federal_register: 97-1300
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| 97-1300 | Plain English Disclosure | Proposed Rule | One of the fundamental protections provided to investors by our federal securities laws is full and fair disclosure, but investors must be able to understand these disclosures to benefit from them. Prospectuses often use a complex, legalistic language that is foreign to all but financial or legal experts. To address these problems, our rule proposals would: Require companies to use plain English principles in writing the front and back cover pages, summary and risk factor sections of prospectuses; revise current requirements for highly technical information in the front of prospectuses; and revise the rule on the preparation of prospectuses to provide companies with more specific guidance on the clarity required in the entire document. | 1997-01-21 | 1997 | 1 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/01/21/97-1300/plain-english-disclosure | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-21/pdf/97-1300.pdf | Mines Bureau; Securities and Exchange Commission | 290,466 | One of the fundamental protections provided to investors by our federal securities laws is full and fair disclosure, but investors must be able to understand these disclosures to benefit from them. Prospectuses often use a complex, legalistic language... |