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OMB Control No: 3235-0059	ICR Reference No: 202603-3235-006
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202409-3235-019
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: CF
Title: Regulation 14A (Commission Rules 14a-1 through 14a-21 and Schedule 14A)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/23/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/17/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2029	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2026
Responses	6,043	0	6,369
Time Burden (Hours)	816,349	0	860,389
Cost Burden (Dollars)	163,269,774	0	114,684,112

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,043	6,369	-326
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	816,349	860,389	-44,040
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	163,269,774	114,684,112	48,585,662

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 decrease in total annual burden hours of 44,040 hours is due to a decrease in the estimated number of annual responses (from 6,369 to 6,043). The increase in total annual cost burden of $48,585,662 is due to an increase in the Commission’s estimate of the cost of outside professionals (from $400 per hour to $600 per hour). That increase is partially offset by the estimated decrease in the in number of responses (as described above).

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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