Fortis Inc 40-F/A, filed Apr 2, 2020
Fortis Inc. (FTS)
40-F/A
2020-04-02
For: 2019-12-31
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About this 40-F/A
Fortis Inc filed this 40-F/A on April 2, 2020, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________
FORM 40-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
OR
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019
Commission file number: 001-37915
_______________________
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Province of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Canada A1E 0E4
(709 ) 737-2800
(Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)
_______________________
(212 ) 590‑9070
(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
(Title of each class) | (Trading Symbol(s) | (Name of exchange on which registered) |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"), indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
† The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Fortis Inc. (the "Corporation") is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 13, 2020 (the "Original Annual Report"), solely for the purpose of correcting an inadvertent typographical error in the consent of Deloitte LLP ("Deloitte"), dated February 13, 2020, filed as Exhibit 99.8 to the Original Annual Report.
The error in Exhibit 99.8 to the Original Annual Report being corrected by this Amendment No. 1 is changing the date of the reports of Deloitte referenced in the consent of Deloitte from February 13, 2020 to the correct date of such reports, February 12, 2020. For this purpose, a corrected consent of Deloitte is being filed as Exhibit 99.8 to this Amendment No. 1.
Other than the correction of the error in the consent of Deloitte previously filed as Exhibit 99.8 to the Original Annual Report as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Annual Report and this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purpose to, update, amend, restate or modify the information, statements or disclosures in the Original Annual Report, or otherwise update the Original Annual Report for any events that have occurred after the Original Annual Report was filed with the Commission.
UNDERTAKING
The Corporation undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises, or transactions in said securities.
CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
The Corporation has previously filed with the Commission a written consent to service of process on Form F-X. Any change to the name or address of the Corporation’s agent for service shall be communicated promptly to the Commission by amendment to the Form F-X referencing the file number of the Corporation.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Description |
99.1* | |
99.2* | |
99.3* | |
99.4** | |
99.5** | |
99.6* | |
99.7* | |
99.8** | |
99.9* | |
101.INS* | XBRL Instance |
101.SCH* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema |
101.CAL* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
101.DEF* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
101.LAB* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase |
101.PRE* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
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* Previously filed.
** Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Corporation certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40‑F and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Original Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
FORTIS INC. | ||
/s/ Jocelyn H. Perry | ||
Jocelyn H. Perry Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: April 2, 2020 | ||
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