An IPO Prospectus is an SEC required document that includes a description of the company and its operations, the terms and conditions of the initial stock offering, and any other information an investor may need to decide to invest. By reading the prospectus, an investor...
A Debt Offering is a common means to finance large purchases that a company could not otherwise afford. A debt arrangement provides capital under the condition that it is to be paid back later, usually with interest. Bonds, loans and commercial paper are all examples...
A Follow-on Offering, also known as a Follow-on Public Offering (FPO) is the creation and sale offering of stock from an already publicly traded company. In a Follow-on Offering, the public company creates or issues new shares and offers them for public sale typically to...
A PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) Transaction is the practice of offering large amounts of stock of a publicly traded company to private investors at a preferred price. PIPE transactions have grown in use by SPACs to generate additional capital to be used to close a...
Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell form that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when a person who was granted shares plans to sell their unregistered shares. Form 144 must be filed with the SEC at the time...
Whenever a U.S. public company experiences any event of importance to shareholders or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), whether a major material event or significant corporate change, Form 8-K must be filed with the SEC within four business days. The form gives the name...
SEC Form 20-F is the primary disclosure document required of foreign private issuers listing equity shares on exchanges in the United States. Form 20-F is most often filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an annual report but is also used to register...
SEC Form 6-K is submitted by specific foreign private issuers to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to keep investors aware of information the issuers distribute outside of the United States. The only SEC submission required of foreign issuers outside of annual reports, the Form 6-K...
SEC Form 10-Q is a performance report that public companies are required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a quarterly basis for the first three quarters of the fiscal year. In accordance with The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, it provides...
SEC Form 10-K is a report that public companies are required to file annually after the fourth fiscal quarter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In accordance with The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, SEC Form 10-K needs to be filed with the SEC...