Monday, February 1, 2021
On November 17, 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T to permit the use of electronic signatures in authentication documents required for SEC filings on EDGAR. In addition, the SEC adopted amendments to certain rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to permit the use of electronic signatures in authentication documents for certain other filings when these filings contain typed, rather than manual, signatures, under generally the same conditions available under Rule 302(b). The amendments to Rule 302(b) and related amendments to other rules and forms took effect upon their publication in the Federal Register on December 4, 2020.