SEC: Fees for corporate docs slashed by 50% effective July 1, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday announced the reduction in the prescribed fees and charges for requesting corporate documents by 50%, effective July 1, 2025.

In a statement, the SEC said it issued, last June 24, Memorandum Circular No. 6 series of 2025, which provided for the “Reduction of Fees and Charges for IT-Related Services under SEC Memorandum Circular No. 10, Series of 2023.”

The corporate regulator said the reduction in rates for corporate data requested “are in line with the commitment of the SEC to allow for greater access to corporate data through a fair and sustainable pricing mechanism, while avoiding undue financial burden to the corporate sector and the general public.”

The SEC said its latest memorandum circular outlines the prescribed rates for requesting physical and digital copies of documents filed by registered entities.

In particular, under the new rates, physical and authenticated copies of company filings, such as articles of incorporation (AOI) and by-laws; AOI or amended AOI; by-laws or amended by-laws; general information sheet; increase in capital stock; resolution; secretary’s certificate; board resolution; registration data sheet; and deed of assignment, could be requested for P1,000 each —half of the previous price of P2,000.

For plain copies of the same documents, the fee would cost P750 each, from the previous rate of P1,500. 

Meanwhile, authenticated copies of “other documents” would be purchased for P50 per page, down from P100 per page previously.

Moreover, “other documents” would be priced at P25 per page, down from P50 per page under the old rates.

For digital copies of the same types of documents accessible through the Electronic SEC Education, Analysis, and Research Computing Hub (eSEARCH), standard rates have been set at P625 for each authenticated copy and P375 for each plain copy. 

These represent 50% of the previous prices at P1,250 and P750, respectively, according to the SEC.

Meanwhile, the standard rates for the use of the SEC API Marketplace—which allows the direct sending and ingestion of corporate data from one application to another—shall remain in effect. 

The SEC said it currently offers two packages for SEC API Services, priced at P10,000 for 100 API calls and P50,000 for 1,000 API calls. —VAL, GMA Integrated News