131205 _ N8B4 _ Short _ Statement

Form N-8B-4 Short Statement
The estimated burden hours associated with preparing and filing registration statements
on Form N-8B-4 have decreased from the current allocation of 171 hours to 1 hour, a decrease of
170 hours. This decrease is due to a decrease in the estimated number of face-amount certificate
companies preparing and filing registration statements on Form N-8B-4 (from 1 to 0 per year).
Although Commission staff estimates that there is no hour burden associated with preparing and
filing Form N-8B-4, the staff is requesting an hour burden of one hour for administrative
purposes.
The estimated cost burden of $9,100 has decreased to $0, a reduction of $9,100. The
decrease in cost burden is due to a decrease in the estimated number of face-amount certificate
companies filing registration statements on Form N-8B-4 (from 1 to 0 per year).