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Business Definition for: Registration Statement

in the United States, a document that corporations planning to issue securities to the public have to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission. It features details of the issuer's management, financial status, and activities, and the purpose of the issue.
See also Shelf Registration

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Fisher Scientific Files $1 Billion Shelf-Registration Statement: HAMPTON, N.H. -- Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE: FSH) filed an S-3 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC today. The shelf registration allows the company to issue up to $1 billion of debt and equity securities. This registration statement replaces the existing shelf-registration statement that was filed...; Tags: Fisher Scientific International Inc., SEC, SECURITY; Research articles 2005-05-09
Molina Healthcare Files Shelf Registration Statement: LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) today announced that it has filed an amendment to the registration statement on Form S-3 that it filed in April 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC to convert the registration statement into a shelf registration statement. Once the registration...; Tags: Company, registration statement, SEC, security; Research articles 2005-11-23
DVDINSIDER: Sonic Solutions Files Shelf Registration Statement: DVD News 03-09-2003 DVD NEWS-9 March 2003-DVDINSIDER: Sonic Solutions Files Shelf Registration Statement Sonic Solutions filed a Form S-3 shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Once declar DVD News 03-09-2003...; Tags: DVD, SEC; Research articles 2003-03-09
/ CORRECTION - Essex Property Trust, Inc. Registration Statement Declared Effective: In the news release, "Essex Property Trust, Inc. Registration Statement Declared Effective," issued earlier today by Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS), we are advised by the company that the headline should read "Essex Property Trust, Inc. Registration Statement Filed," rather than "Essex Property Trust, Inc. Registration Statement Declared Effective";...; Tags: registration statement, resale; Research articles 2006-01-27
Haynes International, Inc. Announces Resale Registration Statement: KOKOMO, Ind. -- Haynes International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HYNI) announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration of 2,975,151 shares of its common stock. The registration statement relates solely to the proposed sale of all of the shares of Haynes International's...; Tags: common stock, registration statement; Research articles 2005-05-16

SigmaTel Files Registration Statement for a Follow-On Offering: DVD News 01-29-2004 SigmaTel Files Registration Statement for a Follow-On Offering DVD NEWS-29 January 2004-SigmaTel Files Registration Statement for a Follow-On Offering C1999-2004 DVD News. Distributed for AM Newswire Inc via M2 Communicati DVD News 01-29-2004 ...; Tags: DVD, Registration Statement; Research articles 2004-01-29
Third Wave Announces Filing of Shelf Registration Statement: MADISON, Wis. -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTI) today announced that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. The company has no specific plans to offer the securities covered by the registration statement and is not required to offer...; Tags: SEC, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-02-12
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. Converts Previously Filed Registration Statement into a Common Stock Shelf Registration Statement: Business Editors SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 2003 PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (Nasdaq:PETC) today announced that, as previously disclosed in its fourth quarter and fiscal 2002 conference call on March 13, 2003, it has converted its registration statement on Form S-1 originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...; Tags: Manufacturing, SEC, SECURITY; Research articles 2003-03-20
Particle Drilling Technologies Inc. Announces Filing of Registration Statement: HOUSTON -- Particle Drilling Technologies Inc. (OTC:PDRT.OB) announced today that it has filed a registration statement to register the resale, from time to time, of 12,631,538 shares of its common stock by the selling stockholders named in the registration statement. The registration statement was filed pursuant to registration rights that...; Tags: registration statement; Research articles 2005-04-07
VeriSign Announces the Filing With the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement to Register Its Previously Issued 3.25% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures Due 2037: VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of resales of the Company's previously issued 3.25% Junior Subordinated...; Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Registration Statement, SEC, VeriSign Inc.; Research articles 2008-03-03
The Securities and Exchange Commission Declares Effective the Registration Statement for VeriSign's 3.25% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures Due 2037: VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective its previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of resales of the Company's previously issued 3.25% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures due...; Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Registration Statement, SEC, VeriSign Inc.; Research articles 2008-03-08
Harmonic Files Shelf-Registration Statement: SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq:HLIT) announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This registration statement, in combination with Harmonic's existing registration statement on Form S-3, will allow Harmonic to issue various types of securities, including common stock, preferred...; Tags: Company, Harmonic Inc., NETWORKING, SEC, SECURITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS; Research articles 2005-04-04
Energy Partners Ltd. files universal shelf registration statement: Energy Partners Ltd. filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statement will allow the New Orleans oil and gas company to issue $300 million in common stock, preferred stock, senior debt, and subordinated debt. Although the universal shelf registration statement has...; Research articles 2004-07-26
JDA and QRS Announce Filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement Relating to Pending Merger: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. & RICHMOND, Calif. -- JDAR Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq:JDAS) and QRS Corp. (Nasdaq:QRSI) today announced that JDA has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. The Registration Statement covers the shares to be issued as part of the previously announced pending...; Tags: FINANCE, Investment, JDA Software Group Inc., merger, SEC; Research articles 2004-07-26
General Mills Files Shelf Registration Statement; Registration Statement also Covers Sale of General Mills Common Shares Owned by Diageo plc: MINNEAPOLIS -- General Mills (NYSE:GIS) said today that the company has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC for the sale of up to $5,943 million of securities by the company. This total includes approximately $3,443 million aggregate initial offering price of debt securities...; Tags: company, Diageo Plc., General Mills Inc.; Research articles 2004-06-23
SEC Declares Registration Statement for Pixelworks' 1.75% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Effective: TUALATIN, Ore. -- Pixelworks, Inc. (Nasdaq:PXLW), a leading provider of system-on-chip ICs for the advanced display industry, today announced that its Registration Statement on Form S-3 that it filed on August 20, 2004 has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company filed the Registration Statement in...; Tags: Company, Registration Statement, SEC; Research articles 2004-08-24
Parallel Petroleum Announces Filing of a Universal Shelf Registration Statement: MIDLAND, Texas -- Parallel Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:PLLL) today announced the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The universal shelf registration statement, when effective, will allow Parallel to issue common stock, preferred stock, warrants, senior debt and subordinated debt up to an aggregate...; Research articles 2004-10-13
EPL Announces Filing of Universal Shelf Registration Statement: NEW ORLEANS -- Energy Partners, Ltd. ("EPL") (NYSE:EPL) announced today that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The registration statement, when declared effective by the SEC, will allow EPL to issue an aggregate of $300 million in common...; Tags: SEC; Research articles 2004-07-16
Option Care Announces Shelf Registration Statement Declared Effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission: BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- Option Care, Inc. ("Option Care" or the "Company") today announced that the universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed on January 24, 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission was declared effective on February 4, 2005. The universal registration statement on Form S-3 allows the...; Tags: Company, SEC; Research articles 2005-02-07
CKX, Inc. Files Shelf Registration Statement On Behalf Of Huff Funds In Accordance with Previously Disclosed Terms: NEW YORK -- CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) today announced the filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of The Huff Alternative Fund, L.P. and the Huff Alternative Parallel Fund, L.P. The registration statement was required to be filed by CKX...; Tags: CKX Inc.; Research articles 2005-12-27

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