SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Specialty Definition: SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Domain	Definition
Finance	Federal legislation requiring the full and fair disclosure of all material information about the issuance of new securities. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Securities Act of 1933

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Securities Act of 1933 has two basic objectives:

require that investors receive financial and other significant information concerning securities being offered for public sale; and
prohibit deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities.

The full text of this Act is available at: http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/sldtoc.html.

Purpose of Registration

A primary means of accomplishing these goals is the disclosure of important financial information through the registration of securities. This information enables investors to make informed judgments about whether to purchase a company's securities.

The Registration Process

In general, securities sold in the U.S. must be registered. The registration forms companies file provide essential facts about the securities and the company issuing them. In general, registration forms call for:

a description of the company's properties and business;
a description of the security to be offered for sale;
information about the management of the company; and
financial statements certified by independent accountants.

All companies, both domestic and foreign, must file their registration statements electronically. These statements and the accompanying prospectuses become public shortly after filing, and investors can access them using EDGAR. Registration statements are subject to examination for compliance with disclosure requirements.

Not all offerings of securities must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Some exemptions from the registration requirement include:

private offerings to a limited number of persons or institutions;
offerings of limited size;
intrastate offerings; and
securities of municipal, state, and federal governments.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Securities Act of 1933."

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Commercial Usage: SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Books	Exempted transactions under the Securities act of 1933 (reference) (more book examples)
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