Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Form N-8B-2

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 65611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21082]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0186]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) this request for extension of 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, 
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.
    The public may view and comment on this information collection 
request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202608-3235-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202608-3235-003</a> or email comment to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d598978dfb9a9897fb9a9c8794fb8690968ab1b0a6be8abab3b3bcb6b0a795bab8b7fbb0baa5fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eea3acb6c0a1a3acc0a1a7bcafc0bdabadb18a8b9d85b1818888878d8b9cae81838cc08b819ec0898198">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> within 30 days of the day 
after publication of this notice, by November 16, 2026.

    Dated: October 13, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-21082 Filed 10-14-26; 8:45 am]
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