Regulation S-B
 
Item 503 Summary Information and Risk Factors
The small business issuer must furnish the following information in
plain English. See
Rule
421(d) of Regulation C of this chapter.
a.
Summary. Provide
a summary of the information in the prospectus where the length or complexity
of the prospectus makes a summary useful. The summary should be brief.
The summary should not contain, and is not required to contain, all of
the detailed information in the prospectus. If you provide summary business
or financial information, even if you do not caption it as a summary,
you still must provide that information in plain English.
Instruction to paragraph 503(a):
The summary should not merely repeat the text of the prospectus but
should provide a brief overview of the key aspects of the offering. Carefully
consider and identify those aspects of the offering that are the most
significant and determine how best to highlight those points in clear,
plain language.
b. Address
and phone number. Include, either on the cover page or in the summary
section of the prospectus, the complete mailing address and telephone
number of your principal executive offices.
c.
Risk factors.
1.
Discuss in a section
captioned "Risk Factors" any factors that make the offering
speculative or risky. The factors may include, among other things, the
following:
i. Your
lack of an operating history;
ii. Your
lack of recent profits from operations;
iii. Your
poor financial position;
iv. Your
business or proposed business; or
v. The
lack of a market for your common equity securities.
2. The
risk factor discussion must immediately follow the summary section. If
you do not include a summary section, the risk factor discussion must
immediately follow the cover page or the pricing information that immediately
follows the cover page. Pricing information means price and price-related
information that you may omit from the prospectus in an effective registration
statement based on
Rule
430A(a) of this chapter.
Regulatory History |
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57 FR 36461, Aug. 13, 1992
60 FR 26613, May 17, 1995
63 FR 6370, 6380, Feb. 6, 1998 |
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