SEC Extends Mandatory Form N-6F Filing for Business Development Companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a 60-Day Collection Notice (FR Doc 2026-18818) extending the mandatory information collection for Form N-6F (17 CFR 274.15). The notice bears OMB Control No. 3235-0238 and is intended to gather notices of intent to elect to be subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Form N-6F is required when a company that is excluded from the definition of "investment company" under Section 3(c)(1) - because it has fewer than one hundred shareholders and is not making a public offering - plans to make a public offering as a business development company. By filing Form N-6F, the company can retain its exclusion while electing regulation under the 1940 Act; the filing is required only once and the information is not kept confidential.

The Commission estimates that, on average, approximately 3 companies file these notifications each year. Each filing imposes a burden of 0.5 hours, resulting in a total annual PRA burden of 1.5 hours. Using the estimated wage rate, the total cost to the industry for the hour burden is approximately $1,161.00.

Comments are invited on the necessity, burden estimates, and ways to improve or reduce the collection, including the use of automated or electronic techniques. Written comments must be submitted to Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data Officer, SEC, c/o Tanya Ruttenberg via email by November 16 2026.

The notice was dated September 10 2026 and will be filed in the Federal Register on September 15 2026 (Volume 91, Number 177, pages 58506-58507).