December 15, 2017
SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 15-17
TO | : | Publicly-Listed Companies |
SUBJECT | : | Integrated Annual Corporate Governance Report (I-ACGR) |
To facilitate the disclosure of publicly-listed companies' (PLCs) compliance/non-compliance with the recommendations provided under the Code of Corporate Governance for PLCs and to harmonize the corporate governance requirements of the Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Commission, pursuant to its regulatory and supervisory power under Section 5 of the Securities Regulation Code, mandates all companies to submit an Integrated Annual Corporate Governance Report (I-ACGR) subject to the following:
1. All companies already listed in the PSE by 31 December of a given year shall submit three (3) copies of a fully accomplished I-ACGR on May 30 of the following year for every year that the company remains listed in the PSE;
2. The I-ACGR shall cover all relevant information from January to December of the given year. It is expected that companies, regardless of listing dates, would already have Corporate Governance practices in place. Hence, they can already submit their I-ACGR by May 30 of...