[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR232.601]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 232--REGULATION S-T--GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC FILINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 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 (Sec. 232.100).
    (b) Foreign private issuers and foreign governments may choose to 
file

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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.

[62 FR 36458, July 8, 1997]