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March 27, 1969 - Disclosure to Investors - A Reappraisal of Federal Administrative Policies Under the '33 and '34 Acts (The Wheat Report) (courtesy of Richard Rowe)


- Cover
- Foreword
- Chapter I - Introduction, Scope, and Summary
- Chapter II - Background for a Re-examination of Disclosure Policy
- Chapter III - The Form and Content of '33 Act Prospectuses
- Chapter IV - The Dissemination of '33 Act Prospectuses
- Chapter V - The "Gun-Jumping" Problem
- Chapter VI - Secondary Distributions and Brokers' Transactions
- Chapter VII - Business Combinations
- Chapter VIII - Small Offerings Exempt under Section 3(b) of the '33 Act
- Chapter IX - The Breakthrough in Dissemination of '34 Act Reports
- Chapter X - '34 Act Registration and Reporting
- Chapter XI - Annual Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements
- Chapter XII - Administration and Enforcement of '34 Act Reporting Requirements
- Table of Appendixes
I-1 Condensed List of Recommendations
II-1 Offerings of New Equity Securities for Cash Compared to Exchange Trading
Volume in Equity Securities
III-1 Proposed Form S-17
III-2 Proposed Rule 157
III-3 Amendment of Rule 427
IV-1 Amendment of Rule 460
IV-2 Proposed Rule 15c2-8
IV-3 Amendment of Rule 174
V-1 Proposed Rule 137
V-2 Proposed Rule 138
V-3 Proposed Rule 139
VI-1 Proposed Article 5 of General Rules and Regulations under the '33 Act, containing proposed rules -160-64, 169, 180-81
VI-2 Recommended Rearrangement of General Rules and Regulations under '33 Act
VI-3 Amendment of Rule 154
VII-1 Proposed Form S-16
VII-2 Amendment of Rule 135
VII-3 Proposed Rule 153A
VII-4 Amendment of Rule 133
X-1 '34 Act Forms Chart
X-2 Amendment of Form 10
X-3 Amendment of Form 10-K
X-4 Proposed Form 10-Q
X-5 Amendment of Rule 13a-11
X-6 Amendment of Rule 15d-11
XI-1 Amendment of Rule 14a-3(b)
XII-1 Amendment of Rule 12b-25

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