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pre-filing period

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A quick definition of pre-filing period:

The pre-filing period is the time before a company officially files paperwork to go public. During this time, the company is not allowed to make any offers to sell their stock, but they can make certain types of announcements and communicate with certain investors. The company will also start working with underwriters, lawyers, and accountants to prepare for the IPO. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rules about what companies can and cannot do during this time, to prevent them from unfairly influencing the market.

A more thorough explanation:

The pre-filing period is the time before a company files for an initial public offering (IPO). During this period, the company is not allowed to make any offers to sell securities, but there are some exceptions. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates the company's activities during this period to prevent "gun jumping," which is when a company tries to condition the market for the sale of its securities before filing its registration statement.

  • Rule 163A allows a company to communicate with investors more than 30 days before filing its registration statement, as long as the communication does not refer to the specific securities offering and is made by the company.
  • Rule 135 allows a company to announce that it will issue securities, but it can only state its name, the amount and basic terms of the securities, the anticipated timing of issuance, and a brief statement of the manner and purpose of the offering.
  • Issuers may also engage in testing-the-waters communications with certain institutional investors during the pre-filing period.

These examples illustrate the limited communication that a company can have during the pre-filing period. The company cannot make any offers to sell securities, but it can make certain announcements and communicate with certain investors. These rules are in place to prevent the company from manipulating the market before it files its registration statement.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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[] baddestbunny
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every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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Nice! @Macaque
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@Aromatic, Have to guess.
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[] baddestbunny
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I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
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it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
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windyMagician
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
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let’s get after it boys and girls
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5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
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Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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