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Filing of Notice of Sales
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Rule: 17CFR503
Effective date: September 15, 2008
Redesignate 230.503 as 230.503T
Add 230.503 to read as follows:
(a) When notice of sales on Form D is required and permitted
to be filed.
(1) An issuer offering or selling securities in reliance
on 230.504, 230.505, or
230.506 must file with the Commission a notice of sales containing the information
required by Form D (17 CFR 239.500) for each new offering of securities
no later than 15 calendar days after the first sale of securities in the
offering, unless the end of that period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday,
in which case the due date would be the first business day following.
(2) An issuer may file an amendment to a previously filed
notice of sales on Form D at any time.
(3) An issuer must file an amendment to a previously filed
notice of sales on Form D for an offering:
(i) To correct a material mistake of fact or error in
the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, as soon as practicable after
discovery of the mistake or error;
(ii) To reflect a change in the information provided in
the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, as soon as practicable after
the change, except that no amendment is required to reflect a change that
occurs after the offering terminates or a change that occurs solely in the
following information:
(A) The address or relationship to the issuer of a related
person identified in response to Item 3 of the notice of sales on Form D;
(B) An issuers revenues or aggregate net asset value;
(C) The minimum investment amount, if the change is an
increase, or if the change, together with all other changes in that amount
since the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does not result in
a decrease of more than 10%;
(D) Any address or state(s) of solicitation shown in response
to Item 12 of the notice of sales on Form D;
(E) The total offering amount, if the change is a decrease,
or if the change, together with all other changes in that amount since the
previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does not result in an increase
of more than 10%;
(F) The amount of securities sold in the offering or the
amount remaining to be sold;
(G) The number of non-accredited investors who have invested
in the offering, as long as the change does not increase the number to more
than 35;
(H) The total number of investors who have invested in
the offering; or
(I) The amount of sales commissions, finders fees or
use of proceeds for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters,
if the change is a decrease, or if the change, together with all other changes
in that amount since the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does
not result in an increase of more than 10%; and
(iii) Annually, on or before the first anniversary of
the filing of the notice of sales on Form D or the filing of the most recent
amendment to the notice of sales on Form D, if the offering is continuing
at that time.
(4) An issuer that files an amendment to a previously
filed notice of sales on Form D must provide current information in response
to all requirements of the notice of sales on Form D regardless of why the
amendment is filed.
(b) How notice of sales on Form D must be filed and signed.
(1) A notice of sales on Form D must be filed with the
Commission in electronic format by means of the Commissions Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) in accordance with
EDGAR rules set forth in Regulation S-T (17 CFR Part 232).
(2) Every notice of sales on Form D must be signed by
a person duly authorized by the issuer.
For prior text of rule, see 
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(a) When notice of sales on Form D is required and permitted
to be filed.
(1) An issuer offering or selling securities in reliance
on 230.504, 230.505, or
230.506 must file with the Commission a notice of sales containing the information
required by Form D (17 CFR 239.500) for each new offering of securities
no later than 15 calendar days after the first sale of securities in the
offering, unless the end of that period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday,
in which case the due date would be the first business day following.
(2) An issuer may file an amendment to a previously filed
notice of sales on Form D at any time.
(3) An issuer must file an amendment to a previously filed
notice of sales on Form D for an offering:
(i) To correct a material mistake of fact or error in
the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, as soon as practicable after
discovery of the mistake or error;
(ii) To reflect a change in the information provided in
the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, as soon as practicable after
the change, except that no amendment is required to reflect a change that
occurs after the offering terminates or a change that occurs solely in the
following information:
(A) The address or relationship to the issuer of a related
person identified in response to Item 3 of the notice of sales on Form D;
(B) An issuers revenues or aggregate net asset value;
(C) The minimum investment amount, if the change is an
increase, or if the change, together with all other changes in that amount
since the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does not result in
a decrease of more than 10%;
(D) Any address or state(s) of solicitation shown in response
to Item 12 of the notice of sales on Form D;
(E) The total offering amount, if the change is a decrease,
or if the change, together with all other changes in that amount since the
previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does not result in an increase
of more than 10%;
(F) The amount of securities sold in the offering or the
amount remaining to be sold;
(G) The number of non-accredited investors who have invested
in the offering, as long as the change does not increase the number to more
than 35;
(H) The total number of investors who have invested in
the offering; or
(I) The amount of sales commissions, finders fees or
use of proceeds for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters,
if the change is a decrease, or if the change, together with all other changes
in that amount since the previously filed notice of sales on Form D, does
not result in an increase of more than 10%; and
(iii) Annually, on or before the first anniversary of
the filing of the notice of sales on Form D or the filing of the most recent
amendment to the notice of sales on Form D, if the offering is continuing
at that time.
(4) An issuer that files an amendment to a previously
filed notice of sales on Form D must provide current information in response
to all requirements of the notice of sales on Form D regardless of why the
amendment is filed.
(b) How notice of sales on Form D must be filed and signed.
(1) A notice of sales on Form D must be filed with the
Commission in electronic format by means of the Commissions Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) in accordance with
EDGAR rules set forth in Regulation S-T (17 CFR Part 232).
(2) Every notice of sales on Form D must be signed by
a person duly authorized by the issuer.
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