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Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Disclosure

SEC · final-rule · Published 2021-12-09 · Effective 2022-01-10 · 86 FR 70027

Document

Document number
2021-26528
Federal Register citation
86 FR 70027
CFR reference
17 CFR 200
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
final-rule
Agency
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Publication date
2021-12-09
Effective date
2022-01-10
Docket
Release No. 34-93701

Abstract

We are adopting amendments to finalize interim final rules that revised Forms 20-F, 40-F, 10-K, and N-CSR to implement the disclosure and submission requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act ("HFCA Act"). The final amendments apply to registrants that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. Consistent with the HFCA Act, the amendments require the submission of documentation to the Commission establishing that such a registrant is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in that foreign jurisdiction and also require disclosure in a foreign issuer's annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and governmental influence on, such registrants.

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