Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Form 20-F

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (“PRA”) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) this request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.

Form 20-F (17 CFR 249.220f) is used by foreign private issuers to register securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and to file annual or transition reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The information collected by Form 20-F is intended to provide investors with material information needed to make informed investment decisions. The information collected by Form 20-F is mandatory, and Form 20-F filings are publicly available on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system. We estimate that Form 20-F is filed once per year by approximately 1,029 respondents, for a total of approximately 1,029 responses annually. We estimate that respondents incur 660.89 burden hours per Form 20-F response, for a total annual reporting burden of 680,056 hours (660.89 hours per response × 1,029 responses). We estimate that respondents incur $1,194,666.92 cost burden per Form 20-F, for a total annual cost of $1,229,312,261 ($1,194,666.92 cost per response × 1,029 responses).

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. ( printed page 58226)

The public may view and comment on this information collection request at: www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAViewICR?​ref_​nbr=​202606-3235-003 or send an email comment to MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov within 30 days of the day after publication of this notice by October 15, 2026.