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July 15, 2020

COVID-19 updates (SyCipLaw Bulletin #25): Recent SEC Issuances (a Corporate Services Department Client Bulletin)

This is a briefing of the latest COVID-19 related issuances of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as of 8 July 2020:

A.1. Filing of General Information Sheet (“GIS”) and Audited Financial Statements (“AFS”)
(See SEC Notice dated 30 June 2020,
http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020Notice_Resumption-of-Operations-in-SEC-Main-Office-and-Adjustment-of-Deadlines.pdf and SEC Notice dated 8 July 2020 http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020Notice_Suspension-of-Work-at-the-SEC-Main-Office.pdf.)

A.2. Extension of Deadline for Filing of AFS of Corporations within the Jurisdiction of SEC Cebu Extension Office
(See SEC Facebook page postdated 25 June 2020,
https://www.facebook.com/PhilippineSEC/photos/a.1797242110499806/2573277102896299/?type=3&theater.)

B. Options of Companies under the Supervision of the Corporate Governance and Finance Department (“CGFD”) to Submit Reports, Applications and Other Documents During the Effectivity of Community Quarantine
(See SEC Notice dated June 24, 2020,
http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020Notice_Options-in-the-Submission-of-Reports_rev.pdf.)

C.1. Interim Guidelines for the Limited Manual Operations of SEC Office of the General Counsel (“SEC-OGC”) during the Period of State of National Emergency due to COVID-19 Pandemic, as amended
(See SEC Notice dated 3 July 2020,
http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020Notice_Services-to-the-Public.pdf.)

C.2. Running of Reglementary Period in the Filing of Petitions, Appeals, Motions, and Other Pleadings in the SEC-OGC
(See SEC Notice dated 3 July 2020, http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020Notice_Services-to-the-Public.pdf.)

D.1. Suspension of Work at the SEC Main Office
(See SEC Notice dated 8 July 2020,
http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020Notice_Suspension-of-Work-at-the-SEC-Main-Office.pdf.)

D.2. Suspension of Work at the SEC Cebu Extension Office
(See SEC Notice dated 29 June 2020, http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020Notice_SEC-Cebu-Suspension-of-Work.pdf.)

D.3. Resumption of Work at the SEC Tarlac Extension Office
(See SEC Notice dated 5 July 2020, http://www.sec.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020Notice_TEO-Resume-Office.pdf.)

Please read the full text of the bulletin here: https://tinyurl.com/SyCipLaw-CS-SEC