Reports on Form 10-K must be filed within the following timeline:

a. For large accelerated filers (as defined in Rule 3-01 of Regulation S-X — see SEC Compliance Checklist — General): sixty (60) days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the report
b. For accelerated filers, seventy-five (75) days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the report
c. For all other registrants, ninety (90) days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the report.
The schedules to the financial statements called for by Article 12 of Regulation S-X may, at the registrant’s option, be filed as an amendment to the report on Form 10-K/A no later than 30 days after the applicable due date of the report.

If all or any portion of Form 10-K cannot be filed timely without unreasonable effort or expense, an automatic extension of up to 15 calendar days from the prescribed due date is available. Notification on Form 12b-25 is to be filed with the SEC, giving reasons for the delay and should be filed no later than one business day after the due date of the report. Should one of the causes of the delay be the inability of the auditor to furnish the required audit report, a statement provided by the auditor to that effect is to be attached as an exhibit to Form 12b-25.

See the text of Exchange Act Rule 13a-10 or Rule 15d-10 for filing requirements if Form 10-K is used as a transition report when a registrant changes its fiscal year end.

Regulation 12B contains general requirements for registration and reporting under the Exchange Act. It deals with matters such as kind and size of paper to be used, the legibility of the report, the information to be given whenever the title of securities is required to be stated, and the filing of the report. Note also that Rule 12b-2 is a list of definitions of terms used in the SEC’s rules and forms.

Regulation 12B should be read in conjunction with Regulation S-T, which governs the preparation and submission of documents in electronic format.

Particular attention should be accorded Rule 12b-20, which states, “In addition to the information expressly required to be included in a statement or report, there shall be added such further material information, if any, as may be necessary to make the required statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.”

Except where information is required to be given for the fiscal year or as of a specified date, it should be given as of the latest practicable date.

Registrants must also disclose in the annual report whether periodic and current reports are available, free of charge, on the registrant’s website.

[See Form 10-K, General Instruction G]. When the registrant includes all of the information required in Parts I and II (Items 1 through 9A) by incorporation by reference from the annual report to shareholders, and all of the information in Part III (Items 10 through 14) by incorporation by reference from a definitive proxy statement (or information statement) involving the election of directors, then Form 10-K will consist of:

a. The facing or cover page
b. Those sections incorporated from the annual report to shareholders, and the proxy (or information statement)
c. The information, if any, required by Part IV, and signatures
d. A cross-reference sheet showing the item numbers and captions in Parts I, II, and III, and the page(s) in the referenced materials where the corresponding information appears. Also, the facing sheet requires information relating to “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”

To meet the requirements of Part I, the incorporated portion of the annual report to security holders must contain the information required by Items 1 to 3 to the extent applicable.

If any information called for by Parts I or II of Form 10-K is incorporated into an electronic (EDGAR) SEC filing by reference from the annual report to security holders, such portion(s) of the annual report to security holders must be filed in electronic format as Exhibit 13 to the filing. [See S-K Item 601b(13)(ii).]

The information called for by Part III (Items 10 through 14) may be incorporated by reference from the definitive proxy statement (or information statement), which involves the election of directors, if such definitive statement is filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. However, if the definitive statement is not filed with the SEC in the 120-day period or is not required to be filed with the SEC due to Rule 3a12-3(b) of the Exchange Act, the Part III information must be filed as part of Form 10-K, or as an amendment on Form 10-K/A, no later than the end of the 120-day period.

The information regarding executive officers required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K (Item 10 of Form 10-K) may be included in Part I of Form 10-K under an appropriate caption (“Executive Officers of the Registrant”). [See Instruction 3 to Item 401(b) of Regulation S K.]

Annual reports to security holders may be combined with the required Form 10-K information if the following conditions are met:

a. The combined report contains full and complete answers to all items required by Form 10-K. If responses to a disclosure item are separated in the combined report, an appropriate cross-reference should be made. If information required by Part III of Form 10-K is omitted because it is incorporated by reference, a definitive proxy or information statement must be filed.
b. The cover page and required signatures are included.
c. As appropriate, a cross-reference sheet should be filed indicating the location of the required information.
d. Registrants filing on the EDGAR electronic filing system are to file electronically any portion of their annual report to security holders that is used to satisfy any of the Form 10-K required disclosures.

