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EDGAR Filings Mandated for Foreign Issuers

Effective November 4, 2002, the SEC requires the following submissions by foreign issuers to be filed via EDGAR:

Foreign private issuers’ 1933 Securities Act registration statements
Foreign private issuers’ 1934 Exchange Act registration statements and reports:
Form 20-F annual reports filed by foreign issuers;
Form 40-F annual reports filed by Canadian issuers;
Form 6-K current reports (except for glossy annual reports and 6-K’s for which the content has not been the subject of a press release or not distributed to security holders or not the subject of any new information, which may file electronically or on paper);
glossy annual reports;
Foreign governments’ 1933 Securities Act registration statements and 1934 Exchange Act registration statements and reports;
Multijurisdictional Disclosure System ("MJDS") forms and schedules filed by Canadian issuers;
Statements of beneficial ownership on Schedules 13D and 13G and tender offer schedules that pertain to the securities of a foreign issuer, whether filed by a foreign or domestic person;
Form CB, the form used for cross-border rights offers, exchange offers and business combinations that are exempt from the tender offer rules or Securities Act registration, if the filer is an Exchange Act reporting company; and
Most Trust Indenture Act forms.

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