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Rule 12d1-1 Exemptions for Investments in Money Market Funds

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review;
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 12d1–1, SEC File No. 270–526, OMB
Control No. 3235–0584

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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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
An investment company (‘‘fund’’) is
generally limited in the amount of
securities the fund (‘‘acquiring fund’’)
can acquire from another fund
(‘‘acquired fund’’). Section 12(d) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
‘‘Investment Company Act’’ or ‘‘Act’’) 1
provides that a registered fund (and
companies it controls) cannot:
• Acquire more than three percent of
another fund’s securities;
• invest more than five percent of its
own assets in another fund; or
• invest more than ten percent of its
own assets in other funds in the
aggregate.2
In addition, a registered open-end
fund, its principal underwriter, and any
registered broker or dealer cannot sell
that fund’s shares to another fund if, as
a result:
• The acquiring fund (and any
companies it controls) owns more than
three percent of the acquired fund’s
stock; or
• all acquiring funds (and companies
they control) in the aggregate own more
than ten percent of the acquired fund’s
stock.3
Rule 12d1–1 under the Act provides
an exemption from these limitations for
‘‘cash sweep’’ arrangements in which a
fund invests all or a portion of its
available cash in a money market fund
rather than directly in short-term
instruments.4 An acquiring fund relying
on the exemption may not pay a sales
load, distribution fee, or service fee on
acquired fund shares, or if it does, the
1 See

15 U.S.C. 80a.
15 U.S.C. 80a–12(d)(1)(A). If an acquiring
fund is not registered, these limitations apply only
with respect to the acquiring fund’s acquisition of
registered funds.
3 See 15 U.S.C. 80a–12(d)(1)(B).
4 See 17 CFR 270.12d1–1.
2 See

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acquiring fund’s investment adviser
must waive a sufficient amount of its
advisory fee to offset the cost of the
loads or distribution fees.5 The acquired
fund may be a fund in the same fund
complex or in a different fund complex.
In addition to providing an exemption
from section 12(d)(1) of the Act, the rule
provides exemptions from section 17(a)
of the Act and rule 17d–1 thereunder,
which restrict a fund’s ability to enter
into transactions and joint arrangements
with affiliated persons.6 These
provisions would otherwise prohibit an
acquiring fund from investing in a
money market fund in the same fund
complex,7 and prohibit a fund that
acquires five percent or more of the
securities of a money market fund in
another fund complex from making any
additional investments in the money
market fund.8
The rule also permits a registered
fund to rely on the exemption to invest
in an unregistered money market fund
that limits its investments to those in
which a registered money market fund
may invest under rule 2a–7 under the
Act, and undertakes to comply with all
the other provisions of rule 2a–7.9 In
addition, the acquiring fund must
reasonably believe that the unregistered
money market fund (i) operates in
compliance with rule 2a–7, (ii) complies
with sections 17(a), (d), (e), 18, and
22(e) of the Act 10 as if it were a
registered open-end fund, (iii) has
adopted procedures designed to ensure
that it complies with these statutory
provisions, (iv) maintains the records
required by rules 31a–1(b)(1), 31a–
1(b)(2)(ii), 31a–1(b)(2)(iv), and 31a–
5 See

rule 12d1–1(b)(1).
15 U.S.C. 80a–17(a), 15 U.S.C. 80a–17(d); 17
CFR 270.17d–1.
7 An affiliated person of a fund includes any
person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by, or under common control with such other
person. See 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(3) (definition of
‘‘affiliated person’’). Most funds today are organized
by an investment adviser that advises or provides
administrative services to other funds in the same
complex. Funds in a fund complex are generally
under common control of an investment adviser or
other person exercising a controlling influence over
the management or policies of the funds. See 15
U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(9) (definition of ‘‘control’’). Not all
advisers control funds they advise. The
determination of whether a fund is under the
control of its adviser, officers, or directors depends
on all the relevant facts and circumstances. See
Investment Company Mergers, Investment
Company Act Release No. 25259 (Nov. 8, 2001) [66
FR 57602 (Nov. 15, 2001)], at n.11. To the extent
that an acquiring fund in a fund complex is under
common control with a money market fund in the
same complex, the funds would rely on the rule’s
exemptions from section 17(a) and rule 17d–1.
8 See 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(3)(A), (B).
9 See 17 CFR 270.2a–7.
10 See 15 U.S.C. 80a–17(a), 15 U.S.C. 80a–17(d),
15 U.S.C. 80a–17(e), 15 U.S.C. 80a–18, 15 U.S.C.
80a–22(e).
6 See

