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Securities Law, abbreviation for SEC Form 20-F. Equivalent to a 10-K for foreign companies traded in the United States. As with all other SEC filings, Form 20-F filings are available over the Internet from the SEC’s EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) System.

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