For registrants filing on the SEC’s EDGAR electronic filing system, signature requirements are satisfied if the signatory’s name appears in typed format in the electronic filing. Typed format signatures are acceptable on copies of electronically filed documents that are furnished to a national securities exchange or national securities association. Registrants are required to retain for five years manually signed authorizations for the typed signatures that appear in electronic filings (Regulation S-T, Rule 302). Electronic filings are discussed in Regulation S-T.

Registrants filing in paper format as a result of either a temporary or continuing hardship exemption must file three complete copies of the report on Form 10 K (including financial statements, financial statement schedules, exhibits, and all other papers and documents filed) and five additional copies (which need not include exhibits) with the SEC. At least one complete copy of the report on Form 10-K (including financial statements, financial statement schedules, exhibits, and all other papers and documents filed) must be filed with each exchange on which any class of securities of the registrant is registered. At least one complete copy filed with the SEC and the one filed with each exchange must be manually signed. Copies not manually signed must bear typed or printed signatures. See Rule 12b-11 of the Exchange Act regarding manual signatures and signatures pursuant to powers of attorney.

Form 10-K annual reports are to be signed on behalf of the registrant by the principal executive officer(s), principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and by at least the majority of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions). If the registrant is a limited partnership, the Form 10-K annual report is to be signed by a majority of the board of directors of any corporate general partner who signs the Form 10-K. The name of each person who signs the report should be typed or printed beneath his or her signature. If a person holds more than one of the specified positions (e.g., a director and the principal financial officer), then each capacity in which the person signs should be indicated. [See Form 10-K, General Instruction D.]

Registrants filing in paper format as a result of either a temporary or continuing hardship exemption should also consult the appropriate guidance in Regulation S-T.

If the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in a Form 10-K report reflect a change from the preceding year in any accounting principle(s) or practice(s), or in the method of applying any such principle(s) or practice(s), a transmittal letter accompanying the Form 10-K should so indicate. This is commonly referred to as a preferability letter. [See Form 10-K, General Instruction D(3), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 6.G.2(b)].]

Note: No letter from the independent auditor need be filed when the change is required by a standard adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

Information required by any item or other requirement of Form 10-K with respect to any foreign subsidiary, exclusive of financial statements or financial statement schedules, may be omitted if inclusion of such information would be determined to be detrimental to the registrant. A statement should be made if such information is omitted, and the names of the subsidiaries involved should be furnished to the SEC. [See Form 10-K, General Instruction E.]

If all of the following conditions are met on the date of the filing of the Form 10-K, a registrant may omit Item 6, “Selected Financial Data,” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” provided that it includes in the Form 10-K a management’s narrative analysis of the results of operations explaining the reasons for material changes in revenues/expenses between the most recent fiscal year presented and the fiscal year immediately preceding it, including the effect of any changes in accounting principles and practices or method of application that have a material effect on net income. Explanations of material changes should include, but are not limited to, changes in the various elements which determine revenue and expense levels such as unit sales volume, prices charged and paid, production levels, production cost variances, labor costs and discretionary spending. Further, registrants meeting all of the requirements below may omit a number of other Items of Form 10-K, including Items 4, 10, 11, 12, and 13, and the List of Subsidiaries exhibit (Exhibit 21) required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K and furnish only brief responses to Items 1 and 2 of Form 10-K. [See Form 10-K, General Instruction I.]

a. All of the registrant’s equity securities are owned directly or indirectly by a single entity, which is itself a reporting company under the Exchange Act and has fulfilled its Exchange Act filing requirements, and which is named in the registrant’s description of its business.
b. During the preceding 36 months (and any subsequent period of days), there has not been any material default in (1) any indebtedness of the registrant or its subsidiaries (which was not cured within 30 days) and (2) the payment of rentals under material long-term leases.
c. The cover page of Form 10-K states that the registrant meets the above conditions and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.
d. The registrant is not an asset-backed issuer (as defined in Item 1101 of Regulation AB).

