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SEC reporting

SEC reporting software for listed companies

SEC reporting software helps a listed company meet 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and Section 16 deadlines with a clear record. Issuers tracks every deadline by filer status, drafts 8-K text, routes it for approval and stores the final version next to the document filed on EDGAR.
Controller and company secretary checking a quarterly report timeline on a large monitor in a finance office

01 Deadlines

The filing windows a small or mid cap works to every year

Most windows depend on your filer status, which is set once a year from your public float. Issuers builds the calendar from your fiscal year end and status, and each item below becomes a dated task with an owner. Always confirm the rules for a specific filing with counsel.

Common SEC filing deadlines by form and filer status
FormWhat it isLarge acceleratedAcceleratedNon-accelerated
10-KAnnual report60 days after year end75 days90 days
10-QQuarterly report, first three quarters40 days after quarter end40 days45 days
8-KCurrent report on a listed eventGenerally within four business days of the event
Definitive proxyAnnual meeting proxyWithin 120 days of year end when 10-K Part III is incorporated by reference
Form 3Initial insider ownershipWithin 10 days of becoming a director, officer or 10 percent holder
Form 4Change in insider ownershipWithin two business days of the transaction
Form 5Annual insider statementWithin 45 days after fiscal year end

Section 16 forms are filed by the insider, but in practice the company secretary prepares them. Issuers lists each director and officer, and a reported trade starts a two business day countdown on the calendar.

02 Before and after

What changes for the controller and the company secretary

Before

  • Deadlines in a spreadsheet updated once a year, filer status checked from memory.
  • An 8-K drafted by outside counsel from an email thread, with the four day window counted by hand.
  • Approvals collected in replies, the final text living in the filing agent's portal only.
  • A director's trade reported to the company secretary on day two, after the Form 4 window is nearly gone.

With Issuers

  • A calendar built from fiscal year end and filer status, with an owner and reminders on every item.
  • The event is logged once, the item number picked, and the due date counted in business days.
  • A first draft from the facts you enter, reviewed and approved in a named chain with a trail.
  • The accepted filing read back from EDGAR and filed next to the approved draft.

03 Workflow

Five steps from event to filed document

  1. 01

    Log the event

    Someone on the team records what happened and when: a signed agreement, a resignation, a completed acquisition. The material event log keeps the time the company became aware.

  2. 02

    Pick the item and the window

    Choose the 8-K item number. The calendar counts the business days, assigns the owner and alerts the approvers. For periodic reports the item already exists from the yearly calendar.

  3. 03

    Draft

    Copilot drafts the text from the facts in the event, the agreement summary you paste in and your previous filings, in the style of your past reports. Every draft counts as one AI action.

  4. 04

    Approve

    The draft goes through your chain, for example controller, CFO, general counsel and CEO. Each decision is logged with the user and the time.

  5. 05

    File and read back

    Your filing agent or your own EDGAR access submits it. Issuers picks up the accepted filing from EDGAR and attaches it to the record.

The approval chain, the material event log and the audit trail are the same ones used for press releases and MAR announcements, described under disclosure management software.

04 8-K drafting

A current report drafted from the event, then approved by people

The draft follows the structure of the item and the language of your previous filings. Figures come only from what you entered and from your own filings on EDGAR, and each one is marked so the reviewer can check it.

Copilot does not decide whether an event is reportable or which item applies. Your counsel makes that call, and the approval chain records it.

When a results release goes out as an 8-K under Item 2.02, the release, the script and the Q&A come from the same quarter in the workspace, so the IR lead at a small cap works from one set of numbers. More on that under investor relations for small caps.

05 Scope and plans

Your filing agent submits, Issuers keeps the calendar, the drafts and the record

Issuers does not submit filings to EDGAR and does not do XBRL tagging. Large periodic reports still go through your filing agent or a reporting suite. The value sits in the part those tools leave to email: knowing what is due, getting a first draft fast, and having a clean record of who approved what.

The calendar with reminders runs on every plan, so a private company preparing to list can set up its first reporting year before the registration statement is effective. Drafting, approvals and the material event log are part of Public and Enterprise, together with earnings preparation and the IR website.

Issuers is software for issuers. It is not a law firm or a filing agent, and your team remains responsible for the content and timing of every filing.

$499

Growth per month billed yearly. SEC calendar with reminders for 3 users.

$1,499

Public per month billed yearly. Drafting, approvals, material event log, 7 year trail.

$3,999

Enterprise per month billed yearly. Approval chains per entity, audit export, SSO.

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Questions

Questions issuers ask before they start

What does SEC reporting software do?
SEC reporting software helps a listed company meet its reporting obligations on time and with a clear record. Depending on the product, that means a calendar of filing deadlines, drafting of reports and current reports, review and approval, tagging and submission. Issuers covers the calendar, drafting, approvals and the record. It tracks 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy and Section 16 deadlines, drafts 8-K text from the facts you enter, routes it through your approval chain, stores the final version and reads the filed document back from SEC EDGAR. Submission stays with your filing agent or your own EDGAR access.
What is the deadline for filing an 8-K?
A current report on Form 8-K is generally due within four business days after the triggering event, such as entry into a material definitive agreement, a change in directors or officers, or a completed acquisition. Some items follow other timing; for example, an 8-K used to satisfy Regulation FD after an unintentional selective disclosure has its own promptness rule. When you log an event in Issuers and pick the item number, the calendar counts four business days, skips weekends and federal holidays, and starts the approval chain. Your counsel confirms the item and the timing.
How do we keep track of 10-K and 10-Q deadlines?
The deadlines depend on your filer status. A 10-K is due 60 days after fiscal year end for large accelerated filers, 75 days for accelerated filers and 90 days for non-accelerated filers. A 10-Q is due 40 days after quarter end for large accelerated and accelerated filers and 45 days for everyone else. Issuers reads your fiscal year end and filer status, builds the calendar for the year with an owner per filing, and sends reminders at the intervals you choose. When your status changes, the dates move with it. Results timing links to earnings call preparation.
Does Issuers submit filings to EDGAR for us?
No. Issuers does not submit filings to SEC EDGAR and does not tag financial statements in XBRL. The filing goes through your filing agent or through your own EDGAR access, as it does today. What Issuers does is everything around the submission: it tracks the deadline, drafts the text, routes approvals, stores the approved version with its trail, and once the filing is accepted reads it back from EDGAR so the record shows the accession number and the filed document next to the approved draft. That way you can compare what was approved with what went out.

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Never miss the next 8-K window

The SEC deadline calendar with reminders is included on Growth. Drafting, approvals and the 7 year audit trail come with Public, from $1,499 a month billed yearly.

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