2026-07-07
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The Securities Market Superintendence of the Dominican Republic issues Circular 05-26 to mandate that market participants submit financial statements via the Virtual Office for automatic publication on its institutional portal. The regulation establishes specific requirements for file formats, content, and submission procedures while explicitly stating that automatic publication does not constitute prior validation or approval by the regulator. Participants assume full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the uploaded documents, which will be immediately accessible to the public upon submission.
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CIRCULAR No. 05/26
To: Securities Market Participants and the general public. Subject: Submission of financial statements for automatic publication through the Virtual Office of the Securities Market Superintendence.
Seen:
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Considering:
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Therefore: The Superintendent of the Securities Market, in the exercise of the powers granted by Article 17, item 14, of Law No. 249-17 of the Securities Market of the Dominican Republic, promulgated on the nineteenth (19) day of December of two thousand seventeen (2017), which repeals and substitutes Law No. 19-00 of the eighth (8) day of May of two thousand (2000), orders the following:
I. To inform Securities Market Participants that the purpose of this Circular is to establish the rules applicable for the automatic publication on the institutional portal of the Securities Market Superintendence (hereinafter, the Portal).
II. To inform Securities Market Participants that this Circular applies to the following Participants and Autonomous Assets, namely:
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| Scope | Type of Financial Statements | Content for Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Investment Fund Administrator Companies (SAFI), Public Offer Trust Companies, Securitization Companies, Investment Funds, Public Offer Trusts, Separate Assets for Securitization, and Issuers of Securities | Audited Financial Statements | 1. External Auditor's Report<br>2. Statement of Financial Position<br>3. Statement of Results<br>4. Statement of Cash Flows<br>5. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>6. Explanatory Notes |
| Investment Fund Administrator Companies (SAFI), Public Offer Trust Companies, and Securitization Companies | Semi-annual Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results<br>3. Statement of Cash Flows<br>4. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>5. Explanatory Notes |
| Investment Funds, Public Offer Trusts, Separate Assets for Securitization, and Issuers of Securities | Quarterly Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results<br>3. Statement of Cash Flows<br>4. Statement of Changes in Equity |
| Investment Fund Administrator Companies (SAFI), Public Offer Trust Companies, and Securitization Companies | Monthly Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results |
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| Scope | Type of Financial Statements | Content for Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Securities Intermediaries | Annual Financial Statements | 1. External Auditor's Report<br>2. Statement of Financial Position<br>3. Statement of Results<br>4. Statement of Cash Flows<br>5. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>6. Explanatory Notes |
| Securities Intermediaries | Semi-annual Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results<br>3. Statement of Cash Flows<br>4. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>5. Explanatory Notes |
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| Scope | Type of Financial Statements | Content for Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Centralized Securities Depositories | Annual Financial Statements | 1. External Auditor's Report<br>2. Statement of Financial Position<br>3. Statement of Results<br>4. Statement of Cash Flows<br>5. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>6. Explanatory Notes |
| Centralized Securities Depositories | Monthly Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results |
| Administrator Companies of Centralized Trading Mechanisms | Annual Financial Statements | 1. External Auditor's Report<br>2. Statement of Financial Position<br>3. Statement of Results<br>4. Statement of Cash Flows<br>5. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>6. Explanatory Notes |
| Administrator Companies of Centralized Trading Mechanisms | Monthly Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results |
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| Scope | Type of Financial Statements | Content for Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Price-Providing Companies | Annual Financial Statements | 1. External Auditor's Report<br>2. Statement of Financial Position<br>3. Statement of Results<br>4. Statement of Cash Flows<br>5. Statement of Changes in Equity<br>6. Explanatory Notes |
| Price-Providing Companies | Monthly Financial Statements | 1. Statement of Financial Position<br>2. Statement of Results |
III. To inform Price-Providing Companies that the automatic publication of their monthly financial statements through the Virtual Office will be required from the entry into force of the Information Requirements Manual (MRI).
