SEC Releases Updated Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I and II) | Practical Law

SEC Releases Updated Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I and II) | Practical Law

The SEC released updated drafts of Volumes I and II of the EDGAR Filer Manual to reflect changes scheduled to be implemented on February 3, 2014.

SEC Releases Updated Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I and II)

Practical Law Legal Update 6-553-6625 (Approx. 3 pages)

SEC Releases Updated Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volumes I and II)

by Practical Law Corporate & Securities
Published on 06 Jan 2014USA (National/Federal)
The SEC released updated drafts of Volumes I and II of the EDGAR Filer Manual to reflect changes scheduled to be implemented on February 3, 2014.
On January 2, 2014, the SEC released updated drafts of Volume I and Volume II of the EDGAR Filer Manual, which outlines the procedures for submitting documents to the SEC in electronic format. If approved, the revised Manual will introduce the following changes:
  • EDGAR will be updated to add new submission form types MA, MA-A, MA/A, MA-I, MA-I/A and MA-W. The new form types will be accessible through the "File Municipal Advisor Forms" link on the EDGAR Filing Website.
  • Submission form types 8-K, 8-K/A, 10-K, 10-K/A, 10-KT, 10-KT/A, 10-D, 10-D/A, POS AM, 424B1, 424B2, 424B3, 424B4, 424B5, 424B7 and 424B8 will be updated to collect Depositor CIK, Sponsor CIK, ABS Asset Class and ABS Sub Asset Class information for filings where the primary registrant CIK is designated as an asset-backed securities issuing entity (one assigned the Standard Industrial Classification Code 6189).
  • Form 8-K Item 6.06 (Static Pool) will be available on EDGARLink Online for submission form types 8-K, 8-K/A, 8-K12B, 8-K12B/A, 8-K12G3, 8-K12G3/A, 8-K15D5 and 8-K15D5/A. Exhibit EX-106 (Static Pool) will be available on EDGARLink Online for submission form types 8-K, 8-K/A, 8-K12B, 8-K12B/A, 8-K12G3, 8-K12G3/A, 8-K15D5, 8-K15D5/A, S-1, S-1/A, S-1MEF, S-3, S-3/A, S-3ASR, S-3D, S-3DPOS and S-3MEF. Filers may include EX-106 with Form 8-K Item 6.06, Form S-1 and Form S-3.
  • Submission form type 13F-HR/A will be updated to allow a future date for the field "Date denied or on which confidential treatment expired."
  • The recommended version of the Firefox browser for the EDGARLink Online application will be changed from 3.5 to 17.0 or higher. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later will be the recommended browser for all EDGAR websites.
  • Minor corrections will be made to Chapter 6 of Volume II, Interactive Data, at sections 6.5.20 and 6.6.29.
If the drafts are approved, the changes to EDGAR will be implemented on February 3, 2014.
To learn more about filing documents with the SEC, see Practice Note, Filing Documents with the SEC.