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What is a registration statement? A registration statement is the set of documents that accompany a filing of securities with the SEC for sale in the public markets. There are various types of registration statements that bear different designations. For example, the S-1 statement pertains to shares being registered in an IPO. A Form 10 registration statement requires the filing company to regularly file 10-Q quarterly and 10-K annual financial reports as per the regulations for fully reporting companies.
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- 00:00
finance a la shmoop what is a registration statement....Hi I'm a
- 00:08
registration statement okay there I said [Uncle Sam poster talking]
- 00:10
it that's a registration statement alright
- 00:12
what am I good for well if you want to go public that is raise money from Joe [Joe Sixpack and Josephine Sixpack appear]
- 00:17
Sixpack and his wife Josephine well then you have to jump through all kinds of
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- 00:21
hoops the most important of which is that you have to file a prospectus with
- 00:25
the Securities Exchange Commission or SEC all right what's a prospectus[Prospectus with SEC badge]
- 00:30
it used to be an amateur spectus but the well then it took some continuing ed
- 00:34
classes owned expecting skills and it turned pro and took money all
- 00:38
right well a prospectus basically just outlines all of the information that the
- 00:42
SEC deems is key to the offering like trailing revenues and profits and growth
- 00:48
the units sold, any lawsuits outstanding against the company, distribution,
- 00:53
contracts with vendors patents who the management is debts owed and on and on [examples of what is outlined in a prospectus]
- 00:59
why the need for all this registration well because so many unsuspecting
- 01:04
investors who likely didn't watch this video well they got taken taken in the [Person picks up red phone]
- 01:09
past yeah farmers, not educated government came to their aid they
- 01:12
invested in some sleazy thing that wasn't run through the SEC and now
- 01:16
they're walking around in a barrel saying we'll uh shmoop for food yeah [Man walking in a barrel]
- 01:21
good luck you know the phrase a barrel of fun yeah this is not what it's
- 01:24
referring to [Man walking inside a barrel and a tiger appears]
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