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1(b)(9); 11 and (v) preserves
permanently, the first two years in an
easily accessible place, all books and
records required to be made under these
rules.
Rule 2a–7 contains certain collection
of information requirements. An
unregistered money market fund that
complies with rule 2a–7 would be
subject to these collection of
information requirements. In addition,
the recordkeeping requirements under
rule 31a–1 with which the acquiring
fund reasonably believes the
unregistered money market fund
complies are collections of information
for the unregistered money market fund.
The adoption of procedures by
unregistered money market funds to
ensure that they comply with sections
17(a), (d), (e), 18, and 22(e) of the Act
also constitute collections of
information. By allowing funds to invest
in registered and unregistered money
market funds, rule 12d1–1 is intended
to provide funds greater options for cash
management. In order for a registered
fund to rely on the exemption to invest
in an unregistered money market fund,
the unregistered money market fund
must comply with certain collection of
information requirements for registered
money market funds. These
requirements are intended to ensure that
the unregistered money market fund has
established procedures for collecting the
information necessary to make adequate
credit reviews of securities in its
portfolio, as well as other recordkeeping
requirements that will assist the
acquiring fund in overseeing the
unregistered money market fund (and
Commission staff in its examination of
the unregistered money market fund’s
adviser).
The number of unregistered money
market funds that are affected by rule
12d1–1 is an estimate based on the
number of private liquidity funds
reported on Form PF as of the fourth
calendar quarter 2019.12 The hour
burden estimates for the condition that
an unregistered money market fund
comply with rule 2a–7 are based on the
burden hours included in the
Commission’s 2019 PRA extension
regarding rule 2a–7.13 However, we
11 See 17 CFR 270.31a–1(b)(1), 17 CFR 270.31a–
1(b)(2)(ii), 17 CFR 270.31a–1(b)(2) (iv), 17 CFR
270.31a–1(b)(9).
12 See the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission’s Division of Investment
Management—Analytics Office Private Funds
Statistics, Fourth Calendar Quarter (Oct. 2, 2020)
available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/
investment/private-funds-statistics/private-fundsstatistics-2019-q4.pdf.
13 See Securities and Exchange Commission,
Request for OMB Approval of Extension for
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have updated the estimated costs
associated using the following
methodology:
• For professional personnel:
SIFMA’s Management & Professional
Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013,
modified for 2020 by Commission staff
to account for an 1,800-hour work-year
and inflation, and multiplied by 5.35 to
account for bonuses, firm size,
employee benefits, and overhead;
• For a fund board of directors:
SIFMA data does not include a board of
directors. For board time, Commission
staff currently uses a cost of $4,770 per

hour, which was last adjusted for
inflation in 2019. This estimate assumes
an average of nine board members per
year; and
• For clerical personnel: SIFMA’s
Office Salaries in the Securities Industry
2013, modified for 2020 by Commission
staff to account for an 1,800-hour workyear and inflation, and multiplied by
2.93 to account for bonuses, firm size,
employee benefits, and overhead.
The estimated average burden hours
in this collection of information are
made solely for purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act and are not

derived from a quantitative,
comprehensive or even representative
survey or study of the burdens
associated with Commission rules and
forms.
The estimated burden of information
collection for rule 2a–7 is set forth in
Table 1 below. We use these estimated
burdens for registered money market
funds to extrapolate the information
collection burdens for unregistered
money market funds under rule 12d1–
1 in Table 2 below.
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Table 1: Rule 2a-7 burden of information collection for registered money market funds 14

85 responses annually for
each of 433 funds 15

680 burden hours of
professional (business
analyst or portfolio
manager) time per fund
X

$232 per hour
(intermediate business
analyst)

+
$332 per hour (senior
portfolio manager)
$564

433

+2

$282 median weighted
average per hour of
professional time

36,805 estimated
res onses annuall

Investment Company Act of 1940 (OMB Control No.
3235–0268) (approved May 28, 2019) (the ‘‘2019
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$282 x 294,440 hours
$83,032,080 estimated
cost burden

294,440 estimated
burden hours

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/)isclosure of Portfolio
Information
12 months x 433 fw1ds =
5,196 responses per year

/)isclosure of Portfolio
Information
12 hours (webmaster)
annually x 433 funds=
5,196 hours per year +
24 hours (webmaster)
initial burden for each
new fund x 10 new funds
= 240 one-time hours

5,436 ammal aggregate
one-time and recurring
burdens for the disclosure
of portfolio holdings
information

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Disclosure ofDaily and
Week(y Liquid Assets and
Net Shareholder Flow
252 business days x 433
fw1ds = 109,116
responses per year

