SEC Disclosures for Smaller Reporting Companies
The SEC Disclosure rules allow smaller reporting companies to provide less comprehensive disclosures in their reports and filings so that compliance with the SEC’s disclosure requirements is less burdensome. These reduced disclosure requirements are especially beneficial to private companies who wish to go public but are unfamiliar with the requirements of SEC reporting.
A company qualifies as a “smaller reporting company” if it has a public float worth less than $75 million, if it is unable to calculate the value of its public float, or if it has less than $50 million in annual revenue.
A company’s public float is calculated by multiplying the number of the company’s common shares held by the public by the stock’s market price and, in the case of a direct public offering or IPO, adding to that number the value obtained by multiplying the common shares covered by the registration statement by their estimated public offering price.
The less onerous SEC disclosure requirements permit smaller reporting companies to provide less extensive narrative disclosure than that required of other reporting companies, particularly in the description of executive compensation.
Additionally, these companies need only provide audited financial statements for two fiscal years, in contrast to larger reporting companies which must provide audited financial statements for three fiscal years. Lastly, they are not required to provide an auditor attestation of internal control over financial reporting, which is generally required under Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404(b).
These reduced disclosure requirements signficantly reduce costs and time required to complete going public transactions that involve SEC registration.
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