Document ID: SEC-2019-1101-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2019-08-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37920-37921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16472]

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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:
    Rule 607, SEC File No. 270-561, OMB Control No. 3235-0747, 
Request for a New OMB Control No.

    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.
    Regulation E (17 CFR 230.601-230.610a) exempts from registration 
under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) (``Securities 
Act'') securities issued by a small business investment company 
(``SBIC'') which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 
(15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) (``Investment Company Act'') or a closed-end 
investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business 
development company (``BDC'') under the Investment Company Act, so long 
as the aggregate offering price of all securities of the issuer that 
may be sold within a 12-month period does not exceed $5,000,000 and 
certain other conditions are met. Rule 607 under Regulation E (17 CFR 
230.607) entitled, ``Sales material to be filed,'' requires sales 
material used in connection with securities offerings under Regulation 
E to be filed with the Commission at least five days (excluding 
weekends and

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holidays) prior to its use.\1\ Commission staff reviews sales material 
filed under rule 607 for materially misleading statements and 
omissions. The requirements of rule 607 are designed to protect 
investors from the use of false or misleading sales material in 
connection with Regulation E offerings.
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    \1\ Sales material includes advertisements, articles or other 
communications to be published in newspapers, magazines, or other 
periodicals; radio and television scripts; and letters, circulars or 
other written communications proposed to be sent given or otherwise 
communicated to more than ten persons.
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    Respondents to this collection of information include SBICs and 
BDCs making an offering of securities pursuant to Regulation E. Two 
filings were submitted to the Commission under rule 607 in 2016, 2017, 
and 2018. Accordingly, we estimate one annual response. Each 
respondent's reporting burden under rule 607 relates to the burden 
associated with filing its sales material electronically, which is 
negligible. For administrative purposes, we estimate an annual burden 
of one hour.
    The requirements of this collection of information are mandatory. 
Responses 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.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following website, 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: 
lindsay.m.abate@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Riddle, Acting Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o 
Candace Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or send an email 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 
days of this notice.

    Dated: July 29, 2019.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16472 Filed 8-1-19; 8:45 am]
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