Disclosure ofDaily and
Week(y Liquid Assets and
Net Shareholder Flow
31.5 hours (senior
systems analyst/senior
programmer) + 4.5 hours
(compliance
manager/compliance
attorney) = 36 hours x
433 funds= 15,588 hours
pcrycar +

70 hours (blended time
for a compliance manager
and a compliance
attorney) x 10 new funds
= 700 one-time hours

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/)isc!osure of Portfolio
Information
5,196 hours for433 fw1ds
x $250 (per hour for a
webmaster) =$1,299,000
(for recurring internal
burden labor costs) +
240 hours for 10 new
funds x $250 (per hour for
a webmaster) = $60,000
$1,359,000 aggregate
ammal one-time and
recurring labor burdens
for disclosure of portfolio
information

Disclosure ofDaily and
Week(y Liquid Assets and
Net Shareholder Flow
31.5 hours x $311
(blended rate for a senior
systems analyst ($287)
and senior programmer
($334) = $9,797 (per
fund)

+
4.5 hours x $340
(blended rate for a
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368)) = $1,530
= $11,327 (per fund to
update the depiction of
daily and weekly liquid
assets and the fund's net
inflow or outflow on the
fund's website each
business day during that
year) x
433 funds =$4,904,591 +
700 hours (aggregate total
one-time burden for 10

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16,288 aggregate allilual
one-time and recurring
burden hours for
disclosure of daily and
weekly liquid assets and
shareholder flow

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new funds) x
[20 hours x $340 (blended
rate for a compliance
manager ($312) and a
compliance attorney
($368))= $6,800 +
50 hours x $311 (blended
rate for a senior systems
analyst ($287) and senior
programmer ($334)
=$15,550
= $22,350 (internal labor
cost burden for each new
fund)l= $223,500

$5,128,091 aggregate
allilual one-time and
recurring burdens for
disclosure of daily and
weekly liquid assets and
shareholder flow

Disclosure ofDaily
CurrentNAV
252 business days x 433
funds= 109,116
responses per year

Disclosure ofDaily
CurrentNAV
32 hours (senior systems
analyst/senior
programmer) x 433 funds
= 13,856 hours per year+
70 hours x 10 new funds
= 700 one-time hours

700 hours (aggregate total
one-time burden for 10
new funds) x
[20 hours x $340 (blended
rate for compliance
manager ($312) and a
compliance attorney
($368))=$6,800 +
50 hours x $311 (blended
rate for a senior systems
analyst ($287) and senior
programmer ($334) =
$15,550 $22,350 per fund
x 10 new funds =
$223,500 (total one-time
cost burden)] =
$4,532,716 aggregate
annual one-time and
recurring labor burdens
for disclosure of daily and
current NAV

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14,556 aggregate allilual
one-time and recurring
burden hours for the
disclosure of daily current
NAV

Disclosure ofDaily
Current M1V
32 hours x $311 (blended
rate for a senior systems
analyst ($287) and senior
programmer ($334) =
$9,952 (annual ongoing
internal labor cost burden
per fund) x 433 funds=
$4,309,216 (ongoing
allilual burden) +

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Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, the Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity
Fees, and the Suspension
and Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
11 responses per year

Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, the Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity
Fees, and the Suspension
and Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
1 additional burden hour
each time a fund updates
its website to include new
disclosure about the
provision of financial
support to fund x 10
reports per year =
10 hours per year

Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, the Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity
Fees, and the Suspension
and Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
10 reports per fund x 1
hour per website update x
$250 per hour for a
webmaster (internal cost
burden per fund to include
new disclosure)=

+

$2,500 (aggregate internal
labor cost burden for
disclosure of financial
support provided to
funds)

1 burden hour for website
updates x 1 estimated
instance of a fund
updating its website
regarding the imposition
and removal of liquidity
fees, and suspension and
resumption of fund
redemptions = 1 hour per
year

11 aggregate annual onetime and recurring burden
for Ute disclosure of
financial support received
by the fund, the
imposition and removal of
liquidity fees, and the
suspension and
resumption of fund
redemptions

+
1 hour (annual aggregate
burden) x $250 per hour
for a webmaster =
$250 (aggregate internal
labor cost burden)

$2,750 aggregate annual
one-time and recurring
burden for the disclosure
of financial support
received by the fund, the
imposition and removal of
liquidity fees, and the
suspension and
resumption of fund
redemptions

