On December 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt final rules that will require resource extraction issuers that are required to file reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) to disclose payments made to the US federal government or foreign governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals.
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Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules
SEC Proposes New Rules to Implement Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules
By Brian Hecht, Mark D. Wood & Mark J. Reyes on
Posted in Dodd-Frank Developments, SEC/Corporate
On December 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose new rules to require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to foreign governments or the US government for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals, as required by Section 13(q) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act).
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