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office of FICC and on DTCC’s website
(http://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rulefilings.aspx). All comments received
will be posted without change. Persons
submitting comments are cautioned that
we do not redact or edit personal
identifying information from comment
submissions.
You should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publicly. All submissions should refer
to File Number SR–FICC–2020–803 and
should be submitted on or before
January 13, 2021.
By the Commission.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:
Rules 8b–1 to 8b–33

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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’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
Rules 8b–1 to 8b–33 (17 CFR 270.8b–
1 to 8b–33) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1
et seq.) (‘‘Investment Company Act’’) set
forth the procedures for preparing and
filing a registration statement under the
Investment Company Act. These
procedures are intended to facilitate the
registration process. These rules
generally do not require respondents to
report information.1
1 Although the rules under Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act are generally procedural
in nature, two of the rules require respondents to
disclose some limited information. Rule 8b–3 (17
CFR 270.8b–3) provides that whenever a
registration form requires the title of securities to
be stated, the registrant must indicate the type and
general character of the securities to be issued. Rule
8b–22 (17 CFR 270.8b–22) provides that if the
existence of control is open to reasonable doubt, the
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The Commission believes that it is
appropriate to estimate the total
respondent burden associated with
preparing each registration statement
form rather than attempt to isolate the
impact of the procedural instructions
under Section 8(b) of the Investment
Company Act, which impose burdens
only in the context of the preparation of
the various registration statement forms.
Accordingly, the Commission is not
submitting a separate burden estimate
for rules 8b–1 through 8b–33, but
instead will include the burden for
these rules in its estimates of burden for
each of the registration forms under the
Investment Company Act. The
Commission is, however, submitting an
hourly burden estimate of one hour for
administrative purposes.
The collection of information under
rules 8b–1 to 8b–33 is mandatory. The
information provided under rules 8b–1
to 8b–33 is not kept confidential. 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 OMB control
number.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
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it must state the material facts pertinent to the
possible existence of control. The information
required by both of these rules is necessary to
insure that investors have clear and complete
information upon which to base an investment
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:
Rule 489 and Form F–N

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act’’), the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et
seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign
insurance companies and holding
companies and finance subsidiaries of
foreign banks and foreign insurance
companies that are exempted from the
definition of ‘‘investment company’’ by
virtue of rules 3a–1 (17 CFR 270.3a–1),
3a–5 (17 CFR 270.3a–5), and 3a–6 (17
CFR 270.3a–6) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1
et seq.) to file Form F–N (17 CFR
239.43) to appoint an agent for service
of process when making a public
offering of securities in the United
States. The information is collected so
that the Commission and private
plaintiffs may serve process on foreign
entities in actions and administrative
proceedings arising out of or based on
the offer or sales of securities in the
United States by such foreign entities.
The Commission received an average
of 27 Form F–N filings from 18 unique
filers each year for the last three years
(2017–2019). The Commission has
previously estimated that the total
annual burden associated with
information collection and Form F–N
preparation and submission is one hour
per filing. Based on the Commission’s
experience with disclosure documents
generally, the Commission continues to
believe that this estimate is appropriate.
Thus the estimated total annual burden
for rule 489 and Form F–N is 27 hours.1
Estimates of average burden hours are
made solely for the purposes of the
1 27 responses × 1 hour per response = 27 hours
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Paperwork Reduction Act and are not
derived from a comprehensive or even
representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules and forms.
Compliance with the collection of
information requirements of rule 489
and Form F–N is mandatory to obtain
the benefit of the exemption. Responses
to the collection of information will not
be kept confidential. 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 OMB control number.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:
Rule 11a–2

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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
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summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Rule 11a–2 (17 CFR 270.11a–2) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) permits certain
registered insurance company separate
accounts, subject to certain conditions,
to make exchange offers without prior
approval by the Commission of the
terms of those offers. Rule 11a–2
requires disclosure, in certain
registration statements filed pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
et seq.) of any administrative fee or sales
load imposed in connection with an
exchange offer.
There are currently 676 registrants
governed by Rule 11a–2. The
Commission includes the estimated
burden of complying with the
information collection required by Rule
11a–2 in the total number of burden
hours estimated for completing the
relevant registration statements and
reports the burden of Rule 11a–2 in the
separate Paperwork Reduction Act
(‘‘PRA’’) submissions for those
registration statements (see the separate
PRA submissions for Form N–3 (17 CFR
274.11b), Form N–4 (17 CFR 274.11c)
and Form N–6 (17 CFR 274.11d). The
Commission is requesting a burden of
one hour for Rule 11a–2 for
administrative purposes.
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
PRA, and is not derived from a
comprehensive or even a representative
survey or study of the costs of
Commission rules or forms. With regard
to Rule 11a–2, the Commission includes
the estimate of burden hours in the total
number of burden hours estimated for
completing the relevant registration
statements and reported on the separate
PRA submissions for those statements
(see the separate PRA submissions for
Form N–3, Form N–4 and Form N–6).
The information collection requirements
imposed by Rule 11a–2 are mandatory.
Responses to the collection of
information will not be kept
confidential.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of a
Proposed Rule Change To Add
Options on the Mini-Russell 2000 Index
(‘‘Mini-RUT’’ or ‘‘MRUT’’) to Its P.M.
Pilot Program
December 21, 2020.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on December
18, 2020, Cboe Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been prepared by the Exchange.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’
or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) proposes to add
options on the Mini-Russell 2000 Index
(‘‘Mini-RUT’’ or ‘‘MRUT’’) to its P.M.
Pilot Program. The text of the proposed
rule change is provided in Exhibit 5.
The text of the proposed rule change
is also available on the Exchange’s
website (http://www.cboe.com/
AboutCBOE/CBOELegal
RegulatoryHome.aspx), at the
Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, and
at the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
1 15
2 17

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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.

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