Total Estimated
Responses Relating to
Website Disclosure

Total Estimated Burden
Hours Relating to Website
Disclosure

Total Estimated Cost
Burden Relating to
Website Disclosure

5,196 +109,116 +
109,116 +11 =

5,436 + 16,288 + 14,556
+ 11 =

$1,359,000 + $5,128,091
+ $4,532,716 +
$2,750 =

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223,439 estimated

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1 response annually for
each of 108 funds 16

1 hour (board time)
+ 4 hours (compliance
and professional legal
time)=
5 hours per fund

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1 hour x $4770 (board
time) = $4,770

4 x $340 (blended rate for
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368)) = $1,360
$4,770+ $1,360 = $6,130
(cost per fund)

108 estimated responses
annuall

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1 response annually 17 for
each of 91 fund
complexes 18

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$6,130 x 108 estimated
res onses =
$662,040 estimated cost
burden

1 hour of board time
5 hours of senior portfolio
manager time
3 hours of risk
management specialist
time
+ 3 hours of professional
legal time

1 hour x $4,770 (board
time) = $4,770

12 burden hours per fund
complex

3 x $401 (attorney) =
$1,203

12 hours x 91 estimated
res onses =

$4,770 + $1,660+ $603+
$1,203 =
$8,236
lex

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5 x $332 (Sr. portfolio
manager)= $1,660
3 x $201 (risk
management specialist)=
$603

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5 hours x 108 estimated
res onses =
540 estimated burden
hours

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Total

91 estimated responses
annuall

1,092 estimated burden
hours

5 responses annually for
each of 91 fund
complexes

5 hours senior portfolio
manager time
2 hours compliance
manager time
2 hours professional legal
time
+ 1 hour Qaralegal time

$8,236 x 91 estimated
res onses =
$749,476 estimated cost
burden

Reports to Jund J:mards
on the results of stress
testin

5 x $332 (sr. portfolio
manager)= $1,660
2 x $312 (compliance
manager) = $624
2 x $419 (attorney)=
$838

= 10 hours per response
1 x $219 (paralegal)=
$219
$1,660 + $624 + $838 +
$219 = $3,341 per
response

10 hours x 455 responses
Total

455 estimated responses
annuall

4,550 estimated burden
hours

219

12 hours (attorney time)+
+ 1 hour (board time} =
13 hours per fund

$3,341 x 455 estimated
res onses =
$1,520,155 estimated
cost burden

Retail Funds Policies

and PI"Ocedures
12 x $419 (attorney)=
$5,028
1 hour x $4,770 ( board
time)= $4,770
$5,028 + $4,770 =$9,798
(per fund)

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1 response annually for
10 new money market
funds

3 hours board time
8 hours professional legal
time
7 hours risk management
specialist time
+ 4 hours senior risk
management time
22 hours

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3 hours x $4,770 ( board
time)= $14,310
8 hours x $419 (attorney)
= $3,352
7 hours x $201 (risk
management specialist) =
$1,407
4 hours x $361 (sr. risk
management specialist)=
$1,444
$14,310 + $3,352 +
$1,407 + $1,444 =
$20,513 (per response)

Total

10 estimated responses
annuall

1 response annually for
10 new funds

22 hours x 10 estimated
res onses =
220 estimated burden
hours

$20,513 x 10 estimated
res onses =
$205,130 estimated cost
burden

.5 hours of board time
7 .2 hours professional
legal time
+ 7.7 hours paralegal time
= 15.5 hour per response

.5 x hours x $4,770 (
board time) =$2,385
7.2 hours x $419
(attorney)= $3,016.80
7.7 hours x $219
(paralegal)= $1,686.30

15.5 xlO estimated
res onses =

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$2,385 + $3,016.80 +
$1,686.30 = $7,088.10 per
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2 funds per year

4 hours attorney
2 hours of board time
+ 1 hour of fund's
com12liance attorney =
7 hours per fund

4 hours x $419 (attorney)
= $1,676
2 hours x $4,770 ( board
time) = $9,540
1 x $368 (compliance
attorney) = $368

2 estimated responses
annuall

14 estimated burden
hours

$1,676+$9,540+$368 =
$11,584 estimated cost
burden er fund x 2 funds
$23,168 estimated cost
burden

2 responses annually for
20 funds

.5 hours (professional
legal time)

.5 hour x $419 (attorney)
= $209.50 per response

Total

40 estimated responses
annuall

.5 x 40 estimated
res onses=
20 estimated burden
hours

$209.50 x 40 estimated
res onses =
$8,380 estimated cost
burden

TOTAL ESTIMATED
ANNUAL BURDEN OF
INFORMATION
COLLECTION FOR
RULE 2a-7

260,962 estimated
responses annually

337,348 estimated
burden hours annually

$97,313,463 estimated
cost burden annually

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Based on the estimated burden of
information collection for rule 2a–7 and
Form PF filings, the estimated burden of

