# CFTC Letter No. 23-02: No-action position regarding the timing of filing certain reports under swap dealer financial reporting requirements in Regulation 23.105(d) and (l)

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## Section

- **Citation:** CFTC Letter No. 23-02
- **Heading:** No-action position regarding the timing of filing certain reports under swap dealer financial reporting requirements in Regulation 23.105(d) and (l)
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** CFTC Staff Letters (2008-present) / No-action position regarding the timing of filing certain reports under swap dealer financial reporting requirements in Regulation 23.105(d) and (l).

## Text

Summary: No-action position regarding the timing of filing certain reports under swap dealer financial reporting requirements in Regulation 23.105(d) and (l).

CFTC Letter No. 23-02 No-Action February 06, 2023
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21 st Street, NW, Washington, DC 2058

1
Telephone: (202) 418-5000
Market Participants
Amanda L. Olear
Division
Director
Mr. Thane T. Twiggs
Chief Compliance Officer, CRM
Cargill, Incorporated
9320 Excelsior Boulevard
MS 150
Hopkins, Minnesota 55343
Re: No-Action Position Regarding the Timing of Financial Reporting under Swap Dealer
Financial Reporting Requirements
Dear Mr. Twiggs:
This is in response to your letter (the “Request”) dated January 13, 2023, to the Market
Participants Division (“Division”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(“Commission”). In your letter, you request on behalf of Cargill, Incorporated (“Cargill”), a
registered limited purpose swap dealer (“SD”), that the Division confirm that it will not
recommend an enforcement action to the Commission if Cargill does not file with the Commission
and the National Futures Association (“NFA”) periodic unaudited financial reports and additional
position and counterparty reporting information within the timeframes required under Commission
regulations 23.105(d) and (l).1 Specifically, you request an extension of thirteen (13) business
days beyond the regulatory due date of seventeen (17) business days after the date for which the
reports are made to file such reports with the Commission and the NFA.2 In other words, you
request th
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position and counterparty reporting information within the timeframes required under Commission
regulations 23.105(d) and (l).1 Specifically, you request an extension of thirteen (13) business
days beyond the regulatory due date of seventeen (17) business days after the date for which the
reports are made to file such reports with the Commission and the NFA.2 In other words, you
request that Cargill be permitted to file with the Commission and the NFA its periodic unaudited
financial reports and additional position and counterparty reporting information no later than thirty
(30) business days after the date for which the reports are made.
1 Commission regulations are found at 17 C.F.R. Ch. I, and are available at the Commission’s website,
http://www.cftc.gov.
2 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(d)(1).

