Filing Agencies

EDGAR Filing

EDGAR, the Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system allows companies to create and file documents with the SEC.  The documents that are filed on the EDGAR system are required by law to present meaningful information about all public companies and are freely accessible on www.sec.gov. Our office has filed thousands of documents on EDGAR since 2000.

COBRA Filing

The Corporate Offerings Business Regulatory Analysis system (COBRADesk) is the external system used by filers to make electronic filings of public offerings with FINRA. The mandatory electronic filling became effective on July 12, 2002. In addition, the amendments provide that all documents that are filed with the SEC through its Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR) will be treated as filed with FINRA provided that the Accession Numbers to the documents are included in the COBRADesk filing.

XBRL Filing

On December 17, 2008, the SEC mandated a three-year phase-in requiring public reporting companies to furnish financial reports and schedules formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). XBRL is an emerging business reporting language that is designed to make it easier to share and analyze financial information. With the advent of new regulations, all companies will be required to supply XBRL tagging with all filings made after June 15, 2011.

SEDAR Filing

System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval. SEDAR is a client-server software application designed to facilitate and enhance the securities filing process in Canada. The SEDAR filing system provides access to most Canadian public securities documents and information as filed by public companies and investment funds with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) on www.sedar.com. The statutory objective in making public this filed information is to enhance investor awareness of the business and affairs of public companies and investment funds and to promote confidence in the transparent operation of capital markets in Canada. Achieving this objective relies heavily on the provision of accurate information on market participants.