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Table 2: Rule 12dl-1 burden of information collection burden estimates for unregistered
money market funds

Record cred:it risk
analyse'S, and
determination
regarding ad.iustable
i:ate securities, asset
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3,485 estimated
responses per liquidity
fund annuall

27,880 estimated burden
hours

Disclosure ofPortfolio
Holdings Information
12 months x 41 liquidity
funds = 492 responses
per year

Disclosure ofPortfolio
Holdings Information
12 hours (one hour per
monthly filing) to update
the website to include the
disclosure of portfolio
holdings information x 41
liquidity funds = 492 hours
per year+
24 hours of webmaster
time for an estimated 1
new liquidity fund 22 each
year to initially develop a
webpage and provide
monthly disclosure for the
initial year = 24 one-time
burden hours
516 aggregate annual onetime and recurring burden
hours for the disclosure of
portfolio holdings

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Disclosure ofDaily and
Weekly Liquid Assets and
Net Shareholder Flow
252 business da s x 41

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27 880 hours =
$7,862,160 estimated
cost burden

Disclosure ofPortfolio
Holdings Information
492 hours for 41 liquidity
funds x $250 (per hour
for a webmaster)
=$123,000 (for recurring
internal burden labor
costs)+

24 hours for 1 new
liquidity fund x $250 (per
hour for a webmaster) =
$6,000

$129,000 total aggregate
annual one-time and
recurring labor burdens
for disclosure of portfolio
holdings

Disclosure ofDaily and
Weekly Liquid Assets and
Net Shareholder Flow
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liquidity funds= 10,332
per year

burden x 41 liquidity funds
= 1,476 hours per year

+
70 hours for each new
liquidity fund x 1 new fund
= 70 one-time hours
1,476 annual burden hours
+ 70 one-time burden
hours = 1,546 aggregate
annual recurring and onetime burden hours for
disclosure of daily and
weekly liquid assets and
shareholder flow

30655

(blended rate for a senior
systems analyst ($287)
and senior programmer
($334) = $9,797 (per
liquidity fund)

+
4.5 hours x $340
(blended rate for
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368)) = $1,530
= $11,327 (per fund to
update the depiction of
daily and weekly liquid
assets and the liquidity
fund's net inflow or
outflow on the liquidity
fund's website each
business day during that
year)
X

41 liquidity funds
= $464,407 recurring
aggregate annual cost
burdens for the disclosure
of daily and weekly liquid
assets and weekly liquid
assets and the fund's net
inflow or outflow on the
liquidity fund's website
each business day during
the year

+

= $2,028,907 aggregate
annual recurring and onetime cost burdens for
disclosure of daily and
weekly liquid assets and
shareholder flow

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70 hours aggregate total
one-time burden for 1
new fund) x [20 hours x
$340 (blended rate for
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368))= $6,800
+ 50 hours x $3 11
(blended rate for a senior
systems analyst ($287)
and senior programmer
($334) =$15,550
= $22,350 (internal labor
cost burden for each new
fund)]= $1,564,500

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Disclosure ofDaily
CurrentNAV
252 business days x 41
liquidity funds= 10,332
per year

Disclosure ofDaily
CurrentNAV
32 hours x 41 liquidity
funds = 1,312 hours per
year
+
70 one-time burden hours
for each new liquidity fund
x 1 new liquidity fund = 70
one-time burden hours
1,312 annual burden hours
+ 70 one-time burden
hours = 1,382 aggregate
annual recurring and onetime burden hours for
disclosure of daily current

NAY

Disclosure ofDaily
CurrentNAV
32 hours x $311 (blended
rate for a senior systems
analyst ($287) and senior
programmer ($334) =
$9,952 (annual ongoing
internal labor cost burden
per fund) x 41 funds
= $408,932 ongoing
annual cost burdens
+
70 hours (aggregate total
one-time burden for 1
new liquidity) x
[20 hours x $340
(blended rate for
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368))= $6,800
+
50 hours x $311 (blended
rate for a senior systems
analyst ($287) and senior
programmer ($334) =
$15,550 = $22,350
(internal labor cost
burden for each new
fund)] = $1,564,500

TOTAL

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Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, and Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity
Fees, and the Suspension
and Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
Not applicable

Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, and Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity Fees,
and the Suspension and
Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
Not applicable

