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Date
Rule
New HSR Form - Foreign Documents
Staff
Premerger Notification Office
Response/Comments

Please use the same document number (e.g., D-3) for each but clearly indicate which is the original and which is the translation.

Question

What is the protocol for English Translations for foreign documents in Excel format?

For PDF documents, we include the original (stamped), a slip that says “English Version – Machine Translation” or “English Translation”, then the translated document.

For Excels, should we include the documents as separate line items (ex: “D-3 Foreign Document; D-4 English Translation of Foreign Document”) or should we just title two documents the same as the same but identify which is original and which is translation (ex: “D-3 Foreign Document; D-3 English Translation of Foreign Document”)

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