Form 20-F 30-Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 / Notices

[SEC File No. 270–156, OMB Control No.
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request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Form 20–F (17 CFR 249.220f) is used
to register securities of foreign private
issuers pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Exchange Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 78l) or as
annual and transitional reports pursuant
to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) and 78o(d)). The
information required in the Form 20–F
is used by investors in making
investment decisions with respect to the
securities of such foreign private
issuers. We estimate that Form 20–F
takes approximately 2,629.92 hours per
response and is filed by approximately
729 respondents. We estimate that 25%
of the 2,629.92 hours per response
(657.48 hours) is prepared by the issuer
for a total reporting burden of 479,303
(657.48 hours per response × 729
responses).
An agency may conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
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 by October 13, 2023 to (i)
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20549, or by sending an email to:
[email protected].

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Extension: Form
20–F

Dated: September 8, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.

subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also
will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of the
Exchange. Do not include personal
identifiable information in submissions;
you should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publicly. We may redact in part or
withhold entirely from publication
submitted material that is obscene or
subject to copyright protection. All
submissions should refer to file number
SR–BX–2023–021 and should be
submitted on or before October 4, 2023.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.8
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Order Granting
Approval of a Proposed Rule Change,
as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To
Amend the Codes of Arbitration
Procedure To Make Various Clarifying
and Technical Changes to the Codes,
Including in Response to
Recommendations in the Report of
Independent Counsel Lowenstein
Sandler LLP
September 7, 2023.

I. Introduction
On December 23, 2022, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(‘‘FINRA’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
change to amend the Code of Arbitration
Procedure for Customer Disputes 3
(‘‘Customer Code’’) and the Code of
Arbitration Procedure for Industry
Disputes 4 (‘‘Industry Code’’) (together,
‘‘Codes’’). The proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1 (defined
below), would amend provisions of the
Codes governing the arbitrator listselection process to: (1) exclude
arbitrators from the arbitrator ranking
lists based on certain conflicts of
interest; 5 (2) permit the removal of an
arbitrator for cause at any point after
receipt of the arbitrator ranking lists
until the first hearing session begins; 6
and (3) provide parties with a written
explanation of the decision by the
Director of FINRA Dispute Resolution
Services (‘‘DRS Director’’) 7 to grant or
deny a request to remove an arbitrator.8
In addition, the proposed rule change,
as modified by Amendment No. 1,
would amend procedural rules in the
Codes, such as those pertaining to
holding prehearing conferences and
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See FINRA Rule 12000 Series (Code of
Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes).
4 See FINRA Rule 13000 Series (Code of
Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes).
5 See proposed Rules 12402(b)(3), 12403(a)(4),
13403(a)(5), 13403(b)(5).
6 See proposed Rules 12407(a), 13410(a).
7 Unless the Codes provide otherwise, the DRS
Director may delegate their duties when it is
appropriate. FINRA Rule 12103 (Director of FINRA
Dispute Resolution Services).
8 See proposed Rules 12407(c), 13410(c).
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

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