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I.
Regulatory Background
Section 4s(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) authorizes the Commission to
adopt rules imposing financial condition reporting requirements on SDs.3 Pursuant to section
4s(f), the Commission adopted Commission regulation 23.105, which imposes financial
reporting requirements on SDs
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I.
Regulatory Background
Section 4s(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) authorizes the Commission to
adopt rules imposing financial condition reporting requirements on SDs.3 Pursuant to section
4s(f), the Commission adopted Commission regulation 23.105, which imposes financial
reporting requirements on SDs. Commission regulation 23.105 became effective on November
16, 2020 with a compliance date of October 6, 2021.4
Commission regulation 23.105(d)(1) requires each SD to file a periodic unaudited financial
report with the Commission and a registered futures association.5 The unaudited financial report
is required to contain defined financial schedules, including a statement of financial condition and
a statement demonstrating the SD’s compliance with its applicable regulatory capital requirement
under Commission regulation 23.101.6 An SD is required to file its unaudited financial report with
the Commission within 17 business days of the close of each month, with the exception that an SD
that is “predominantly engaged in non-financial activities” and elects to be subject to the minimum
capital requirements of Commission regulation 23.101(a)(2) may file an unaudited financial report
with the Commission and with the NFA within 17 business days of the close of each quarter.7
Commission regulation 23.105(e)(1) requires each SD to file an annual audited financial
report with the Commission and a registered futures association.8 The annual audited financial
report is required to include defined schedules, including a statement of financial condition and a
statement demonstrating the SD’s compliance with its applicable regulatory capital requirement
under Commission regulation 23.101.9 An SD is required to file the annual audited financial
report with the Commission within 60 days of the close of the SD’s fiscal year-end, with the
exception that an SD that is “predominantly engaged in non-financial activities” an
ent of financial condition and a
statement demonstrating the SD’s compliance with its applicable regulatory capital requirement
under Commission regulation 23.101.9 An SD is required to file the annual audited financial
report with the Commission within 60 days of the close of the SD’s fiscal year-end, with the
exception that an SD that is “predominantly engaged in non-financial activities” and elects to be
subject to the minimum capital requirements of Commission regulation 23.101(a)(2) may file its
audited financial report with the Commission and with the NFA within 90 days of the close of
the SD’s fiscal year-end.10
3 7 U.S.C. 6s(f).
4 See Capital Requirements of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, 85 FR 57462 (Sept. 15, 2020) (“Final SD
Capital Rule”).
5 As of the date of this letter, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) is the only registered futures association under
section 17 of CEA, 7 U.S.C. 21.
6 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(d)(2).
7 Pursuant to Commission regulation 23.101(a)(2), SDs that are “predominantly engaged in non-financial activities,” as
that term is defined in Commission regulation 23.100, may elect to compute their capital under a “tangible net worth”
capital approach.
8 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(e)(1).
9 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(e)(4).
10 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(e)(1).
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The Commission’s regulations also require each SD to publicly disclose certain financial
information on the SD’s website. Commission regulation 23.105(i)(2) requires an SD to make
available to the public the statement of financial condition and applicable footnotes from the SD’s
audited financial report, along with a statement disclosing the amount of the SD’s regulatory
capital and its minimum regulatory capital requirement as of the SD’s fiscal year-end. 11
Commission regulation 23.105(i)(1) requires an SD to make available to the public the statement
of financial condition from the SD’s applicable monthly or quarterly unaudited financial report
that is filed as of a date that is six months after its fiscal year-end date, and a corresponding
statement disclosing the amount of the SD’s regulatory capital and minimum capital requirement
as of the date of the statement of financial condition
an SD to make available to the public the statement
of financial condition from the SD’s applicable monthly or quarterly unaudited financial report
that is filed as of a date that is six months after its fiscal year-end date, and a corresponding
statement disclosing the amount of the SD’s regulatory capital and minimum capital requirement
as of the date of the statement of financial condition. 12 An SD is required to disclose the
information from its audited financial report and its unaudited financial report on its public
website within 10 business days and 30 calendar days, respectively, of filing the applicable
financial reports with the Commission and NFA.13
Additionally, Commission regulation 23.105(l) requires each SD to provide on the
applicable monthly or quarterly basis to the Commission and to the registered futures association
the specific information required in Appendix B to Subpart E of Part 23.14 Appendix B requires
an SD to provide certain position information and credit exposure information.15 The Appendix
B financial information supplements the unaudited financial reports.16
II.
No-Action Request
You request that the Division take a no-action position with respect to the requirements of
Commission regulations 23.105(d) and (l) that require Cargill to file with the Commission and the
NFA periodic unaudited financial reports and additional position and counterparty reporting
information no later than seventeen (17) business days after the date for which the reports are
made. You specifically request that the Division not recommend an enforcement action to the
Commission if Cargill files its quarterly unaudited financial reports and additional position and
counterparty reporting information with the Commission and the NFA within thirty (30) business
days after the relevant reporting period
seventeen (17) business days after the date for which the reports are
made. You specifically request that the Division not recommend an enforcement action to the
Commission if Cargill files its quarterly unaudited financial reports and additional position and
counterparty reporting information with the Commission and the NFA within thirty (30) business
days after the relevant reporting period. In support of your request, you represent that Cargill’s
business practices and financial reporting processes make submission of the quarterly filings
within 17 business days after an applicable quarter impossible absent a complete restructuring of
its accounting processes.
11 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(i)(2).
12 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(i)(1).
13 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(i)(3) and (4).
14 17 C.F.R. § 23.105(l). See also CFTC Staff Letter No. 21-15, at 2, Jun. 29, 2021 noting that “[n]on-bank SDs utilizing
the tangible net worth method for calculation of net capital . . . may satisfy the additional positions and counterparty
financial reporting requirements of [Commission] regulation 23.105(l) on a quarterly basis instead of monthly basis.”
15 See 17 C.F.R. Part 23, Subpart E, Appendix B.
16 See CFTC Staff Letter No. 21-15, at 5.
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Your request would extend the financial reporting no-action position previously provided
by the Division to Cargill in CFTC Staff Letter 22-04.17 In CFTC Staff Letter 22-04, the Division
stated that it will not recommend an enforcement action to the Commission if Cargill does not
publicly disclose on its website a statement of financial condition and a statement disclosing the
amount of its regulatory capital and its minimum regulatory capital requirement in accordance
with Commission regulations 23.105(i)(1) and (2). CFTC Staff Letter 22-04 was conditioned upon
Cargill: (1) remaining designated as a limited purpose swap dealer; (2) filing with the Commission
and NFA annual financial reports and unaudited financial reports in accordance with the
requirements of Commission regulation 23.105; (3) disclosing publicly on its website a statement
that Cargill maintains at all times a level of regulatory capital that is in excess of two times the
firm’s minimum regulatory capital requirement; and (4) providing defined financial information
to existing and potential swap counterparties. In CFTC Staff Letter 22-04, the Division took a no-
action position for Cargill regarding certain public financial disclosure requirements on the basis
of the representations made therein related to Cargill’s unique nature, and subject to conditions
designed to effectuate similar protections for Cargill’s counterparties
efined financial information
to existing and potential swap counterparties. In CFTC Staff Letter 22-04, the Division took a no-
action position for Cargill regarding certain public financial disclosure requirements on the basis
of the representations made therein related to Cargill’s unique nature, and subject to conditions
designed to effectuate similar protections for Cargill’s counterparties.
The unique aspects of Cargill’s highly complex entity-wide operations as a privately-held
corporation, which is operating a limited purpose designated swap dealer out of a business unit,
has precipitated this second request, to obtain additional time for Cargill to submit its regular
unaudited financial reports and additional position and counterparty reporting information to the
Commission and the NFA. In connection with this second request, you represent that Cargill is a
family and employee-owned, privately held, agribusiness founded over 155 years ago and
headquartered in Minnesota. You further represent that Cargill’s swap dealer business, conducted
out of the Cargill Risk Management Business Unit (“CRM Business Unit”), exists uniquely within
the broader company instead of existing as a separate legal entity from the parent company as is
commonly the case with other Commission-registered swap dealers. You note that Cargill adopted
this structure to streamline transactions for its customers by offering physical commodity and
derivatives transactions out of the same legal entity.
Additionally, you represent that Cargill’s operations encompass 70 different countries and
that it is comprised of approximately 800 subsidiaries, containing nearly 1,200 reporting groups.
You note that Cargill must collect, analyze, and compile financial information from the company’s
various disparate reporting groups when preparing its quarterly filings and that Cargill’s company-
wide financial reporting process involves complex data collection and accounting coordination
ies and
that it is comprised of approximately 800 subsidiaries, containing nearly 1,200 reporting groups.
You note that Cargill must collect, analyze, and compile financial information from the company’s
various disparate reporting groups when preparing its quarterly filings and that Cargill’s company-
wide financial reporting process involves complex data collection and accounting coordination.
You further represent that Cargill is presently able to generate quarterly filings within 26 business
days of the close of a quarter, which is a timeline that is consistent with the expectations of
Cargill’s material lenders and stakeholders. You add that the additional four (4) business days
would provide sufficient time for Cargill to convert its financial reports into the required position
data report pursuant to Appendix B, Schedule 1 of the Commission’s Final Rule on the Capital
Requirements of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants. 18
17 CFTC Staff Letter No. 22-04, Feb. 14, 2022.
18 See Capital Requirements of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, 85 FR 57462 (Sept. 15, 2020).

