Document ID: SEC-2010-0841-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2010-06-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 110)]
[Notices]               
[Page 32823-32824]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copy Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Form S-6; SEC File No. 270-181; OMB Control No. 3235-0184.

    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.
    The title for the collection of information is ``Form S-6 (17 CFR 
239.16), for Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of 
Securities of Unit Investment Trusts Registered on Form N-8B-2 (17 CFR 
274.13).'' Form S-6 is a form used for registration under the 
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) (``Securities Act'') of 
securities of any unit investment trust (``UIT'') registered under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) (``Investment 
Company Act'') on Form N-8B-2.\1\ Section 5 of the Securities Act (15 
U.S.C. 77e) requires the filing of a registration statement prior to 
the offer of securities to the public and that the statement be 
effective before any securities are sold. Section 5(b) of the 
Securities Act requires that investors be provided with a prospectus 
containing the information required in a registration statement prior 
to the sale or at the time of confirmation or delivery of the 
securities.
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    \1\ Form N-8B-2 is the form used by UITs other than separate 
accounts that are currently issuing securities, including UITs that 
are issuers of periodic payment plan certificates and UITs of which 
a management investment company is the sponsor or depositor to 
register under the Investment Company Act pursuant to Section 8 
thereof.
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    Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (15 U.S.C. 77j(a)(3)) 
provides that when a prospectus is used more than nine months after the 
effective date of the registration statement, the information therein 
shall be as of a date not more than sixteen months prior to such use. 
As a result, most UITs update their registration statements under the 
Securities Act on an annual basis in order that their sponsors may 
continue to maintain a secondary market in the units. UITs that are 
registered under the Investment Company Act on Form N-8B-2 file post-
effective amendments to their registration statements on Form S-6 in 
order to update their prospectuses.
    The purpose of Form S-6 is to meet the filing and disclosure 
requirements of the Securities Act and to enable filers to provide 
investors with information necessary to evaluate an investment in the 
security. This information collection differs significantly from many 
other federal information collections, which are primarily for the use 
and benefit of the collecting agency. The information required to be 
filed with the Commission permits verification of compliance with 
securities law requirements and assures the public availability and 
dissemination of the information.
    The Commission estimates that there are approximately 938 initial 
registration statements filed on Form S-6 annually and approximately 
1,116 annual post-effective amendments to previously effective 
registration statements filed on Form S-6. The Commission estimates 
that the hour burden for preparing and filing an initial registration 
statement on Form S-6 or for preparing and filing a post-effective 
amendment to a previously effective registration statement filed on 
Form S-6 is 35 hours. Therefore, the total burden of preparing and 
filing Form S-6 for all affected UITs is 71,890 hours.
    The information collection requirements imposed by Form S-6 are 
mandatory. Responses to the collection of information will not be 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.
    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 will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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

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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 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.

    Dated: June 2, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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