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

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

The SEC updated Volumes I and II of the EDGAR Filer Manual.

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

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

by Practical Law Corporate & Securities
Published on 11 Mar 2014USA (National/Federal)
The SEC updated Volumes I and II of the EDGAR Filer Manual.
On March 7, 2014, the SEC issued a final rule adopting revisions to Volumes I and II of the EDGAR Filer Manual. Changes include:
  • The introduction of 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.
  • Updates to 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 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) has been made 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) has been made 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 has been 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 has been changed from 3.5 to 17.0 or higher. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later is the recommended browser for all EDGAR websites.
  • Minor corrections have been made to Chapter 6 of Volume II, Interactive Data, at sections 6.5.20 and 6.6.29.
The updated manual took effect on March 10, 2014.
To learn more about filing documents with the SEC, see Practice Note, Filing Documents with the SEC.