Registration statement
Encyclopedia
In the United States, a registration statement is a set of documents, including a prospectus
, that a company must file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before it proceeds with an initial public offering
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Prospectus (finance)
In finance, a prospectus is a document that describes a financial security for potential buyers. A prospectus commonly provides investors with material information about mutual funds, stocks, bonds and other investments, such as a description of the company's business, financial statements,...
, that a company must file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before it proceeds with an initial public offering
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
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