The following applies only to registrants that are asset-backed issuers (Item 1100 of Regulation S-K):

Items That May Be Omitted

a. Items 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, 8, 9, 9A, 14
b. If the issuer does not have any executive officers or directors, then Items 10, 11, 12, and 13 may also be omitted.
Substitute Information to Be Included — In addition to the Items that are otherwise required by Form 10-K, the registrant must also furnish in the Form 10-K the following information:

a. Immediately after the name of the issuing entity on the cover page, as separate line items, the exact names of the depositor and of the sponsor (as specified in its charter)
b. Item 1112(b), “Financial Information,” of Regulation AB
c. Item 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b), “Financial Information,” of Regulation AB
d. Item 1117, “Legal Proceedings,” of Regulation AB
e. Item 1119, “Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” of Regulation AB
f. Item 1122, “Compliance with Applicable Service Criteria,” of Regulation AB
g. Item 1123, “Servicer Compliance Statement,” of Regulation AB.

Signatures — The form must be signed either (1) on behalf of the depositor by the senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor or (2) on behalf of the issuing entity by the senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the servicer. If multiple servicers are involved, the senior officer in charge of the master servicer (or entity performing the equivalent function) must sign.

Attention is directed to Rule 15d-21, which provides that separate annual and other reports need not be filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act with respect to any employee stock purchase, savings, or similar plan if the issuer of the stock or other securities offered to employees pursuant to the plan furnishes to the SEC, as part of its annual report on such form, the financial statements required on Form 11-K with respect to the plan within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the plan. If a plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and uses the procedure permitted by Rule 15d-21, the financial statements required by Form 11-K shall be filed within 180 days after the plan’s fiscal year end. See Rule 15d-21 of the Exchange Act Rules.

PART I OF FORM 10-K
Item 1 — Business
1. Provide the detailed disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 101, “Description of Business.”
2. The discussion of the development of the registrant’s business need only include developments since the beginning of the fiscal year for which the Form 10-K is being filed.

Item 1A — Risk Factors
1. Provide the disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 503(c). The discussion must be in plain English and include only known and material risks.

Item 1B — Unresolved Staff Comments
1. If the registrant is an accelerated filer or a large accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) or is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and has received written comments from the staff regarding its periodic or current reports under the Exchange Act more than 180 days before the end of its fiscal year to which the annual report relates and such comments remain unresolved, the registrant must disclose, to the extent they are deemed material by the registrant, the substance of any such unresolved comments. The disclosures may provide other information, including the position of the registrant with respect to any such comment.

Item 2 — Properties
1. Provide the information called for by Regulation S-K, Item 102, “Description of Property.”

Item 3 — Legal Proceedings
1. Provide the disclosures required by Regulation S-K, Item 103, “Legal Proceedings.” Note: Loss contingency disclosure requirements of GAAP within ASC 450-20-50 and Item 103 have different objectives. Item 103 disclosures should be focused on the legal facts, underlying loss contingency, the related exposure (i.e., estimated loss or range of reasonably possible losses), and the likelihood of a loss.
2. If any legal proceeding was terminated during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K, provide information similar to that called for by Regulation S-K, Item 103. Such disclosure should include the date of termination and a description of the disposition with respect to the registrant and its subsidiaries.

Item 4 — Mine Safety Disclosures
1. If applicable, disclose that the information related to mine safety violations or other regulatory matters as required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to the annual report. Form 10-K Refer to rule at https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2011/33-9286.pdf

PART II OF FORM 10-K
Item 5 — Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
1. Provide the information required by Item 201 of Regulation S-K, “Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters,” and Item 701 of Regulation S-K, “Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities — Use of Proceeds From Registered Securities,” as to all equity securities sold by the registrant during the period covered by the report that were not registered under the Securities Act other than unregistered sales made in reliance on Regulation S. Item 701 information previously provided in Form 10-Q or Form 8-K need not be repeated.
2. This item requires, among other things, disclosure of restrictions (including restrictions on subsidiaries paying dividends, loans, or advances to the parent) that currently, or are reasonably expected to, limit materially the amount of dividends paid on the issuer’s common stock.
3. If required by Rule 463 of the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.463), furnish the information required by Item 701(f) of Regulation S-K, “Use of Proceeds.” (Rule 463 requires that following the effective date of the first registration statement filed under the Securities Act by an issuer, the issuer or successor issuer shall report the use of proceeds on its first periodic report filed pursuant to sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after effectiveness of its Securities Act registration statement, and thereafter on each of its subsequent periodic reports filed pursuant to sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act through the later of disclosure of the application of all the offering proceeds or disclosure of the termination of the offering.)
4. Furnish the information required by Item 703 of Regulation S-K for any repurchase made in a month within the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K. Provide disclosures covering repurchases made on a monthly basis.

Item 6 — Selected Financial Data
1. In comparative columnar form, provide the selected financial data for the registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries as called for in Regulation S-K, Item 301 for each of the last five fiscal years (or for the life of the registrant and its predecessors, if shorter) and any additional fiscal years necessary to keep the data from being misleading.
2. Matters affecting the comparability of the data in the five-year summary and information concerning material uncertainties must be described briefly in a footnote or cross-referenced to a discussion thereof (i.e., accounting changes, discontinued operations, business combinations, etc.). [Refer to FRM 1610.]
3. If material noncontrolling interest amounts are not separately presented in the selected financial data, consider adding parenthetical disclosure noting the noncontrolling portion or a footnote with such information.

Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
1. Provide the disclosure called for by Regulation S-K, Item 303, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” [Refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance.]
2. The SEC staff continues to focus on enhancing disclosures, particularly in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A). The SEC staff has expressed that an executive summary at the beginning of MD&A would be useful to set the stage for the following discussion and that the involvement of executive management in the preparation and review of MD&A is critical. The SEC staff’s views are encompassed in an interpretive release (Release 33-8350) issued on December 19, 2003. (See the Deloitte publication SEC Interpretation: Commission Guidance Regarding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.) The full text of the interpretation can be found at http://www.sec.gov/rules/interp/33-8350.htm.The staff also continues to refer to its Summary by the Division of Corporation Finance of Significant Issues Addressed in the Review of the Periodic Reports of the Fortune 500 Companies, released in early 2003. The Deloitte publication, SEC Comment Letters — Including Industry Insights: What “Edgar” Told Us, SEC Comment Letters — Statistics According to "Edgar" — Supplement to the Ninth Edition, and various Deloitte Heads Up publications on the annual AICPA-SEC Conference can provide additional insight into the SEC’s views on disclosure in MD&A.

Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
1. Furnish the information required by Item 305 of Regulation S-K.

Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
1. Provide financial statements meeting the requirements of Regulation S-X (except for Rule 3-05, Rule 3-14, and Article 11) and the supplementary financial information required by Item 302 of Regulation S-K.
2. The following audited consolidated financial statements of the registrant and its subsidiaries are required in comparative columnar form:
   a. Balance sheet as of the end of each of the last two years
   b. Statement of income and comprehensive income for each of the three latest years
   c. Statement of cash flows for each of the three latest years
   d. Statement of shareholders’ equity (or footnote disclosure) — each of the three latest years.
   Other financial statements and schedules required under Regulation S-X may be filed as “Financial Statement Schedules” pursuant to Item 15, Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K, of Form 10-K.
   [Note: A smaller reporting company may provide the information required by Article 8 of Regulation S-X in lieu of any financial statements required by Item 8 of the Form 10-K.]

