Form F-1 under the Securities Act is used by foreign private issuers who are not eligible to use other forms to register offerings of their securities.
The amendments in Release No. 33-9245 remove references to credit ratings and replace them with alternate criteria. The decrease in the burden associated with Form F-1 is the result of an estimate that when the rule proposal is adopted, certain issuers currently eligible to use Form F-1 would become eligible to use Form F-3 and will file on Form F-3 instead of Form F-1. As a result, the number of respondents for Form F-1 is expected to decrease. We estimate that the amendments would result in an annutal decrease of time burden of 452 hours and a decrease in the cost burden of $541,843 for services of outside professionals.
$50,000
No
No
No
Yes
No
Uncollected
Blair Petrillo 202 551-3430
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.