2019-09-18
The Securities Market Superintendence of Panama issued Agreement 3-2019 to subrogate and update the list of confidential information previously established in Agreement 5-2015 under Article 331 of the Securities Market Law. The agreement mandates that specific data, including internal databases, business plans, transaction reports, and details regarding reorganization or liquidation processes, remain under reserve to protect investor rights and market transparency. Additionally, it classifies as confidential all communications with foreign regulators, sanctioning proceedings, and registered holder identities involved in registration modifications or supervisory inspections.
Single Text 09.12.2020 REPUBLIC OF PANAMA SECURITIES MARKET SUPERINTENDENCE Agreement 3-2019 (From September 18, 2019) “By which Agreement 5-2015 of July 15, 2015 is subrogated” (Modified by Agreement 14-2020 of November 30, 2020) SINGLE TEXT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS In exercise of its legal powers, and CONSIDERING That through Law 67 of September 1, 2011, the Securities Market Superintendence (hereinafter the “Superintendence”) is created as an autonomous entity of the State, with legal personality, own assets, and administrative, budgetary, and financial independence, with exclusive competence to regulate and supervise issuers, investment companies, intermediaries, and other participants in the securities market in the Republic of Panama. That pursuant to what is established in Article 121 of Law 67 of 2011, the National Assembly issued the Single Text comprising Decree-Law 1 of 1999 and its reforming laws, and Title II of Law 67 of 2011, reformed by Law 12 of April 3, 2012, and Law 56 of October 2, 2012 (hereinafter the “Securities Market Law”). That the general objective of the Superintendence is the regulation, supervision, and oversight of securities market activities developed in the Republic of Panama or from it, promoting legal certainty for all market participants, guaranteeing transparency, with special protection of investors' rights. That Article 10 of the Securities Market Law empowers the Board of Directors to “adopt, reform, and revoke agreements that develop the provisions of the Securities Market Law.” That the Board of Directors of the Securities Market Superintendence, making use of its powers, issued Agreement 5-2015 of July 15, 2015, “By which additional information and documentation that must be kept under reserve, as established in Article 331 of the Securities Market Law, is ruled upon.” That Article 331 of the Securities Market Law establishes that all information and all documents presented to the Superintendence or obtained by it shall be of a public nature and may be examined by the public, unless: “It concerns information or documents that the Superintendence rules by agreement should be kept under reserve.” That in working meetings of the Securities Market Superintendence, the need to reform the list of information and documentation contained in Agreement 5-2015 of July 15, 2015 has been manifested, in order to incorporate administrative files containing the processes of reorganization, intervention, and liquidation of any type of Entities with licenses issued by the Superintendence. That this agreement has been submitted to the Public Consultation Procedure established in Title XIV of the Securities Market Law, specifically in Articles 323 and
Single Text 09.12.2020 2 ff., whose term was from August 22, 2019, to September 13, 2019, as recorded in the public access file held by the Superintendence. That, pursuant to the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Securities Market Superintendence, in exercise of its legal powers; AGREES ARTICLE FIRST: TO RULE that the information and/or documentation listed below must be kept under reserve in attention to what is established by numeral 5 of Article 331 of the Securities Market Law: