[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32709]
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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:
Rule 15c2-8, SEC File No. 270-421, OMB Control No. 3235-0481
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 extension of the previously approved
collection of information discussed below.
Rule 15c2-8 Delivery of Prospectus
Rule 15c2-8 requires broker-dealers to delivery preliminary or
final prospectuses to specified persons in association with securities
offerings. This requirement ensures that information concerning issuers
flows to purchasers of the issuers' securities in a timely fashion.
There are approximately 8,500 broker-dealer, any of which potentially
may participate in an offering subject to Rule 15c2-8. The Commission
estimates that Rule 15c2-8 creates approximately 50,000 burden hours
with respect to 650 initial public offerings and 1,750 other offerings.
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; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate
Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 450th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. Comments
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: December 7, 1999.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32709 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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