Disclosure ofFinancial
Support Received by the
Fund, and Imposition and
Removal ofLiquidity
Fees, and the Suspension
and Resumption ofFund
Redemptions
Not applicable

Total Estimated Burden
Hours Relating to
Website Disclosure

Total Estimated Burden
Hours Relating to Website
Disclosure

Total Estimated Burden
Hours Relating to
Website Disclosure

492+ 10,332+ 10,332 =

516 + 1,546 + 1,382

21,156 estimated
res onses

3,444 estimated burden
hours

$129,000 + $2,028,907+
$1,973,432 =
$4,131,339 estimated
cost burden

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$408,932 (recurring
internal cost burden) +
$1,564,500 (one-time
internal labor cost
burden) = $1,973,432
aggregate annual
recurring and one-time
cost burdens

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1 response annually for
each of 10 funds 24

1 hour (board time)

1 hour x $4 770 ( board
time)= $4,770

+ 4 hours (compliance and
12rofessional legal time) =
5 hours

4 x $340 (blended rate for
compliance manager
($312) and a compliance
attorney ($368)) = $1,360

30657

$4,770+ $1,360 = $6,130
(cost per fund)

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10 estimated responses

50 estimated burden
hours

1 response annually for
each of 36 fund
complexes 25

1 hour of board time
5 hours of senior portfolio
manager time
3 hours of risk
management specialist
time
+ 3 hours of professional
legal time

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$6,130 x 10 estimated
res onses =
$61,300 estimated cost
burden

1 hour x $4,770 ( board
time)= $4,770

5 x $332 (Sr. portfolio
manager)= $1,660

3 X $201 (risk
management specialist) =
$603

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12 hours

3 x $401 (attorney)=
$1,203
$4,770 + $1,660+ $603+
$1,203 = $8,236 per
liquidity fund complex

TOTAL

36 estimated responses

5 responses annually for
each of 36 fund
complexes

12 hours x 36 estimated
res onses =
432 estimated burden
hours

$8,236 x 36 estimated
res onses =
$296,496 estimated cost
burden

5 hours senior portfolio
manager time
2 hours compliance
manager time
2 hours professional legal
time
+ 1 hour 12aralegal time

5 x $332 (sr. portfolio
manager) = $1,660
2 x $312 (compliance
manager) = $624
2 x $419 (attorney)=
$838

= 10 hours per response
1 x $219 (paralegal)=
$219

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TOTAL

180 estimated responses

1 response annually for 1
new liquidity fund

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10 hours x 180 estimated
res onses =
1800 estimated burden
hours

$3,341 x 180 estimated
res onses =
$601,380 estimated cost
burden

3 hours board time
8 hours professional legal
time

3 hours x $4,770 (board
time)= $14,310

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$1,660 + $624 + $838 +
$219 = $3,341 per
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7 hours risk management
specialist time
+4 hours senior risk
management time
22 hours

30659

8 hours x $419 (attorney)
= $3,352
7 hours x $201 (risk
management specialist) =
$1,407
4 hours x $361 (sr. risk
management specialist) =
$1,444
$14,310 + $3,352 +
$1,407 + $1,444 =
$20,513 (per response)

TOTAL

1 estimated response

22 estimated burden
hours

1 response annually for 1
new liquidity fund

.5 hours board time
7 .2 hours professional
legal time
+7.8 hours 12aralegal time

$20,513(cost) x 1
estimated res onse
$20,513 estimated cost
burden

.5 hours x $4,770 (board
time)= $2,385
7.2 hours x $419
(attorney)= $3,016.80

15.5 hours
7.8 hours x $219
(paralegal)= $1,708.20
$2,385 + $3,016.80+
$1,708.20 = $7,110 (per
response)

1 estimated response

15.5 estimated burden
hours

2 liquidity funds per year

4 hours attorney
2 hours of board time
+ 1 hours of fund's
com12liance attorney
7 hours per liquidity fund

4 hours x $419 (attorney)
= $1,676
2 hours x $4,770 (board
time)= $9,540
1 x $368 com liance

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$7,110 x 1 estimated
res onse =
$7,110 estimated cost
burden

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attorney)= $368
$1,676+$9,540+$368 =
$11,584 per liquidity fund

TOTAL

2 estimated responses

14 estimated hours
burden

$11,584 x 2 estimated
res onses =
$23,168 estimated costs
burden

2 estimated responses
annually for 2 liquidity
funds 31

.5 hours (professional legal
time)

= $209.50

Written record of board
determinations and
aetions related to failure
of a security to meet
certain eligibility
standards or an event of
defcault or insolvenc 30

