Notice2025-23899
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Form S-4-Registration Statement
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December 29, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 245 (Monday, December 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23899]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235-0324]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension: Form S-4--Registration Statement
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 summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
Form S-4 (17 CFR 239.25) is the form used for registration under
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) of securities issued
in business combinations transactions. The information collected is
intended to ensure the adequacy of information available to investors
in connection with business combination transactions. We estimate that
Form S-4 takes approximately 3,816.24 hours per response to prepare and
is filed once per year by approximately 228 issuers annually. We
estimate that 25% of the 3,816.24 hours per response is carried
internally by the issuer for an annual reporting burden of
approximately 217,526 hours (3,816.24 hours per response x 25% x 228
responses annually). We estimate that 75% of the 3,816.24 hours per
response is carried externally by outside professionals retained by the
issuer at an estimated rate of $600 per hour for a total annual cost
burden of approximately $391,546,224 (3,816.244 hours per response x
75% x $600 per hour x 228 responses annually).
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 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 information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please direct your written comments on this 60-Day Collection
Notice to Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Tanya Ruttenberg via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#386859485d4a4f574a536a5d5c4d5b4c515756795b4c784b5d5b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c797a6b7a2b5b0a8b5ac95a2a3b2a4b3aea8a986a4b387b4a2a4e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a> by February 27, 2026. There will be a
second opportunity to comment on this SEC request following the Federal
Register publishing a 30-Day Submission Notice.
Dated: December 22, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-23899 Filed 12-23-25; 8:45 am]
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