# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549-0213.
*Extension:*
Form ADV; SEC File No. 270-39; OMB Control No. 3235-0049.
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 (“Commission”) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.
The title for the collection of information is “Form ADV” (17 CFR 279.1). Form ADV is the investment adviser registration form filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to rules 203-1 (17 CFR 275.203-1) and 204-1 (17 CFR 275.204-1) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-1 *et seq.* ) by advisers registered with the Commission or applying for registration with the Commission. The information collected takes the form of disclosures to the investment adviser's clients and potential clients. The purpose of this collection of information is to provide advisory clients, prospective clients, and the Commission with information about the adviser, its business, and its conflicts of interest. Clients use certain of the information to determine whether to hire or retain an adviser.
The information collected provides the Commission with knowledge about the adviser, its business, and its conflicts of interest. The Commission uses the information to determine eligibility for registration with the Commission and to manage its regulatory, examination, and enforcement programs.
Respondents to the collection of information are investment advisers registered with the Commission or applying for registration with the Commission. The Commission estimates that the total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden of the collection of information for each respondent is 23.375 hours.
This collection of information is found at 17 CFR 279.1 and it is mandatory.
The information collected pursuant to Form ADV are filings with the Commission. These disclosures are not kept confidential and must be preserved until at least three years after termination of the enterprise.
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 control number.
General comments regarding the above information should be directed to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to: *[email protected]* ; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312, or send an e-mail to: *[email protected]* . Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.
December 6, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.