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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted rules and rule amendments allowing electronic signatures when executing authentication documents filed with the commission, as well as amendments to require electronic filing and service of documents in administrative proceedings.
Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T currently requires that each signatory to an electronic filing manually sign a signature page or other document ("authentication document") before or at the time of the electronic filing to authenticate the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic filing, the agency explains.
The amendments permit a signatory to an electronic filing who follows certain procedures to sign an authentication document through an e-signature that meets certain requirements specified in the EDGAR Filer Manual.
