Form S-3 under the Securities Act is
the short form registration statement used by domestic issuers to
register offerings of their securities.
The Commission initially
estimated that the collection of information burden for Form S-3
would be imposed through the forms that are incorporated by
reference into Form S-3. After further consideration of the
amendments during the final rule stage, the Commission has
determined that the collection burden for Forms S-3 should be
included in this form.
The amendments to the
Regulation S-X financial disclosure requirements are applicable to
registered debt offerings that include credit enhancements, such as
subsidiary guarantees. The amendments are intended to both improve
the quality of disclosure and increase the likelihood that issuers
will conduct credit enhanced debt offerings on a registered basis.
The amendments clarify, consolidate, relocate and eliminate some
disclosures of the credit enhancement requirements. The amendments
focus on material information regarding guarantees and other credit
enhancements, and eliminate prescriptive requirements that have
imposed unnecessary burdens and incentivized issuers of securities
with guarantees and other credit enhancements to offer and sell
those securities in unregistered offerings. All together, the
Commission believes these effects will facilitate more registered
offerings of guaranteed and collateralized debt securities, thereby
affording investors protection they may not otherwise have had in
debt offerings conducted in the private markets. For purposes of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Commission estimates that the
final amendments will result in four additional filings of Form
S-3, as well as a net increase of 70 burden hours and a net
increase of $84,000 in the cost burden of the form.
$103,479,690
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Sean Harrison 202
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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.