Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 15 / Monday, January 26, 2009 / Notices 4485 

1A ‘‘statutory prospectus’’ is a prospectus that 

meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 

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

2Sales literature addressed to or intended for 

distribution to prospective investors is deemed filed 

with the Commission for purposes of Section 24(b) 

of the Investment Company Act upon filing with a 

national securities association registered under 

Section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

that has adopted rules providing standards for the 

investment company advertising practices of its 

members and has established and implemented 

procedures to review that advertising. See Rule 

24b–3 under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 

270.24b–3). 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail 

to PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: January 14, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1458 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copy Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 34b–1; File No. 270–305; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0346. 

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 34b–1 under the Investment 

Company Act (17 CFR 270.34b–1) 

governs sales material that accompanies 

or follows the delivery of a statutory 

prospectus (‘‘sales literature’’).1 Rule 

34b–1 deems to be materially 

misleading any investment company 

sales literature required to be filed with 

the Commission by Section 24(b) of the 

Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 

80a–24(b)) 2 that includes performance 

data, unless the sales literature also 

includes the appropriate uniformly 

computed data and the legend 

disclosure required in investment 

company advertisements by rule 482 

under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 

CFR 230.482). Requiring the inclusion 

of such standardized performance data 

in sales literature is designed to prevent 

misleading performance claims by funds 

and to enable investors to make 

meaningful comparisons among fund 

performance claims. 

The Commission estimates that 3,210 

respondents file approximately 13,001 

responses with the Commission that 

include the information required by rule 

34b–1. The burden from rule 34b–1 

requires 2.41 hours per response 

resulting from creating the information 

required under rule 34b–1. The total 

burden hours for rule 34b–1 is 31,332 

per year in the aggregate (13,001 

responses × 2.41 hours per response). 

Estimates of average burden hours are 

made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, and are not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

a representative survey or study of the 

costs of Commission rules and forms. 

The collection of information under 

rule 34b–1 is mandatory. The 

information provided under rule 34b–1 

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. 

Please direct general comments 

regarding the above information to the 

following persons: (i) Desk Officer for 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 

or send an e-mail 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: January 14, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1459 Filed 1–23–09; 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: 

Regulation S–K, OMB Control No. 3235– 

0071, SEC File No. 270–2. 

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 a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Regulation S–K (17 CFR 229.101– 

229.103, 229.201–229.202, 229.301– 

229.308T, 229.401–229.407, 229.501– 

229.512, 229.601, 229.701–229.703, 

229.801–229.802, 229.901–229.915) 

specifies the non-financial disclosure 

requirements applicable to registration 

statements under the Securities Act of 

1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) and 

registration statements under Section 

12, annual and other reports under 

Section 13 and 15(d), going-private 

transaction statements under Section 13, 

tender offer statements under Section 13 

and 14, annual reports to security 

holders and proxy and information 

statements under Section 14 and any 

other documents required to be filed 

under the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l, 78m, 78n, 78o(d)). 

Regulation S–K is assigned one burden 

hour for administrative convenience. 

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, 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: January 14, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1460 Filed 1–23–09; 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