{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-230.489","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 230.489","heading":"Filing of form by foreign banks and insurance companies and certain of their holding companies and finance subsidiaries.","body":"(a) The following foreign issuers shall file Form F-N [17 CFR 239.43] under the Act appointing an agent for service of process when filing a registration statement under the Act:\n(1) A foreign issuer that is a foreign bank or foreign insurance company excepted from the definition of investment company by rule 3a-6 (17 CFR 270.3a-6) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”);\n(2) A foreign issuer that is a finance subsidiary of a foreign bank or foreign insurance company, as those terms are defined in rule 3a-6 under the 1940 Act, if the finance subsidiary is excepted from the definition of investment company by rule 3a-5 [17 CFR 270.3a-5] under the 1940 Act; or\n(3) A foreign issuer that is excepted from the definition of investment company by rule 3a-1 (17 CFR 270.3a-1) under the 1940 Act because some or all of its majority-owned subsidiaries are foreign banks or insurance companies excepted from the definition of investment company by rule 3a-6 under the 1940 Act.\n(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply to:\n(1) A foreign issuer that has filed Form F-X (17 CFR 239.42) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the securities being offered; and\n(2) A foreign issuer filing a registration statement relating to debt securities or non-voting preferred stock that has on file with the Commission a currently accurate Form N-6C9 (17 CFR 274.304, rescinded) under the 1940 Act.\n(c) Six copies of Form F-N, one of which shall be manually signed, shall be filed with the Commission at its principal office.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","PART 230—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"a219479cdd78f99410b0903e72cf74bfb1b60b6dff5c57f45f2f42cb3d751ec3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-230.488","next":"us/17-cfr-230.490"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}