94-12011. Simplification of Registration and Reporting Requirements for Foreign Companies; Safe Harbors for Public Announcements of Unregistered Offerings and Broker-Dealer Research Reports; Correction

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 239

[Release Nos. 33-7053A; 34-33918A, International Series Release No. 
653A, File No. S7-30-93]
RIN 3235-AF83

 

Simplification of Registration and Reporting Requirements for 
Foreign Companies; Safe Harbors for Public Announcements of 
Unregistered Offerings and Broker-Dealer Research Reports; Correction

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Correction to final rules.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final rules which 
were published on Tuesday, April 26, 1994 (59 FR 21644). These rules 
relate to foreign issuer eligibility to use short-form and shelf 
registration, financial statement reconciliation and financial 
statement schedule requirements for foreign issuers, safe harbor 
protection for analyst reports with respect to sizable foreign 
companies publicly traded offshore and safe harbor protection for 
certain company announcements regarding exempt offerings or 
unregistered offshore offerings.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra Folsom Kinsey or Annemarie Tierney, [phone], Office of 
International Corporate Finance, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC 20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission adopted a final rule and 
final amendments to rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933 
and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which became effective on April 
26, 1994. As published, the final regulations contain an error which 
may prove to be misleading and are in need of clarification. In this 
release the form containing such error is being corrected.
    Accordingly, the publication on April 26, 1994 of the final rules 
which were the subject of FR Doc. 94-9846 is corrected on page 21652, 
second column, General Instruction 1.A.1. of Form F-3 (referenced in 
Sec. 239.33) to read as follows:


    1. The registrant has a class of securities registered pursuant 
to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange 
Act'') or has a class of equity securities registered pursuant to 
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or is required to file reports 
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed at least 
one annual report on Form 20-F, on Form 10-K or, in the case of 
registrants described in General Instruction A(2) of Form 40-F, on 
Form 40-F under the Exchange Act.

    Dated: May 12, 1994.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-12011 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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