3. Notes to financial statements.
a. Notes to financial statements must cover all the years for which financial statements are required to be furnished, with the exception of the information required by the following provisions of Regulation S-X, which should be provided as of the most recent audited balance-sheet date. [See Regulation S-X, Rule 4-08 for general financial statement footnote requirements. Refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance.]
Rule 4-08(b): Assets subject to lien
Rule 4-08(c): Defaults
Rule 4-08(d): Preferred shares
Rule 4-08(e): Restrictions which limit the payment of dividends by the registrant; and which limit the payment of dividends, loans and advances by subsidiaries to the parent.
Rule 4-08(f): Significant changes in bonds, mortgages, and similar debt.
Further, the information required by Rule 4-08(i), “Warrants or Rights Outstanding,” and by Rule 4-08(m), “Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements,” should be furnished at the date of the related balance sheet.
All companies must furnish the derivative accounting policy disclosures required by Rule 4-08(n). The disclosures are required only when material as required by ASC 235-10. In assessing materiality, the SEC expects companies to consider the effect on the financial statements of all derivatives, including those not recognized in the statement of financial position.
b. Summarized financial information of unconsolidated subsidiary/subsidiaries and 50- percent-or-less-owned persons are required in footnotes (as of the same dates and for the same periods as the audited consolidated financial statements provided) if the Significant Subsidiary Test in Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w) is met, using 10 percent, either individually or on an aggregated basis. [Refer to the Significant Subsidiary Test in Part III of SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance. Also see Regulation S-X Rule 4-08(g).]

4. Other financial statement requirements relating to specific situations covered in Regulation S-X include [refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance.]:
Rule 3-06: Financial statements covering a period of 9 to 12 months
Rule 3-09: Separate financial statements of subsidiaries not consolidated and 50- percent-or-less-owned persons
Rule 3-10: Financial statements of guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered
Rule 3-12(f): Financial statements of a foreign business
Rule 3-15: Special provisions as to real estate investment trusts
Rule 3-16: Financial statements of affiliates whose securities collateralize an issue registered or being registered
Rule 3-17: Financial statements of natural persons
Rule 3-18: Special provisions as to registered management investment companies and companies required to be registered as management investment companies
Rule 3-20: Currency for financial statements of foreign private issuers.

5. Inactive entity financial statements need not be audited where specific conditions are met [Regulation S-X, Rule 3-11].

6. Supplementary Financial Information. Provide the following information:
a. Quarterly financial data for each quarter within the two most recent years. [See Item 302(a) of Regulation S-K.]
Registrants, except foreign private issuers, are required to include this information if they have securities registered under sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. [Refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance.]
When the quarterly data presented differ from that reported on the Form 10-Q for any quarter, reconcile the amounts provided with those previously reported and describe the reason for the difference.
Describe the effect of any disposals of segments of a business, and extraordinary, unusual or infrequently occurring items recognized in each full quarter.
b. Information about oil and gas producing activities. See Item 302(b) of Regulation S-K and Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X.

Item 9 — Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
1. Provide the disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 304(b), “Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.”
2. The disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 304(a) do not have to be repeated in the Form 10-K filing if such disclosures were previously made in an SEC filing (e.g., in Form 8-K).

Item 9A — Controls & Procedures
1. Furnish the information required by Regulation S-K Items 307, “Disclosure Controls and Procedures,” and 308, “Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”
[Note: The SEC’s final rule, Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic Reports of Non-Accelerated Filers, exempts non-accelerated filers from the requirement to provide the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. The full text of this rule can be found at http://sec.gov/rules/final/2010/33-9142.pdf].

Item 9B — Other Information
1. Disclose any information required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of the year covered by the Form 10-K, but not reported, whether or not otherwise required by the Form 10-K. If disclosure of such information is made under this Item, it need not be repeated in Form 8-K, which would otherwise be required to be filed with respect to such information, or in a subsequent report on Form 10-K.

PART III OF FORM 10-K
Item 10 — Directors, Executive Officers of the Registrant, and Corporate Governance
1. Provide the information called for by Regulation S-K, Item 401, “Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons,” (which includes the requirements for disclosure of the “Audit Committee Financial Expert”), Item 405, “Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act,” and Item 406, “Code of Ethics,” and Item 407(c)(3), (d)(4), and (d)(5) “Corporate Governance.”
2. Item 405 of Regulation S-K requires disclosure of delinquent Form 3, 4, or 5 filers. The space on the front of the Form 10-K should be marked to indicate that the registrant has no delinquent filers.

Item 11 — Executive Compensation 1. Provide the disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 402, “Executive Compensation.”
2. Provide the disclosures called for by paragraphs (e)(4) and (e)(5) of Regulation S-K, Item 407.
Additional SEC interpretive guidance on these requirements can be found in Staff Observations in the Review of Executive Compensation Disclosure at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/execcompdisclosure.htm and in the Regulation S-K interpretations at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/regs-kinterp.htm.
Refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, for detailed guidance.

