NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Vintage, the
capital markets, corporate services and institutional and fund
services division of PR Newswire, today announced that their
China & Hong Kong division has rated number one for
filing SEC Form 20-F on behalf of their China-based clients.
Vintage filed 47% of Form 20-Fs in China in 2016.
A requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a Form
20-F, and its Canadian equivalent Form 40-F, must be submitted by
foreign issuers that have listed equity shares on stock exchanges
in the United States. Similar to a
Form 10-K for U.S.-based issuers, Form 20-F calls for the
submission of an annual report within six months of the end of a
company's fiscal year.
"Once again, we are very proud with our achievement of being
in the number one position in China," said Sharon Xu, Director of IR Services: China, PR Newswire and Vintage. "We
continue to advance our investment in the expansion of the
bilingual production team and in delivering fast-turns and accurate
execution. We appreciate our clients' confidence in us and we will
continue to surpass their expectations."
58.com, (NYSE: WUBA) the largest online marketplace serving
local merchants and consumers in China, utilizes the compliance services of
Vintage and compliments the company's ability to execute under
great pressure.
"PR Newswire/Vintage provides total solutions to us,
including Edgar Filing, XBRL, typesetting, news releases and
webcast services," said 58.com CFO, Alex Zhou. "The different functions of their
teams work together in highly efficiency way to support their
clients. The editors and XBRL professionals will give you valuable
suggestions even under great time pressure. I trust their
work."
Vintage rated Number Two worldwide for Form 20-F and Form
40-F filings
In addition to holding the top position in China, Vintage also claimed the number two
position worldwide, led predominantly by their Israeli and Canadian
offices.
"Our dedicated, local presence has long made us a leading
provider of compliance solutions in Israel," said Jeremy Thompson, CEO (EMEA & India) Cision/PR Newswire. "There is a
strong demand for filing alongside shareholder communications - PR
Newswire and Vintage allow US-listed clients to easily fulfill
their compliance obligations and leverage the industry's most
powerful distribution network."
"At CNW, we firmly believe that our clients deserve the very
best and this is why we leverage the experts at Vintage to offer
our inter-listed clients a concierge level of
service for all their regulatory needs," said Nicole
Guillot, CNW's President. "We can't tell you how pleased we
are to be an integral element of this global and combined success
story for Vintage, PR Newswire, CNW and, now Cision."
In addition to Form 20-F, the company also supports
corporations, regardless of geography, throughout IPO
registrations, Regulation A+ registrations, virtual data rooms and
shareholder communications.
About Vintage
Vintage, a PR Newswire division, is a
top-three provider of full-service regulatory compliance and
shareholder communications services, delivered across our three
practice areas: Capital Markets, Corporate Services and
Institutional & Fund Services. Founded in 2002 and acquired by
PR Newswire in 2007, Vintage has evolved to become the industry's
intelligent value choice. We deliver a flexible balance of people,
facilities and technology to ensure that regulatory compliance and
shareholder communications processes are efficient, transparent and
painless. Services include IPO registrations, transactions, virtual
data rooms, EDGAR & XBRL filing, typesetting, financial
printing and investor relations websites.
About PR Newswire
PR Newswire, a Cision company, is
the premier global provider of multimedia platforms and
distribution that marketers, corporate communicators,
sustainability officers, public affairs and investor relations
officers leverage to engage key audiences. Having pioneered the
commercial news distribution industry over 60 years ago, PR
Newswire today provides end-to- end solutions to produce, optimize
and target content -- and then distribute and measure results.
Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content
distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow
tools and platforms, PR Newswire powers the stories of
organizations around the world. PR Newswire serves tens of
thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle
East, Africa and
Asia-Pacific regions. Cision is a
leading global media intelligence company, serving the complete
workflow of today's communication professionals.
Media Contact:
Bradley H.
Smith
Director of Marketing, IR and Compliance Services
PR Newswire & Vintage
+1 201.942.7157
bradley.smith@prnewswire.com
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