The SEC has added an additional Applicant Type, ‘Municipal Advisor’, when completing the process to apply for SEC EDGAR Filer Access.  Filers may prepare and submit their Form ID applications directly through the Online EDGAR Filing website (https://www.filermanagement.edgarfiling.sec.gov/).  As always, Securex is here to assist you in successfully meeting your filing requirements. Feel free to contact the  Securex EDGAR filing team if you have any questions or if you require assistance with your filings. For Municipal Advisors that require assistance with the Form ID process please download our SEC Form ID Worksheet (Word format) www.secfile.net/forms/securex_form_id_worksheet.doc  and contact us at 877-SEC-FILE (877-732-3453).

We often receive questions about EDGAR filing deadlines and the cut off to receive same day date stamps on filings. The following is a summary of general EDGAR hours of operation:

The EDGAR system hours of operation for submitting files are 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time, weekdays, excluding Federal Holidays.  EDGAR filings must occur by 5:30 p.m. ET (when the SEC officially ends its business day) to receive the same-day filing date. Filings submitted between 5:30 p.m and 10 p.m. will receive the next business day’s date.

Three types of filings are not subject to the 5:30 p.m. cutoff and will receive a filing date identical to the received date up to 10 p.m.  These three exceptions are:

• Section 16 beneficial ownership reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5; and
• correspondence filings (e.g., comment response letters and requests for acceleration of effectiveness).

A list of common SEC filing deadlines is available at www.secfile.net/SEC_calendar.htm

Marketforms.com is the newest EDGAR related service offered by Securex to assist public company executives and shareholders with their SEC reporting requirements. Using a secure, web-based solution, clients are now able to complete, review and file Section 16 report (Forms 3, 4 and 5) securely online in minutes all within an environment that is familiar and easy to navigate.

Marketforms.com is the easiest way to file your Section 16 filings. We are the only solution in the industry that looks like the actual SEC filing so whether you are a first time filer or an experienced filing agent, our site is simple and easy to use while ensuring you submit EDGAR compliant data.

Our features include:

Real-time EDGAR validation: We tell you if a non-Edgar compliant entry has been made as soon as its entered with our patent pending real time validation engine.

Advanced footnote manager: Footnotes can be complicated. Not if you’re using marketforms.com. Our footnote manager makes adding, editing, deleting and re-ordering your footnotes a breeze.

Time saving clone feature: Do you have multiple derivative or non-derivative entries that are similar? Simply enter the first one, click on “Clone Row” and we’ll copy that row as many times as you require. Then simply edit the fields that haV changed. Simple and fast.

Dashboard: Our dashboard lets you view of all of your outstanding filings making it easy for you to know whether your filing is EDGAR compliant and even simpler for you to edit, download, Test or Live file your submissions.

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Additional information available at: www.secfile.net/section16.htm

EDGARLink Retirement!!

EDGARLink is moving on-line!! In November 2010, we introduced the new EDGARLink Online Application, an on-line version of the tool that filers use to create their submission documents to be filed with the SEC. This new on-line version has more immediate validation, more user friendly help screens, and eliminates the need for the filer to be concerned with keeping local software and templates up to date. With the introduction of our totally on-line version of EDGARLink, it is time to retire our old client version of the software. The SEC has selected the month of August to turn off the old client EDGARLink tool and accept filings through the EDGARLink Online Application only. Starting Monday, August 1, 2011, filings created by the offline tool EDGARLink client or those constructed by filers according to the EDGAR XFDL Technical Specification will no longer be accepted.

Those filers that use the EDGAR XFDL Technical Specification to create filer-constructed submissions without the use of the EDGARLink tool, and wish to do the same outside of the EDGARLink Online Application, can do so by using the EDGARLink Online XML Technical Specification (see the EDGAR Filer Manual and Technical Specifications section of the Information for EDGAR Filers webpage).

Filers may use the current Filer Support lines (202-551-8900) for assistance.

The SEC announced plans to update the EDGAR system on September 28, 2009. The update will include expanded technical requirements used to validate Interactive Data File (XBRL) files. The new validation process means XBRL files containing technical errors that were previously accepted by EDGAR may now be rejected. It is recommended that companies make plans to finalize XBRL exhibits long before filing deadlines to ensure they are compliant and able to file their reports.

To read the release, click here: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/ednews/edgar9.17xbrlvalidation.htm

A graphic-enhanced PDF file which more closely resembles the printed document may be added to your EDGAR filing as an unofficial exhibit to show readers the intended look and layout of the original document. These PDF files provide wider distribution of a more professional looking document as the formatting does not change when disseminated and viewed in different browsers.

The PDF files can be attached to projects EDGARized either ASCII or HTML and many include graphics, pictures and signatures within document. 

Remember: Under the SEC’s Modernized EDGAR rules, a PDF document alone does not constitute an official filing, but the filer has the option of attaching a PDF document to an official filing.