§ 232.601 - Foreign private issuers and foreign governments.

(a) Foreign private issuers and foreign governments shall not be subject to the mandated electronic filing requirements of this part 232, except that a document filed either jointly with, or with respect to, a registrant that is subject to mandated electronic filing shall be filed in electronic format. See Rule 100 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.100).

(b) Foreign private issuers and foreign governments may choose to file electronically any document not required to be so filed to the extent that an appropriate form type is available, as identified by the EDGAR Filer Manual.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this part 232, if a foreign private issuer engages in an exchange offer, merger or other business combination transaction with a domestic registrant and the foreign private issuer files a Securities Act registration statement with respect to the transaction, the registration statement and all other documents relating to the transaction may be filed in paper, provided that the domestic registrant will not be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act at the conclusion of the transaction.