Regulation E is a series of rules that
provides specific exemptions from the registration provisions of
the Securities Act of SBICs and investment companies that elect to
be treated as business development companies ("BDCs"). Companies
wishing to obtain the exemption must notify the Commission of their
interest in claiming the exemption by filing a notification on Form
1-E.
In the last PRA submission, the
Commission estimated 10 responses to the collection of information
annually. Based on this estimate, the Commission determined a total
annual reporting burden of 1000 hours. Since the prior submission,
the Commission estimates that issuers file approximately eight
notifications, together with offering circulars, on Form 1-E with
the Commission annually. Based on a new estimate of eight annual
responses, the Commission estimates that the new total annual
reporting burden estimate would be 800 hours per year in the
aggregate, a decrease of 200 hours. The decrease of 200 in internal
hour burden and is based on a changed estimate of the number of
filings issuers make on Form 1-E (from 10 to eight filings). The
Commission previously estimated that the current annual cost burden
to be $350,000, which is adjusted to a new estimate of $352,000.
The increase of $2,000 in the annual cost burden is based on a
changed estimate of the number of filings issuers make on Form 1-E
(from 10 to eight filings) and an increase in the external cost
burden per filing (from $35,000 to an inflation adjusted
$44,000).
$19,600,000
No
Yes
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Marc Sharma 2025516784
sharmam@sec.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.