System and methods for electronic securities underwriting and electronic dissemination of annual financial and disclosure information from issuers to information repositories in accordance with U.S. securities laws and regulations
First Claim
1. A method for electronic underwriting of new offerings of securities in the primary market in accordance with US securities laws and regulations for municipalities, institutions and corporations comprising:
- a) providing at least one server and a central database, the central database containing a plurality of forms as new offering templates and active new offering forms, the forms containing a number of data fields and content;
b) providing an internal user interface in communication with the server;
b) accessing the internal user interface via a global computer network using one or more authentication steps followed by at least one user;
c) selecting one of the forms;
d) editing the selected form with one or more of data input from the at least one user or data stored on the central database;
e) storing the form on the central database for later editing or later dissemination to an interested party or the at least one user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic underwriting of new offerings of securities in the primary market for municipalities, institutions and corporations in accordance with U.S. securities laws and regulations. The system also provides a method for those issuers to electronically disseminate annual financial information on existing securities in the secondary market to information repositories. The user can fulfill disclosure requirements for a new offering of securities by completing various forms stored on the system, including the prospectus, closing memorandum, legal opinion and purchase contract. The issuer can fulfill its disclosure obligations for existing offerings of securities by completing various forms, including secondary market disclosure forms, material events notices and financial reports such as annual reports and earnings reports. After completing the forms, the user can disseminate the information electronically to information repositories.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for electronic underwriting of new offerings of securities in the primary market in accordance with US securities laws and regulations for municipalities, institutions and corporations comprising:
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a) providing at least one server and a central database, the central database containing a plurality of forms as new offering templates and active new offering forms, the forms containing a number of data fields and content;
b) providing an internal user interface in communication with the server;
b) accessing the internal user interface via a global computer network using one or more authentication steps followed by at least one user;
c) selecting one of the forms;
d) editing the selected form with one or more of data input from the at least one user or data stored on the central database;
e) storing the form on the central database for later editing or later dissemination to an interested party or the at least one user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 21, 23)
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11. A method for electronically compiling and disseminating annual financial and disclosure information for existing offerings of securities in the secondary market in accordance with U.S. securities laws and regulations for issuers of securities such as municipalities, institutions and corporations comprising:
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a) providing at least one server and a central database, the central database containing a plurality of disclosure forms in the central database, the disclosure forms having information required for the existing offering;
b) providing an internal user interface in communication with the server;
b) accessing the internal user interface via a global computer network using one or more authentication steps followed by at least one user;
c) selecting one of the forms;
d) editing the disclosure form using at least data stored on the central database related to the existing offering; and
e) storing the form on the central database for later editing or later dissemination to one or more of the at least one user or an information repository. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24)
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25. A computerized system for electronic underwriting of new offerings of securities in the primary market in accordance with US securities laws and regulations for municipalities, institutions and corporations and electronically compiling and disseminating annual financial and disclosure information for existing offerings of securities in the secondary market in accordance with US securities laws and regulations for issuers of securities comprising:
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a user interface means for creating, editing, and disseminating information relating to new offerings and annual financial and disclosure information relating to existing offerings of securities;
server means for storing said created and edited information in a central database supported by said server;
said server means for processing user input and user commands for creating, editing, and disseminating the information, the user interface means in communication with said server means for completing the information and delivering dissemination requests to said server means;
said server means having means for delivering to said user interface means the created and edited information stored in said central database;
means for allowing simultaneous access to said server means through said user interface means by a plurality of users; and
said user interface means having electronically linked data fields means connecting to said server and said central database. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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