Total

4 estimated responses

2 estimated burden hours

TOTAL ESTIMATED
BURDEN OF
INFORMATION
COLLECTION FOR
RULE 12dl-1

24,875 estimated
responses annually

33,660 estimated burden
hours annually

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Commission staff estimates that in
addition to the costs described in Table
14 The estimated responses and hour burdens
shown in this chart were included in the Securities
and Exchange Commission, Request for OMB
Approval of Extension for Approved Collection for
Rule 2a–7 under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (OMB Control No. 3235–0268) (approved May
28, 2019) (the ‘‘2019 rule 2a–7 PRA extension’’).
The 2019 rule 2a–7 PRA extension was the most
recent rule 2a–7 submission that includes certain
estimates with respect to aggregate annual hour and
cost burdens for collections of information for
registered money market funds.
However, the cost burdens shown in this chart
have been updated. The cost burdens for
professional personnel are based on SIFMA’s
Management & Professional Earnings in the
Securities Industry 2013, modified for 2020 by the
Commission staff to account for an 1,800-hour
work-year and inflation, and multiplied by 5.35 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead and the cost burdens for clerical
personnel are based on SIFMA’s Office Salaries in
the Securities Industry 2013, modified for 2020 by
Commission staff to account for an 1,800-hour
work-year and inflation, and multiplied by 2.93 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead. However, SIFMA data does not
include a board of directors. For board time,
Commission staff currently uses a cost of $4,770 per
hour, which was last adjusted for inflation in 2019.
This estimate assumes an average of nine board
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15 The number of funds based on Form N–MFP
filings for the month ended September 30, 2018 and
used in the 2019 rule 2a–7 PRA extension.
16 For purposes of the 2019 rule 2a–7 PRA
extension, we assumed that on average 25% (433
funds × .25 = 108 funds) of money market funds
would review and update their procedures on
annual basis).
17 We have not amortized the one-time hour and
cost burdens figures associated with new funds,
because we estimated there would be 10 new funds
each year. Therefore, the burden would occur each
year instead of occurring over a three-year period.
We have done this throughout this PRA.
18 Commission staff estimates that there are 91
fund complexes subject to rule 2a–7. This estimate
is based on Form N–MEP filings with the
Commission for the month ended September 30,
2018.
19 We estimated that approximately two new
money market funds would seek to qualify as retail
money market funds under rule 2a–7 and therefore
be required to adopt written policies and
procedures reasonably designed to limit beneficial
owners to natural persons.
For purposes of the 2019 rule 2a–7 PRA
extension, Form N–MFP data reflects that of the 30
new money market funds created between April of
2015 through September 2018, only six new money
market funds elected to be retail funds—or
approximately two per year ((6 funds/42 months) ×
12 months). Based on these figures, we estimated
that two new money market fund per year would
elect to be a retail fund.
20 The cost burdens shown in this chart for
professional personnel are based on SIFMA’s

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res onses =
$838 estimated cost
burden
$13,004,304 estimated
cost burden annually