Item 12 — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
1. Furnish the information required by Regulation S-K, Item 201(d), “Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans,” and Item 403, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

Item 13 — Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
1. Make the related-party disclosures called for by Regulation S-K, Item 404 and Item 407(a), “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

Item 14 — Principal Accounting Fees and Services
1. Furnish the information required by Item 9(e) of Exchange Act, Schedule 14A. A registrant that is an Asset-Backed Issuer is not required to disclose the information required below.
a. Disclose, under the caption Audit Fees, the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in the registrant’s Form 10-Q or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.
b. Disclose, under the caption Audit-Related Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) above. Registrants should describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
c. Disclose, under the caption Tax Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. Registrants should describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
d. Disclose, under the caption All Other Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section. Registrants should describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
e. Disclose the audit committee’s preapproval policies and procedures described in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i) of Regulation S-X, and also disclose the percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
f. If greater than 50 percent, registrants must disclose the percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

PART IV OF FORM 10-K
Item 15 — Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
1. List the following documents filed as a part of the Form 10-K:
a. All financial statements
b. Financial statement schedules required to be filed by Item 8 of the Form 10-K
c. Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K. Identify in the list each management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-K.
2. Provide the exhibits required by Regulation S-K, Item 601.
a. Refer to Item 601 for detailed guidance relating to the following exhibits:
Exhibit 2 — Plan of acquisition, reorganization, liquidation, or succession.
Exhibit 3 — (i) Articles of incorporation and (ii) bylaws.
Exhibit 4 — Instruments defining the rights of security holders including indentures.
Exhibit 9 — Voting trust agreement.
Exhibit 10 — Material contracts.
Exhibit 11 — Earnings per share.
Exhibit 12 — Computation of ratios.
Exhibit 13 — Annual or quarterly reports to security holders.
Exhibit 14 — Code of Ethics.
Exhibit 16 — Letter regarding change in certifying accountants.
Exhibit 18 — Letter regarding change in accounting principles.
Exhibit 21 — Subsidiaries of the registrant.
Exhibit 22 — Published Report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders.
Exhibit 23 — Consents of experts and counsel.
Exhibit 24 — Power of attorney.
Exhibit 31 — Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications (302 Certifications).
Exhibit 32 — The certifications required by Rule 13a-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (906 Certifications).
Exhibit 33 — Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed issuers.
Exhibit 34 — Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
Exhibit 35 — Servicer compliance statement.
Exhibit 95 — Mine safety disclosure exhibit (Item 104).
Exhibit 99 — Additional Exhibits
Note: “Additional exhibits” includes:
i. Any additional exhibits that the registrant may wish to file shall be so marked as to indicate clearly the subject matters to which they refer.
ii. Any document (except for an exhibit) or part thereof which is incorporated by reference in the filing and is not otherwise required to be filed by this Item or is not a Commission-filed document incorporated by reference in a Securities Act registration statement.
iii. If pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (15 U.S.C. 77k(a)) an issuer makes generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the effective date of the registration statement, and if such earnings statement is made available by “other methods” than those specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of §230.158 of this chapter, it must be filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q or the Form 10-K, as appropriate, covering the period in which the earnings statement was released.
Exhibit 100 — XBRL-Related Documents.
Note: In December 2008, the SEC adopted rules, “Interactive Data to Improve Financial Reporting” (“the SEC rules”), requiring most registrants to provide financial statements and financial statement schedules in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. The XBRL-formatted financial statements and financial statement schedules are required to be submitted as an exhibit (the “XBRL exhibit”), to certain periodic filings, registration statements, and transition reports that contain financial reports. XBRL is the tool that registrants will use to make their financial filings interactive and improve the ability of financial statement users to access and analyze financial data. The full text of this rule can be found at http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2009/33-9002.pdf.
Exhibit 101 — Interactive Data File. XBRL file.
3. Include Exhibit 95 required by Item 104, “Mine Safety Disclosure,” of Regulation S-K, if applicable.
4. Include any financial statements or financial statement schedules required by Regulation S-X that were not included in the annual report to shareholders, including:
a. Separate financial statements of unconsolidated subsidiaries and 50-percent-or-less owned persons (entities) accounted for by the equity method if the “significant subsidiary” test in Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w) is met at the 20 percent level. [Also see “Significant Subsidiary Test” in Part III of SEC Compliance Checklist — General and Regulation S-X, Rule 3-09.]
b. Separate financial statements of guarantors and affiliates whose securities represent a substantial portion of the collateral for registered debt (if not otherwise filed on an individual or consolidated basis). [Refer to Regulation S-X, Rule 3-10 and 3-16.]
c. Financial statement schedules required by Rule 5-04 and Article 12 of Regulation S-X.
Item 16 Form 10-K Summary (optional)
Registrants may, at their option, include a summary of information required by this Form but only if each item in the summary is presented fairly and accurately and includes a hyperlink to the material contained in this form to which such item relates, including to materials contained in any exhibits filed with the Form.
Registrants were allowed to provide the optional Form 10 K summary as of June 9, 2016. As of the date of this checklist, the example Form 10-K included on the SEC website does not include Item 16.

