What are the purposes of a registration statement and what information must it contain?


A registration statement has two purposes: to notify the SEC that a sale of securities is pending and to disclose information to prospective purchasers. The registration statement typically must include (1 ) detailed information about the issuer and its business, (2 ) a description of the stock, (3 ) the proposed use of the proceeds from the offering, and (4 ) three years of audited financial statements.

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Assume that you have a binomial experiment with p = 0.4 and a sample size of 150. The variance of this distribution is

A. 36. B. 6. C. 2.9. D. 216.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A mission statement is revised every 3–35 years.

a. True b. False

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Nguyen has her family buy and ship textbooks legally produced in Vietnam to her for resale in the United States. The U.S. owners of the copyrights on the items file a suit against Nguyen, alleging infringement. Applying a decision of the United State Supreme Court in a similar case, the court in this case is most likely to rule in favor of Nguyen on the basis that

a. U.S. copyright law does not apply to works that are made outside the United States. b. Nguyen offered "good" prices for the books. c. Nguyen imported the books "with the authority of the owner" (her family). d. the first sale doctrine applies in these circumstances.

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