E7-19549. 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

Existing Collection; New OMB Control No.:

Rule 607, SEC File No. 270-568, OMB Control No. 3235-xxxx

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 (“OMB”) a request for approval of the collection of information discussed below.

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 (17 CFR 230.601 to 610a) to be filed with the Commission at least five days (excluding weekends and holidays) prior to its use.^[1] Regulation E allows the exemption of securities issued by a small business investment company (“SBIC”) which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) or a closed-end investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.), 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. Commission staff reviews sales material filed under rule 607 for materially misleading statements and omissions. The requirements of rule 607 are designed for investor protection.

Respondents to this collection of information include SBICs and BDCs making an offering of securities pursuant to Regulation E. Each respondent's reporting burden under rule 607 relates to the burden associated with filing its sales material electronically. The burden of filing electronically, however, is negligible and there have been no filings made under this rule, so this collection of information does not impose any burden on the industry. However, we are requesting one annual response and an annual burden of one hour for administrative purposes. The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is not derived from a quantitative, comprehensive, or even representative survey or study of the burdens associated with Commission rules and forms.

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.

General 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 e-mail to: [e-mail]; 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: [e-mail]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: September 27, 2007.

Florence E. Harmon,

Deputy Secretary.

Footnotes

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.