SEC Adopts Updated EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I, II and III) | Practical Law

SEC Adopts Updated EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I, II and III) | Practical Law

The SEC updated Volumes I, II and III of its EDGAR Filer Manual.

SEC Adopts Updated EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I, II and III)

Practical Law Legal Update w-000-5939 (Approx. 3 pages)

SEC Adopts Updated EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I, II and III)

by Practical Law Corporate & Securities
Published on 16 Sep 2015USA (National/Federal)
The SEC updated Volumes I, II and III of its EDGAR Filer Manual.
On September 15, 2015, the SEC issued a final rule adopting revisions to Volumes I, II and III of the EDGAR Filer Manual. The revised Manual introduces the following changes:
  • The following submission form types for security-based swap data repositories have been added to EDGAR:
    • Form SDR-CCO – Annual Compliance Report and Annual Financial Report; and
    • Form SDR-CCO/A – Amendment to Annual Compliance Report and Annual Financial Report.
  • New exhibit EX-36 (Depositor Certification for shelf offerings of asset-backed securities) is now available on EDGARLink Online for submission form types SF-3, SF-3/A, 8-K and 8-K/A.
  • EDGAR has been updated to include certain eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) document types for submission form types SDR, SDR/A, SDR-A and SDR-W.
  • Filers can now submit SDR Exhibit K and Exhibit L in XBRL format for submission form types SDR, SDR/A, SDR-A and SDR-W.
  • XBRL file attachments that contain multiple identically tagged XBRL facts are now considered valid.
  • Documentation updates to Chapter 2 of the "EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: General Information" relating to Form NRSRO.
  • Formatting changes to "EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: General Information" for compliance with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
  • Revisions to address previous updates to Regulation A submission form types DOS, DOS/A, 1-A, 1-A/A and 1-A POS to prevent a filer from entering a response in Item 6(d) when the "None" option has been selected on Item 6.
To learn more about filing documents with the SEC, see Practice Note, Filing Documents with the SEC.