Management & Professional Earnings in the
Securities Industry 2013, modified for 2020 by the
Commission staff to account for an 1,800-hour
work-year and inflation, and multiplied by 5.35 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead and the cost burdens for clerical
personnel are based on SIFMA’s Office Salaries in
the Securities Industry 2013, modified for 2020 by
Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour workyear and inflation, and multiplied by 2.93 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead. However, SIFMA data does not
include a board of directors. For board time,
Commission staff currently uses a cost of $4,770 per
hour, which was last adjusted for inflation in 2019.
This estimate assumes an average of nine board
members per year.
We use these estimated burdens for registered
money market funds to extrapolate the information
collection burdens for unregistered money market
funds under rule 12d1–1 in this Table 2.
21 The number of liquidity funds is based on the
following: 65 × the percentage of liquidity funds
that are at least partially in compliance with the
risk–limiting provisions of rule 2a–7 and used in
the most recent supporting statement for rule
2a–7 100¥37.2) = 62.8%. The result (rounded up
to a whole number) is 41 liquidity funds. The
number of liquidity funds is based on the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of
Investment Management—Analytics Office Private
Funds Statistics, Fourth Calendar Quarter (Oct. 2,
2020) available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/
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2 above, unregistered money market
funds will incur costs to preserve
records, as required under rule 2a–7.
These costs will vary significantly for
individual funds, depending on the
amount of assets under fund
management and whether the fund
preserves its records in a storage facility
in hard copy or has developed and
maintains a computer system to create
and preserve compliance records. In the
2019 rule 2a–7 PRA extension,
Commission staff estimated that the
amount an individual money market
fund may spend ranges from $100 per
year to $300,000. We have no reason to
believe the range is different for
unregistered money market funds.
Based on Form PF data as of the fourth
calendar quarter 2019, liquidity funds
have $294 billion in gross asset value.32
The Commission does not have specific
information about the proportion of
assets held in small, medium-sized, or
large unregistered money market funds.
Because liquidity funds are often used
as cash management vehicles, the staff
estimates that each private liquidity
22 The number of new unregistered money market
funds is estimated from 2018–2019 historical Form
PF filings by liquidity fund advisers. See Securities
and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment
Management—Analytics Office Private Funds
Statistics, Fourth Calendar Quarter (Oct. 2, 2020)
available at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/
investment/private-funds-statistics/private-fundsstatistics-2019-q4.pdf.
23 We recognize that in many cases the adviser to
an unregistered money market fund typically
performs the function of the fund’s board. Money
Market Fund Reform; Amendments to Form PF
Investment Company Act Rel. No. 31166 (Jul. 23,
2014), 79 FR 47735, 47809 (Aug. 14, 2014).
24 For purposes of this PRA extension, we
assumed that on average 25% (41 funds × .25 =
approximately 10 funds) of liquidity funds would
review and update their procedures on annual
basis.
25 This number has been derived from the number
of advisers to liquidity funds. See U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, Division of Investment
Management, Analytics Office, Private Fund
Statistics, Fourth Quarter 2019 (Oct. 2, 2020), Table
2.
26 See supra note 23.
27 There are no liquidity funds of this type;
liquidity funds only are offered to qualified
investors.
28 See supra note 23.
29 Id.
30 Id.
31 In the context of registered money market
funds, we have previously estimated an average of
approximately 2 occurrences for 20 funds each year;
however, this number may vary significantly in any
particular year. For purposes of this PRA extension,
we assumed there would be same proportion of
unregistered money market funds experiencing
events of default or solvency each year. (20/433
registered money market funds = approximately
5%. 5% × 41 liquidity funds = approximately 2
liquidity funds.)
32 See U.S Securities and Exchange Commission,
Division of Investment Management, Analytics
Office, Private Fund Statistics, Fourth Quarter 2019
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fund is a ‘‘large’’ fund (i.e., more than
$1 billion in assets under management).
Based on a cost of $0.0000009 per dollar
of assets under management (for large
funds),33 the staff estimates compliance
with rule 2a–7 for these unregistered
money market funds totals $264,600
annually.34
Consistent with estimates made in the
rule 2a–7 submission, Commission staff
estimates that unregistered money
market funds also incur capital costs to
create computer programs for
maintaining and preserving compliance
records for rule 2a–7 of $0.0000132 per
dollar of assets under management.
Based on the assets under management
figures described above, staff estimates
annual capital costs for all unregistered
money market funds of $3.88 million.35
Commission staff further estimates
that, even absent the requirements of
rule 2a–7, money market funds would
spend at least half of the amounts
described above for record preservation
($132,300) and for capital costs ($1.94
million). Commission staff concludes
that the aggregate annual costs of
compliance with the rule are $132,300
for record preservation and $1.94
million for capital costs.
The collections of information
required for unregistered money market
funds by rule 12d1–1 are necessary in
order for acquiring funds to able to
obtain the benefits described above.
Notices to the Commission 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 control OMB number.
The public may view background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to (i) >www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain< and (ii) David Bottom,
Director/Chief Information Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE,
33 The recordkeeping cost estimates are
$0.0051295 per dollar of assets under management
for small funds, and $0.0005041 per dollar of assets
under management for medium-sized funds. The
cost estimates are the same as those used in the
most recently approved rule 2a–7 submission.
34 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: ($294 billion × $0.0000009) = $264,600
for large funds.
35 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: ($294 billion × 0.0000132) = $3.88
million.

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Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an
email to: [email protected].
Dated: June 4, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–12104 Filed 6–8–21; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–92103; File No. SR–BX–
2021–025]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend BX Options 7,
Section 1, ‘‘General Provisions’’ and
Section 2, ‘‘BX Options Market-Fees
and Rebates’’
June 3, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on May 24,
2021, Nasdaq BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) 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
The Exchange proposes to amend BX
Options 7, Section 1, ‘‘General
Provisions’’ and Section 2, ‘‘BX Options
Market-Fees and Rebates.’’
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/
rulebook/bx/rules, at the principal office
of the Exchange, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
1
2

15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
17 CFR 240.19b–4.

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