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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 for extension
and
Form F–X (17 CFR 239.42) is used to
appoint an agent for service of process
by Canadian issuers registering
securities on Forms F–7, F–8, F–9, or F–
10 under the Securities Act of 1933 (15
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) or filing periodic
reports on Form 40–F under the
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.). The information collected must be
filed with the Commission and is
publicly available. We estimate that it
takes approximately 2 hours per
response to prepare Form F–X and that
the information is filed by
approximately 137 respondents for a
total annual reporting burden of 274
hours (2 hours per response × 137
responses).
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 number.
Public Comment Instructions: The
public may view and comment on this
information collection request at:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202412-3235-014
or send an email comment to
MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@
omb.eop.gov within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice by
January 27, 2025.
Dated: December 19, 2024.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Extension: Electronic Data
Collection System Form TCR
Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736.
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

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summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit an extension for these
two current collections of information to
the Office of Management and Budget
for approval.
The Commission invites comment on
updates to its Electronic Data Collection
System database (the Database), which
will support information provided by
members of the public who would like
to file an online tip, complaint or
referral (TCR) to the Commission. The
Database will be a web based e-filed
dynamic report based on technology
that pre-populates and establishes a
series of questions based on the data
that the individual enters. The
individual will then complete specific
information on the subject(s) and nature
of the suspicious activity, using the data
elements appropriate to the type of
complaint or subject. The information
collection is voluntary. The public
interface to the Database will be
available using the agency’s website,
www.sec.gov. The Commission
estimates that it takes a complainant, on
average, 30 minutes to submit a TCR
through the Database. Based on the
receipt of an average of approximately
35,000 annual TCRs for the past three
fiscal years, the Commission estimates
that the annual reporting burden is
17,500 hours.
The Commission further invites
comment on updates to Form TCR,
which is a hard copy form adopted by
the Commission in 2011.1 Form TCR
may be submitted by whistleblowers
who wish to provide information to the
Commission and its staff regarding
potential violations of the federal
securities laws. The Commission
estimates that it takes a whistleblower,
on average, one and one half hours to
complete Form TCR. Based on the
receipt of an average of approximately
170 annual Form TCR submissions for
the past three fiscal years, the
Commission estimates that the annual
reporting burden of Form TCR is 255
hours.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by 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
1 Implementation of the Whistleblower Provisions
of Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Release No. 34–64545; File No. S7–33–10
(adopted May 25, 2011).

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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 by February 24, 2025.
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 number.
Please direct your written comment to
Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Tanya Ruttenberg, 100
F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 or
send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@
sec.gov.
Dated: December 19, 2024.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Designation of a Longer Period for
Commission Action on a Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Equity 4 To
Establish Halt Cross Price Protections
and Make Other Related Changes
December 18, 2024.

On November 6, 2024, The Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
amend Equity 4 to establish halt cross
price protections and make other related
changes. The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on November 20, 2024.3
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides
that within 45 days of the publication of
notice of the filing of a proposed rule
change, or within such longer period up
to 90 days as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding, or as to which the
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101620
(Nov. 14, 2024), 89 FR 91853 (‘‘Notice’’). The
Commission has received no comment letters on the
proposed rule change.
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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