OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Pursuant to
5 CFR 1320.11(c), OMB files this comment on this information
collection request (ICR). The agency shall examine public comment
in response to the NPRM and will describe in the supporting
statement of its next collection any public comments received
regarding the collection as well as why (or why it did not)
incorporate the commenter’s recommendation. The next submission to
OMB must include the draft final rule.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2022
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2022
5,586
0
5,586
551,101
0
551,101
73,480,012
0
73,480,012
Schedule 14A is filed by issuers of
securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 in connection with solicitation of a proxy.
The proposed amendments in
Release No. 34-87457 would establish new disclosure and procedural
requirements for persons that provide proxy voting advice. The
amendments are intended to help ensure that proxy voting advice
used by investors and others who vote on investors’ behalf is
complete, accurate, and transparent. If adopted, the proposed
changes would amend Exchange Act Rule 14a-2(b), which provides
certain exemptions from the proxy rules’ filing and information
requirements. In addition, the proposed changes would amend the
definition of “solicitation” in Exchange Act Rule 14a-1(l) to
clarify that the definition includes proxy voting advice, with
certain exceptions. Finally, the proposed amendments provide
additional illustrative examples to Exchange Act Rule 14a-9, the
proxy rules’ antifraud provision. The Commission anticipates that
the proposed amendments will, in the aggregate, increase the
burdens and costs of affected parties, primarily as a result of
amendments to Rule 14a-2(b). Under the proposed amendments, proxy
voting advice businesses relying on these exemptions would be
subject to the following conditions: • They must include specified
conflicts of interest disclosure in their proxy voting advice; •
Registrants and certain other soliciting persons must be given a
specified opportunity to review proxy voting advice and engage with
the proxy voting advice business before the advice is issued (with
the length of the review period dependent on the number of days
between the date the definitive proxy statement is filed and the
date of the related shareholder meeting); and • Registrants and
certain other soliciting persons may request that proxy voting
advice businesses include in their voting advice a hyperlink or
analogous electronic medium directing the recipient of the advice
to a written statement that sets forth the registrant’s or
soliciting person’s views on the proxy voting advice. For purposes
of its Paper Reduction Act analysis, the Commission estimates that
the proposed amendments to Regulation 14A would result in a net
increase of 16,343 burden hours.
$102,000,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Dan Greenspan 202
551-3623
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.