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.

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.

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: www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAViewICR?​ref_​nbr=​202608-3235-003 or email comment to MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov within 30 days of the day after publication of this notice, by November 16, 2026.

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