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OMB Control No: 3235-0325	ICR Reference No: 202512-3235-011
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202303-3235-018
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: CF
Title: Form F-4 - 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: 06/15/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/20/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2029	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	60	0	39
Time Burden (Hours)	21,537	0	13,999
Cost Burden (Dollars)	38,766,330	0	17,013,425

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	60	39	21
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	21,537	13,999	7,538
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	38,766,330	17,013,425	21,752,905

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 annual burden hours of 7,538 hours (from 13,999 to 21,537) and the increase in annual cost burden of $21,752,905 (from $17,013,425 to $38,766,330) is due to an increase in the estimated number of annual Form F-4 responses (from 39 to 60). Additionally, the increased annual cost burden estimate is impacted by an increased the cost estimate for outside professionals to $600 per hour to adjust the estimate for inflation from August 2006 to the present.

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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