ARE YOU PLANNING TO SIT FOR THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS (SIE) EXAM? IF SO, ARE YOU PREPARED FOR SIE QUESTIONS ON SHELF REGISTRATIONS, HOW THEY WORK, AND WHAT'S THEIR PURPOSE?
FINRA publishes a Content Outline for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam, and Section 1.4 covers types of offerings, role of participants, and Shelf Offerings and Shelf Registrations. FINRA thus tells SIE candidates that questions on Shelf Offerings may appear on their exams.
Bob Eder discusses Shelf Offerings in his Study for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam. Here is a sample of Bob Eder's treatment:
"Shelf Registrations—The SEC allows many companies to register new issues called
"shelf registrations." These shelf registrations allow companies to
file all the new-issue paperwork with the SEC, and then to issue shares at any
time during a three-year window. Shelf registrations utilize Form S-3 to file new
issues. Shelf registrations have both good features and bad features. They
allow a company to quickly issue new shares, given that the new issue paperwork
is already on file with the SEC, but they can cause existing shareholders to
suffer a watering down of earnings and earnings per share when new shares are
issued."
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