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Rule 13a-16 17CFR240_13a_16

Reports of Foreign Private Issuers on Form 6-K


(a) Every foreign private issuer which is subject to Rule 13a1 (17 CFR 240.13a1) shall make reports on Form 6K, except that this rule shall not apply to:

(1) Investment companies required to file reports pursuant to Rule 30b11 (17 CFR 270.30b11);

(2) Issuers of American depositary receipts for securities of any foreign issuer;

(3) Issuers filing periodic reports on Forms 10K and Form 10KSB, 10Q and Form 10QSB and 8K; or

(4) Asset-backed issuers, as defined in 229.1101 of this chapter.

(b) Such reports shall be transmitted promptly after the information required by Form 6K is made public by the issuer, by the country of its domicile or under the laws of which it was incorporated or organized, or by a foreign securities exchange with which the issuer has filed the information.

(c) Reports furnished pursuant to this rule shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of section 18 of the Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.


Regulatory History

SEC Release 34-8066: 32 FR 7849, May 30, 1967, as amended at 44 FR 70137, Dec. 6, 1979
SEC Release 34-16371: 44 FR 70137, Dec. 6, 1979
SEC Release 34-19258: 47 FR 54781, Dec. 6, 1982
SEC Release 34-22194: 50 FR 27939, July 9, 1985
SEC Release 34-29354A: 57 FR 10615, Mar. 27, 1991
57 FR 36501, Aug. 13, 1992
SEC Release 33-8518:   70 FR 1506, Jan. 7, 2004
70 FR 1621, Jan. 7, 2005

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