Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Form 13F

<NOTICE> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <DEPDOC>[OMB Control No. 3235-0006]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Form 13F</SUBJECT> <FP SOURCE="FP-1"> <E T="03">Upon Written Request, Copies Available From:</E> Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736 </FP> Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 <E T="03">et seq.</E> ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) 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 approval. Section 13(f)  <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934  (the “Exchange Act”) empowers the Commission to: (1) adopt rules that create a reporting and disclosure system to collect specific information; and (2) disseminate such information to the public. Rule 13f-1  <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> under the Exchange Act requires institutional investment managers that exercise investment discretion over accounts that have in the aggregate a fair market value of at least $100,000,000 of certain U.S. exchange-traded equity securities, as set forth in rule 13f-1(c), to file quarterly reports with the Commission on Form 13F. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>  15 U.S.C. 78m(f). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>  15 U.S.C. 78a <E T="03">et seq.</E> </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>  17 CFR 240.13f-1. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>  17 CFR 249.325. </FTNT> On June 23, 2022, the Commission adopted amendments to Form 13F to require, among other things, institutional investment managers that make confidential treatment requests for filings made under Section 13(f) of the 1934 Act to submit them electronically via EDGAR. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Electronic Submission of Applications for Orders under the Advisers Act and the Investment Company Act, Confidential Treatment Requests for Filings on Form 13F, and Form ADV-NR; Amendments to Form 13F, Release No. IC-34635 (June 23, 2022). The amendments to Form 13F also require managers to provide additional identifying information and allow managers to disclose, for any security reported on Form 13F, the security's share class level Financial Instrument Global Identifier. The rules also make certain technical amendments, including to modernize the structure of data reporting and amend the instructions on Form 13F for confidential treatment requests in light of a recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. </FTNT> In our most recent PRA submission for Form 13F, we estimated a total hour burden of 101,339.29 hours, with an external cost burden of $4,846,374. Estimates concerning the burdens associated with the information collections required by rule 13f-1 and Form 13F are set forth in the table below. The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The estimate is not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of Commission rules. Reporting burdens may differ substantially across respondents. <GPOTABLE COLS="7" OPTS="L2,nj,p7,7/8,i1" CDEF="s50,7,xs68,3C,r50,xs66,xs66"> <TTITLE>Table—Form 13F PRA Estimates</TTITLE> <CHED H="1"> </CHED> <CHED H="1">Initial hours</CHED> <CHED H="1">Annual hours</CHED> <CHED H="1">Wage rate</CHED> <CHED H="1"> </CHED> <CHED H="1">Internal time cost</CHED> <CHED H="1"> External costs  <SU>1</SU> </CHED> <ROW EXPSTB="06" RUL="s"> <ENT I="01">Estimated burden per filing</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>2 hours</ENT> <ENT>×</ENT> <ENT> $314 (blended rate for compliance attorney, senior programmer, and compliance clerk)  <SU>2</SU> </ENT> <ENT>$628</ENT> <ENT> $221. <SU>3</SU> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Number of filings</ENT> <ENT>28,925 filings.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="01">Annual burden of Form 13F-HR filings</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>57,850 hours</ENT> <ENT O="xl"/> <ENT/> <ENT>$18,164,900</ENT> <ENT>$6,392,425.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="06" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">Burdens for 13F-NT Filings</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">Estimated burden of per filing</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>2 hours</ENT> <ENT>×</ENT> <ENT> $247 (blended rate for senior programmer and compliance clerk)  <SU>6</SU> </ENT> <ENT>$494</ENT> <ENT> $75. <SU>7</SU> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Number of filings</ENT> <ENT>6,935 filings.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT O="xl"/> <ENT>13,870 hours</ENT> <ENT>$520,125.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="06" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">Burdens for Form 13F Amendment Filings</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">Estimated burden per amendment</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>2 hours</ENT> <ENT>×</ENT> <ENT> $314 (blended rate for compliance attorney, senior programmer, and compliance clerk)  <SU>2</SU> </ENT> <ENT>$628</ENT> <ENT>1,450 amendments.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="01">Annual estimated burden of all amendments</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>2,900 hours</ENT> <ENT O="xl"/> <ENT/> <ENT>$910,600</ENT> <ENT>$108,750.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="06" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">Total Estimated Form 13F Burden</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">Currently approved burden estimates</ENT> <ENT A="01">101,339.29 hours</ENT> <ENT O="xl"/> <ENT/> <ENT>$22,092,421.60</ENT> <ENT>$4,846,374.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Revised current burden estimates</ENT> <ENT A="01">74,620 hours</ENT> <ENT O="xl"/> <ENT/> <ENT>$22,501,390</ENT> <ENT>$7,021,300.</ENT> </ROW> <TNOTE> <E T="02">Notes:</E>  The external costs of complying with Form 13F can vary among filers. Some filers use third-party vendors for a range of services in connection with filing reports on Form 13F, while other filers use vendors for more limited purposes such as providing more user-friendly versions of the list of section 13(f) Securities. For purposes of the PRA, we estimate that each filer will spend an average of $300 on vendor services each year in connection with the filer's four quarterly reports on Form 13F-HR (13F Holdings or Combination Report) or Form 13F-NT (13F Notice), as applicable, in addition to the estimated vendor costs associated with any amendments. In addition, some filers engage outside legal services in connection with the preparation of requests for confidential treatment or analyses regarding possible requests, or in connection with the form's disclosure requirements. For purposes of the PRA, we estimate that each manager filing reports on Form 13F-HR will incur $584 for one hour of outside legal services each year. The Commission's estimates of the relevant wage rates for external time costs, such as outside legal services, take into account staff experience, a variety of sources including general information websites, and adjustments for inflation. </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>2</SU>  This estimated burden is from Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013, modified 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 (“SIFMA Wage Report”). The wage rate reflects current estimates from the SIFMA Wage Report of the blended hourly rate for a compliance attorney ($449), senior programmer ($408), and compliance clerk ($86) (($449 + $408 + $86)/3 = $314.33). </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>3</SU>  This includes an estimated $300 paid to a third-party vendor in connection with the Form 13F-HR filing as well as an estimated $584 for one hour of outside legal services ($884/4 filings per year = $221 per filing). We estimate that Form 13F-HR filers will require some level of external legal counsel in connection with these filings. </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>4</SU>  This estimate is based on the number of 13F-HR filings averaged over three years as of December 2024. </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>5</SU>  This estimate is based on the number of Form 13F-NT filings averaged over three years as of December 2024. </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>6</SU>  The wage rate reflects current estimates from the SIFMA Wage Report of the blended hourly rate for a senior programmer ($408) and compliance clerk ($86) (($408 + $86)/2 = $247). </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>7</SU>  This includes an estimated $300 paid to a third-party vendor in connection with the Form 13F-NT filing and Form 13F amendments ($300/4 filings per year = $75 per filing). </TNOTE> <TNOTE> <SU>8</SU>  This estimate is based on the number of Form 13F amendments filed averaged over three years as of December 2024. </TNOTE> </GPOTABLE> 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 this 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 information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The public may view and comment on this information collection request at: <E T="03">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202507-3235-005</E> or send an email comment to <E T="03">MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov</E> within 30 da ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 10k characters. 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