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OMB Control No: 3235-0256	ICR Reference No: 202508-3235-007
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202305-3235-011
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: CF
Title: Form F-3 Registration Statement
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/02/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/04/2026
Terms of Clearance: OMB understands that SEC is in the process of revising its methodologies to estimate annualized costs to the Federal government for all its relevant collections of information. OMB anticipates that future extensions of this OMB control number will reflect the revised methodologies.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2029	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	236	0	113
Time Burden (Hours)	9,052	0	4,334
Cost Burden (Dollars)	16,293,204	0	5,575,400

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	236	113	123
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	9,052	4,334	4,718
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	16,293,204	5,575,400	10,717,804

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The increase in burden hours of 4,718 hours is due to an increase in the estimated number of annual Form F-3 responses (from 113 to 236). The increase in cost burden of $10,717,804 is due to the increase in the estimated number of annual Form F-3 responses and an increase in the Commission’s estimate of the cost to issuers of outside professionals (from $400 per hour to $600 per hour).

Annual Cost to Federal Government:

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Pearl Crawley 202 551-3256 crawleyp@sec.gov

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