Securities Act § 7 
Information Required in Registration Statement
a. The
registration statement, when relating to a security other than a security
issued by a foreign government, or political subdivision thereof, shall
contain the information, and be accompanied by the documents, specified
in Schedule A, and when relating to
a security issued by a foreign government, or political subdivision thereof,
shall contain the information, and be accompanied by the documents, specified
in Schedule B; except that the Commission
may by
rules
or regulations provide that any such information or document
need not be included in respect of any class of issuers or securities
if it finds that the requirement of such information or document is inapplicable
to such class and that disclosure fully adequate for the protection of
investors is otherwise required to be included within the registration
statement. If any accountant, engineer, or appraiser, or any person whose
profession gives authority to a statement made by him, is named as having
prepared or certified any part of the registration statement, or is named
as having prepared or certified a report or valuation for use in connection
with the registration statement, the written consent of such person shall
be filed with the registration statement. If any such person is named
as having prepared or certified a report or valuation (other than a public
official document or statement) which is used in connection with the registration
statement, but is not named as having prepared or certified such report
or valuation for use in connection with the registration statement, the
written consent of such person shall be filed with the registration statement
unless the Commission dispenses with such filing as impracticable or as
involving undue hardship on the person filing the registration statement.
Any such registration statement shall contain such other information,
and be accompanied by such other documents, as the Commission may by
rules
or regulations require as being necessary or appropriate in the public
interest or for the protection of investors.
b.
1. The Commission
shall prescribe special rules with respect to registration statements
filed by any issuer that is a blank check company. Such rules may, as
the Commission determines necessary or appropriate in the public interest
or for the protection of investors --
A. require
such issuers to provide timely disclosure, prior to or after such statement
becomes effective under section 8, of
(i) information regarding the company to be acquired and the specific
application of the proceeds of the offering, or (ii) additional information
necessary to prevent such statement from being misleading;
B. place
limitations on the use of such proceeds and the distribution of securities
by such issuer until the disclosures required under
subparagraph (A) have
been made; and
C. provide
a right of rescission to shareholders of such securities.
2. The
Commission may, as it determines consistent with the public interest and
the protection of investors, by rule or order exempt any issuer or class
of issuers from the rules prescribed under paragraph (1).
3. For purposes of
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term "blank check company"
means any development stage company that is issuing a penny stock (within
the meaning of
section
3 (a)(51) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and that --
A. has
no specific business plan or purpose; or
B. has
indicated that its business plan is to merge with an unidentified company
or companies.
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May 27, 1933, ch. 38, Title I, § 7, 48 Stat.
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Oct. 15, 1990, P.L. 101-429, Title V, § 508, 104 Stat. 956 |
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