MC No. 11 s. 2021 — Adjusted Deadline for Filing Additional Securities Deposit

Republic of the Philippines Department of Finance Securities and Exchange Commission SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. Series of 2021 TO: ALL CONCERNED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS SUBJECT: ADJUSTED DEADLINE FOR FILING ADDITIONAL SECURITIES DEPOSIT WHEREAS, pursuant to SEC Memorandum Circular No. [SEC MC No.] 3, Series of 2021, the Commission adjusted the deadline for filing ofthe audited financial statement [AFS] to wit: [c] All stock corporations with fiscal year ending December 31, including branch offices, representative offices, regional headquarters and regional operating headquarters of foreign corporations, shall enroll and file their AFS through OST depending on the last numerical digit oftheir SEC registration or license number in accordance with the following schedule: June 1-30 1 July 1-31 2 August 1-31 3 & 4 September 1-30 5 & 6 October 1-31 7 & 8 November 1-30 9 & 0 WHEREAS, for Foreign Corporations with License to Operate as Branch Office [Branch Office], the latest due AFS is used as basis for the computation and monitoring of branch offices in its posting of additional and/or substitution ofsecurities deposit. WHEREAS, with the alarming rise of Covid-19 cases continuously posing as health threatening, the Philippines is still under various community quarantine measures. The mobility ofthe people is still restricted; NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission hereby resolves to EXTEND the deadline for the posting of additional securities deposit and substitution ofsecurities deposit for branch offices with fiscal period ending 31 December 2020 to align the same with the extended deadline of the AFS, subject to the following guidelines:

1. Posting of additional securities depositfor branch offices falling due in 2021 shall be extended until December 23, 2021, Thursday.
2. The extension for posting ofadditional securities deposit and substitution ofsecurities deposit shall automatically be applied without the need for a request from the affected branch offices.
3. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately and shall be prospective in nature. Signed this____day of November 2021, Pasay City, Philippines. EMI ^t'^:™iNO Chair pei/son 11 11th Published: Manila Standard, 13 November 2021 Manila Times, 13 November 2021 Filed with UP Law Center: 12 November 2021