Draft Registration Statements to Be Submitted and Filed on EDGAR

The SEC announced that EDGAR modifications will be available starting October 1, 2012. Issuers may choose to submit their draft registration statements using the current secure email system or the new EDGAR system. The SEC stated that it will provide each issuer that has submitted a draft registration statement since April 5, 2012 (and that has not yet filed a registration statement on EDGAR), a letter with instructions on how to transition to the new system.

In June, the SEC made an announcement that it was building an EDGAR-based system through which certain Emerging Growth Companies and foreign private issuers can submit draft registration statements for non-public and confidential review. Once the EDGAR Filer Manual for EDGAR Release 12.2 becomes effective, filing on EDGAR will become mandatory. The SEC stated that it will publish the mandatory transition date in a future announcement.

View notice in full here (links externally to SEC website).