

publicly available. We estimate that it 

takes approximately 18 burden hours to 

provide the information required under 

Rule 14f–1 and that the information is 

filed by approximately 172 respondents 

for a total annual burden of 3,096 hours. 

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. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (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 send an email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; 

and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312; 

or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2637 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 13e–1; OMB Control No. 3235–0305; 

SEC File No. 270–255. 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Rule 13e–1 (17 CFR 240.13e–1) makes 

it unlawful for an issuer who has 

received notice that it is the subject of 

a tender offer made under Section 

14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n(d)(1)) to 

purchase any of its equity securities 

during the tender offer, unless it first 

files a statement with the Commission 

containing information require by the 

Rule. This rule is in keeping with the 

Commission’s statutory responsibility to 

prescribe rules and regulations that are 

necessary for the protection of investors. 

Public companies are the respondents. 

We estimate that it takes approximately 

10 burden hours per response to provide 

the information required under Rule 

13e–1 and that the information is filed 

by approximately 20 respondents. We 

estimate that 25% of the 10 hours per 

response (2.5 hours) is prepared by the 

company for a total annual reporting 

burden of 50 hours (2.5 hours per 

response x 20 responses). 

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. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (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 send an email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; 

and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312; 

or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2636 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Industry Guides; OMB Control No. 3235– 

0069; SEC File No. 270–069. 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collections of information 

discussed below. 

Industries Guides are used by 

registrants in certain industries as 

disclosure guidelines to be followed in 

disclosing information to investors in 

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

and Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) 

registration statements and certain other 

Exchange Act filings. The information 

filed with the Commission using the 

Industry Guides permits verification of 

compliance with securities law 

requirements and assures the public 

availability and dissemination of such 

information. The information required 

by the Industry Guides is filed on 

occasion and is mandatory. All 

information is provided to the public. 

The Commission estimates for 

administrative purposes only that the 

total annual burden with respect to the 

Industry Guides is one hour. The 

Industry Guides do not directly impose 

any disclosure burden. 

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. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1. 

2 17 CFR 242.608. 

3Each participant executed the proposed 

amendment. The Participants are: BATS Exchange, 

Inc.; Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; 

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; 

International Securities Exchange LLC; NASDAQ 

OMX BX, Inc.; NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.; The 

NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; National Stock 

Exchange, Inc.; New York Stock Exchange LLC; 

NYSE Amex, Inc.; and NYSE Arca, Inc. 

4On January 13, 2010, the CTA filed a revised 

transmittal letter indicating, among other technical 

changes, that the Participants also proposed to 

make changes in the names and addresses of certain 

Participants (‘‘Transmittal Letter’’). 5See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787 

(May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (May 20, 1974) 

(declaring the CTA Plan effective); 15009 (July 28, 

1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 7, 1978) (temporarily 

authorizing the CQ Plan); and 16518 (January 22, 

1980), 45 FR 6521 (January 28, 1980) (permanently 

authorizing the CQ Plan). The most recent 

restatement of both Plans was in 1995. The CTA 

Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and 

disseminate last sale price information for nonNASDAQ listed securities, is a ‘‘transaction 

reporting plan’’ under Rule 601 under the Act, 17 

CFR 242.601, and a ‘‘national market system plan’’ 

under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608. The 

CQ Plan, pursuant to which markets collect and 

disseminate bid/ask quotation information for listed 

securities, is also a ‘‘national market system plan’’ 

under Rule 608 under the Act, 17 CFR 242.608. 

the following persons: (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 send an email to Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; 

and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or 

send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2635 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

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–8; OMB Control No. 3235–0378; 

SEC File No. 270–332. 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Form F–8 (17 CFR 239.38) may be 

used to register securities of certain 

Canadian issuers under the Securities 

Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) that 

will be used in an exchange offer or 

business combination. The information 

collected is intended to ensure that the 

information required to be filed by the 

Commission permits verification of 

compliance with securities law 

requirements and assures the public 

availability of such information. The 

information provided is mandatory and 

all information is made available to the 

public upon request. Form F–8 takes 

approximately one hour per response to 

prepare and is filed by approximately 10 

respondents. We estimate that 25% of 

one hour per response (15 minutes) is 

prepared by the company for a total 

annual reporting burden of 3 hours (15 

minutes/60 minutes per response × 10 

responses = 2.5 hours rounded to 3 

hours). 

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. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (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 send an email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; 

and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312; 

or send an e-mail to 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2634 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–61457; File No. SR–CTA/ 

CQ–2009–03] 

Consolidated Tape Association; Notice 

of Filing of the Fifteenth Substantive 

Amendment to the Second 

Restatement of the Consolidated Tape 

Association Plan and Eleventh 

Substantive Amendment to the 

Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan 

February 1, 2010. 

Pursuant to Section 11A of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on November 

2, 2009, the Consolidated Tape 

Association (‘‘CTA’’) Plan and 

Consolidated Quotation (‘‘CQ’’) Plan 

participants (‘‘Participants’’) 3 filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a 

proposal 4 to amend the Second 

Restatement of the CTA Plan and 

Restated CQ Plan (collectively, the 

‘‘Plans’’).5 The proposal represents the 

fifteenth substantive amendment to the 

CTA Plan (‘‘Fifteenth Amendment to the 

CTA Plan’’) and the eleventh substantive 

amendment to the CQ Plan (‘‘Eleventh 

Amendment to the CQ Plan’’), and 

reflects changes unanimously adopted 

by the Participants. The Fifteenth 

Amendment to the CTA Plan and the 

Eleventh Amendment to the CQ Plan 

(‘‘Amendments’’) would amend the 

Plans to provide that the Participants 

pay the Network B Administrator a 

fixed annual fee in exchange for its 

performance of Network B administrator 

functions under the Plans. In addition, 

the Amendments seek to accommodate 

recent changes in names and addresses 

of certain Participants. The Commission 

is publishing this notice to solicit 

comments from interested persons on 

the proposed Amendments. 

I. Rule 608(a) 

A. Description and Purpose of the 

Amendments 

Network Administrator Fees under the 

Plans. Section XII (‘‘Financial Matters’’) 

of the CTA and Section IX (‘‘Financial 

Matters’’) of the CQ Plan each provides 

that a network’s Operating Expenses are 

to be deducted from the network’s Gross 

Income in determining the amounts that 

the network’s administrator distributes 

to the Participants. Section XII(c)(i) 

(‘‘Determination of Operating Expenses’’) 

of the CTA Plan currently provides that 

a CTA network’s Operating Expenses 

include all costs and expenses 

‘‘associated with, relating to, or resulting 

from, the generation, consolidation or 

dissemination of the CTA’s network’s 

last sale price information.’’ Likewise, 

Section IX(c)(i) (‘‘Determination of 

Operating Expenses’’) of the CQ Plan 

currently provide that a network’s 

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