Document ID: SEC-2007-0776-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Posted Date: 2007-06-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 108)]
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[Page 31355]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension: Form F-6; OMB Control No. 3235-0292; SEC File No. 270-
270.

    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.
    The Commission exercised its authority under Section 19 of the 
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) to establish Form F-6 
for registration of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of foreign 
companies. Form F-6 requires disclosure of information regarding the 
terms of the depository bank, fees charged, and a description of the 
ADRs. No special information regarding the foreign company is required 
to be prepared or disclosed, although the foreign company must be one 
which periodically furnishes information to the Commission. The 
information is needed to ensure that investors in ADRs have full 
disclosure of information concerning the deposit agreement and the 
foreign company. Form F-6 takes approximately 1 hour per response to 
prepare and is filed by 150 respondents annually. We estimate that 25% 
of the 1 hour per response (.25 hours) is prepared by the filer for a 
total annual reporting burden of 37.5 hours (.25 hours per response x 
150 responses).
    The information provided on Form F-6 is mandatory to best ensure 
full disclosure of ADRs being issued in the U.S. All information 
provided to the Commission is available for public review upon request.
    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 e-mail to 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and

    (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information Officer, 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: May 30, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10848 Filed 6-5-07; 8:45 am]

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