1. Accountant’s report. Refer to SEC Compliance Checklist — General, and Regulation S-X Rule 2-02 for detailed guidance (17 CFR 210.2-02).
a. The accountant’s report should be dated and signed manually.
b. The accountant’s report should indicate the city and state where issued.
c. The accountant’s report should identify without detailed enumeration the financial statements and/or schedules covered by the report.
d. Subsequent events. If after the date of the original report an event occurs that requires adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements, the adjustment or disclosure should be made and the auditors’ report “dual-dated” or redated as appropriate. [PCAOB AU §560 and §530]
e. If the financial statements for a prior year presented in the Form 10-K have been reported on by other auditors, the separate report of the predecessor auditor may be omitted from the annual shareholders’ report provided; however, a reissued report covering the prior period is required to be included in Part IV of Form 10-K. [Refer to Exchange Act Rule 14a-3(b)(1).]

2. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
a. Rule 12b-36 of the Exchange Act requires a consent only where the accountant’s report on financial statements filed under other acts (e.g., the Securities Act) administered by the SEC is incorporated by reference. Thus, no consent is required where reports previously included in Form 10-K are incorporated by reference in a registration under Form 10, because both Form 10-K and Form 10 are filed under the Exchange Act.
b. An accountant’s consent is required when Form 10-K is incorporated by reference in Forms S-1, S-3, S-4, S-8, and S-11. The consent may be filed either as an amendment to the registration statement or with the Form 10-K or with a Form 10-K/A amendment to the 10-K. [See Financial Reporting Release Codification Section 606 regarding Form S-8.]

3. Participation in “sanctionable activities” with Iran or Syria — In accordance with the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Iran-Syria Act”), registrants are required to disclose contracts, transactions, or other arrangements that are linked to “sanctionable activities” with Iran and Syria.
These disclosure requirements are applicable for any registrant that is required to file annual or quarterly reports under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and would be effective for those reports filed after February 6, 2013. Additionally, the registrant would also need to disclose any sanctionable activities conducted by its subsidiaries and affiliates.
In addition to disclosing these activities in its Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, the registrant must also file a separate notice through EDGAR (i.e., the IRANNOTICE) that the information required to be disclosed has been included in its annual or quarterly report.
a. Regardless of the significance of the activity, a registrant must disclose any “sanctionable activities” with Iran and Syria as defined in the Iran-Syria Act including: [Visit the U.S. Department of State website for a definition of sanctionable activities covered by the Iran-Syria Act.]
i. Detailed description of the nature of the “sanctionable activities.”
ii. Nature and extent of the “sanctionable activities.”
iii. Amount of revenues and profit associated with the “sanctionable activities.”
iv. Whether the registrant (or its subsidiary/affiliate) plans on continuing its relationship with Iran and Syria.
b. The registrant submitted the required IRANNOTICE form with the SEC.
NOTE: In December 2012, the SEC staff issued implementation guidance in the form of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs). Refer to C&DI 147.01 regarding implementation guidance on Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012.