IV. To inform Securities Market Participants that, from the issuance of this Circular, financial statements intended for publication will not be manually uploaded to the Securities Market Registry section of the Superintendence's website. Instead, they must be published by the aforementioned Securities Market Participants, as provided in item II of this Circular, through the Virtual Office for automatic publication, in a single PDF file that is readable, complete, continuous, and suitable for electronic viewing. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each Securities Market Participant to carefully verify in advance the content, order of presentation, and format of the financial statements, as once uploaded and submitted, said file will be immediately available to the public on the Superintendence's institutional portal.
V. To inform Securities Market Participants subject to compliance with this Circular that, for the submission of financial statements for automatic publication through the Virtual Office, they must follow the following procedure:
VI. To inform Securities Market Participants subject to compliance with this Circular that, in the subject line of the submitted communication, they must specify the period to which the financial statements correspond, explicitly indicating their periodicity, month, and year. Example: Subject: Monthly Financial Statements May 2026 or Financial Statements First Quarter 2026.
VII. To inform Securities Market Participants that, once the validation process by Superintendence staff is exhausted, in the following sections:
VIII. To inform Securities Market Participants that they will be solely responsible for the truthfulness, accuracy, integrity, legibility, and correspondence of the file uploaded for automatic publication with the financial information submitted. Any error, omission, duplication, incomplete file, or inaccuracy in the published information will be the exclusive responsibility of the sender, without prejudice to administrative actions provided for in Law No. 249-17 and its current regulations.
IX. To inform Securities Market Participants that this Circular will not apply to the financial information of guarantors or other third parties not registered in the Securities Market Registry. Such information, when it must be subject to publication, will be treated in accordance with the procedure determined by the Superintendence.
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X. To inform Securities Market Participants that the submission of financial statements for automatic publication does not substitute or exempt the sender from compliance with their obligations to periodically submit financial information, disclose material events, or any other information required by current regulations.
XI. To inform Securities Market Participants that the automatic publication of financial statements does not imply prior validation, approval, substantive review, or certification by the Superintendence. Furthermore, the Superintendence may withdraw or eliminate, in whole or in part, files published automatically when they contain information that should not be published, are illegible, are duplicated, present obvious errors, or when, for supervisory reasons, it is necessary to limit their public availability, notifying the corresponding participant of such elimination. In such cases, the sender must republish the correct and definitive file, through the Virtual Office, for automatic publication in accordance with the provisions of this Circular.
XII. To inform Securities Market Participants that they may request the substitution or elimination of previously published financial statements on the institutional portal, through a communication addressed to the Superintendence, indicating the reasons for such request, and the Superintendence will acknowledge receipt of the request and proceed as required, in accordance with applicable current provisions.
XIII. To inform Securities Market Participants that, when a previously automatically published file is substituted by another, the substitute file must contain, in the document itself and visibly, a legend indicating:
XIV. To inform Securities Market Participants that such legend must remain incorporated while the document is available to the public. For these purposes, the inclusion of the legend in the document is the exclusive responsibility of the Securities Market Participant.
XV. To inform Securities Market Participants that the minimum content of the file to be automatically published corresponds to that established for the respective financial statements in current regulations and, once the Information Requirements Manual (MRI) enters into force, to the content provided for in said manual, approved by the Seventh Resolution of the Superintendent of the Securities Market R-NE-SIMV-2025-07-MV, dated the twenty-third (23) day of December of two thousand twenty-five (2025), as applicable. Likewise, the deadline for automatic publication will be the same as that corresponding to the submission of said file in accordance with current regulations.
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XVI. To inform Securities Market Participants that this Circular repeals and substitutes Circular No. 04/26.
XVII. To inform Securities Market Participants that this Circular enters into force from the next business day following its publication.
XVIII. To instruct the Securities Market Registry Department and the Digital Transformation Directorate to make the necessary operational adjustments in the Document Catalog of the Virtual Office for the implementation of this Circular.
XIX. To instruct the Regulation and Innovation Directorate of the Securities Market Superintendence to publish this Circular on the institutional website.
In Santo Domingo, National District, capital of the Dominican Republic, on the sixth (6) day of the month of July of two thousand twenty-six (2026).
Digitally signed by: Ernesto Bournigal Read Superintendent EBR/mdt/cp/rm/ru Regulation and Innovation Directorate