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You further represent that mandating the submission of C
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You further represent that mandating the submission of Cargill’s quarterly unaudited
financial reports and additional position and counterparty reporting information with the
Commission and the NFA along a truncated timeline would require Cargill to commence a
complex multi-year systems overhaul, involving thousands of employees, contractors, and
consultants across the world and would likely cost at least hundreds of millions of dollars as well
as require the company to divert technology resources from other important projects.
Moreover, you emphasize Cargill’s commitment to maintain two times its minimum
regulatory capital requirement and that Cargill’s previous financial filings demonstrate that it holds
capital in excess of its minimum regulatory capital requirement. You further represent that because
Cargill is already subject to numerous notification requirements aimed at informing the
Commission and the NFA of material changes to its financial condition, the requested extension
should not deprive the Commission or the NFA of timely information regarding capital issues.
III
e that it holds
capital in excess of its minimum regulatory capital requirement. You further represent that because
Cargill is already subject to numerous notification requirements aimed at informing the
Commission and the NFA of material changes to its financial condition, the requested extension
should not deprive the Commission or the NFA of timely information regarding capital issues.
III.
Market Participants Division No-Action Position
Based on the facts and representations set forth in your letter and recited above, the
Division will not recommend enforcement action to the Commission under CEA Section 4s(f) or
Commission regulations 23.105(d) and (l) imposing financial reporting requirements on Cargill,
and accordingly amends condition 2 of CFTC Staff Letter 22-04 consistent with the no-action
position taken herein, provided Cargill complies with the conditions listed below.19 In taking this
position, the Division recognizes the limited purpose swap dealer designation granted by the
Commission to Cargill for the swap activities of the CRM Business Unit and the unique nature of
Cargill as a privately held company that has operated its swap dealing functions out of a business
unit and not a separate legal entity. Additionally, the Division recognizes the idiosyncratic
challenges Cargill faces associated with the requirement that it comply with the time requirements
of Commission regulations 23.105(d) and (l).
The Division believes compliance with the conditions enumerated below, which will
continue to provide the Commission and the NFA with the applicable financial reporting required
of Cargill, sufficiently balances the purpose of obtaining the financial reporting under Commission
regulations 23.105(d) and (l) with the consideration of Cargill’s interest, as a family and employee-
owned, privately held company, in providing complete and accurate quarterly financial
information without the need to overhaul longstanding internal practices and financial controls
ting required
of Cargill, sufficiently balances the purpose of obtaining the financial reporting under Commission
regulations 23.105(d) and (l) with the consideration of Cargill’s interest, as a family and employee-
owned, privately held company, in providing complete and accurate quarterly financial
information without the need to overhaul longstanding internal practices and financial controls.
As a result, the Division believes that this no-action position is warranted under the specific facts
herein presented and subject to the following conditions:
1. The Commission’s limited purpose swap dealer designation issued to Cargill remains
in effect.
19 For the avoidance of doubt, all other conditions listed in CFTC Staff Letter No. 22-04 not pertaining to routine financial
reporting obligations within Commission regulations 23.105 (d) and (l) remain in effect.

