Under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “Securities Act”), issuers conducting direct public or initial public offerings (“IPO”) in going public transactions must adequately disclose material information to investors.
In going public transactions, these disclosures are most often provided in a Form S-1 Registration Statement. Upon effectiveness of its Form S-1 registration statement, the issuer provides potential investors with a prospectus which forms a part of the registration statement. The prospectus consists of two parts.
Part 1 of the Registration Statement
Part I of the Form S-1 registration statement is the prospectus. The prospectus requires the issuer to provide item number disclosures including information about the issuer’s business, operations, financial condition, and management.
Part 1 of the Registration Statement
Part II of Form S-1 contains information that doesn’t have to be delivered to investors. Financial statements included in a prospectus included in a Form S-1 must be audited by a firm that is a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). SEC rules allow smaller reporting companies to provide less financial information than larger reporting issuers including two years of audited financial statements instead of three.
Preliminary Prospectus l Initial Public Offerings
The issuer may provide a preliminary prospectus to potential investors before its registration is declared effective. The preliminary prospectus contains substantially all of the information found in a final prospectus except pricing information. A preliminary prospectus will include a price range instead of the final offering price of the security being offered.
Final Prospectus l Initial Public Offerings l Going Public
In IPO’s, a final prospectus must be delivered to all investors with or before they purchase the security being offered. Final prospectus delivery obligations are satisfied when the Company files its final prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act on the SEC’s Edgar system.
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