Posted On: 11/06/2012 2:58:19 AM
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SEC Filings Explained ~ S-1
Form S-1 is an SEC filing used by public companies to register their securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the "registration statement by the Securities Act of 1933". The S-1 contains the basic business and financial information on an issuer with respect to a specific securities offering. Investors may use the prospectus to consider the merits of an offering and make educated investment decisions. A prospectus is one of the main documents used by an investor to research a company prior to an initial public offering (IPO). Other less detailed registration forms, such as Form S-3 may be used for certain registrations.
Every business day from 10 to 5, S-1 forms are filed with the SEC's EDGAR filing system, the required filing format of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. However many of these (typically 30% to 90%) are of the related Form S-1/A, which is used for filing amendments to a previously filed Form S-1.
The S-1 form has an OMB Approval Number of 3234-0065 and the online form is only 8 pages. However the simplicity of the form's design is belied by theOMB Office's figure of the Estimated Average Burden - 972.32 hours. This means that long time and effort has been used to collect and display information about the filer (a corporate registrant or new registrant who intends to offer securities). The S-1 form requires that the registrant provide information from diverse sources and incorporate this information using many rules or regulations, such as General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, Regulation C,Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X.
Form S-1 is an SEC filing used by public companies to register their securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the "registration statement by the Securities Act of 1933". The S-1 contains the basic business and financial information on an issuer with respect to a specific securities offering. Investors may use the prospectus to consider the merits of an offering and make educated investment decisions. A prospectus is one of the main documents used by an investor to research a company prior to an initial public offering (IPO). Other less detailed registration forms, such as Form S-3 may be used for certain registrations.
Every business day from 10 to 5, S-1 forms are filed with the SEC's EDGAR filing system, the required filing format of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. However many of these (typically 30% to 90%) are of the related Form S-1/A, which is used for filing amendments to a previously filed Form S-1.
The S-1 form has an OMB Approval Number of 3234-0065 and the online form is only 8 pages. However the simplicity of the form's design is belied by theOMB Office's figure of the Estimated Average Burden - 972.32 hours. This means that long time and effort has been used to collect and display information about the filer (a corporate registrant or new registrant who intends to offer securities). The S-1 form requires that the registrant provide information from diverse sources and incorporate this information using many rules or regulations, such as General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, Regulation C,Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X.
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