Home / Agencies / SEC / 2026-04202
Final Rule

Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act Disclosure

Agency
Document Number
2026-04202
Published
March 3, 2026
Effective Date
March 18, 2026

Abstract

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting final amendments to certain of its rules and forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") to reflect the requirements of the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act ("HFIA Act"). The HFIA Act amended Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act to require directors and officers of a foreign private issuer with a class of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act to provide disclosure of their beneficial ownership and transactions involving the issuer's equity securities. The final amendments revise the Commission's rules and forms to reflect these statutory requirements.

Federal Register Source

This document is published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. Access the full regulatory text, preamble, and docket comments below.

View Full Text on FederalRegister.gov →

Opens in new tab · federalregister.gov

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 2026-04202 Federal Register document?
Document 2026-04202 is a Final Rule published by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Federal Register on March 3, 2026, with an effective date of March 18, 2026. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting final amendments to certain of its rules and forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") to reflect the requirements of the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act ("HFIA Act"). The HFIA Act amended Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act to require directors and officers of a foreign private issuer with a class of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act to provide disclosure of their beneficial ownership and transactions involving the issuer's equity securities. The final amendments revise the Commission's rules and forms to reflect these statutory requirements. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/03/2026-04202/holding-foreign-insiders-accountable-act-disclosure.
Is document 2026-04202 an economically significant rule?
No. Document 2026-04202 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.
Data sourced from official state legislatures, IAPP, NCSL, and federal regulatory trackers. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainRegWatch Editorial

Every figure on PlainRegWatch is rendered directly from state source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal and state source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.