Notice2026-16199
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Form N-8B-2
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August 10, 2026
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 152 (Monday, August 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51512-51513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16199]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235-0186]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension: Form N-8B-2
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 (SEC or ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the
proposed collection of information described below.
Unit investment trusts (``UITs'') are required to register with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') as investment
companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et
seq.) (the ``Investment Company Act''). Section 8(b) of the Investment
Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-8(b)) provides that each registered
investment company must file a registration statement with the
Commission that includes certain information about the company and
recites the company's policies on certain significant matters. UITs
other than separate accounts that are currently issuing securities,
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including UITs that are issuers of periodic payment plan certificates,
UITs of which a management investment company is the sponsor or
depositor, and UIT ETFs,\1\ satisfy this requirement by filing on Form
N-8B-2. Among other items, this Form requires disclosure about the
organization of a UIT, its securities, the personnel and affiliated
persons of the depositor, distribution and redemption of securities,
the trustee or custodian, and financial statements.
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\1\ See Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Company Act Release
No. 33646 (Sept. 25, 2019) [84 FR 57162 (Oct. 24, 2019)].
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For UITs that are required to file on Form N-8B-2 to register under
the Investment Company Act, the Commission has yet to adopt an
integrated registration form satisfying the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Investment Company Act. Absent an integrated
disclosure system, filings on Form N-8B-2 serve as the only means by
which such UITs can satisfy the filing and disclosure requirements
imposed by section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act.
The purpose of Form N-8B-2 is to satisfy the filing and disclosure
requirements of the Investment Company Act. The information required to
be filed with the Commission assures the public availability and
dissemination of the information and permits verification of compliance
with Investment Company Act requirements. Each UIT subject to the Form
N-8B-2 filing requirement is required to file Form N-8B-2 only once and
does not file post-effective amendments to Form N-8B-2.\2\ Compliance
with the disclosure requirements of Form N-8B-2 is mandatory. Responses
to the disclosure requirements will not be kept confidential.
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\2\ See Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Company Act Release
No. 33140 (June 28, 2018) [83 FR 37332 (July 31, 2018)] at note 7
and accompanying text.
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We estimate that approximately 1 UIT files Form N-8B-2 annually at
40 hours per response, for a total annual time burden of 40 hours. We
estimate the total annual external cost burden is $11,610, based on 15
hours of outside legal services at a wage rate of $774 per hour for an
attorney in the securities industry.
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 SEC, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the SEC's estimate of the burden
imposed by the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and the assumptions used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated,
electronic 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#085869786d7a7f677a635a6d6c7d6b7c616766496b7c487b6d6b266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c3c0d1c091e1b031e073e0908190f180503022d0f182c1f090f420b031a">[email protected]</span></a> by October 9, 2026.
Dated: August 5, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-16199 Filed 8-7-26; 8:45 am]
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