Document ID: SEC-2014-1568-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 56095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22245]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Form 8-A; SEC File No. 270-54, OMB Control No. 3235-0056.

    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 8-A (17 CFR 249.208a) is a registration statement used to 
register a class of securities under Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l(b) and 78l(g)) 
(``Exchange Act''). Section 12(a) (15 U.S.C. 78l(a)) of the Exchange 
Act makes it unlawful for any member, broker, or dealer to effect any 
transaction in any security (other than an exempted security) on a 
national securities exchange unless such security has been registered 
under the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). Exchange Act Section 
12(b) establishes the registration procedures. Exchange Act Section 
12(g) requires an issuer that is not a bank or bank holding company to 
register a class of equity securities (other than exempted securities) 
within 120 days after its fiscal year end if, on the last day of its 
fiscal year, the issuer has total assets of more than $10 million and 
the class of equity securities is ``held of record'' by either (i) 
2,000 persons, or (ii) 500 persons who are not accredited investors. An 
issuer that is a bank or a bank holding company, must register a class 
of equity securities (other than exempted securities) within 120 days 
after the last day of its first fiscal year ended after the effective 
date of the JOBS Act if, on the last day of its fiscal year, the issuer 
has total assets of more than $10 million and the class of equity 
securities is ``held of record'' by 2,000 or more persons. The 
information must be filed with the Commission on occasion. Form 8-A is 
a public document. Form 8-A takes approximately 3 hours to prepare and 
is filed by approximately 946 respondents for a total annual reporting 
burden of 2,838 hours (3 hours per response x 946 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.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following Web site, www.reginfo.gov . 
Comments should be directed to: (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 by sending an email to: 
ShaguftaAhmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email 
to: PRAMailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 12, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22245 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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