SEC Adopts Final Rule on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers (SEC - Pre Fed. Reg. Version)

The SEC is adopting new rules and an amendment to a new form pursuant to Dodd-Frank Section 1504, relating to the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. Section 1504 added Section 13(q) to the Exchange Act, which requires the SEC to issue rules requiring resource extraction issuers to include in an annual report information relating to any payment made by the issuer, a subsidiary of the issuer, or an entity under the control of the issuer, to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals. Section 13(q) requires a resource extraction issuer to provide information about the type and total amount of such payments made for each project related to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals, and the type and total amount of payments made to each government. In addition, Section 13(q) requires a resource extraction issuer to provide information regarding those payments in an interactive data format.

Cross Reference(s): Dodd-Frank Section 1504 and Exchange Act Section 13(q) (Disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers).

View final rule here (links externally to SEC website).Additional Materials: SEC Fact Sheet. See also: Proposed Rule Release Nos. 34-63549 and 34-63795.