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2. Cargill files with the Commission and with the NFA audited annual financial reports
for Cargill, Incorporated in accordance with the requirements of Commission
regulation 23.105.
3
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2. Cargill files with the Commission and with the NFA audited annual financial reports
for Cargill, Incorporated in accordance with the requirements of Commission
regulation 23.105.
3. Cargill files with the Commission and with the NFA unaudited financial reports for
Cargill, Incorporated in accordance with the requirements of Commission regulation
23.105(d), except that such reports are filed no later than thirty (30) business days after
the date for which the reports are made.
4. Cargill files with the Commission and with the NFA additional position and
counterparty reporting information for Cargill, Incorporated in accordance with the
requirements of Commission regulation 23.105(l), except that such reports are filed no
later than thirty (30) business days after the date for which the reports are made.
This letter and the positions taken herein represent the views of this Division only, and do
not necessarily represent the views of the Commission or any other office or division of the
Commission. The no-action position in this letter does not excuse persons relying on it from
compliance with any other applicable requirements contained in the CEA or in the Commission’s
regulations. Further, this letter, and the positions contained herein, are based upon the facts and
circumstances presented to the Division. Any different, changed, or omitted material facts or
circumstances may render this letter void.
Finally, as with all staff letters, the Division retains the authority to condition further,
modify, suspend, terminate, or otherwise restrict the terms of this letter provided herein in its
discretion
positions contained herein, are based upon the facts and
circumstances presented to the Division. Any different, changed, or omitted material facts or
circumstances may render this letter void.
Finally, as with all staff letters, the Division retains the authority to condition further,
modify, suspend, terminate, or otherwise restrict the terms of this letter provided herein in its
discretion. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Jennifer Bauer, Special
Counsel, at 202-418-5472 or jbauer@cftc.gov; or, Maria Aguilar-Rocha, Attorney Advisor, at
202-418-5840 or maguilar-rocha@cftc.gov.
Sincerely,
Amanda L. Olear
Director
cc:
Michael Otten, National Futures Association

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